Whether or not he does reopen come the 12th remains to be seen but if not, I know my partner will walk away from vaping.

He has never found another flavour he loved like that one. If he does, I will put mine down as well.

As long as you don't drift back to smoking at some point in the future, doing neither is the idea

Yup, was looking at the PROtocol rba for boro tanks, a 40$ clone if you want mtl and rdl options. How does that compare with the insider or the exocet v2 clones in terms of price.
Sure they are different and possibly better but are they that more expensive in terms of production cost ?

The way the clone market is changing makes me wonder... maybe it’s still the golden age but the gold is changing sides ?

As for the original question - a 'golden age' - I do have one, but it's going to be very subjective to my own experiences. For me, that period between early-2013 and early-2014 was the 'golden age' of vaping, for several reasons. When it comes to kit, tech was evolving with regulated devices slowly shifting from volts to watts, though tube mods (now called Mechs) were still king. Gennys still ruled the roost, with early RTAs starting to move away from silica to cotton (wool balls). And people were drilling out top caps for increased airflow, kicking off the concept of 'cloud chucking and DL vaping. Another area that period could be considered a 'golden age' was that the push in vaping was more concerted in getting existing smokers to switch. It was said at the time (certainly here in the UK) that vaping would only sustain it's evolution and efficacy if smokers continued to be pushed towards this harm reduction alternative. I certainly felt that drive back then. Unfortunately, in the years since, as vaping changed to become a 'hobby' for many, that ardent well-meaning drive to convert smokers appears to have dwindled somewhat. So in summary, for me the 'golden age' was about eight to nine years ago, when the kit was evolving, Vapers were learning, and smoking was being assaulted by an effective reduced risk alternative. How different it is today...