Okay so I'm about to jump in with this kit here -
http://www.ukecigstore.com/e-cigarettes/advanced-kits/innokin-itaste-vv-kit-new-v2
If I grab that, am I pretty much all set to go? I can just charge it up and start smoking?
Also, what about all these flavours I see. Are the flavour cartridges one size fits every type of e cig, or are they more a type of thing where I get a liquid delivered and I have to top up the e-cigarette?
Anything else I'd need with the kit I mentioned above? Any consumables I'd need to stock up on?
You buy flavours alone in tubs of usually 10-30ml. You then put the flavour in one of hundreds of devices that attaches to your battery (Atomizers with a cartridge, clearomizers, cartomizers etc). That kit comes with everything you'll need to start, but it isn't a battery I often see recommended (that's not to say it's bad, I just haven't heard
anything about it) and it doesn't necessarily come with the best stuff.
The Ego Twist is a fantastic battery for beginners and... anyone, really. Add on a charger with that for £25 and that's your battery sorted. I did the same thing from that same site myself a few months back.
Now you'll need something to put on top of that battery. The thing that holds the juice and converts it to vapour. A quick lesson -- the main thing is an atomizer. That's the raw head that heats the liquid into vapour. Some require direct dripping of liquid manually, some have a cartridge that stores juice that'll drip onto it for a while. A cartomizer is an atomizer that also stores liquid so the atomizer inside is regularly fed. Those are the standard devices that you'll be putting on your battery. A clearomizer is just a transparent cartomizer so you can see how much juice is left. As I said there are literally hundreds of different attys and cartos so it can be daunting at first.
These clearomizers are the best I've found and I recommend them wholeheartedly. Free shipping too! They're easy to use, and they stay dry as a bone as the liquid is injected inside rather than dripped. The battery I recommended (£25 with charger) plus 5 of these (£7.50) is a great start and all you'll need then is liquid.
These boge cartos are pretty much a standard recommendation, though the quality can vary they're very cheap. 5 for less than £5. They hold about 1ml of liquid that you'll drip in that is soaked up by the material inside.
As for liquid I can't recommend
Pixie Juice enough in the UK. Their mint choc chip is fantastic, but pretty much every flavour is. That aside,
this is my favourite juice I've found yet but taste is subjective. If you're not looking for something sweet/fruity/desserty and more of a tobacco flavour then I'm not necessarily the best man to ask but
House of Liquid is often recommended. 10ml is a good amount to try a flavour. That'll give you 7-10 refills of one of your cartomizers, with each refill lasting a day at least. I'd recommend getting 2-3 flavours to start. The cheap stuff that comes in a kit probably isn't very good at all.
Here's a well populated and helpful
UK Vaping forum. It's how I got started without feeling totally lost.
How is the nicotene-less stuff? Any recommended gear if I want to go that route?
Great. Nicotine free juice is all I smoke, just for the flavour. The gear is exactly the same, it's only the juice that contains nicotine so as long as you make sure the vendor has a nicotine free option you're good to go.
