Category: Success Stories

Hi Phil Just wanted to say how much i enjoy your Video’s,Review’s on YouTube.
I’ve gotten loads of information from them.
I’m 48 and stopped smoking 6 weeks ago along with my wife after 34 years of smoking
and was very surprised how quickly i lost the craving.
I use to roll my own and was smoking about 100 grams of tobacco a week so about 70
or 80 cigarette’s a day anyway just wanted to say what a great job you are doing and
to just say keep it up well done Phil also say hello to Dimitris.

Good evening,
I don’t normally reach out to reviewers and tutorialists (Yeah I think I just made up that word), however I wanted to thank you. Here is where you
would find the sob story of trying many different shelf e-cigarettes and
failing, but I figured you’ve heard enough of those. Let’s just say that I
always wanted vaping to work for me, but lacked the starting point I
needed, and sunk too much money into the not quite disposable
e-cigarettes.

Over the past week I have watched dozens of your videos and they have played an
instrumental part in helping me understand the vape scene I did not realize existed.
As I began to understand more I would go back and re-watch one of your videos and
pick up things I didn’t understand the first time. The site has helped me more in
the past week than any other resource has in the past year.

What makes your reviews better? In my opinion it is the unbiased way you conduct
them, coupled with the depth of information and descriptions you provide.

I know you don’t recommend new people jumping into the complex setups right off,
however after several bad experiences, with 50.00-90.00 setups, I wanted this
investment to be the one that can get me in the door and off of the smokes. So, I
have invested in a VaporShark rDNA 40 with a Kanger subtank mini. This, to me, along
with your video reviews, seemed to be a setup that I can comfortably manage safely
and expand on as I learn more.

So from a new Vaper thank you sincerely for the hard work and effort you put into
the vaping community.

John

Hell Phil. I’ve always referred you to folks. I found your site 1-13 which gave me the courage to put the cigs down because of your reviews and your enthusiasm for what we do and why. You have been there basically from my little ego with a ce4 all the way to this point now. I’m rebuilding now. Got that down pat. Thinking temp control but intimidated just like I was before I tried the ego twist to get off smokes. You’ve been there. Questions. Answers. Advice. Suggestions. Didn’t matter. You’ve been there. No body knows everything but I’ve enjoyed and valued your reviews and your personal responses where needed. I hope you have a great afternoon.

Todd

Hey Phil: I have been vaping since last July 2014, yes made one year off
those nasty butts after 25+ years of Marlboros. Thing is if it wasn’t for your
channels and the other You Tube reviewers that I do follow, I would be on my own
getting information. Sometimes you need to know what your looking for and then where
to find it. I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for all your reviews and
comments. I found myself needing batteries and boy that was a learning curve,
especially with all the bs that is going on with fakes and such. So in researching
Taste Your Juice, I saw that you trusted RTD Vapors and I bought my charger and
batteries there. Thanks Phil. Nothing is guaranteed in this world but I do trust
your knowledge and I feel secure in what I purchased. I will still research and
continue to learn but I had a great start with you. You are one of the best in my
books. Suzann

Hi phil
my wife and I are one year off the smelly things today.
after being diagnosed with COPD I tryed e-cigs just to see if it could help me cut
down bit,
as I was a 40 a day smoker with a 40 year old addiction,
we never smoked since still can’t belive it.
So we would just like to say thank you for all the work and time you put in
and your wife for being understanding of that, you are a great help for people like us,

Hi Phil,

Just a short message, saying that i really love your reviews and the way you are
doing it. Good information and explanation of the stuff and i find it really a joy to watch them.

I’m just a just-started-vaper started on April this year…after 35 years of heavy
smoking and since April i haven’t touched a real cigarette since…
It was so very easy to quit this time, because i have the feeling i dont miss
anything while vaping.

Started out on a EVOD2, very quickly went to a genitank with IPOW2 for more airflow.
Not very long after that bought the Subox black, excellent device and looks sharp
🙂 And to try temp control i just recently bought a Sigelei 75W TC device with
subtank plus.

I cant say quiting smoking saves me a lot of money :-), but hey…its so fascinating
this world of vaping….

Keep up the good work Phil.
I’m already on the lookout for your next video.

Greetings
Andre
(from The Netherlands)

Phil,

First thing I would like to thank you. Of all the reviews out there your reviews are my favorite, mainly because my name is Phil too (OK that was a joke). I find them to be the most informative and honest, and that to me is what a review needs. Your page (and youtube page) are great, and I am sure have helped many people get off of the “analog sticks”.

My journey to vaping is a bit different them most people. I was a pack a day plus smoker, started at 14 (both parents smoked so I had access), and also used smokeless tobacco. Three years ago we lost my father in-law to cancer that spread to his lungs (never smoked), seeing him in hospice and pass scared me so much on my way home I threw everything smoking and dip related out the window at a stop light, which only lasted a few weeks. Then after a few months my own father was diagnosed and passed of cancer. That was enough to go cold turkey. Although his was not in his lungs I didn’t want, to have anything working against me, and tried to live a better lifestyle. Which lasted about two years then I started to get killer cravings, and nic-fits that would almost bring me to my knees. So instead of starting to smoke again I started to research e-cigarettes and vaporizers, stumbled onto your page, and reviews.

So in typical fission I got sold a pair of egos, and some cheap tobacco flavor juice, from a local tobacco shop. Since then I have made an investment is more then enough Mods, Tanks, Addys, rebuilding supplies, and some Juice, still trying to find the perfect all day vape (I’m more of a fruit guy, still have not gotten myself to taste any of the milky or cream stuff).

So before I get to long winded ill leave this there.

Again Thank you! Your honest reviews, humor, and wealth of information has been a huge help to me.

Regards,

Phil

Hello Phil.

My name is João, I’m 42 and I live in a beautiful seaside country of Portugal. Although I’ve never been a compulsive smoker (usually half-pack a day to one pack), I started smoking when I was 15 and never gave up. On 2009, I had my first experiences with an ecig – a cigalike. I stopped smoking immediately and, after a couple of months I stopped vaping also. I’ve been clean for more than one year but a professional problem gave me a stupid excuse to start smoking again. On September of 2014, passing by a new vape store I gave it another try and bought a trashy ecig. That was really the beginning of my great adventure. From that I got a Sigelei mod with a Nautilus mini, experienced with RDAs, then sub-ohming, got in love with RTAs and jumped on the temperature control train. You know the drill.

Now, I’m going to be very straight forward – when I first started to watch your videos on youtube, not that I didn’t like them, but they were not my favorite ones about vaping. They were too technical for me. I wanted to vape and know the fundamentals only, not to be an electronics engineer – simple as that. Seeing your deep analysis on the hardware was a bit overwhelming for me. One day I got across your Legal 2000 video and, I liked it so much that, since then, I’m a dedicated fan. I watch all your videos and I even started to like your technical explanations – and started to understand them also.

And why am I writing this to you? Well, I’ve seen your videos about the Vape Expo NJ and you seemed disappointed like I’ve never seen you before. So, this is a way to tell you that all this is worth. All the trouble you had in the Expo and all the other problems you already came across and all others you will still face in the future are a small fraction compared to what you do on your videos. You’ve been like a guiding light to us all. Your videos save lives. Might as well saved mine, you know?

There is no proper way to say how grateful I am, so, I’m just going to say thank you and keep up the good work, knowing that it will never be enough.

By the way, if, for any chance, you happen to come to Portugal, please contact me and I will be honored to invite you to eat our marvelous Portuguese food with a nice red Portuguese wine (or a freezing Portuguese beer if you prefer) and, of course, have a vape together.

Best regards

João

Dear Phil,
Thank you, July 1st i decided to quit smoking, went into my local vape shop and instantly went uh oh. So i talked to the owner, she asked questions about how much i smoke a day. I told her that last time I tried using Blu’s and they didn’t work due to the fact that i could hardly get a drag off them and when i did there was very little vapor. So i went back to my cigarettes and blew smoke rings. Well she told me that i should get one of the Sub ohm tanks and a battery. so 40 mins and 80 dollars later i walked out with a Kangertech nano and a Eleaf 30w. Still no idea what to so with watts and volts. “What the hell was an ohm?” went about my head throughout the day. To the point where I thought shit this isn’t going to work this just confuses me. so i started looking on youtube
and still the videos that came up where this build that build .5 ohms 1.8 ohms. Then, then i came across this Italian buy who seemed like he actually cared about people, not just trying to chase fame. And of coarse that guy was you. And you explained ohms and ohms law, wattage and volts, and just about everything else i could ask. I’ve even built coils in the sub tank mini, yes i upgraded then i tried the Nautilus, okay I like this aha moment i like flavor more than clouds. and i really like building coils it relaxes me to wrap the wire and put the cotton in. well I’m rambling now sorry back to what i was saying is that you made sense of all this stuff, and for me that was what i needed to give up the stinkies no cigarettes since July 3rd. and it really is thanks to you for your channel.
So thanks again.
Sincerely,
David

Just wanted to let you know I enjoy all your videos and info. I am 41 years
old and smoked for nearly 30 years, I started young. I was smoking over 2 packs a
day. I had quit before but it never stuck, until I got into vaping. I believe it has
saved my life as I have already had a heart attack 8 years ago. I have now not had a
cigarette in more than 3 months and brought my nic level from 24mg all the way to
6mg. I can now taste my food and walk stairs without being winded. We need more
people with common sense such as yourself as advocates for this industry to survive
and possibly save more lives. I tried to meet you at the fiasco known as NJ vape
expo but you are a very popular man. Keep up the great work and keep the videos
coming. Thank you.