Your Lifestyle: Where and When Will You Be Vaping?
One big factor in determining the right e-cigarette kit for your needs is where and when you’ll be using your device.
When Will You Be Vaping?
All the time: Most people looking for a new e-cigarette kit will be hoping to completely replace smoking with vaping. This means you’ll need something you can use all day without it running out of battery. Cigalikes aren’t great for this, so consider getting a pod mod or mod system. To maximise battery life, the higher the mAh (milliamp hour) rating of the battery, the better.
Sometimes (e.g. just in the evenings or while at work): If you won’t be vaping all day, every day, then your options are a little more open. If you want something to use while you’re at work, battery life is still important (so a pod or tank system is preferable to a cigalike), but a mod probably isn’t necessary. If you’re vaping at home in the evening, you’ll be able to charge much more easily, so a cigalike or a pod system will be suitable.
Where Will You Be Vaping?
While precisely where you are when you vape doesn’t really matter, the general environment you’ll be in when you vape can be useful to consider.
Will there be a risk of your e-cig getting knocked? Will you have access to a USB port or plug socket for charging?
Work (dangerous environment): If you’ll be vaping at work, but your job is physical or involves some risks, there’s a chance your e-cig will get knocked around while in your pocket or even have something dropped on it. This means you’ll need a solidly-built e-cig.
Your best bet is probably a Geekvape device such as the Geekvape Aegis Boost. While Geekvape devices generally have a bit more of a learning curve than other devices, these waterproof, shock-proof and dust-proof vapes are some of the toughest kits available.
Work (safe environment): If you’ll be vaping at work but you’re in an office or your working environment isn’t particularly risky, you can use pretty much any type of e-cig. However, if you won’t be able to charge, box mods or high-capacity (meaning high mAh rating) tank systems are the best choice.
Home: At home, your e-cig is unlikely to be put in harm’s way and you’ll probably have access to a USB port or plug socket to recharge. In this case, any type of e-cig kit is absolutely fine: you won’t risk serious damage to your device, you’ll be able to keep it charged and portability isn’t essential.
In transit: If you’ll be doing a lot of vaping out of the house but not somewhere like work where you’ll probably have somewhere safe to leave your device, portability becomes essential. However, this has to be balanced against battery life, especially if you’ll be travelling for a while. For this reason, although cigalikes are the most portable, pod mods and mods are much better suited to your purpose. Pod mods strike the best balance, but if you’re willing to use something a little bigger, mods are also worth considering.
These groups aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, if you’re vaping all day you’ll probably be using your e-cig in all of these places, so the best “all-round” device should really win out in this area. As you may have picked up from the above, box mods and pod mods have the most potential to be great vaping companions wherever you are, but tank and pod systems can get the job done too.
