Joyetech e-GoT Review

Welcome back everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I know I sure did.

Well, today I'm going to be going over the system that I have been using for about the past year now, it is called the Joyetech e-GoT Electronic-Cigarette.

This unit is one of the best eCigs I have owned to date. It is functional, reliable, and very easy to use.

The eGo-T usually retails for around $70-90 depending on where you purchase it

Each Kit contains:

• (2) Joye eGo-T atomizer body (base + cover)
• (5) Joye eGo-T atomizer heads
• (2) Joye eGo-T 650mah manual batteries
• (1) Fast USB charger
• (1) AC adapter
• (5) Type A Tank Cartridges
• (1) User manual
• (1) Pouch
• (2) Rubber Mouthpiece covers

I wouldn't recommend this kit to someone who is new to eCigs though, for one thing it is a tad pricey for someone who is used to just paying $4-6 for their nicotine fix. Also, the amount of vapor this unit produces is just beastly. It is more of an eHookah than an eCig.

Another aspect I love about the eGo is how durable it is. This thing can take a beating and keep giving you vapor all day long, mine has scratches all up & down it from me clumsily dropping it all the time, but it still works just as well as the day I first got it.

The battery life is also amazing on these, when I tested how long the battery will last from charge to empty, I got to around a day and a half before I forgot I was testing the battery life and plugged it back in. But still, that's more than most people would need.

Overall though it is a very capable unit, good for people who used to be heavy, pack-a-day smokers.

So many choices! How do I know what to pick?!

When shopping around for your first e-cig (especially online), it might seem overwhelming at times due to the huge selection, different brands, and many different styles of PV (personal vaporizer - the technical term for "E-Cig"). But I can help clear up that confusion with a brief guide to these choices.

First you're going to need to gauge how often you will be puffing on your e-cig, as this will be a major factor in deciding whether or not to get a drip tip or a tank system.

• If you don't smoke that often then you will probably be best off with the standard Drip Tip that is included with most kits

• If you are a moderate to heavy smoker then you will probably want to invest in a Tank Atomizer that will hold a reserve of E-liquid so you do not have to constantly refill your atomizer. (This is the system that I use)
• They also make Cartridge Atomizers but these usually do not last longer than a quarter of a day and in my experiences are a total waste of money.

Another factor that comes into play is the form factor of the e-cig. Do you want it to be discrete, or is it something you don't mind people seeing and asking you about all the time?

I say this because there are models that are made to look almost identical to a regular, analog cigarette. And then there are models that look nothing like a cigarette, I have even seen one made to look like a lipstick container.

The pipe is actually an electronic cigarette... Seriously... You would get some looks if you whipped that out in public for sure.

 A more "normal" style of E-cig, and actually the exact setup I am currently using. (Works well, fyi. I will be doing a writeup on it later this week...)








Pictured below is the Joyetech 510 E-Cigarette. It is the model I was first introduced to almost 4 years ago. It is a drip tip system, although they do make it in a tank variety (and I have seen cartridges for it).

Overall, it is a very reliable unit, one that is easy to take care of and maintain. It provides a pretty decent amount of vapor and has one of the best battery life's out of all the units I have used.

If I had to recommend a unit for someone just getting into the world of digital tobacco, this would be the one. It is reliable, it is effective, and best of all, it is relatively inexpensive; Most places I have seen the 510 go for $40-50 for a starter kit.


Later this week I will go deeper in depth about the setup I use and the various other products the Joyetech company puts out, stay tuned...

~E42

Value, my 2nd favorite part of switching.

Yesterday I talked a little bit about the "health" benefits to switching from regular tobacco cigarettes to electronic ones, so today I am going to talk about the cost benefits.

Like most smokers already know, their little habit is getting more and more expensive with each passing year. According to the CDC, in 1970, the average pack of cigarettes cost $0.38 with added tax of about $0.18.

As of 2009 though, the average pack cost $5.33 with $2.19 in taxes added on top. So smoking a pack a day would run you almost $80 a week, that's ridiculous. That definitely factored largely into why I was eager to find an alternative to smoking, especially one that was "a lot cheaper" according to my buddy who introduced me to e-cigs. Although you do have to pony up some cash to get started, if you're like how I used to be and smoke a pack a day, then it shouldn't be much more than a week's worth of cigarette money.

Once you have the starter kit you are all set. The kit usually comes with a small bottle of e-liquid, one of only two things you will have to replace. The atomizer heads are the only other item that wears out and needs occasional replacement, but they are inexpensive and usually pretty long lasting.


I tend to use my e-cig a lot so I go through about one 30ml bottle of liquid per month, which runs about $15 +S&H. I go through a 5 pack of the atomizers about once every 2 months or so and those also run about $10-15 (depending on your brand of e-cig).

~2 Month E-cig cost
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30ml Liquid x2    -    $30
5pack AtmHead x1 - $15

Total   ----------------- $45

~2 Month Cigarette Cost
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Pack a day @ $7/pk
$7 * 61 = $427

Thats $382 in savings! In just two months! Imagine how much you could save in a year! Not to mention the health savings too.

Overall if you are serious about quitting or at least switching  to something less harmful and a whole lot cheaper than regular smokes, try an electronic cigarette.

Check back tomorrow for a new post!

~E42

Where do I begin?

When discussing this subject with someone for the first time, I always have trouble deciding what major positive aspect of E-Cigs I should cover first, and I always come to the conclusion that the "Health" side of things would be best to cover first. So that is where we will start.

As most cigarette smokers already know, cigarettes are highly carcinogenic (ie. They cause Cancerous Tumors) and are just horrible for you in general.

But on the other side of the coin we have the Electronic Cigarette. While in a regular cigarette there are something to the tune of 5,000+ carcinogens and other chemicals, electronic cigarettes only have Nicotine, Propylene Glycol (a non-toxic substance also found in a lot of foods you eat on a daily basis), and various flavorings.

Now being so new, there haven't been a whole lot of major studies done on the effects that E-Cigs have on the human body, but most research that I can find points to them being a whole lot better than regular cigarettes.

(The following is quoted from a recent article on WebMD to further my point) 
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According researcher Konstantinos Farsalinos, MD, of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, Greece; "Considering the hazards associated with cigarette smoking, currently available data suggest that electronic cigarettes are far less harmful, and substituting tobacco with electronic cigarettes may be beneficial to health," he says.

Further on in the article American Heart Association spokesman Russell Luepker, MD, of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, says that because they "light up," electronic cigarettes may be preferred over other smoking cessation aids by some people trying to quit.

It’s not surprising they are less harmful than the real thing, he says. "The e-cigarette has the advantage of not having the thousands of other chemicals, besides nicotine, that a real cigarette has," he says.

"I don't think it's conclusive but there's no doubt if you expose someone to fewer bioactive chemical compounds there is going to be less effect on the heart," Luepker says. But they should only be used as a temporary bridge while quitting smoking, he says.
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Well there you have it... One major reason to trade your cancer-sticks for an E-Cig; Your Health.

And tomorrow I will be covering the second major reason: Your Money!

Stay tuned!

~E42

Beginnings...

If you're here then I'm guessing you're either a current smoker, or a smoker who is trying to quit. And if you fall into that latter category, how long have you been trying? I say "trying" because most do not have the sheer willpower to just quit smoking "cold-turkey", and every time I tried some out-there method of quitting I usually ended up right back where I started: Smoking cigarettes.

That was until a friend of mine showed me a new device he had picked up at a store in town. It was an "Electronic-Cigarette" and he told me that he had been using it for almost 6 months without going back to regular cigarettes, not even once!

So I scrounged up some cash, went down to the store he told me about, and decided to give it a shot myself...

I could not be happier with that decision I made almost four years ago. That's right, it has been four years since I switched from regular tobacco to the E-Cig, and I can safely say that it has helped me in many ways.

Well for starters I don't smell like a carton of cigarettes all the time, which is nice. I also seem to have less trouble with aerobic activities and I feel as though I have somewhat improved lung function since I switched. Also I have noticed that food & drinks taste a lot better than they used to when I was a regular smoker.

 There are plenty more benefits of switching from regular cigarettes to electronic ones but I will cover those and a whole lot more in the following posts.

This blog will serve as a place to put my thoughts on the subject of E-Cigs and reviews of products as well, so please check back soon as I will be posting a lot more in the next few days!

~E42

 (PS: Sorry for the funky formatting, I don't know what happened and can't seem to fix it)