Category: Success Stories

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for your review of the endura kit. I have
been vaping for close to a year now, and had been trying to find a set up for my
dad, who had been a heavy smoker for over 30 years. He didn’t want to try any
devices I showed him because of how complicated they seemed. After watching your
review on the endura I decided to buy it for him as an xmas gift. It has worked
amazingly well for him. He hasn’t had a cigarette since January 15th, and he has no
interest in going back. Thanks again

-Nick

Hi Phil, I just wanted to drop a line to you. I’ve been cigarette free for 2 years today. I was introduced to vaping by a friend in Toronto (Darryl) who had come to Halifax on business. I tried using his kayfun lite and I was thrilled and thought that this was something that could get me off the stupid cigarettes that I’d been smoking for 33 years (ugh). I found a vape shop a couple hours away and went for a road trip the following weekend. Picked up a istick and a couple protank minis. Talked to Darryl and he told me of your and a couple other reviewers youtube channels and a couple of reputable Canadian websites. I watch hours of videos, ordered a kayfun lite and the adventure in coiling and wicking began, experimented with drippers and clapton wires etc but I’m still a mouth to lunger at heart.

I’ve watched every video that you have put on youtube since then. Recently you posted the one for the Kayfun Mini V3, I liked the video so much that I went and got one from Dash Vapes in Canada. It arrived this morning with the mini volt, built it just like you did in the video and its awesome (photo attached)!

The point I want to make is that what you do is important and appreciated, never forget it!

Thank you and keep the reviews coming!!

Hello Phil,

My name is Konstantinos and I live in Greece.And I smoked. Since I was 13 I did, as
an occasional “trying to look cool” “early thug life” type of smoker, and I did
until January 21st 2013. When a close friend of mine tried to quit cigarettes again
by vaping (2nd attempt) by purchasing an eGo type and I decided to give it a go. I
bought a pack of cigalikes, no button, just inhale and vape, tried a lot of juices
until I was happy with a sweet type of tobacco from a Greek company (Nobacco, in
parentheses if you don’t want to advertise). I decided to vape for financial issues
at first, with health being just secondary. I was a pack a day smoker, smoking heavy
25/pack cigarettes a day and I was getting laryngitis or bronchitis every 3 months
or so, like an early warning sign. I said to myself, you spent 40 euros,got no job,
now you are stuck with it, vape it. You are not going to smoke again.

So I vaped. And then I started looking online for tips when I had trouble with my
atomizer, mostly Greek forums. Then YouTube. And I found a guy named riptrippers,
who was making his own coils on some super overpriced metal tubes, called mechanical
mods for some reason I still don’t get. And then I found a guy called Phil. Phil
wasn’t a teenager, he was mature. Phil made these reviews in an entertaining way
that appealed to me, made me look more into it.

Because let’s get it straight, cigalikes sucked. And cigarettes were on my mind a
lot. I watched the review on the istick 20 and was like , that’s me. Who cares what
this guy says about pulse width modulation and voltage being higher than the screen
shows. I like it. And I found it in Greece, rebranded from the previously mentioned
Greek company, hugely overpriced, but I bought it anyway. And I loved it.

Long story short, it was a one way street for a gadget loving guy like myself, to
get RDAs, build my own coils, temp control/limiting devices, that I still use in
kanthal, because I don’t know why, maybe I don’t like titanium, nickel and SS that
much. I got some mech mod clones (not enough money for any authentic), chased those
clouds, was that 1 guy in Greece that people glared at in the street trying to be a
truck exhaust. But I liked it, didn’t care (provided I didn’t annoy other people
around me). As long as it kept me off cigarettes. Finally I managed to save up
money, after I finally got a job in this crisis ridden country (that’s going from
bad to worse) and got my very own Kayfun v4 that I cherish. And switched from lung
to mouth to lung.

This is not a fan email or some similar crap. It’s appreciation letter to you and
the work, the real WORK you do. I have learned so much about the hobby (because mods
and vaping ended up as a hobby for me),that I passed to others, friends and
colleagues in the bank that I work. I have managed to help (because I don’t like the
word convert, it’s too much of a cult/religious reference) 7 people to switch to
vaping. And I only hear thanks. And this “thanks ” should be addressed to you, who
managed to research so much and convince me, help me and inform me to stay on
e-cigarettes for more than 2 years now.

So thank you Phil, for all your work, dedication and questionable love for Greeks
and excuse my language errors and syntax.

Konstantinos

Hi Phil!
I don’t know if you are going to read this messagebut i really hope so.

First of all let me apologize for my English. As you’ll notice is not my first
language.

I just wanna thank you. Not only for being inspiring when it comes to quit smoking
but for the amount of hours of entertainment.

I’m gonna tell you my story. I’m 26 years old. Ive been smoking since I was 15. 2
months ago i discovered the e-cig world and i decided to give it a try. Started with
an ego CE5 and it didn’t work at all. I didnt give up and I tried to step up and i
got an ijust2. Im actually 15 days smoke free.

Little bit than a month ago i was diagnosed with a pretty bad disease. Something
that i will carry my whole life. It has nothing to do with tobacco. I have no job,
things are pretty f***** up here in Spain and even worse in my situation. Even
though id like to try mods and atomizers i can barely handle the e-liquids. I know
that you have plenty of contests but Im not lucky at all 🙂

Well, just thank you! You don’t know how much your channel means to me. A lot of
hours of entertainment and very very interesting content. Keep up with the good job
and those long videos. I love to play one of your videos and fall asleep at night.
If one you have one spare mod or something more advanced than an ijust 2 and you
dont know what to do with it Im here 🙂

Best wishes and long life to mouth to lungers!

Mr. Busardo,
Just want to say thank you for all the information and reviews you have done. I
started vaping a few years ago and was just overwhelmed with all the devices and
such on the market. I ended up using mechanical mods with rebuildable kayfun style
tanks so my cost was low. Did not like buying pre-made coils. I tried an early
variable voltage device and was not impressed.
When Kanger came out with the subtank I liked the design and easy build. So after
seeing your review of the top box mini i purchased one from my local B&M shop. well
i will have to say the temp control scared me at first and used it for the first
week in wattage control and enjoyed it. Now i have been able to dial in the temp.
control and airflow to get very nice lung to mouth draws. Compared to other devices
you have reviewed it is low tech but works very well for me.

Thanks
Jeremy
smoked for 20+ years

     Now, I would like to encourage you in what you are doing. Instead of going back to smoking 2 years ago (for a myriad of reasons that I wont bore you with), I got into vaping because I stumbled across one your videos and ended up watching a ton of them. You dispelled all the magic which made me feel that, “Hey, I think I can wrap a coil.” today I vape a 3 nic sometimes and a 0 nic sometimes down from a 12 nic which I started with. So thank you again Phil!

I watch your videos all the time because:

1. You really make the experienced and newbie vapor alike feel comfortable and welcome.
2. You are sincere. That makes all the difference my friend.
3. You’re just a very likable guy and your entertaining. We share a similar sense of humor and for that I feel bad for you. :0)

Sincerely,

Doug

Phil, I saw your post on Facebook today from one of your followers,
pertaining to his journey away from cigarettes. And I realized that I have never
written you to tell you how much you have done for my entire family.

My girlfriend decided to start vaping in March 2015, in an attempt to break away
from cigarettes, and I figured “why not, I’ll try it too”. Starter kits. Discount
bin juice. BUT, after balancing vaping and smoking for a few weeks, I was able to
toss the last few of my smokes, and have not had one since April 13th 2015. Your
reviews helped me (us) SO MUCH, i chose upgrades carefully, and stepped up to 20w,
50w, temp control, and now 100+ watts, all with confidence. Thanks to you I was
capable of making informed and smart decisions when it came to buying new vape
gear.

Shortly after I upgraded to the obligatory 20w iStick/nautilus combo, my son and
fiance (new parents), decided to try vaping. while she has gone back to
cigarettes, my son has learned from your reviews, and made educated choices as
well.

Now his 2 year old daughter will be able to grow up, with (hopefully) no memory
of seeing her daddy or grandpa smoke. And we owe a good portion of credit for
this, to you.

For years I have tried and failed to quit smoking over and over. Vaping is the
only thing that has allowed my to walk CALMLY away from my tobacco crutches. After
27 years of smoking, I am now smoke free.

Thank you Phil. Thank you for all of the work and detail that you put into your
reviews. Thank you for putting them on youtube. Don’t stop doing what you do.

Hello Mr. PBusardo.
My name is Paul, I’m 42 years old, and smoked cigarettes from the time I was 19 to
the time I was 40. Quit cold-turkey successfully, but the urge for “something” has
always been there even after two full years. A good friend gave me an Evod starter
for xmas to maybe help fill the void cigarettes left. It’s now a few weeks later,
and I’m already on the stereotypical first upgrade 20w istick/Nautilus mini combo..
Even using 0nic high VG juice is enough to satisfy the “habit” I was missing all
this time.
The reason for this email is simply just to give a hearty thank you for doing what
you do. No other resource on the internet I’ve found has been as informative as your
website and youtube channel, specially for someone new to all this and trying to
learn it all at a steady pace. Your reviews are both informative and educational,
but more importantly convey a high level of knowledge in a very easy to understand
manner. I will not be making any future purchase decisions without first researching
your video review archive first! Keep up the great work and happy vaping!

Hi Phil,

Just want to write a little bit about my personal project over the last
few weeks.

Started vaping at the time of the release of iJust2, and over a short
period bought like 80 small bottles of 4mg nic. Went on to Crown.
Changed and charged batteries all the time.

Fascinated by Europe and older video’s on YouTube where people say they
use less that 2ml a day and a tiny eGo battery last them over a day, I
went on to trying to achieve this for myself with GG Tilemahos v2+.

After an adjustment period, I can now finally say that I use 2ml a day
too, and I have never felt better. I wash the car for the fun of it,
scrub floors for a bit of exercise, sleep much better, do not get
nic-sic and so on.

Requires 30mg+ nic in the juice for me, and I have no doubt that doing
2ml of 30mg juice is far superior to 20ml of 3mg juice, health wise.
The worst pushers for clouds are juice sellers naturally, with support
from videos on YouTube, cloud competitions in vape shops and so forth.

Marlboro Light is one of the most nicotine rich cigarettes on the
market. It is possible to extract over 13mg Nicotine from one single
cigarette. Studying cigarettes vs e-liquid is my next project.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905555/table/t3-AHJ-04-028/

Thank you for your latest article on your website. They bring even more
emotional stress release for me.

One tiny bit more.

I feel the only law we need is an airflow restriction for atomizers. Say
something equivalent to 1.5mm round hole. Most vapers would not even
notice this law, but the police would be allowed to confiscate the rig
used by irresponsible cloud chasers in public. It is still more airy
than a cigarette, so no vapers could use this as an excuse to start
cigarettes again.

Without the cloud, the public would not even know what we were
doing.(100%PG)
With small cloud people would be fascinated by what we do, and think of
us as smart people.
With big cloud they hate us for disturbing peace, and for polluting the
air they have to breath in.

By the way, I really believe your juice line will be a huge success! I
am so very happy and excited for you.

With deep respect for what you do, and my very best regards,
Jack

Phil,
I typed up this long message to you on twitter but it would not
send it to you due to the size so I decided to just email you. I really
enjoyed your thoughts/hopes on 2016 that you posted. Us veteran vapers
really need to think more about where we came from and what we can do to
help others quit cigarettes and other tobacco products. I have been
lucky enough to convert several of my closest friends and wife to
vaping. Even though I have gotten several people to make the switch
your blog really made me reflect and understand I can do more. I have
used vaping to quit smoking 3 times now. The first time like you I just
used a simple gas station cigalike and then ended up getting a better
setup from smokeless image and that did the trick. Then I was out
drinking and drunk me decided a smoke sounded wonderful and 1 was all it
took and then next thing you know I was back at it again. The second
time Variable Voltage was just coming into vogue and I brought a VAMO
and it was much easier and quit. I knew what I was doing and the second
time was easy. Again drunk me decided to smoke again and its history
for me once I get nicotine back in my system and boom I am back to
smoking. Now since variable wattage and voltage was around the second
time I quit I knew all about Ohm’s law and resistance this third time.
I guess the point to this rambling of my story is this. I have watched
this industry come from nothing where people were amazed that your ecig
had a cool light on the end to where we are today. If I did not have
this knowledge and understanding of history I would be overwhelmed
walking into it right now. How we were able to quit using the basic
devices we had years ago shows just how serious we were about saving our
lives and quitting smoking. I am amazed at the current level of
equipment we have now but its really a double edged sword. Yea its
awesome for us that know what we are doing but a nightmare for the new
users. I am going to make a promise to you. I am going to do
everything in my power to help any smoker or tobacco user who is
interested in quitting. I am going to make myself and my knowledge
available to anyone who asks for it. I am going to commit to start
advocating for this industry in any way I can.

I just want you to know you mean a lot to a lot of people. For years
you have given countless hours of your time to us. I just want you to
know that I support you and understand exactly what you are hoping for.
Last I want you to know I personally pledge to try to do my part. Have
a wonderful 2016.
Mike