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_Jimlad_ said:
i find it all confusing. so many setups and bits. different voltage and atomisers. i just wanna buy a GOOD kit with a spare battery and all i have to do is top up my fluid. what would be a good ALL in one kit... out the box?
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If you just want a quick, easy entry to the world of vaping then a 510 starter kit is all you need, to be honest.

Something like this:

http://www.vapeescape.co.uk/joye-510-mega-starter-kit~376

Along with a pack of these:

http://www.vapeescape.co.uk/boge-510-standard-resistance-%285%29~145

... and a few 5ml sampler bottles of various liquids will get you on your way. Total spend circa 50 quid.



EDIT: Actually, this looks like a pretty darn good starter kit! Nice batteries!

http://www.vapeescape.co.uk/the-ve-riva-1100-deluxe-kit~151



EDIT 2: Oh man, just checked ecigwizard and that price for the Lavatube Kit is immense (£55) considering it comes with two batteries. There's my next appliance, I reckon.
 
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G4ORCE said:
Guys,

Forgive me for not reading though 57 pages, but I'd like some advice please. I've been off the ciggies for 14 weeks, using patches but also the Nicolite electronic cigarettes from Tesco, however at £7 per 3 refills it's becoming an expensive habit in its own right.

Can anyone reccomend as follows;

  1. A starter kit for a heavy user (ex 20-25 a day smoker), something powerful that gives me a good hit at the back of my throat like a real cigarette
  2. A refill that tastes something like a Lambert & Butler, you know that slight vanilla sweet taste you get with a 'good' cigarette? From what I've read the Nicollite ones are some of the better tasting ones with folk trying to recreate the same taste from various mixtures. I've tried the 'Vapestick' ones from Tesco and they are disgusting in taste.

Thanks
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Welcome to the world of vaping!

If you want something cheap and easy to get you started, try the SD keyring
http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/electronic-cigarette-starter-kits/347-sd-keyring.html




but if you want something with better battery life that'll go better in the long term:

pick up a couple of these batteries
http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/batteries/191-ego-510-xl-battery-900mah.html

and don't forget a charger as well, although I prefer mains ones, here's a USB charger
http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/chargers/259-rapid-usb-charger.html

and a couple of these cartomisers (atomisers with the cartridge built in. They allow you to just pour your liquid straight in without having to carry loads of spare carts around with you)
http://www.ecigwizard.com/shop/en/cartomisers/303-tornado-mega-dual-coil-cartomiser.html




Once you have all that, you're sorted. Atomisers do wear out over time, but you can replace them cheaply every month or so for a few quid. Your only real running cost then becomes juice.

As for liquids, it's very much a personal taste. I don't vape many tobacco flavours these days as they all taste like cigarettes smells in the packet (kind of raisin-y). But generally you can pick up a month's supply of premade juice for about £15 Browse around the websites and read the descriptions to get an idea for what's there, but it's all trial and error. For a starter, I suggest about 11mg to 18mg strength juice, just until you find what suits you. Buy small amounts (10ml) at first until you find something you really like.
 
and filling those ones are straight forward... all liquid is universal ? as i have plenty of that. if that is the case then £32 sounds good. I got a baby coming in Aug, so wanna get off the smokes by then. Or least not doing it in the office. as it still creeps under the door and gets me moaned at.
 
Updated OP to include more basic info and some current kit. If anyone has any other stuff they think is worth including or other guides/websites/etc to add PM me or post here and I'll stick it on.
 
I use http://ukvapers.com/index.php a lot for information and news on vendors.

I have to say that I'm more than happy with my SDM11 from TotallyWicked, so much so that we now have 7 between the 2 of us.
We use tanks, Boges, Buds and CE3's. CE3's the most because we love the flavour and vapour of them and we have the filling of them down to a fine art, no leaks.:cool:
 
Pestilence said:
EDIT 2: Oh man, just checked ecigwizard and that price for the Lavatube Kit is immense (£55) considering it comes with two batteries. There's my next appliance, I reckon.
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Just got this, been looking at them for a while, was just gonna order juice tonight, should be a nice upgrade from my ego-t :)
 
I got a TW Torpedo just after Christmas (Rebranded Lavatube) and it's the best vaping kit i've ever had. Rock a constant 4v on a 6ml Dual-coil tank. I don't think there's anything better out there without getting custom mods.

For something a little more subtle, an Ego-C battery with a 2ml dual-coil cartomiser I feel is the best you can do. Separate carts and atomisers, with the wool filling is a joke now, considering the price and performance of cartomisers.
 
Can someone on here help me out with a flavour recommendation please?

A while back I tried a friend's Titan RY4 premix and loved it: pure caramel inhale, with a dry ashy tobacco exhale softened by the faintest hint of vanilla (or perhaps the tail end of the caramel). It was perfect and I would have vaped it all bloody day. Imagine Black Label Realtabs and a low strength DV Caramel mixed together, but it working.

Since then I've been on a quest, seeing as they don't do a concentrate for it, to find something like it in a flavour concentrate so I can mix up giant batches and swim in its excellence. I have failed.

So far I've tried Hangsen RY4, which is nice, but the tobacco is the raisin/cigarettes in a packet type taste, and the caramel is non-existent. I was recommended DV own version "DY4", which was horrible and actually made me feel ill (thick cloying state-express type tobacco with no discernable caramel. Ugh).

I'm at my wits end, can anyone suggest anything?
 
Swi1ch said:
I got a TW Torpedo just after Christmas (Rebranded Lavatube) and it's the best vaping kit i've ever had. Rock a constant 4v on a 6ml Dual-coil tank. I don't think there's anything better out there without getting custom mods.

For something a little more subtle, an Ego-C battery with a 2ml dual-coil cartomiser I feel is the best you can do. Separate carts and atomisers, with the wool filling is a joke now, considering the price and performance of cartomisers.
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the lavatube will only do 3.7v on a dual coil regardless of what the display says.
I use SR boge cartos with a tank
 
Right, I've ordered a little 10ml bottle of this El Toro Cigarillos Naturales that everyone's been raving about being the "most realistic" tobacco juice. First time I've bought a premix in a looong time, but I feel like something special. And this is what happens when I sit on the web late at night. It's impulse buying waiting to happen. I'll report back when it arrives.
 
Love the El-Toro Cigarillos, currently on the Eden, lovelly stuff too. I too mix my own usually, though I'd have to start steeping Cuban tobacco leaves to get any where near Georgio's sublime creations.
Beware though once you have tried it other juices fall by the wayside, :) I've gone through 300ml+ of El-Toro over the last few months.

*Edit. What the hell, I might aswell show off a pic in this here vaping lounge, that I took in May whilst in Mallorca. My Orion V2 nearly needing a refill of El-Toro Eden. :)
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Well, I got some new DC cartos in today so decided to give the new el toro el cigarillos a shot.

It's definitely the closest thing to a real cigarette that I've had, but with the heavier tobacco leaf taste of a cigarillo or rolling tobacco chucked in to add a bit of interest. So don't expect marlboro red, expect amber leaf. It's like a clean cigarette, if that makes any sense. I really like it. More to the point, it doesn't taste "fake". I think I'll vape it for a few days to see if I still like it, but at this point in time, it could be my all day vape. Which is bad because it's only available as a premix! I'm vaping the 18mg and it has a nice balanced throat hit that matches the flavour quite well. Two thumbs up :)
 
A Vision Ego or Vivi Nova is a cheap place to start with the rebuildables. Though you are not going to get a decent sized genesis wick in them.
I would splash out on a decent one, if you buy wisely it will keep its value, infact, if you get on one of the mod makers lists on UKvapers, chances are you could resell it at a profit.
I can't emphasize the genesis wicks superiority over any other wicks greatly enough, for pure clean flavour.
 
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