Sweet Juice - Finally

[jmvallee]

The first e-cig I tried had a vanilla cartomizer. "Ahhh...DESSERT! wth no calories!" I thought. This will keep me from going back to analogs.

Ever since I switched to a 510, I have been searching for that sweet note.

I just purchased something called SPLENDEX, a pure sucralose powder that is an ingedient in Splenda. HIGHLY CONCENTRATED - 1/10 teaspoon equals 1 cup of sugar. Dissolves in plain room temperature water.

First experiment was mixing 1 ml VG, 10 drops distilled water, 1 ml vanilla butternut flavoring. Dipped a toothpick 1 inch deep in mixture, then dipped into Splendex, tapped off excess and mixed in. Tastes like dessert! (remember no nic in this - didn't want to waste it if this didn't work)

2nd Experiment:
Had about 2ml left of vanilla juice mixed up that was't right. I added TINY TINY TINY amount (about 1/2th the amount of what you'd get from a salt shaker in one shake).

Shake up and GOOD TO GO!!! FINALLY A VANILLA I CAN TASTE!

Can't wait to try it on my watermelon, banana, etc etc.

Will be experimenting with adding to flavoring bottle first then mixing.

It remains to be seen how my attys react. Although I already do a thorough cleaning of my attys once a week in a sonic jewelry cleaner and alcohol. Hopefully that will be enough.

I bought 1/4 oz off Ebay for $3.95 plus shipping (total $7.90). More than enough to last several months.

You can also buy it here (albeit more expensive): splendex.net

I'll post more as I learn.

[Scottes]

Any update on your experiments?

I just got some flavors in and I'm wishing for some sweeter juices.

I grabbed a packet of Splenda from a coffee shop. Any hints? Use it, stay away from Splenda, anything?

Anyone else have any hints on making sweeter mixes?

[Dale.s]

i to am waiting for the tests on this product also! sugar is BAD for attys since it leaves a huge residue behind killing them very quickly, how to this product work? are your attys staying clean ect?

[jmvallee]

I haven't had much time to test this completely but I'm going to try this week.

Scottes:
Splenda in packets is DIFFERENT frm the Splendex I'm using. It has 2 additional ingredients besides sucralose. I wouldn't use it for that reason.

Dale.s:
Yes, sucralose is derived from sugar. However, I am willing to take a chance since
1) you only need a teeny teeny tiny amount
2) it dissolves completely like my powdered menthol crystals

I've made my own menthol drops from powdered menthol crystals & PG & that is what gave me the idea after I stumbled on sucralose info on the net. Plus all the flavorings folks (Lorann, Capella, etc) tout their products are flavor without sweetner.

I'm still loving my sweet vanilla butternut (no prob with my atty so far) and will start with some chocolate and mint choc chip when I have some down time this week.

[Scottes]

So far I've checked 2 supermarkets and 2 pharmacies and haven't found any of the drops. Argh!


By the way, do you have any idea about the different types and which might be best to use? Stevia, splendex, anything?

[jmvallee]

Originally Posted by Scottes

So far I've checked 2 supermarkets and 2 pharmacies and haven't found any of the drops. Argh!


By the way, do you have any idea about the different types and which might be best to use? Stevia, splendex, anything?

Scottes

Let me repeat.... I would only use SPLENDEX powder as it is pure sucralose. All the products I looked at that you can buy at grocery/health food stores all have other ingredients in addition to sucralose.

The only place I found it was on the web.

[Scottes]

Thanks JM. I did order some from a web site.

[jmvallee]

Originally Posted by Scottes

Thanks JM. I did order some from a web site.

Would you please post what you think of it after you've "played" with it?
And how you mixed it?

I'm still searching for a measuring spoon smaller than 1/8 tsp. I know they make them but can't find them locally.

It's important to me to know exactly how much I used so I can replicate the receipe over and over. (that's a lesson I already learned...)

[Scottes]

Since this stuff is *so* sweet, and its so difficult to measure tiny amounts, my plan was to mix a batch of "Sweet PG" - one drop of Splendex with 1 ml of plain, no-nic PG, or something like that. Then, in any recipes I make, I can simply substitute 1 or 2 drops of Sweet PG for regular PG, or whatever it comes out to be. I'm sure that it will take some experimentation to get the "Sweet PG" correct, as well as how much of that to substitute in a recipe, but this seems to be the only way to accurately measure out such a powerful ingredient.


I ordered 1 ounce of liquid Splendex from this site:
Home

$10 for the ounce, PayPal enabled, and no shipping charge. It's $2 more than your purchase, but well worth it if it works out.

[jmvallee]

Originally Posted by Scottes

Since this stuff is *so* sweet, and its so difficult to measure tiny amounts, my plan was to mix a batch of "Sweet PG" - one drop of Splendex with 1 ml of plain, no-nic PG, or something like that. Then, in any recipes I make, I can simply substitute 1 or 2 drops of Sweet PG for regular PG, or whatever it comes out to be. I'm sure that it will take some experimentation to get the "Sweet PG" correct, as well as how much of that to substitute in a recipe, but this seems to be the only way to accurately measure out such a powerful ingredient.

Good idea!

I ordered 1 ounce of liquid Splendex from this site:
Home

$10 for the ounce, PayPal enabled, and no shipping charge. It's $2 more than your purchase, but well worth it if it works out.

Thanks for the tip. I did not find out about the splendex.net site until AFTER I orderd off ebay