A question from British vapers to American vapers???

[sixstringer85]

Hi guys, so i love the fact that the e-cigarette forum has members from all over the world, but i'm curious about something?
Over here in the UK we have a lot of rubbish vape shops. and i mean total crap. The average 8 out of 10 shops sell basic ego style kits and sell, imo really bad e liquids. usually in-house made from the likes of liberty flights or Vapejoy that are 80% pg plus and just really harsh.

The remaining stores in the UK sell a lot of better stuff, and it is usually imported from America, advertised as gourmet. Now i've tried a lot of USA made e liquids including Vintage e-liquids, space jam, adam bomb, fuzion vapours, suicide bunny etc, and i love them all. Never had a bad one really.

don't get me wrong though, we have some great eliquid companies over here too such as Kraken eliquids, VapeVine, Alchemy, PureVape etc.

All the best UK stores sell american premium liquids, and they do seem superior. i guess the usa has had a headstart on the whole vaping revolution.

So anyway, my questions,
1. Do you guys have crap vape shops selling cheap poor quality liquids too?
2. Do your good vape shops import UK or european liquids? and if so, what?
3. As i'm always looking for new liquids, is there anything from USA that is really special or different that maybe i've not heard about?

Also, if there is any other UK vapers who know any great vape shops over here, other than the obvious cloud 9, ukecigstore, and vape club, i'd love to hear about that too

 

[Frankieboy]

Another UK vaper here.

Have you tried the Alchemist's Cupboard or TripHammer?

 

[sixstringer85]

Another UK vaper here.

Have you tried the Alchemist's Cupboard or TripHammer?

I've seen the Alchemists cupboard website, but not ordered from them yet. Never heard of triphammer, will definitely check them out!

 

[Joe13]

1. Do you guys have crap vape shops selling cheap poor quality liquids too?

A few. Mostly, we have the convenience stores, gas stations, and pharmacy chains selling the cigalikes, eGo knockoffs, and crumby liquids. Generally speaking, you'll see better quality merchandise in a specialized vape shop than you'll see elsewhere.

2. Do your good vape shops import UK or european liquids? and if so, what?

Generally speaking again, "Made in the USA" is a huge selling point. I've seen Atmos e-liquid (Greece) for sale from a local shop.

3. As i'm always looking for new liquids, is there anything from USA that is really special or different that maybe i've not heard about?

I couldn't even begin to tell you! Seems like there's a new company every day. Whether they're notable or not is a highly subjective question. I will say that vaping is blowing up in a big way in my area.

 

[Moonbogg]

So anyway, my questions,
1. Do you guys have crap vape shops selling cheap poor quality liquids too? Yes. They only sell ego's with outdated clearos and their ejuice makes your throat raw.
2. Do your good vape shops import UK or european liquids? and if so, what? Not sure. I only buy American from online stores
3. As i'm always looking for new liquids, is there anything from USA that is really special or different that maybe i've not heard about? Try Nicoticket. Best I've tried.

Added to your quote.

 

[Cowboy192]

+1 for nicoticket, their stuff blows almost everything else I've tried clean away!
But for uk companies have a gander at chefsvapour, one of the best uk brands I've tried yet

 

[The Joel Train]

In the US were I'm at (Connecticut) it's like people are saying a lot of corner store garbage. There's a good number of vape shops here for me they don't have the selection or prices of the internet. I know here we have the steam co. well known for their juice but vaping is still newer so shops are popping up but they're small. They need like a wal mart for vape supplies. I never go to shops too expensive and most likely won't have what I need.

 

[Frankieboy]

TripHammer does excellent tobacco which I believe he actually uses real tobacco with (not sure). Whether this is the same as being a NET I'm not sure, cos I'm a bit of a noob.

He also does apparently excellent stuff like fizzy trifle and sweets and stuff.

Alchemists Cupboard seem to be on about the same par.

I've used both once and I liked the chocolate peanut butter cookie from Alchemists cupboard, and the Black Panther tobacco from TripHammer, which is quite a savoury acquired taste and I was also very impressed by.

Neither are cheap, although Alchemist Cupboard do 5 10ml bottles all different for about 20 quid, and I found this link for triphammer samples, if it's of any use to you (although 1ml isn't a lot to test on and I can see a lot of coil changes going on lol)

E-liquid sample pack, TripHammer, 27 flavors

I think maybe they're an affiliate of TripHammer or something, his own website is seperate from this.

Is there a UK bit to this forum where we can compare notes?

 

[keepsmiling]

NICOTICKET

 

[93gc40]

Here we have two kind of B&M, 3 if you count head shops. The first is the Cigarette store, they have a small head shop area ussually and some E-Cig Gear ussually Juicy Juice and Fume or LA Vapes Juice, have about 10 of these shops, Then theres the Vapor shop 3 of them, They have the mods Mech and regulated, 1 has EGO stuff 2 don't. All three carry a variety of juices from the main retailers juiice makers we all use from Online.. But, I get a blank stare when I ask for NET juice, anywhere in town.

 

[Maiar]

None of the three shops in my city import juice from anywhere. But that's okay because most Canadian juice is top notch. Even if we don't have the same amount of selection as Americans. One of the three sells pre-made juice from a variety of Canadian producers. The other two sell in house made juice. One taught me to always be wary of guys selling home brew, and the other taught me that sometimes weirdos selling home brew have the best ....!
I'd definitely love to see some imports from America and the UK thought. That would be awesome for every vaper in Canada IMO.

 

[stevegmu]

I think most vape shops everywhere are basically the same- mostly cheap starter gear. Given the exchange rate and shipping from the UK, buying e-liquid from the UK would be prohibitively expensive for most...

 

[ShariR]

My experience in Tennessee is that there are many small shops that sell either entry level ego and clearo stuff and either house made juice or vape shops that sell the higher end and mechs and rda, some with a small entry level section. Then we have the tobacco shops that get their ecig stock from the cigarette wholesalers and all of that is crap.

We have many top notch juice sellers here but you would have to do a search to find who will ship over to you in Europe. My favorite provider only ships in the USA and I have not looked regarding overseas shipments for most others. Does Giant Vapes sell to UK? I hear they carry a lot of the major juice lines.

The big thing where I am is finding a good shop, with a wide range selection that has employees that know their stuff. That is the secret recipe. A lot of them do not get it.