best way to test juices

[needa]

so a buddy of mine asked for me to start making his juices. i put in all of my orders this morning... but it didnt dawn on me until this afternoon that i would be having to taste the juices and then adding in more flavor and then tasting again etc. anywho... the way i figure it, i can only use a carto, or tank, or whatnot once. and then it would be worthless as it will hold the flavor of what i want to change.

what would be the best way to taste these? i have never diy'd before. so i figure at the get go i will be running through whatever is suggested quite often. then maybe once i get a feel for it i will be able to adjust quicker in order to use less.

should i just buy fifty or more cartos? do they make wadding that i can change out? what do you do?

thank you for your time.
-patrick

oh. one more thing. how sterile does the room need to be? i have a commercial hepa filter and a few charcoal filters along with 600cfm fans. ozonators etc. do i need to plastic off me half of a bedroom and run filters to keep the dust out? is it that important? i am willing to do whatever has to be done to get this right. but i dont want to go the 'overkill' route either.

 

[FACE MEAT]

There's several threads already out there that cover this very topic.

Cliffs Notes version: A dripping atomizer (HH357, for example) or an inexpensive RDA (Smok Squid, for example)

 

[The M4n C4nn0n]

+1 for inexpensive RDA. Might I also suggest a micro coil and cotton wick. Easy as hell to change out the wick and flavors!

 

[spacenoob]

+1 for HH357 or similar dripping atty. I use the hybrid dripping atomizer, but I forgot the name of it. Just get a well-built dripping atty and run alcohol through it between flavors.

 

[needa]

thanks for the advice yall. i ended up getting six of the phoenix v4 rdas and ten feet of wire from hoosier vapes. different colors to boot so i dont get mixed up and pretty cheap. the hh.357 was just too high for the number of them i wanted to get. not to mention i see a bunch of peeps around here with bad soldering jobs on those things. i would probably see the same thing if i searched down the phoenix though.

thanks again.

 

[savagemann]

Now just get some sterile or organic cotton and you're in business!

 

[needa]

yah i saw a guy using 3mm cotton yarn from wally world and some using cotton balls. boiled. i think the yarn will be easier than dealing with the balls.

 

[tattbob]

Cotton Balls are way easy. Just pull off a little (and I mean little)pinch and roll it between your fingers

 

[dannyv45]

Love the igo-s. THis is a great little rebuildable dripper. Just vape, rinse, dry with paper towel, add another flavor and vape. Takes all of 30 seconds. Has a small lip at the base so it can hold more then your average dripper.

IGO-S Rebuildable Mini Stainless Steel Dripping Atomizer

 

[txgtr]

I'm just getting into DIY. I plan on using and Igo-L, since I have it already. I use sterile CVS cotton for wicking. I don't actually put it through the coil, I roll it into a little ball and push it up to the coil and a bit underneath it with something like a toothpick.

Super easy to change out wicks and burn excess juice off the coils between flavors. If any juice has accumulated in the well I'll sometime sop that up with a q-tip.

 

[dannyv45]

I'm just getting into DIY. I plan on using and Igo-L, since I have it already. I use sterile CVS cotton for wicking. I don't actually put it through the coil, I roll it into a little ball and push it up to the coil and a bit underneath it with something like a toothpick.

Super easy to change out wicks and burn excess juice off the coils between flavors. If any juice has accumulated in the well I'll sometime sop that up with a q-tip.

Nice idea. I use silica wicking and it seems to clean and dry by blotting in paper towel easy enough but I'll have to give that a try.

 

[HeadInClouds]

I'm not ready to get into rebuilding stuff, so I have no dripping atomizer. But I'm a flavor hound and try new ones as often as possible.

I use shorty cartomizers that hold about 15 drops, vaped on a VV eGo. If it's good, I vape it all. If not, I might blow it out a bit and drip in a bit of other flavors to see if I can find a good combo. If it's a total dud, I drop it in the "to clean" pile. Every couple days (or when there are 10+ to clean, whichever comes first) I take the turkey baster and boiling water to clean them. It only takes about 30 seconds per cartomizer. I also use plain air in the baster to blast out the water, then they bake in a warm oven to dry & return to the "clean" bin.

 

[Bob Chill]

I like using ekowool in my rba's. I'm probably going to use cotton at some point and then i can test with my igo's. Right now I just use bridgeless 510's @ 1.8 ohms. Super easy to rinse, blow out, and switch up. And cheap of course. They last a long time too if you just use them for sampling. Much fuller flavor with an igo though. I've learned that if it tastes "ok to good" in a 510 then it will be very good in a tank and excellent in an igo.

 

[Hoosier]

I used I06 from Ikenvape and HH.357 from Avid for dripping atomizers for quite awhile. I even carry one in my watch pocket at all times just in case something goes south with my RDA.

So the concept that dripping requires an RDA is completely foreign to me...

 

[flowerpots]

If you don't want to rebuild coils yet, you can try a 510 disposable atty at first to get the hang of dripping and to see the flavor difference. Joyetech makes a decent one. You can go anywhere from $5-$20+ for an atty, depending on what you want to spend. HH357 is top of the line, but the more you pay, the better your vape, usually.

 

[zhentipede]

good ole' bridgeless atomizer? 8 buck stingray bottom sealed maybe?

 

[cookiebun]

There's several threads already out there that cover this very topic.

Cliffs Notes version: A dripping atomizer (HH357, for example) or an inexpensive RDA (Smok Squid, for example)

What's an RDA?

 

[Hoosier]

What's an RDA?

Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer

 

[onjre]

What's an RDA?

RDA=rebuildable dripping atomizer

Google it and click pictures. You'll get the idea pretty quick. They're really simple.

 

[Racehorse]

If you don't want to rebuild coils yet, you can try a 510 disposable atty at first to get the hang of dripping and to see the flavor difference. Joyetech makes a decent one. You can go anywhere from $5-$20+ for an atty, depending on what you want to spend. HH357 is top of the line, but the more you pay, the better your vape, usually.

AGREE

And i would not spend $25+ on an HH357 until i knew how to properly care for an atty, learned to clean and maintain, etc.

That said, you do NOT ever want to dry burn an HH357.....well I never did that to any of my atties anyway, and i had a few vapage hybrids that lasted way over 5 months each.