Vaping

[Catch and Grease]

Who else on bassresource likes to vape?

I'm starting to turn it more and more into a hobby for me, I'm getting better at building my own coils and me and my friend are about to start making our own juices... 

Its fun and its a hell of a lot better than smoking those cancer sticks... 

[tomustang]

You're still enhailing toxic, I wouldn't say better though, more like assumed less worse than cigarettes. Even then vaping is relatively new to the mass market

[Raider Nation Fisher]

A ton of the other electricians I work around are huge into it. Electrical knowledge mixed with a hobby equals some amazing builds and mods. You would be shocked at some of the coils and what not, I have seen built on the jobsite. 

[Catch and Grease]

50 minutes ago, tomustang said:

You're still enhailing toxic, I wouldn't say better though, more like assumed less worse than cigarettes. Even then vaping is relatively new to the mass market

I ain't saying its healthy, but I find it a lot better than smoking a cigarette with 4000 different chemicals in it.

But who knows, it hasnt been around too long.

[S. Sass]

I understand the idea behind vaping originally was a tool to get off of smoking. But I never understood why anyone would want to just trade one addiction for another even if it was supposedly "not harmful". And I say that very loosely as I too cannot see how the human body can think that is good for it. I'm thinking lets drowned our lungs with vapor as much as we can and see if in 10 years my lungs have rotted. Ya know Doctors actually prescribed Cigarettes years ago because they didn't know what they do now. To me its just a matter of time before the lawsuits start. 

I have a brother who has quit smoking and he has picked that crap up. I just want to knock that crap out of his hands and say WTH is wrong with you. Even if the stuff is safer it is annoying as hell. You cant move without it being a act of congress. Its like grab this that and wait this too. He still leaves and goes away from the family functions like at Christmas, he goes outside and the rest of the family sits and waits to do any of the Christmas functions. Also it is as bad as cigarettes in a automobile like I want to inhale a extremely heavy tooty fruity or cotton candy vapor 2nd hand. Not to mention if anyone thinks a cigarette looks funny hanging out of someones mouth that has to be the most retarded contraptions I have ever seen. The only people that think its cool is the other goofballs doing it and the companies making $ off of it. Not to mention setting a great example for the teenagers that I hear have decided it was the cool "in" thing to do. 

I quit smoking 2 1/2 to 3 packs a day cold turkey 8/13/2014. Now I don't ever see smoking again even after 30 years of the garbage. I will never be a slave to some addiction like this again. I live for my daughter and hope to spend many years more with her. It is awesome to not have to have lighters and smokes or all the juice and tanks pipes etc that the vapor nuts have to have just to function. 

Sorry I normally wouldn't say anything but since its the internet hate me if you want its the way I feel about it. Sad to see people get off one addiction and jump on another like a crack addict. 

rant over 

[Oregon Native]

A lot of individuals have addictive behavioral.  They are very tuff to overcome.  I see it in family and I myself have gotten over the smoking one along with a couple others.  Some may not consider them addictive....but they can be deadly.  ie.....overweight from processed foods or soda...which can be very harmful.  The list goes on but we are all big boys and girls so we know this and can handle this right!!  Good luck to you all.

[clayton86]

I have a handful of memes about vaping none BR appropriate....

that said I agree with sass they have got to be the most retarded looking things seeing people walk around with. 

 

In in many states they are treated the same as cigarettes as you have to go out side, can't use it in the car with kids, ect. Not to mention lots of reports of them blowing up in people's faces. 

 

I dont smoke nor do I drink I quit smoking 8 years ago so I don't see myself ever vaping. 

[fishinfiend]

6 hours ago, S. Sass said:

The only people that think its cool is the other goofballs doing it and the companies making $ off of it. 

 

Amen 

They look so stupid. No clue why a grown @$$ man wants to walk around puffing on something sweet or any of those silly flavors. 

 

Man up and conquer your addiction.

[Tracker22]

14 hours ago, fishinfiend said:

Amen 

They look so stupid. No clue why a grown @$$ man wants to walk around puffing on something sweet or any of those silly flavors. 

 

Man up and conquer your addiction.

Yeah! And all those people drinking alcohol are sissys. Acting like idiots and killing people. Oh, and those fat people! Man up and get on a treadmill! Oh yeah! All those idiots riding bicycles. Really? A grown man in tights?! And the list goes on...

sarcasam off now.

Edited February 28, 2016 by Glenn
Removed caustic comment

[I.rar]

Been vaping for a few years. I'm a huge fan of velvet cloud vapors unflavored and burley beard/tobacco flavor. I run basic ego batteries and original evod clearos with cotton wicks. They're cheap, simple and they work. 

I don't care what anyone thinks about how I look. I could turn around and say something about the next guy but at the end of the day,  I stopped smoking 1+ packs a day and no longer smell like butt from the cigarette smoke. 

I'm not going to post links about health studies, I'll leave that for those who are curious about it. I will say that that I feel 1000x better now than when I smoked and those who make assumptions... Well, we all know about those.

 

 

Edit to add:

It's those cloud chasing types that vape everywhere they can that give the other guys who actually treat it the same way as smoking a bad image. I agree it should be treated the same way as smoking and should not be done inside especially in malls, restaurants, etc. I don't do it in front of my kid, so why should you? 

 

Also, double check the ingredients of the liquid you buy. Some have been linked to health problems, mainly the gross cinnamon flavors. 

[Catch and Grease]

I'm not addicted I don't even use nicotine juices 90% of the time... Figured I wouldn't get as much negative feedback posting this haha 

I don't vape to impress people or look cool like y'all might think, but I can't change yall's opinions and I respect them.

And I know it can't be healthy, never said it was, but nethier is half the crap I put in my body lol

[S. Sass]

I apologize for my large rant. There is no excuse for it. I do stand by every word of it as it is honestly how I feel. I can see how my past addictions and battles have made me a "Hitler"in some ways. Once you free yourself you will find out what a slave you are to those companies and the vices they sell. I now know why people always tried to get me to quit. But while your the addict you are blind.

 I fought a 30+ year battle with the cigarettes. I lost my wife of 25 years to a bathsalts along with other adictions. And the vaping thing with my brother whom I am very close to hit a nerve.  

Again I am not making excuses just saying why I am the way I am about the addiction industry. 

I will offer what helped me quit smoking though. I did go to a hypnotist. Now I don't believe in the garage for a second but what I learned about cigarettes and what tools/knowledge he offered made me use my willpower my determination and my intelligence to stop. The first thing the hypnotist says is I can't make you stop. I was like what I payed you to make me stop. He said no one can make you stop YOU have to make yourself stop. He said he can help and he did. Using knowledge of how bad the drugs are. Tought me to focus on positives to change my desires. Gave me stronger reasons to not light up than to light up. But in the end it is all in your head. No one makes you go buy the junk but you and your desires. Yes ultimately as long as you make excuses like my Dr said or I am to stressed, or I can't function. Etc etc you won't ever stop. This goes for all addictions. If you want to lose weight stop eating and start moving. Guaranteed weight loss. Want to quit drinking quit buying the crap get rid of your looser drunk friends guaranteed you won't be drunk. Its really that simple. Yes it blew chunks when I woke up the next few days after zero cigarettes when I had them for so long. But I quit for my daughter and my brother and myself. These things I hold most dear are what I focus on when I see or smell a cigarette. Got to help yourself no one can live for you. I hope this helps someone with a means to quit. Addictions are a horrible way to live even masked in candy flavors. 

[Raul]

12 hours ago, Catch and Grease said:

Who else on bassresource likes to vape?

I'm starting to turn it more and more into a hobby for me, I'm getting better at building my own coils and me and my friend are about to start making our own juices... 

Its fun and its a hell of a lot better than smoking those cancer sticks... 

Better not doing anything my young friend.  ( note I said not doing anything )

[gulfcaptain]

I don't vap.  Quit smoking a long time ago.  Only took one nasty sinus infection to realize yeah, not gonna do this anymore.  It's easy to see who does it when they drive, just look for the car or truck that looks like it has a fog machine running in there with the big cloud of none harmful vap coming out the windows.  To each their own, I'll find something more appealing to do with my time and continue to feed my constant habit of fishing to infuence me.  That can be bad enough sometimes.

[A-Jay]

Sometimes the Big Dogs Vape while we're in the truck~

But I think that's a different kind . . .

A-Jay

 

[fishinfiend]

6 hours ago, Tracker22 said:

Yeah! And all those people drinking alcohol are sissys. Acting like idiots and killing people. Oh, and those fat people! Man up and get on a treadmill! Oh yeah! All those idiots riding bicycles. Really? A grown man in tights?! And the list goes on... Where's Hitler when you need him?

sarcasam off now.

I think you went a little off the deep end, ma'am. 

 

I do agree with treadmill part though lol

[Fisher-O-men]

If anyone needs another reason to quit vaping, those things are exploding in people's faces!  Yeah, that only happens to somebody else.

[Catch and Grease]

4 hours ago, Fisher-O-men said:

If anyone needs another reason to quit vaping, those things are exploding in people's faces!  Yeah, that only happens to somebody else.

Usually happens to the people buying Chinese E-Cigs from gas stations and or people who don't know a lick about battery safety and what the limits of their mod/build is.

[soflabasser]

Time is better spent working out or fishing than smoking or vaping.

[BassnChris]

Have you seen the video of the guy with exploding cape device in his pocket?

or the one who had one explode in his mouth?

be careful friends.

[buzzed bait]

i quit smoking nearly 7 years ago and just quit cold turkey.  couldn't imagine trying to use one of these to curb or quit cigs.  i would get ticked when my lighters went out, couldn't imagine my temper flare when the battery died on my unit.

most of them look absolutely ridiculous.....  last time i did something along those lines it was playing a recorder, in kindergarten.

 

 

[Catch and Grease]

 

What looks so ridiculous about them? haha I know there are some pretty dumb ones but most of them look pretty neat in my opinion, or maybe I just look ridiculous using mine lol

[River Dave]

Looks like my old Sonny Walkman cassette player 

[F14A-B]

2 minutes ago, Catch and Grease said:

 

What looks so ridiculous about them? haha I know there are some pretty dumb ones but most of them look pretty neat in my opinion, or maybe I just look ridiculous using mine lol

That thing sorta resembles my power hitter of the 70's..of course we didn't smoke fake anything..hehe.

[Steveo-1969]

Man, do I feel old.  I had no idea what "vaping" was when I opened this thread........