essential depot price increase beginning Aug 1st

[avpx1]

FYI, Just got an email from essential depot letting me know they will be raising their prices beginning Aug 1st. If your looking to pick up some PG or VG I guess now is the time.

I noticed they carry "Soy" Derived Vegetable Glycerin and "PALM" DERIVED Vegetable Glycerin.
Which type do you folks get?
Is there is difference?

Thanks

 

[bnrkwest]

I think palm is the preferred

 

[Bunnykiller]

odd... is palm a veggie??

 

[avpx1]

I think palm is the preferred

Thanks
Guess I'll give it a try. Kinda reminds me to book a tropical vacation. I need one after all this FDA BS.

 

[K_Tech]

odd... is palm a veggie??

Technically, palm oil is classified as a vegetable oil. I think palm nuts may be edible, but as far as I know the only use for the palm nuts is oil production.

 

[six]

5 gallon buckets of USP PG and USP/Kosher VG are available at your local ag/feed store for ~$50 USD. That won't change any time soon.

 

[daviedog]

Palms are what we hold our mods with..

 

[Mowgli]

FYI, Just got an email from essential depot letting me know they will be raising their prices beginning Aug 1st. If your looking to pick up some PG or VG I guess now is the time.

I noticed they carry "Soy" Derived Vegetable Glycerin and "PALM" DERIVED Vegetable Glycerin.
Which type do you folks get?
Is there is difference?

Thanks

Palm is what they've offered for years.
Soy is newish for people that can't tolerate palm.
Get palm

yesterday's order

 

[RoseJ]

I was alarmed the first time I saw Soy derived VG. There's a lot of controversy about soy, particularly for men. I try to avoid being worried about every alarmist article I read, but there's been too much negative information for too long to be able to ignore it. I try to avoid it in my house, particularly for my husband.

So .... no soy derived VG in this house.

Soy Controversy and The Effects of Soy Consumption

 

[satchvai]

I was alarmed the first time I saw Soy derived VG. There's a lot of controversy about soy, particularly for men. I try to avoid being worried about every alarmist article I read, but there's been too much negative information for too long to be able to ignore it. I try to avoid it in my house, particularly for my husband.

So .... no soy derived VG in this house.

Soy Controversy and The Effects of Soy Consumption

Dr mercola is a quack. From what I understand, Soy derived VG is safe and more cost effective/environmentally friendly than palm.

 

[RoseJ]

Dr mercola is a quack. From what I understand, Soy derived VG is safe and more cost effective/environmentally friendly than palm.

Well, I'm not trying to convince anyone, particularly since most people can do their own research. There's a ton of information out there. I was simply stating why I won't buy it.

 

[mattiem]

Hopefully ED will remove some of the feedback from the store. I am afraid that intended use will end up hurting him and maybe some of his customers. Lots the folks posted that it is the best they have found for making their e-liquid. I agree. I have been using it exclusively since I started making my own and sure don't want our pg.vg to end up classified as a tobacco product because of intended use.

 

[oplholik]

I talked to someone on the phone maybe a year or so ago about this very thing, and he said the would check into it. Probably already too late.

 

[Vandal]

Dr mercola is a quack. From what I understand, Soy derived VG is safe and more cost effective/environmentally friendly than palm.

At least on the quart bottles I have purchased, ED says their soy VG is non-GMO, else I'd not have bought it. Palm, unless fair trade, is terrible for the environment. Really terrible. I read there is VG derived from coconut. That would be my ideal, and I think I'm going to try to find some.

I take Mercola with some gains of salt, but he's not the only one who has concerns about soy. I totally don't know how these concerns would translate to inhalation.

 

[avpx1]

Derived from coconut sounds awesome. Please let us know if you come across it.

 

[Vandal]

Derived from coconut sounds awesome. Please let us know if you come across it.

Well, apparently RTSVapes used to sell it. I just checked and it's now Palm based. What a terrible change. It may be that coconut based is now more of a specialty item. I'll keep looking.

BTW, non-fair trade (unsustainable) Palm Oil is gotten from clear cutting rainforests and involves human rights abuses, smuggling of wildlife, etc. I would stick with non-GMO soy unless I found some compelling reason not to. Still, I will do coconut oil based if I can find it.

 

[RoseJ]

I would also like to know if you find coconut derived VG!

 

[Alien Traveler]

I'd like to try pig derived VG. It should be delicious. Especially pig belly derived...

 

[Vandal]

I'd like to try pig derived VG. It should be delicious. Especially pig belly derived...

I have some in a can on my stove. I could bottle it up for you and send it on. Bacon Flavored "Vegetable Glycerin".

 

[Alien Traveler]

I have some in a can on my stove. I could bottle it up for you and send it on. Bacon Flavored "Vegetable Glycerin".

You are a saint!