Cheap E-cigs and Cig-a-Likes

Are Cheap E-Cigs Safe?

Cheap e-cigarettes and cheap things, in general, can be negatively tainted by their cheapness; being low-priced is not always a positive quality. Cheaply priced e-cigs can make people believe that they have a whole mess of other lousy attributes, chief among them is the belief that they are unsafe.

And, while if misused (charged with the wrong device, wrong batteries used, etc.) any vaping device can be dangerous (as well as any device that uses batteries), there is no reason to believe that a cheaply priced e-cigarette is any less safe than an expensive one.

With that said, however, there are certain safety advantages to buying a higher-priced device over a cheaper device. These advantages include:

• Built-in protections: Many higher-priced devices have a lot of built-in safety protections like short-circuiting and over-charging protections that lower-priced devices may not have
• Better build quality: Higher-priced devices might also have the benefit of being made of better quality material, both internally and externally (stainless steel, aluminum or zinc alloy, a more powerful chipset, etc.)
• Customizable: A great deal of vaping accidents (i.e., batteries and devices catching fire) come from users trying to make modifications to their devices when they should not be modified, more expensive devices sometimes allow for greater customization over lower-priced devices
• Warranty: This factor can vary from company to company, and of course, a device having a warranty doesn’t always guarantee that it is safe to use, but having a warranty behind a device, especially a lifetime warranty, is a good sign that the company stands behind their device

You should remember, however, that the features listed above apply more to vape mods and box mods, rather than your cheap, disposable cig-a-likes that you can find in just about any gas station or convenience store.

Those advanced vaporizing devices have safety concerns of their own, which is perhaps why so many of them come loaded with safety protections, and, seen in that light, cheap e-cigarettes then emerge with their own safety advantages, which include:

• Lower battery capacity: Most cheap, disposable e-cigarettes use automatic batteries that only operate when you inhale or take a draw from the device. This button-less operation means that there is no risk of leaving the device “on” and that there is no way that such a battery get overheated
• Disposable: Vaporizer battery accidents can sometimes occur when a battery is charged with an inappropriate charger. This problem is solved with the “disposable” e-cigarette that gets discarded after the e-juice runs out and foregoes entirely the need to be charged
• Lack of customizability: Another (potential) safety hazard of more expensive, vape mod and box mod setups is that a lack of knowledge about metal conductivity and electricity, can lead to some unfortunate mismatches by using a metal not suitable to such high-power outputs. This risk is nullified with the easy-to-use, ready-to-use, cheap disposable e-cigarette or cig-a-like

Are Cheap E-Cigs Worth It?

Whether cheap e-cigarettes and cheap cig-a-likes are worth buying is something entirely subjective. If your goal is merely to try an alternative to smoking cigarettes, cheap e-cigs might be ideal since they require little to no assembly, and come, more or less, ready to vape.

And because they are not “worth” much, you won’t be putting yourself into the poor house by buying a cheap, disposable e-cigarette system, that is not meant to last in the first place. Cheap e-cigarettes are also a great introduction to vaping, in general.

Many an experienced vaper began their vaping life with cig-a-likes and cheap, disposable sets that piqued their interest in vaping and brought them into the wider world of vape pens, and box mods.

For that reason then – for being a cost-effective, non-committal entryway to vaping – cheap e-cigarettes and disposable cig-a-likes are definitely worth buying since they don’t strain your wallet, but still offer you a glimpse into the other vaping possibilities out there.

Finding Your Cheap E-Cigs

Hopefully, you now have a better idea of how useful, convenient, and affordable cheap e-cigs and cheap disposable e-cigs really are compared to their more expensive, complicated and intensive big brothers.

The cheap and inexpensive e-cig may seem outdated and obsolete in the age of the box mod. But for most new or inexperienced vapers, cheap, uncomplicated e-cigarettes remain an important gateway to bring people away from smoking and into vaping.

Cheap e-cigs and cig-a-likes are safe, portable and just as satisfying to smokers and ex-smokers as more powerful devices. Their great functionality and their widespread popularity ensure that cheap and disposable e-cigs are here to stay.