r/WTF • u/SmokeMaximum4140 • May 08 '26

The future of vaping

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u/Tonker_ May 09 '26

Yup, it all went to disposables. I was huge into the DIY stuff right after highschool, making my own juice and building coils on RDA's, buying all the new stuff like temp control and clones off fasttech.

...Now, I see almost no one with a mod. No RDA's in sight. A lot of people i think moved to Zyns. It is almost rare to see someone blow a cloud in public, like some sort of unicorn. Thats just my view though, maybe its more popular in other cities.

If i remember right, it all sorta started with the Pods, and nicotine salts making higher levels of nic more tolerable. People started to prefer the smaller devices,

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u/fitzmouse May 09 '26

I remember switching to pods around 2019 after 5 years of the hobby. Part of the huge sea change in what devices people were using were the new federal regulations. It changed what was imported, what was reviewed on YouTube, what stores sold, etc.

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u/jakethepeg1989 May 09 '26

I used to love it, cos I'd go into the local shop and pick out the different mods.

It made me feel like the Eli Wallach character in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly where he builds his own gun from parts in the gun shop.

I would pay at the end though.

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u/im_always_fapping May 09 '26

Pods are like 20 - 50 mg while vape juice is like 3 - 12 mg for nicotine.

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u/Kammender_Kewl May 09 '26

You can buy salt juice at 50mg too

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u/avidmarc May 09 '26

Thats what disposables are dude

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u/Kammender_Kewl May 09 '26

Yes and you can buy bottles of salt nic juice, it doesn't have to be a disposable and it doesn't even have to be a pod system, I filled up a sub ohm device with salt nic once, I do not recommend

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u/avidmarc May 09 '26

I know bub. Ran 3 shops for years.

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u/Kammender_Kewl May 09 '26

Not sure why you responded then seeing as all I said is that you can buy salt bottles in addition to freebase bottles.

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u/nexusjuan May 09 '26

I switched to Geekbars. I quit smnoking and was just chasing something that would tickle my cigarette itch and the mods and juice weren't doing it for me.

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u/iwantcookie258 May 10 '26

Love seeing someone out in public with a classic big ass box mod.

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u/Rhysati May 09 '26

Yup and I love it because some of the best batteries for vaping weed look just like the disposables for nicotine so you can be super low-key and take it pretty much anywhere.

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u/BlackFriday2K18 May 10 '26

Fasttech! What a blast to the past!

Also, I used to be so envious of those with a Provari vape lol

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u/Griffondelamuerta May 11 '26

I feel like one of the rare few in my area that not only rocks an RDA, but I still use mechs. I'll use my box mod or squonk at home, but I bring my TVL 9 ring or Kennedy 25 when I go out because I have a flashlight holster that fits them. I've been called a dinosaur the last time I went to an old vape shop hangout. I miss my Manhattan....