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  1. Old Greybeard

    Prohibition

    A decadent, rich chocolate vape with a luxurious mouth feel and no roughness. The Kentucky Bourbon adds a contrasting back note that perfectly complements the rich Capella chocolate. Three day steep (minimum). Try it if you dare .... For 10ml with 3mg nicotine, 70/30 VG/PG: Chocolate...
  2. Old Greybeard

    What are the benefits of using flat wire coils?

    I'm thinking of dabbling with some flat/ribbon wire builds on my drippers, and maybe even my tanks. I generally use SS316L simple spaced coils - what would flat wire bring to the party? I generally don't go over 50W much as I prefer warm DTL vapes.
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    What do you hate about vaping?

    7 months into my vaping journey, here are my personal peeves in no particular order. What's yours? Poor quality control. Great looking and perfoming mods or attys let down by a poor quality finish or bad design. Tanks that need pliers to unscrew. Mods with sharp edges. Battery chargers that...
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    Getting that "Commercial" taste

    I'll be the first to admit, I do like the occasional commercial juice. I can't vape it all day though, as it is just too overpowering and intense. I would like to add some commercial styled recipes to my DIY arsenal though. How would folks suggest I go about this? My first thoughts are high...
  5. Old Greybeard

    Nutters medley

    Tested this after a 10 day steep and it was excellent, a very morish vape with no roughness but interesting back notes to the nuts. YMMV with shorter steeping times, when tested fresh it was quite harsh. The custard was used very much as a canvas to work with. The Torrone, Marzipan and AP give...
  6. Old Greybeard

    Blitz Hermetic RDA - Getting the best flavour?

    I've got a Blitz Hermetic RDA. I love the build quality, the clamp design, but I'm struggling to get the best out of it. I've been spoiled by my coterie of 22mm flavour bangers, I tend to use it with 7/8T 26g 3.0mm diameter spaced coils, SS316L in TC mode between 38-50W (Rayon). I've tried...
  7. Old Greybeard

    The 5ml bottle squeeze, shake and vape challenge

    I've got a nice supply of 5ml bottles, and a reasonable flavour stash. Working on the basis of a few drops of flavour (1-6, 6 max) in a 80/20 VG/PG 3mg nicotine solution, what would folks recommend as a quick S&V? I don't mind using multiple flavours if need be. Even if you don't have access to...
  8. Old Greybeard

    Subtle mint flavour

    Anyone got some recommendations for a subtle mint flavour that doesn't taste like toothpaste? I like the sound of TFA crème de menth. Something that works well with dark chocolate would be a bonus. Thanks.
  9. Old Greybeard

    Found another way to totally wreck DIY juice

    I can tolerate DIY juice that has no flavour. I can live with some strange back notes, and have even survived 27 Fish which smells and tastes so artificial, but actually is not that bad when steeped and vaped. If it doesn't taste good, I will generally shrug my shoulders, put it down to...
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    How much does nicotine affect juice flavour?

    Now that I'm concocting ejuice on a grand scale, I've been pondering the interaction between nicotine and the juice itself. I realize that most commercial juice sold in the UK comes with separate nicotine shots, and this has got me thinking. Is there any benefit or disadvantage of omitting...
  11. Old Greybeard

    Dark chocolate recommendations

    Anyone got any suggestions for a dark, bitter, chocolate flavouring? I've tried a couple (TFA Double chocolate clear and CAP Chocolate Fudge Brownie v2) but both are to me anyway, more like milk than plain chocolate.
  12. Old Greybeard

    Question for Oumier Wasp Nano fans

    I picked up one of these this week and I am absolutely smitten with it. It ticks all my boxes, vape temperature, looseness of airflow, but most importantly, flavour. Every lungful is pretty much guaranteed, but it is also extremely consistent, something I haven't managed to achieve with my...
  13. Old Greybeard

    Vaporesso LUXE and Hellvape Dead Rabbit RTA

    Review The Vaporesso LUXE and a Hellvape Dead Rabbit RTA sound like a strange match, but in reality they are a marriage made in heaven. Vaporesso LUXE - Old Greybeard rating: 9/10 Pros: • Large clear colour TFT display • Next generation OMNI board 4.0 • Well finished device...
  14. Old Greybeard

    Cheap coiling kits

    Purchased a cheap no-name version off Amazon awhile ago, it seemed reasonably OK at first, until the 510 connector came out of the Ohm reader when I tried to pull the top off my double o-ring Loop. Nothing that couldn't be fixed without a soldering iron and some superglue. Tonight I set out to...
  15. Old Greybeard

    Time lapse steep - change of colour

    I thought it would be a good idea to photographically document the colour change of my latest ejuice steeping. In theory, this batch should go from clear to a nice orange-brown. Or not as the case may be. The recipe is Vaping with Vic's famous peach custard, with FW rather than TFA vanilla...
  16. Old Greybeard

    Tonights 200ml mix up

    Now I've finally laid my hands on some 100ml brown dropper/pipette bottles, it is time to give the old DIY magnetic stirrer some love and mix by biggest batch of ejuice yet. Photos show Letitia V2 recipe: Dulce de lech [The Flavor Apprentice] 2.00% Hazelnut DX [The Flavor Apprentice] 2.00%...
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    Getting consistent flavour

    I've got a dozen DIY juices on the go, some are better than others, and I've been keeping extensive notes on aroma, steep time, taste after a week etc. Some nights a juice can taste really good, and others, sometimes disappointing. For example a custard I made was really quite good the first...
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    The results are in - Batches 1 and 2

    My first batch of DIY liquid will be three weeks old on Monday, so I thought I'd give them a blast on the old dripper. As a comparison, I also tootled on some week old experiments to compare aging/steeping times etc. Decided the following flavours are just not for me: TFA orange cream, black...
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    Dripper session from hades (Thankfully sorted)

    Just had my worst vaping session ever. Thankfully, I've not had the pleasure of a dry hit yet, but I think what happened tonight comes pretty close. I've been using my dripper mainly to test out my DIY juices, and one of them, an Orange biscuit, the taste lingers for ages no matter what juice I...
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    Debunking ultrasonic steeping

    There seems to be a lot of controversy concerning the use of heated and unheated Ultrasonic Cleaners [UC] for the steeping of DIY juice. I haven't managed to perform a blind scientific test yet with real life juice scenarios as I don't have enough available kit, but I hope to do this soon once I...