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  1. Zal42

    My juice purchasing is approaching zero

    On another thread, pixiedust said ...which got me thinking, because I, too, rarely buy juice since I've become reasonably competent at mixing my own. While I don't find it so easy to replicate many commercial juices, perhaps because I don't really try, I have found that I enjoy more and more...
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    A thought about symptoms

    In reading various health complaints here, it had occurred to me that many people are oversimplifying when trying to diagnose themselves. Diagnosing ailments is a very difficult thing to do, and very easy to get wrong. Some people can have adverse reactions to vaping, but many times they...
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    Flavoring Strengths

    I could never find a comprehensive list of what percentages to use what flavorings at, so I compiled my own. My list is not comprehensive either, and I'm always adding to it, but I thought that perhaps someone might find it useful. I arrived at these percentages by taste-testing each of them...
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    FSUSA: Fat Tire

    In my younger days, I drank and loved great beer. Fortunately here in the Pacific Northwest you can barely throw a rock without hitting a microbrewery that produces something wonderful. Unfortunately, there arrived a time in my life past which I could no longer drink beer or wine because doing...
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    GotVapes SmartCart 2.0 Review

    I love my eGo, but I hate the constant refilling of the carts. When I'm out and about, it's a real hassle. Yes, I know about cartomizers and have some coming, but don't have them quite yet. I read a couple of positive reviews here about GotVape'ss SmartCarts and ordered a couple of boxes to...
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    FSUSA 'Cumbermelon

    FreedomSmokeUSA's 'Cumbermelon is a very straightforward juice: A mix of cucumber and honeydew melon. The flavors are true and easily discernable. They taste like the real things. Vaping this is almost like drinking a mix of the two juices. Very impressive. I was particularly worried that the...
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    FSUSA: Voodoo

    Many have tried, and many have failed, to describe FreedomSmokeUSA'a Voodoo. I am about to join those illustrious ranks. Voodoo is fruity, of that there's no doubt. What fruit, I can't say exactly. It reminds me of juicyfruit, which implies various exotics such as kiwi -- but really, I have...
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    FSUSA: Hopscotch

    FreedomSmokeUSA's Hopscotch is one of those flavors that I've heard lots of good things about. As a butterscotch lover, I was eager to try it out. Bewarned, however, that this is one of the juices that really needs to age a bit before vaping. When I first got it, it was very perfumey, but after...
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    Odorless vaping?

    I'm always baffled when I hear people claim that vaping is odorless. Of the many different juices I've vaped so far, exactly all of them have left a readily discernable scent in the air. Some clear out faster than others, and some are more subtle than others, but they all have an odor. When I...
  10. Zal42

    A different kind of success

    My wife detests smoking and we had a long struggle over my smoking habit. That she is a nurse and very health-conscious made this an issue beyond just that she hated the smell. I'd try to quit, and fail, and she'd get hurt and angry, and the cycle would begin all over again. Eventually, we...
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    FSUSA: Peach Tea

    FreedomSmokeUSA's Peach Tea is a smooth, light and refreshing juice that makes me eagerly await the summer so I can try it on a hot sunny day. By "light," I don't mean lightly flavored. The amount of flavoring is perfect, strong enough to be able to taste thoroughly. The peach and tea are in...
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    FSUSA: Banana Laffy Taffy

    If you love Banana Laffy Taffy, the candy, then you'll love FreedomSmokeUSA's Banana Laffy Taffy nearly as much. This juice tastes very close to the candy. There's really not a whole lot more to say about it: a smooth, candy banana flavor complete with that odd, but pleasurable, aftertaste the...
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    Tasty Vapor: Blueberry Waffle

    I'd frequently read here on ecf that Tasty Vapor's juices often need to sit for a week or two after you get them before they taste right, but their Blueberry Waffle was the first time I encountered this for myself. Waffle is a choose-your-own-flavor juice that lets you select up to two...
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    Tasty Vapor: Lemonade Cough Drop

    I wasn't actually sure how to review Tasty Vapor's Cough Drop since this is one of the juices that you can choose your own flavor to add to the base. I chose Lemonade, with added sweetener. I vaped this with a little bit of trepidation, as cough drops can go two ways -- the more candylike...
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    FSUSA: Candy Cane

    I can summarize FreedomSmokeUSA's Candy Cane in two words: simple and correct. This is a lightly sweetened peppermint juice. "Candy cane" is less specific than one might think -- I've had candy canes that were more sugar than peppermint, and it would have been so easy for this juice to err in...
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    DIY Flavor Shack: Lava Flow

    Some flavors you like in food, you dislike in vapor. And sometimes it's the other way around. For me, DIY Flavor Shack's Lava Flow proves the latter point. Lava Flow is a colada. Mostly of a pina colada bent, there seems to be additional notes that render it fuller and rounder than I would...
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    FSUSA: Wyatt Earp

    I had a complex, evolving reaction to FreedomSmokeUSA's Wyatt Earp. Flavorwise, the first taste that hit me was licorice. But it's not that simple. The licorice, althugh it is the predominate note in this juice, gives way to a taste I can only describe as leather. I mean that in a good way...
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    FSUSA: Hypnotic Mist

    Yes, yet another review of Hypnotic Mist. This really is a difficult juice to describe. On the face of it, it's a light, refreshing taste. It's complicated, though, and no single note seems to come to the top as a dominant flavor. I think I sense something melony in there. Minty? Something...
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    What's so bad about cartridges?

    I've seen lots of comments from those more experienced than I about how much cartridges suck, and on the poll in the polling section, cartridges seem to be the least popular method. I use an eGo. I have never used cartomizers, but I drip when at my desk and use cartridges (with the blue foam...
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    The Vapor Pro: USA West Coast Tobacco

    USA West Coast Tobacco is a moderately flavored, complex juice. A bit sweet, a bit rough (in a good way), with some rich undertones. It starts with a distinctive, nice tobacco flavor -- not quite pipe-tobacco-like, but not the ashy cigarette either. In ends, with a strong floral note a bit like...