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Hello from another ECF noob :)

Looking for some good juice vendors myself. Not many brick and mortar places to buy from where I am and not keen on the old £5 for 10ml either. I'm thinking there must be cheaper options available.

If anyone could recommend some good sites/vendors it would be much appreciated.



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Looking for some good juice vendors myself. Not many brick and mortar places to buy from where I am and not keen on the old £5 for 10ml either. I'm thinking there must be cheaper options available.

Welcome OldBoyLeviathan.

There are lots of options for less expensive liquid. Firstly, unless you've found something really good, £5 isn't great. Now, I accept there are some liquids out there for £8 for 15ml (some nice ones) but these are mostly niche products where the makers are vaping enthusiasts and are not going to make huge amounts of profit vs. the time involved.
The "big boys" in the market are absolutely raking it in. One company makes 10ml for 38p and charges £5.99.
How much is coffee these days? (a jar...) £3 or something - nobody is going to walk into Tesco and pay £7 for a jar of instant, not unless it's very, very special.
So, where to start?

ecigwizard do a range "wizmix" which is £3.85 and there are some good 'uns in there.
LT e-cigs do about 60 flavours at £2.40
hangsen and dekang can be bought for £1.50 from one vendor, but it's only what's available. I tend to buy them for £2.50 from Myepack (Dekang) or £3.75 from dozens of vendors.
Joose Juice and Darkstar are doing £1.50 bottles, but I don't use either. I had one lot of Joose Juice and only liked 1 out of 5.
Liqua e-liquid is widely available but is cheap chinese sold too expensive i.m.o. GoRitchie charge £4.99 from their online store and it's daylight robbery. You can buy 30ml for £7.99 easily.

Prices will drop as more people vape. What happens in 2016 is anyone's guess, but by then I really hope to see the back of £4.99 liquid, especially if it's bog standard Chinese liquid.

iBreathe made a big play about their liquid being "UK made" but I ran a check on the boxes, and it's Chinese. NOW, they've recently joined the trade association in the UK and have a) changed the recipes and b) will have had to re-think some of their claims or actually make it here.
Again, if you go direct, they'll charge you £4.95 direct, but you can get these 3 for £10 on almost every street corner these days.

If you vape loads, it makes a huge difference. I don't vape much, so it's less of a worry. If you vape all the time and get through 5ml a day, then it makes sense to mix your own.

The liquids on LT e-cigs are mostly available to buy in the flavour concentrates... so find one you like, and make it for under £1.

If I think of anything else, I'll come back. Importantly, tell people who are handing over £6.99 at their local store they don't have to.

It costs £3,000 a year to vape 2ml a day in an E-Lites. It costs somebody who knows where to shop and has a refillable e-cig about £175 for the same amount of liquid. That's where the real rip-off is.

...and yet everybody (general public) seems to vape the plastic sticks... and complain about the cravings and the lack of satisfaction.

Good luck.
 
Welcome OldBoyLeviathan.

There are lots of options for less expensive liquid. Firstly, unless you've found something really good, £5 isn't great. Now, I accept there are some liquids out there for £8 for 15ml (some nice ones) but these are mostly niche products where the makers are vaping enthusiasts and are not going to make huge amounts of profit vs. the time involved.
The "big boys" in the market are absolutely raking it in. One company makes 10ml for 38p and charges £5.99.
How much is coffee these days? (a jar...) £3 or something - nobody is going to walk into Tesco and pay £7 for a jar of instant, not unless it's very, very special.
So, where to start?

ecigwizard do a range "wizmix" which is £3.85 and there are some good 'uns in there.
LT e-cigs do about 60 flavours at £2.40
hangsen and dekang can be bought for £1.50 from one vendor, but it's only what's available. I tend to buy them for £2.50 from Myepack (Dekang) or £3.75 from dozens of vendors.
Joose Juice and Darkstar are doing £1.50 bottles, but I don't use either. I had one lot of Joose Juice and only liked 1 out of 5.
Liqua e-liquid is widely available but is cheap chinese sold too expensive i.m.o. GoRitchie charge £4.99 from their online store and it's daylight robbery. You can buy 30ml for £7.99 easily.

Prices will drop as more people vape. What happens in 2016 is anyone's guess, but by then I really hope to see the back of £4.99 liquid, especially if it's bog standard Chinese liquid.

iBreathe made a big play about their liquid being "UK made" but I ran a check on the boxes, and it's Chinese. NOW, they've recently joined the trade association in the UK and have a) changed the recipes and b) will have had to re-think some of their claims or actually make it here.
Again, if you go direct, they'll charge you £4.95 direct, but you can get these 3 for £10 on almost every street corner these days.

If you vape loads, it makes a huge difference. I don't vape much, so it's less of a worry. If you vape all the time and get through 5ml a day, then it makes sense to mix your own.

The liquids on LT e-cigs are mostly available to buy in the flavour concentrates... so find one you like, and make it for under £1.

If I think of anything else, I'll come back. Importantly, tell people who are handing over £6.99 at their local store they don't have to.

It costs £3,000 a year to vape 2ml a day in an E-Lites. It costs somebody who knows where to shop and has a refillable e-cig about £175 for the same amount of liquid. That's where the real rip-off is.

...and yet everybody (general public) seems to vape the plastic sticks... and complain about the cravings and the lack of satisfaction.

Good luck.

Cheers for the reply. A lot of helpful info there matey. Much appreciated

I've been Vaping and off the cigs now for about a 5 weeks so don't know a huge amount about it all yet, but I'm getting there. Slow n steady and all that :)

I've been reading these forums for a few weeks now and keep seeing things about DIY liquid and how much it could save my already nearly empty pockets but I'm not sure on how to go about it when it comes to ratios of each ingredient etc. Don't want to end up poisoning myself and keeling over after a few draws. Haha. Though, that said, it does seem like the next logical step.

In the mean time though, I think I'll check out a couple of the sites you mentioned and see what takes my fancy. Running low on juice now so need to order some before I have to resort to the town centre and £5 for 10ml.


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I would also like to know more about mixing your own, what you would need to do it and the cost vs buying them from a retailer.

Oldboy as I said above 6 10ml bottles for £9 + £1 p&p if you fancy trying them =-). Im running out too haha, my bottle is empty im on my last tank. Hoping they arrive tomorrow (prob wont, .......n easter!!) if not ill have to go spend £5 on a bottle, hopefully the last one!
 

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Cheers for the reply. A lot of helpful info there matey. Much appreciated

I've been Vaping and off the cigs now for about a 5 weeks so don't know a huge amount about it all yet, but I'm getting there. Slow n steady and all that :)

No probs. and Well done!!!

There is an almost foolproof method... but ready-made plain (diluted) nicotine liquid and add your flavour!! That's it.. :)

LT sell ready to go stuff. Not too much more and way easier than buying 3 separate bottles of PG/VG/Base
 
No probs. and Well done!!!

There is an almost foolproof method... but ready-made plain (diluted) nicotine liquid and add your flavour!! That's it.. :)

LT sell ready to go stuff. Not too much more and way easier than buying 3 separate bottles of PG/VG/Base

That might be where I start then. Not having to worry about whether I've put 6 months supply of nicotine in a 10ml bottle would definitely ease my mind a little. Haha.

I've checked out both LT and Darkstar this morning and there looks to be some deals going on. Might have to order a few bottles from each and see how it goes.


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Just got my liquid from darkstar. Including a free bottle for taking a little longer than usual and a free bottle of fresh lime (so i have 2 of these =D) Regarding the fresh lime, my god.... it's... it's.... Spot on. It tastes exactly what I think fresh lime tastes like if you've just squeezed the juice from one or put a few slices in some vodka =D
 
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