Noob!

[steve9999]

Hi I'm 9 days without a fag! New to vaping o bought 2 endura t18 and so far so good although tough I'm going to stick with it after smoking for 20 years

[djs]

Mar 23, 2017 22:08:02 GMT steve9999 said:

Hi I'm 9 days without a fag! New to vaping o bought 2 endura t18 and so far so good although tough I'm going to stick with it after smoking for 20 years

Excellent! Well done steve9999

Thank goodness you didn't buy Elites, Logic or Blu - then you'd be really suffering.

[ghostrider1971]

steve9999 - Congratulations

A big welcome to AAEC

[steve9999]

Yes I did a bit of research looked at reviews on YouTube the endura looked like best starter kit

[charliehorse]

Hello steve9999 and welcome to the forum

[phtumshk]

The T18 is getting lots of good reviews of late glad its working for you.
for kicking ash

[Get Off My Cloud]

[Postmodern Smoking]

steve9999.

It does get easier.... what e-liquid and strength are you trying first? How much did you used to smoke/day?

[steve9999]

I'm only using one pound liquid to start just in case I didn't like vaping. the strength I'm using is 6mg I used to smoke 15 a day

[djs]

Mar 23, 2017 22:15:28 GMT steve9999 said:

Yes I did a bit of research looked at reviews on YouTube the endura looked like best starter kit

Nice!

You got lucky too, as a disturbing amount of reviews are fake and done for financial gain.

It's certainly in my top beginners kits.

In no particular order
Joyetech eGo AIO (I have half a dozen BNIB to give away).
Innokin T18
Kanger Evod Pro
Eleaf iCare

etc.

[Postmodern Smoking]

Mar 23, 2017 22:56:00 GMT steve9999 said:

I'm only using one pound liquid to start just in case I didn't like vaping. the strength I'm using is 6mg I used to smoke 15 a day

6mg/ml is pretty weak just starting out..... in my opinion I'd also get something stronger, at least 12mg/ml and maybe even 18mg/ml to help with your transition/nicotine cravings. I use to smoke 20/day and started on 24mg/ml (supplementing with nicotine lozenges for the first cig replacement in the morning!). 

Nicotine in itself does not appear to be the big villain than it was once portrayed (it also is not known to be carcinogenic) - outside of burnt tobacco, it's more akin to caffeine in coffee ..... don't skimp on it at this stage! Better to vape a stronger e-liquid than risk not succeeding to stay off the cigs.

[djs]

Mar 23, 2017 22:56:00 GMT steve9999 said:

I'm only using one pound liquid to start just in case I didn't like vaping. The strength I'm using is 6mg I used to smoke 15 a day

Interesting. The T18 vapes at 14 watts which is three times as powerful as the early e-cigs of 5 years ago.

I think you could tolerate 12mg if you find you are vaping a lot.

I started on 24mg (5 watts), moved straight down to 18mg (7-8 watts) then 12mg at 12 watts (mini Nautlius)....

These days, most of my liquid is down around 4mg. Mostly 14-16 watts. Sometimes up to 50 watts at home to signal to the Welsh.


(Oh, I was a 15 a day smoker but on the stronger side....Probably the same as 40 'lights' ... )

[steve9999]

I didn't know some YouTube reviews are fake although I did check a few of them still trying to change the way I think about smoking but I will get there!

[djs]

Mar 23, 2017 23:15:44 GMT steve9999 said:

I didn't know some YouTube reviews are fake although I did check a few of them still trying to change the way I think about smoking but I will get there!

You'll get there. Being on here ought to save you any mistakes, not that you seem to have made any..

Vaping vendors/products tend to fall into 2 distinct categories.

Shops openly selling the Chinese hardware (Aspire, Innokin, Joyetech, Eleaf) and a range of various well-known e-liquids.

'Brand' shops hiding behind re-named products (which are over-priced, sometimes appallingly) and seemingly only sell their own range of hardware and liquids. Some of the these are out and out rip-off merchants.

I could name them but I'm tired of the backlash.

[chykensa]

steve9999 - hi and a warm welcome from me too!
You have made the important first step, and now need to consolidate that start by getting some decent liquid. Do you have a Bricks and Mortar (B & M) shop near you? If you do, proceed with caution, but get some 12mg juice to see if that helps your cravings.
Also, as mentioned above, don't worry about how much you use your set-up; nicotine isn't absorbed by the system so readily from e-cigs as it is from tobacco, so if you use your vapouriser more than you would have smoked, you are probably still not getting as much nicotine as when you smoked.
Our mantra is "the only stupid question is the one you haven't asked", so ask away and we'll do our best to help you out!