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A page or 2 (or 3) back, I saw someones post saying that Ahl's strawberry is not their best. Can someone be more specific, b/c I was planning to include Sweet Strawberry in my first order. I'm looking for realistic strawberry flavor, not candy. It can be sweet, but I want it to taste like a strawberry. Also, any recommendations for a mild tobacco, by which I mean one that is closer to a cigarette tobacco than a strong, sweet pipe or cigar tobacco?
Cig tobacco vape is not to be found at Ahlusion (or hardly anywhere for that matter). Maybe House Blend? Maybe not. And remember, just because every other site sells a liquid described as a "the closest liquid to an analog," that don't make it so.
I like their Strawberry Vanilla Cake in that it tastes like a full bite of the product it emulates. But know that their is NO consensus for whether we as a group feel one way about their fruits or tobaccos (though Smooth Criminal is generally liked). For an in-depth look into their tobaccos, I'd say try the Natural Tobacco thread. Unfortunately, their is no specific thread for fruit lovers (though I tried that thread a long time ago. No dice. LOL).
Your best bet is to go to the site, scour it and find a few liquids that you might be interested in. From their we can talk about the specific offerings.
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I go through the 10ml bottles of Ahlusion really fast. Faster than I go through 10ml bottles from other vendors. I think 10ml is a good sample size for Ahlusion juice so I don't think you'll regret your purchase.Me too. But I think I'm gonna buck up and go for it anyway.
I think their strawberry is very realistic. It tastes just like real strawberries to me (or maybe strawberries juiced in sugar like they're prepared for a dessert as someone said). It's the best/most realistic strawberry out of the 4 vendors I've tried (two of those being AiV and GoodLife). I love Strawberry Vanilla Cake, and Coco-Berry Cream, so I've put in an order for several more of Ahlusion's strawberry flavors. Everyone's tastes are different, so order a strawberry juice and see what you think.
Another thought on the belabored strawberry topic: as I said earlier, I've only had the Strawberry Vanilla Cake, but I'm willing to bet every Ahl strawberry offering tastes completely different, since they don't really do straight one note flavors. If there is a straight strawberry flavor I'd expect it to taste like a strawberry. Haven't really looked at other options there as I'm not big on plain fruit vapes.
I just started rebuilding coils for evods and protanks a little over a month ago. I struggled at first too. I use 32g wire with 3mm wick, 5 wraps usually gets it right on 1.8 or around there. 6 wraps puts it around 2.2 ish. Just make sure coils aren't touching each other or the sides of the base when you set it down in there. Try fewer wraps and see if you can get used to wrapping directly onto some wick. It won't take long, you'll get the hang of it
Me too. But I think I'm gonna buck up and go for it anyway.
Go For it. Just order the 10ml sizes from their regular site. You can configure those to what you think your preferences will be and tweak it from there. Wlad told me a good while back that the Xpress line was originally more intended for their retail location(s). Benefits on those is really less to no steep time.
I think their strawberry is as good as anyone's. I love to eat strawberries but found out not so much to vape. Like I don't drink coffee but somehow love most coffee vapes. Weird that way but people and our tastes are all different. Need to find your own groove. Unfortunately with vaping that means experimentation and that means money.
Like Mr. (THE) Mann says, a cig tobacco vape and A+ are generally not to be found at A+ or anywhere else (his post didn't mulitquote for some reason, sorry). I found Desperado to probably be the closest to a cig feel of the A+ vapes but again everyone's tastes are different. I think what you are really chasing is that strong top note we were used to with the stink sticks. The NET thread is what led me to Ahlusion but Smooth Criminal is the only tob juice I use regularly anymore. Jump on in, the water's fine and try to enjoy the journey.
Mr. Mann, cloud.nine, bustamelon, and Apptiger:
Thanks for the input. I'll try a few of the strawberry flavors and 1 or 2 other fruits. As for the tobacco, I don't want to find one that tastes like a burning cigarette, just something not as aromatic as cigar or pipe tobacco. Flavorful, but not strong or sweet or fruity. Will spend some more time with each description and report back once I have a better idea.
Thanks for the input. I'll try a few of the strawberry flavors and 1 or 2 other fruits. As for the tobacco, I don't want to find one that tastes like a burning cigarette, just something not as aromatic as cigar or pipe tobacco. Flavorful, but not strong or sweet or fruity.
Will spend some more time with each description and report back once I have a better idea.
Mr. Mann, cloud.nine, bustamelon, and Apptiger:
Thanks for the input. I'll try a few of the strawberry flavors and 1 or 2 other fruits. As for the tobacco, I don't want to find one that tastes like a burning cigarette, just something not as aromatic as cigar or pipe tobacco. Flavorful, but not strong or sweet or fruity.
You may be in the House Blend range. Too bad the Wild Woods and the River Trees don't come unadorned.
Mann had sent me both some Jungle Juice from Ahl, and Gorilla Juice from AVE to compare, vaped them for a while yesterday and a little today.
I think Mann found them similar, but so far I haven't really; not yet anyways. JJ is my first banana flavor from Ahl, and the banana is AWESOME. Kind of creamy, fairly strong banana impact, and it tastes like a nicely ripe banana, no green. The tobacco is light enough to let the nana shine, but still present.
Gorilla Juice I've had before a long time ago. I included it with my first AVE order along with Boba Bounty. I pretty much found it to be the same BB flavor with banana notes, and never found it necessary to order again because I like my BB straight up. I haven't had BB in a while, was starting to tire of it the last time I had a bottle but knew I would get it again some day because I love the flavor. This GJ has surprisingly little banana that I'm noticing, but maybe that's because I'm vaping it alongside Jungle Juice which has stronger and much more realistic banana.
Jungle to me is the better banana tobacco. Best banana flavor I've had in a vape, and a good tobacco flavor. But...... I like Gorilla better. Mainly because Boba's Bounty is one of my favorite flavors ever and this brings me back to that awesome flavor. It really isn't much of a banana tobacco to me though, I don't really taste tobacco in Boba, I'm one that gets graham.
Even though I like the flavor of Gorilla better, I still wouldn't reorder it though I would order Jungle. Why not get Gorilla? Because I would rather get a bottle of Bounty, a big one please.
I think Mann found them similar, but so far I haven't really; not yet anyways. JJ is my first banana flavor from Ahl, and the banana is AWESOME. Kind of creamy, fairly strong banana impact, and it tastes like a nicely ripe banana, no green. The tobacco is light enough to let the nana shine, but still present.
Gorilla Juice I've had before a long time ago. I included it with my first AVE order along with Boba Bounty. I pretty much found it to be the same BB flavor with banana notes, and never found it necessary to order again because I like my BB straight up. I haven't had BB in a while, was starting to tire of it the last time I had a bottle but knew I would get it again some day because I love the flavor. This GJ has surprisingly little banana that I'm noticing, but maybe that's because I'm vaping it alongside Jungle Juice which has stronger and much more realistic banana.
Jungle to me is the better banana tobacco. Best banana flavor I've had in a vape, and a good tobacco flavor. But...... I like Gorilla better. Mainly because Boba's Bounty is one of my favorite flavors ever and this brings me back to that awesome flavor. It really isn't much of a banana tobacco to me though, I don't really taste tobacco in Boba, I'm one that gets graham.
Even though I like the flavor of Gorilla better, I still wouldn't reorder it though I would order Jungle. Why not get Gorilla? Because I would rather get a bottle of Bounty, a big one please.
So funny that you did the test last night because as of last night, I no longer find them that similar--at least in the way that I did. I think I vaped them before too close together or probably on the same coil. Yes, the Ahl banana is quite the nana though! LOL
Lol.. how did that one get forgotten so easily. Camel cigarette vape, but Camel can only dream to taste as good as Sahara. Have a 30ml coming in the next couple days.
I haven't tried JJ, and probably wont as found arti/synthectic fruit flavoring that I've tried in my lifetime to be pretty bad. I did try GJ when I first started vaping and wasn't surprised that the banana disappointed, It had the taste of the candy circus peanuts I ate as a kid (Circus Peanuts are a soft and chewy peanut shaped candy with a banana flavor). It wouldn't take much to beat their taste.
Good call. Totally forgot about that one--even with over 70 mL here, still forgot. D'oh!
I'm not sure if I've talked about Smooth & Mild from ThePlumeRoom on this thread. It's a juice I think would work really well for Smooth Criminal fans, especially those who like Smooth Criminal after a long steep.
It's easily my favorite non-NET tobacco flavor. It has such a smooth and tasty aspect like SC that makes it so easy to vape and very addictive. S&M also ages really well. It doesn't make any drastic changes with age, but it does become every better the older it gets. Vaping several months old S&M and some 7 month old SC is interesting. The tobacco flavor profile is different, but I enjoy them in about the exact same way for the same reasons. When I'm in the mood for a really good tobacco vape that is both fairly mild but also full of flavor, either one will make me just as happy.
Not that I think all SC fans will like S&M as much as me, but I think a few would. Not so much that they taste the same, more that they both scratch the same itch but in their own way.
It's easily my favorite non-NET tobacco flavor. It has such a smooth and tasty aspect like SC that makes it so easy to vape and very addictive. S&M also ages really well. It doesn't make any drastic changes with age, but it does become every better the older it gets. Vaping several months old S&M and some 7 month old SC is interesting. The tobacco flavor profile is different, but I enjoy them in about the exact same way for the same reasons. When I'm in the mood for a really good tobacco vape that is both fairly mild but also full of flavor, either one will make me just as happy.
Not that I think all SC fans will like S&M as much as me, but I think a few would. Not so much that they taste the same, more that they both scratch the same itch but in their own way.
My first order:
Smooth Criminal
Coco Berry Cream
Caramel Wildwood
Sweet Cherry Something (sample)
12mg, 50/50 all unsweetened.
I have to tell you, this was the hardest first order I've ever made, just because of having to narrow it down to so few when I wanted to try so many. I never put this much effort into choosing e-liquid before.
Thanks everybody for the guidance and advice you gave. I really appreciate it.
Smooth Criminal
Coco Berry Cream
Caramel Wildwood
Sweet Cherry Something (sample)
12mg, 50/50 all unsweetened.
I have to tell you, this was the hardest first order I've ever made, just because of having to narrow it down to so few when I wanted to try so many. I never put this much effort into choosing e-liquid before.
Thanks everybody for the guidance and advice you gave. I really appreciate it.
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