Chinese Liquid vs American and Euro liquids

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rzil

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Hi,

I wonder how the international vaping community feels about Chinese liquid compared to others , in my country people are pretty ambivalent about them , how do you feel about them? do you trust them?

I started with Chinese liquids as most vapers in my country but later switched to American+Local juices and recently I started mixing using British concentrates liquids.
 
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Doesn't really matter to me. I have seen some video on a lab in China that I'd trust far more than some of these mom and pop start ups making juices in their kitchens without much quality control.

I buy from who makes juices I enjoy. These days it's Ahlusion primarily - who happen to be in the US. If they were out of Europe or China, I'd still buy from them.
 

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I wouldn't buy Chinese juices. I'm curious about European ones - mostly the differences in flavors because Europeans have different tastes than Americans. Can't wait until I go back home and try them lol.

In the long run, once regulations hit, I will probably "like" European juices better - because as bad as it is (and it is), I trust Europe regulations more than I will ever trust the FDA >.<
 

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Most Chinese liquids I have tried always fall short of being vapable... The flavors always tend to be a bit off to me... the performance of the liquids seems a bit weak at higher voltage/watts... and many I have tried tend to have an unpleasant aftertaste and are a bit harsh on the throat.

Occasionally, I wants some dekang RY4 or menthol...

The Liquids I have vaped from England tend to be quite good...

Yaeliq is the only other I have tried... Isreal... and I find his liquid to be of a good quality. I like Yaeliq - but I have no reason to trust him. Many people in the community have had positive experiences and he presents himself as quite open and kind... but there's no reason I should blindly trust him ;-)

As for trust with Chinese juices? As long as I know I am buying real dekang or real hangsten etc... I have quite a bit of trust...

With American E-liquid I have more concerns with trust... there are so many companies here and I really think some have no idea what they are doing.

I have only gotten sick or been thoroughly grossed out with American liquid... but that's because 99% of the juice I buy is american... some great, some horrible... ...
 
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Most Chinese liquids I have tried always fall short of being vapable... The flavors always tend to be a bit off to me... the performance of the liquids seems a bit weak at higher voltage/watts... and many I have tried tend to have an unpleasant aftertaste and are a bit harsh on the throat.

Yaeliq is the only other I have tried... Isreal... and I find his liquid to be of a good quality. I like Yaeliq - but I have no reason to trust him. Many people in the community have had positive experiences and he presents himself as quite open and kind... but there's no reason I should blindly trust him ;-)

My experiments with Chinese juice have not been fruitful (literally and figuratively) for the reasons mentioned above.

I ordered three flavors from Yaeliq and found them not worth keeping.

I can assure you that I'm not a juice snob as I am currently enjoying some cheapies from MBV, ECB and Killer.
 

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Doesn't really matter to me. I have seen some video on a lab in China that I'd trust far more than some of these mom and pop start ups making juices in their kitchens without much quality control.

I buy from who makes juices I enjoy. These days it's Ahlusion primarily - who happen to be in the US. If they were out of Europe or China, I'd still buy from them.
I haven't tried any of the higher-end Chinese juices yet, but the issue isn't the quality control. A state-of-the-art mass-production facility simply won't turn a liquid with mediocre ingredients into something like Five Pawns. I did try several in the 5 dollar/euro range and I too think they taste a bit off. Vapable, but ultimately not very satisfying.

To each their own though, I'll give them a go eventually. :)

As far as European liquids go, I've only tried a Holy Smoke Frosted Pear liquid and a Elixir Pharma Melon liquid. The Melon juice started to taste like perfume after the first few draws, while the Pear juice didn't have much of a pear taste but the menthol kick was really strong and pleasant.
 
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Most of the juice I vape is from the US, from one vendor or DIY. I also like Grant's Vanilla Custard from the UK. A local vape shop had Chinese juice when they first opened. I did not like it at all. My husband got some zero nic and it was okay. The nasty taste I was getting was from the nic base they used. So, never again.
 

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I have tried upward of three dozen juice companies, some where based in China, one in the U.K. and most in the U.S. My favorite and least favorite juices were both from U.S. based companies. There are no vendors called "Chinese Liquid", "U.S. Liquid" and "European Liquid" as far as i know. If there are, i stand corrected.

As far as individual Chinese companies go, i really like the RY4's from Dekang and Hangsen. Some of their other synthetic tobacco's are quite good too.
 
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A local vape shop had Chinese juice when they first opened. I did not like it at all. My husband got some zero nic and it was okay. The nasty taste I was getting was from the nic base they used. So, never again.

I think this is right. I actually liked many of the flavors in the Chinese juices but the nic base tasted like pepper and did not vape well at even moderately high voltages.

I DIY my juice but 90% of my flavorings are hangsen and the other 10% I think they are chinese too. and I can say that my juices are much much better than any premade american juice I've tried.

hangsen is top notch

I suspect this is right too. My guess is if one threw the flavorings into some decent base they'd love it.
 

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Started off on China e-liquids - went through many many $1-$2 10ml bottles.
Started ordering US made from many venders.................................... found maybe 3 acceptable and ...... away a lot of money.
Still have 500-600ml of junk around.

Now all my e-liquids are USA made - I DIY :D

well in that case all my juices are mexican made... but where do your flavorings come from??
mine from hangsen (china) and vapingzone (most likely china)
 
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