I'd recommend the MVP or anything with a built in battery for a beginner. I have the MVP V1 atm and it suits me just fine and the battery lasts like 2 days.
I got my iTaste MVP for about 50$ The smoke was a bit thick, it depends what the PG/VG ratio is if the coils are rebuilt ect but I remember the smoke being decently thick.
Yo! I love to vape man! I currently have an evic! Best I've used so far.. I have the mega cloud cartomizer on it, and it produces nice thick clouds. What's so cool about the evic, is that it's like a smart hookah pen.. You can change the volts,watts, everything! It's pretty high in price but worth it. Love the LCD screen on it. I'll post a video of it soon. Hope this helped