[Oni]

Well, if you've smoked tobacco, stay away from the cigalikes.
You can get a starter kit that I think is pretty much everyone's universal starter type, the eGo type batteries with a simple tank, or you can skip the slight waste if it's something you can see yourself doing more long term and go for actual mods.

EGo Type:



Today I bought a Kangertech Subox starter kit, the black edition, at a local shop. Atm I'm running it with a 1.5 coil on 15w setting, which is fairly low, but for restarting, I'm enjoying it.
The thing does come with a subohm coil and goes to 50w, as well as a RBA kit as well, so all around it's pretty handy for a general start, but does require batteries. I have some 35a rechargeable batteries in it, which is optimal.


My kit: (SUBOX Mini)




It's really about preference, starting out.

I've heard good things about the kit Oni linked to as well.


Oni's Kit (Cool Fire IV):

Keep away from mechanical mods until you are absolutely comfortable with all aspects of your regulated one, if you get serious. Even as something for fun, to get the big clouds, beautiful tastes, and quality vape, going for a higher end device will always get you a better experience than the $30 starter kits at a local vape shop.

Nowadays there are starter kits that are pretty decent. If you go to your local smoke shop they can probably recommend you a decent kit. I don't recommend mechanical mods for the average user, as there's no point. As mentioned, I recommend the starter kit I posted. I've been using it a couple weeks and it's pretty decent.