All RMV. I'm not sure where it comes from, though somebody told me their Kent was Ruyan. I don't know the supplier.
Sorry I couldn't have been more help
Dave
Dave,
Just from what I've gathered along the way there are two types of "Dekang" juices (they supply 90% of the juice). One is the 'dekang' that heaven gifts, healthcabin, eastmall have - I call that just 'dekang'. The other is the "Janty/Joye juice" - that's also made by Dekang but almost of their flavors are specially formulated either by Dekang and/or by the vendor. IOW, there could be the case where Janty asks for a special formulation and then either Joye or Janty adds something else.
The way one used to be able to tell, imo anyway, and the tastes verified this for me, was that if a vendor didn't carry a Kent, Hilton, Flu Cured and a few others, then it was likely a Janty/Joye juice.
If they
did carry those flavors, then it was the 'regular' Dekang juice, and one could expect consistency among both, so that the Janty RY4 (which is quite different than the Dekang Ruyan #4) that is sold by freshsmoking, the Widow and a few other vendors are all the same. Whereas the RY4 or Ruyan#4 sold by HG, HC, EM are also the same (Wayne at HG now has a special formulation for Ruyan#4 and his Cappuccino, but those were fairly recent).
More lately that line is getting blurred. Some vendors that carried only Janty/Joye juice are now carrying some Kent and Hilton. Whether they are sourcing two or more suppliers now or perhaps if Janty/Joye are adding those to their line up, I don't know.
I do know that there were 'bad batches' (not tainted but unusally strong and harsh) of "Dekang" juice that was released with PRD (production) dates somewhere around late May to late August and many vendors in the US were also affected*. I think that is over as far as Dekang is concerned but there may be some vendors that still have that stuff in their inventory. In fact, it is the first thing I checked on a order I had from ecig24 - see the other thread - where there were dirt cheap prices on bigger bottles ($4.68 for 50ml, eg.) - fortunately the juice is good, but it took a month and a half to get here - airmail - the only option given at that time.
*And during those dates, the Janty/Joye line was not affected.
Anyway ;-) ... chances are, unless they are making their own, RMV juice is "Dekang" and it should be just fine. The stuff I've been getting from HG, EM and other Dekang vendors have been fine. Last 3 orders from HG is the 'old' good Dekang juice in Hilton, Kent, Flu Cured, Ruyan#4 and others. But the two before that were - not vape-able for me or the wife - a Hilton fan. Oddly, imo, I had one friend where the difference, although noticed, didn't make a difference. And there were some posting here - wv2win, in particular, that didn't mind the change. It's my opinioin that the harshness was a mistake in the tobacco part of the blending and if so, people that liked that, probably didn't care. But there were many here that
did care, but that's just a guess as to what actually happened.
I may have some of the details of story wrong (or missing) but from my emails with varioius vendors and the reports on this that were coming on the forum during that time, tends to lend credence to many of the points above. I know in my (and my wife's and some local friends') personal experience this is exactly what happened.