So after quitting for almost a year and considering myself home free, I fell off the wagon a few months back and have since been thinking off jumping on the e-cig bandwagon. They opened a "vape" store just a few miles away from where I live that looks like it might as well be an apple store selling e-cigs instead of computers, right down to the over-friendly neck-beard staff.
So, I quickly scanned this thread, determined "Provari & Kranger" were the two names I was looking for, and headed out to the store. Unfortunately, when I got there they did not carry Provari (they did have Kranger tanks) so I was at that point basically at the mercy of the staff for suggestions. The neck beard in question seemed as innocent and honest as a puppy, and seemed to know his shit, so I wasn't too worried about being recommended a big pos with a high sales margin. Told the guy I wasn't looking to fuck around and "cheap out", and to recommend me something quality. First he recommended some vape that looked like a steel whisky flask with a nozzle sticking out (forget the brand, a few of the employees were sucking on them) but the thing not only looked retarded, but you'd need either a suit jacket or a murse to carry the bloody thing around. He then recommended the "E-Vic" by Joyetech along with a Kanger protank 3 and some 2.0 Ohm atomizers. Once he said it had a USB port and firmware, the computer nerd in me got excited and I was sold.. Walked out with all of the aforementioned items plus "flavor vapor" brand juice.
I have no basis for comparison except a Blue disposable, so maybe ignorance is bliss, but so far the thing seems to be working great. Really my only complaint is that the thing is rather large (looks like a dildo with a sucking nipple lol), probably won't react to well if I should drop it, and there's no fucking way I'm going to wear it around my neck..