My 2c
I think it all comes down to what you start on.
You buy a cheepy from china town and you start to vape, you don’t realy get the hit you looking for and go in search for the better hit. You stumble upon ESICSSA and youtube vids and you see the big clouds and recon that will do. You buy a mod and dripper and bob is your cloudy uncle.
But if you start on a higher nic like I did with a semi descend or descend setup you will get the hit and taste you looking for and will not see the need to move to mods and drippers. Yes you do that to scratch an itch but you find that you will go back to the tank and battery you love.
I heard so many ppl say that on 18mg and up you start to get the pepper taste of the nic maybe that is why the juice start to taste better in your sub ohm kit, because you cant taste the nic anymore.
i started on pretty decent devics and tanks when is tarted vaping. with 18mg nic as well. and based on your experience and mine i think it is quite clear that the vaping experience is different for every vaper. we all are looking for something out of our vape but does not mean its the same thing.