Robert's 'Quit Date was: 03/08/2009
Today is: 05/19/12 07:26 am

So I (Robert) have not smoked a real cigarette in:
1168 days, 6 hours and 26 minutes.

Formula is based on a pack costing $2.70 and smoking about 30 cigs a day - pack and a half,
multiply $4.00 (cost of cigs a day) by time quit then subtract the amount spent on ecigs and supplies.

Itemized cost break down of ecigs and supplies
COST
ITEM
Date
Where Bought
Comments
$60.00
Ecig starter kit
3/7/2009
Tobacco King Lenoir City
did not use it till 3/8/09
$28.77
Ejuice
3/20/2009
PureSmoker.com
Cashs Tobacco Special Blend - 30ml - Medium (16mg)
$1.80
supply to inject ejuice into cart
4/2/2009
Tractor Co-Op
2 - 3ml syringes w/20 gauge needles
$15.90
Ejuice
4/3/2009
Johnsons Creek
JC Tennessee Cured - 15ml - Medium (18mg)
$35.00
Ecigs supplies plus parts
4/10/2009
Tobacco King Lenoir City
5 atomizers plus 2 batteries
$24.89
Ejuice
5/11/2009
Johnsons Creek
JC Tennessee Cured - 30ml - Medium (18mg)
$24.00
Ecigs supplies plus parts
6/20/2009
Tobacco King Lenoir City
2 atomizers plus 2 batteries
$3.00
Glycerine to start making my own juice
7/24/2009
WalMart Knoxville
Humco Glycerine (USP) 6 oz bottle
$10.00
Flavors to start making my own juice
7/24/2009
Hobby Lobby Knoxville
4 - 1 dram Lorann Flavors and 4 eye droppers to fit
$22.45
Nic juice to start making my own juice
7/25/2009
liquidxpress.com
30 ml 36mg Unflavored Nicotine Juice for making my own
$30.95
Flavors to start making my own juice
7/26/2009
Ebay seller mn77sota
24 ct 1 dram bottle Lorann Hard Candy Flavors
$6.89
Syringes with end stoppers for mixing my own juice
7/27/2009
Ebay seller anitquitous
5 10ml syringes with end stoppers
$5.00
Variety Syringes for mixing my own juice
7/27/2009
Loudon Co-Op
1 10ml, 1 5ml, 1 3ml syringes
$3.10
Pipettes for mixing my own juice
7/27/2009
EBay seller Gallery of Scentz
12 Plastic Transfer Pipette- 3 ml
$12.00
Try out 510 manual battery
7/31/2009
Rocky Mountain Vapor
1 - JOYE510 Manual Battery Matte Black, Blue LED
$15.00
Sit at PC and not use up a battery with the 510
8/2/2009
EFC Member TheUltimateG
1 - USB passthru for a 510
$9.50
50 Small storage bottles for juice
8/3/2009
US Plastics online
50 - 3cc Natural Cylinder Bottle with Dropper Cap
$69.00
Changing from Joye 306 model to Joye 510
8/4/2009
Rocky Mountain Vapor
1 Joye510 starter kit/2attys,2batts,1wall charger,5 carts, 1PCC
$20.00
Spare parts for Joye 510
8/15/2009
Rocky Mountain Vapor
1 510 blk man bat w/green led, + 1 510 blk atomizer
$8.50
Flavors for making ejuice
9/26/2009
Ebay chocolate2live4
5 Lorann 1 dram size flavors
$12.48
PROPYLENE GLYCOL USP for making Ejuice
9/26/2009
Ebay 280bj
8oz 100% PROPYLENE GLYCOL USP E-liquid
$10.15
Eye droppers
9/28/2009
Ebay seller mn77sota
12 Lorann 1 dram size eyedroppers
$20.00
Flavorless ejuice for mixing
10/16/2009
tastyvapor.us
1 30ml bottle of 45mg flavorless
$6.00
Menthol Drops for mixing
10/17/2009
juicyliquid.com
1 8ml bottle of menthol drops
$35.00
Atomizers for Joye510
10/25/2009
EFC Member ironlung
5 Joye510 Atomizers
$15.24
Lorann flavors for making ejuice
10/29/2009
Ebay seller mn77sota
10 Lorann 1 dram size Hard candy flavors
$36.00
3 Spare batteries for Joye 510
11/7/2009
Rocky Mountain Vapor
2 510 blk man bat w/green led, + 1 510 man blk bat w/purple LED
$20.00
Lorann flavorings for ejuice DIY
11/19/2009
EFC Member woodslady1
32 1 dram bottles assorted flavors
$20.00
Flavorless ejuice for mixing
12/1/2009
tastyvapor.us
1 30ml bottle of 48mg flavorless nic juice
$24.48
5 battery charging station for Joye 510
12/4/2009
Totally Wicked
E-NI-510 TITAN.5 Battery Mega Charger
$24.00
3 Spare Atomizers for Joye 510
12/4/2009
Rocky Mountain Vapor
3 Joye 510 blk matte atomizers
$27.00
Box Mod
12/14/2009
EFC Member Kenb54
510 Box Mod
$17.49
2 14500 batts plus charger
12/14/2009
EBay Member emy.asia
2x 14500 900mAh Protected Rechargeable Batteries+CHARGER
$20.00
Butterfinger Nic juice plus Butterfinger doubler
12/29/2009
ECF Member darmeen@gmail.com
30ml of Tasty Vapor Butterfinger 48mg, 4oz butterfinger doubler
$23.70
Supplies to build 3 box mods
1/13/2009
MADVAPES
AA boxes w/onoff, LEDs, Resistors, and switches
$6.00
10ml TastyVapor Cafe Mocha PG
1/15/2009
ECF Member ThaLadyD
1 10ml samples of TastyVapor Cafe Mocha PG
$10.00
14500 batteries for box mod
1/15/2010
ECF Member sherid
2 14500 900MaH spare batteries for box mod
$15.24
Lorann Hard Candy Flavorings 10ct bottles
1/27/2010
EBay Member mn77sota
10 1 dram bottles Lorann Hard Candy Flavorings 10ct bottles
$30.00
Various 18mg 30 ml bottles of ejuice
2/12/2010
ECF Member thaladyd
6 - 30ml bottles of 18mg ejuice different flavors
$52.00
30ml 36mg flavorless and 4 Joye 510 Atmomizers
2/12/2010
Rocky Mountain Vapor
30ml 36mg flavorless and 4 Joye 510 matteblk Atmomizers


4/11/2009
I do not particulary care for the Pure Smoker Special Blend eJuice. That is why I odered the Johnson Creek Tennessee Pride eJuice. Now that one I really like. To bad I ordered just a small bottle of it. But I am currently not using the eJuices yet. I have just tried a smidge out of each bottle. I still have 2 carts left out of the 50 that came with the starter kit. I will finish those today and start the eJuice tomorrow.

5/11/2009
I am almost out of the Johnson Creek Tennessee Cured Pride eJuice. That is by far my favorite. I still have over half a bottle of the Pure Smoker Blend. Sorry, but that one is just to harsh for me. I have ordered as of today a 30ml bottle of the Johnson Creek Tennessee Cured Pride. Once again the 18mg nicotine.
As for being tobacco free I am still going strong and still have not even touched a real ciggy!

6/4/2009
Yesterday I had 3 batteries go out one after another. Two of the batteries were brand new never used. One of them was one of the originals. It did cause some very uncomfortable moments as I could not get a decent draw off of any of them and those were the only ones I had on me as we were out and about. I may have been getting a bit grumpy but come on three batteries at once?

6/15/2009
I am starting to stock pile parts because it looks like the FDA is about to be jerks and startstopping a lot more shipping of parts. I may also have to learn how to make my own ejuice.

7/23/2009
Made up my mind to venture into starting to make my own ejuice. I will be using 36mg PG Unflavored Nicotice juice as my base, and then will be cutting it with VG (Glycerin veggie based). I will be thinning the VG with distilled water with a ratio of 80% VG and 20% water. To the unflavored Nic juice I will add Loranns Hard Candy Flavor Oils. The flavors will make roughly 20% of total mixture or less. I am starting to gather the needed supplies.

8/15/2009
A couple changes to note. I have switched from the Joye 306 model to the Joye 510 model. It does not look as much like a cig plus the cart holds more fluid so I do not have to top off asmuch. So far I am happier with the 510. PLUS I have cut back from 18mg nic to 10.8mg of nic content using the juice that I make. In a few weeks I am planning on cutting nic content to around 8mg.

9/28/2009
I have ordered some PG as it does seem as if the VG kills most of the flavor when I am cutting the 36mg to 12mg using VG and Lorann flavoring. So I am going to try to mix 50/50 PG/VG to see if that brings out the weaker flavors and still stays smooth to the throat and produces good vapor.

10/03/2009
Yes, there is a difference in taste using a PG mix. The flavor does come our much better. Also vapor production is still good and the smooth hits remains. I am now using a 50/50 PG/VG base.

10/16/2009
Penny has now got her own Joye510 that I got from an ECF member. I have not added that cost inyet as it would skew the figures. Just going to see if she can quit analogs. If she does I will revamp the formula and add her cost in. Keeping fingers crossed. So far she has done pretty good the past two days cutting back from 1 1/2 packs a day to just over 1/2 a pack.

12/6/2009
Big change for me. During the daytime I have started vaping 0 nic! Now when I wake up I do have a cart (about 12 drops) of my normal 12mg. But once that is gone I do 0mg. Until a few hours before bedtime I do a cart of 12mg (about 12 drops worth again) again. But all day long I am vaping 0 nic juice!

12/16/2009
A few days ago I tried once again to go 0 nic the entire time. Did ok on my first day. BUT, on the second day by nite fall I had to use a cart of my 12mg nic. I guess still to soon. Also I have ordered my first mod! It is just a simple box mod. But am getting tired of havingto do the 510 battery trot. After I get it and the batts and charger I will put in whatI think about it. I am excited about it though.


Recipe section good ones and flops
Base is 50% PG 50% VG
Nic juice is currently 48mg per ml
Flavorings are Lorans Hard Candy Flavorings
Finished Batch is 3ml
Target Outcome is 12mg per ml ejuice

First the good ones so far.

Creame De Menthe
Ohhh Yes! It is very good. It even leaves your mouth feeling clean and refreshed. LOL!
1.6 ml of base
0.8 ml of nic juice
0.6 ml of Creame de Menthe Lorans

Pina Colada and Pineapple mix
YUMMY!! This one is good. Warning! It does linger on your atomizer.
1.6 ml of base
0.8 ml of nic juice
0.4 ml of Pina Colada Lorans
0.2 ml if Pineapple Lorans

Black Licorice
Wife really likes this one. Warning! Strongly lingers on atomizer.
1.6 ml of base
0.8 ml of nic juice
0.6 ml of Licorice Lorans

Sweet Keoke Coffee
Wife really likes this one also.
1.6 ml of base
0.8 ml of nic juice
0.5 ml of Keoke Coffee Lorans
0.1 ml of Caramel Lorans

Flops so far.

Cotton Candy
Kind of Flop. To weak so far. It is sweet, but lacks the cotton candy taste.

Junoir Mint Candy
Flop! Can not get the chocolate to come out right. Will keep trying since I love that candy.