My e-Cigarette Experiences…

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OK… so nearly six hours in and I’m still on my first battery and my first cartridge.  I’ve gone about my day fairly normally except for the fact that I’m not stopping all activities to have a smoke when I crave.  And in doing this I’m already learning something VERY interesting to me.  It seems that I crave a smoke often, but I don’t give myself time to finish the whole thing.   This afternoon, at the office, I felt a craving and I answered it by taking a drag of my e-cig.  Then a second.  Then I was ready to put it away and move on.  I’d have had to stop working – go outside and walk 50 yards from the building, in the back, out of sight – then light up.  Pull a few hard drags off the analog and then snuff out 1/2 of the smoke and dash back into the office.  Even hastier and more wasteful on ugly weather days.  So I think I might actually end up saving even MORE than I had thought.  I’m nearly 6 hours into my vaping experience – no cravings for an analog and still on the first charge and cart!  I wonder how long this first one will go?  So far… I’m 12 analogs into the day.  Stay tuned! 

(NOTE:  Updates will be staggered but quite interesting this weekend as I am at a family function that includes some drinking – so it will be a REAL test of the stamina of the e-cig hardware and cartridges.)

Have a great – tobacco free – weekend!

It’s arrived!  My package from e-cig.com actually arrived!  Those sleek little black batteries and the several boxes of assorted cartridges are all intact and safe in their cute little case.  So far, and it’s only been an hour or so, I’m excited!  I’m getting good vapor and the included sample cartridges have a nice flavor.  Takes a few puffs to get used to it since I’m accustomed to menthol, but I actually find it slightly reminiscent of my duMaurier days.  So the journey is finally underway – and I will be keeping you all posted as I try and learn and experience the changes between smoking and vaping.  Oh… and if there are any local readers that smoke Number 7 Menthol, I just this morning bought a pack that I don’t think I’ll be needing, and the store won’t take them back (and it was only 1/2 hour!).

So my first thoughts…  I have one beef right away.  The kit comes with a short and long battery, and with the long battery attached the unit won’t fit in the little case they shipped it with.  Minor pain.  And the writing on the cartridge boxes that tells you the flavour is TINY!  So out came the sharpie and I’ve marked them so I know which box is which.

I was able to draw a few puffs right out of the box so far, and I’m actually even more impressed than I thought I might be.  They really do emulate a smoke well.  These are the e-cig.com E8 product, which features the disposable atomizer built right into the cartridge, so each new cartridge and flavour is also a new atomizer.  Nice if you like to switch around from menthol, to plain, to flu cured, to cherry (the mix I have for this order) and even nicer in that you don’t need to worry about having an atomizer fail while you’re waiting for a replacement to arrive in shipping.  I was planning to have 3 on hand just to make sure I didn’t suddenly find myself running to the store for analogs.

It’s way to early yet to say a lot more about these, but I will be tracking the life and use of the E8, as well as my desire for a smoke and will be certain to keep everyone posted.  I’m actually… for the first time in a very LONG time, having a puff while sitting at my computer!  Fun!

Cheers all!

Happy Vaping!

njw

I just checked the status of my shipment from e-cig.com and it shows that my package was released from Customs this afternoon – about 9 hours ago!  There is a SMALL chance that it could make it from Vancouver to me on Vancouver Island by tomorrow’s deliveries, but more likely next week now.  Still…  as long as it gets here, I’m a happy Vaper in just a few more days!  Still crossing everything – but if it DOES happen to show up tomorrow, I’ll be buying lottery tickets next door to my mail drop! 

Well, my package from e-cig.com now shows as being handed over to Canada Customs in Vancouver yesterday!  I can only hope that the package is passed through and makes its way to me – only a couple hundred Kilometers away from Vancouver.  The anticipation is killing me!  Will it get through?  Will it get sent back?  And how long will Customs hold onto it?  So many questions… so little time.  Even my eyes are crossed!  Stay tuned for what I hope is good news very soon.

I was advised earlier today, and have just confirmed it, that the Blu e-cig products are no longer being shipped to Canada.  So…  after a three week wait (and if you’ve not noticed, they have extended their catch-up shutdown to August 1), and now this, it’s a REALLY good thing that I cancelled that order.  I’d have waited for more than a month and would just now be told that I can’t get the product, OR worse, I would have received my Blu kit and just found out that I couldn’t get more cartridges or parts from them.

Now… the question that remains is;  will I receive my other order?  Or will the Government that feels that Tobacco is safer force me to be unable to receive ANY e-cig product?  I see SOOO much potential for improvement in my life and health and overall well being by changing from tobacco to e-cigs, and am being told that I can’t.  Starting to smoke was my choice – EVEN WHEN WE WERE BEING TOLD IT WAS DEADLY!  So why are these any different?  Come on Health Canada!  If you want to see Product Safety sheets and such, I can send you to the links – just drop me a line and I’ll be glad to share.

Meanwhile… I’m hoping for some good news soon.  Fingers crossed… as they’ve been for four weeks!

njw

It’s been a good one!  I’ve had my order processed at e-cig.com!  I even had one of my blog readers also purchase a kit at e-cig, earning me my first affiliate sale!  Now the anticipation builds as I await my first e-cig kit, and I know that the week ahead will be a particularly SLOW one as I await word from my postal drop that the package has arrived (they are already notified to call me as soon as it arrives!).  I’ve also got my car setup for full bluetooth handsfree, music and navigation through my smart phone (you have to read my other blog for more on this one) and I’ve had the pleasure of a nice trip to Campbell River where I met a fellow that might become my canvas print supplier if his work is up to my requirements.  I also just realized that my new cluster map (top right of the blog pages) has gone live so I can see from day to day where my traffic is coming from.  It’s a cool feature and one that I hope will shed some light on where all of you, my readers, are located.  So it’s been a good, productive day, and I’m filled with a sense of accomplishment.  Meanwhile, it’s off to bed as I prepare for the day ahead (once again, you need to tune into my photo blog for more on this) and head into the weekend with the knowledge that one of the planes coming from China to Canada will be carrying my new e-cig.  And since I’m on the West Coast, it should be very little ground travel for that package as I expect it will arrive into Vancouver.  Woo Hoo!

I wish you all a great weekend, and hope that your days will be as productive and positive as mine has been today!

Cheers

njw

I just re-read my July 15th post entitled ‘The Deadline Approaches’ and realized that I included some information that is not entirely consistent with the end result.  I had spoke of a product that contains NO Propylene-Glycol, when in fact the product I did order DOES contain PG.  So I wanted to let you all in on what happened there if you were curious…

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WOW!  I just got the email from e-cig.com telling me that my order has been processed! I just placed that order 14 hours ago, and they’ve already processed it.  I’m already beginning to hope that I might see my first e-cig in time for my reunion next weekend.  And if it does arrive in time for that it will be a killer test and demonstration opportunity for me as I will be in the presence of more than 50 family members, quite a few of which are also smokers, enjoying (hopefully!) my first e-cig in places and at times that they will only be craving a smoke.  So – Mr. Postman – please speed things along and let’s get that package here in the 5 business days or less that is suggested in the email.  Now THIS is getting exciting!  More to come soon so be sure to Subscribe to the feed to stay up to date.

Cheers

I just got off the phone with Blu Customer Service, and I’ve elected to cancel that order.  It’s been 26 days and the order is still pending, so I’ve gone to another source to get started on this journey.  The story is no good if there’s no action, and I just can’t wait any longer to move on.   Now…  I do want you all to know that I STILL like the offering that Blu have come up with, and the price point as well, so there is still a chance that I may try again later when I’m not as anxious to get started vaping instead of smoking.  But that day will be a month or two down the road when I’ve tried it for a while and am convinced that it’s worth the time to try more than one product.  It’s just a shame that I’m not holding my Blu right now (which is about the length of time it SHOULD have taken based on ordering day information). 

Now I know you’re all wondering WHAT I’ve ordered and from WHERE!?

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For Blu, that great sounding little company that I have supported with positive comments and blog posts for the better part of the past month, I have to say that I’m running out of time and patience.  First it was a two week delay… then three, and now we’re coming up on four weeks and still no order, even after the company has been basically shutdown for ten days trying to catch up on their backlog.  Here’s my position as of this post…  I’ve selected another brand of product.  Sure I don’t get the cool Blu pack, and perhaps the cartridges are not as convenient as the Blu ones.  But from what I’m reading, this product contains no propylene glycol, and offers a pretty attractive packaging and kit prices.  Not QUITE as cheap as Blu either, but as I’ve said in the past, even the BEST product is useless if it’s not able to get to the consumer.  So stay tuned – if I don’t see my order flipped to shipped by Friday, I’m pulling my order and placing the new one.  If that happens, I’ll be letting you all know more about the product I’ve selected.

And who knows… I may get a basic kit from this other vendor either way to see if they are reliable, and meet the expectations.  After all…  I have a feeling I’ll need to test at least a few of the many varieties of e-cig that are out there.

More coming soon – so stay tuned!