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  1. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    I feel that fire-cured tobaccos are actually probably a better smokey experience than Latakia in some ways. Not only do they consistently taste like the parent tobacco, but you're not contending with the flavors imparted from the highly aromatic wood & herb smoke used to cure Latakia. I recall...
  2. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    Absolutely, and when I build, say, a dual-core fused SS clapton in 26 gauge, I get a different flavor than I do using a quad-30 core SS fused clapton. Different coils seem to bring different elements out of the flavor. Using parallel dual single-wire (non-clapton), I was actually able to singe...
  3. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    My best suggestion is to throw together one or two big bottles of tobacco flavors in the steep closet. They'll taste great by the time you vape your shake & vapes and other mixes. The only difficult part about tobaccos is waiting for them to steep. Artificial tobacco flavors can range from...
  4. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    K, been using the rayon for several days and getting to know what it responds well to. It's really hard to make this stuff perform poorly unless you really, really over-stuff your coils, which I found was well past the point I needed and in the opposite direction from where my case of "post-vape...
  5. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    Finally received my lifetime supply of Rayon today. Stuck some in the dual deck I was running on the Exo and it tastes pretty good, almost too intense. Going to have to dial the flavors back a little bit. UPS got a bit of a holdup because of the hurricane, but it randomly showed up after being...
  6. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    Found a promo code for 30% off of one item: 888131 to offset the shipping cost a bit. (Edit: it also makes the 3lb box cost a total of $2.76 more) That's cheap enough to practically give away. Thanks for that. If I get out this weekend I'll try to stop by their store, because it's close...
  7. Brobdingnagian

    Flavoring - stevia??

    NOW Foods' Better Stevia in Glycerite is what I mix with, and it is super-concentrated. It's an alcohol-free version of their stevia extract, and while the price has shot up $7 in a month, it's definitely worthwhile for DIY. The aftertaste only really shows up if you take your coil close to a...
  8. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    Thanks for the recommendations. I'll pick up the 40ft box and go from there. Have to order a bunch of other things, so it'll work out. Well, the 30 dollar, 500 ft box of rayon aside (could have sworn it was a lot less at some point), it's not usually about the cost. Rayon was recommended to me...
  9. Brobdingnagian

    What wire to get

    Those are basically Kanthal. So they're basically 24g / 28g fused claptons (two cores in parallel). Ni80 or SS cores will heat up much quicker, and a SS wrap wire for many produces a crisper taste. However, the resistance is often lower. That's a pretty thick wrap being 28g, imo, but should...
  10. Brobdingnagian

    Rayon Wick - Better Flow, Flavor, Longevity, and Nic Hit!! - Pt.2

    Hey there, not a rayon user yet because I'm still working on a bag of Selena Puffs, but am the owner of two EXO RTAs. The SS EXO should not have issues working in TC (the black one reportedly has some resistance issues because of the paint on the deck, but I can't confirm this as I only own SS...
  11. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Hey people. Just popping in before I head to sleep. I cut down on my NET usage because of a strange case of vaper's tongue and some coughing that I couldn't really narrow down. As I mentioned previously, I began branching out into other flavors. What was the trend that appeared? I noticed that...
  12. Brobdingnagian

    Vandy Vape Kylin RTA

    Sheesh, I had no idea this had so many issues. I was literally about to buy one of these things. If I had noticed this thread two minutes later... I'd have one on the way. I'm quite anxious to see how Vandyvape handles this, now. I'm mostly a flavor chaser, so this seemed like the perfect...
  13. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Their VG is pretty smooth as well. I just started using it a couple of days ago and don't dislike it. The only reason I mix 70/30 or 80/20 is because I chain vape randomly and need the liquid to flow into the wicks super fast. Other times I just ignore my PV and puff on it once in a while...
  14. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    That's an utter shame. The good news is that there are still some Dunhill blends left on P&C's page, and when those are gone I suppose there's the Match offerings that... well, I'm going to grab some with my next order at any rate. Some things came up and I haven't been able to order in a bit...
  15. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    OK, this is "the big one". I tried to do my best to trim down quotes to conserve space while still leaving the context. Should be all caught up, if not this'll have to do. The SVM Kayfun Lite clone off of FT was good until I broke the opaque plastic holding the drip-tip in place, loved it for...
  16. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Congrats on keeping off the stinkies. Plus, it tastes better in NET form. :thumb: Also, Dark Horse from HHV is grassy/hay-like to me. But, there are a lot of people that love it. Heck, it's even in the description: "Slightly punchy, grassy, earthy and flavorful with just the right hint of...
  17. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Boomer hit this one on the head. Some tobaccos just taste that way because of how they're extracted. He's also sampled more commercial NETs than I have, so his MOV rec is likely spot-on. ------------------------ I'm not sure if you've tried any of NETCom's smoked or toasted tobaccos, but those...
  18. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Vaping the Lane Bulk BCA at 25%/4mg 60pg/40vg, tore down my shabby single super-gunker coil last night and stuck dual micros on the Avocado 24 for a build at 0.31Ω, 35-45w. Taste is really popping now, and I seem to be rewicking less. Did fine with the Big & Burley, but now to see how quickly...
  19. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    D'oh. Dextrose. Great for adding into wine for the yeasties to feed on as it's readily available to them, not so great when it approaches high temperature metal coils. You bringing that up inspired me to find this document from Leffingwell about leaf chemistry: Linky Fascinating stuff, plus...
  20. Brobdingnagian

    Natural Tobaccos - Part Deux

    Yeah, I found the 701 Virginia to be quite light as well. I was honestly wondering if it was just the filters I used to extract it, but since gunk is definitely happening at 3 microns, I know that the flavor has to be getting through as well. If you got one of the samplers with Pt. St. tobacco...