Common undertone

[Frank Castle]

I have noticed when I go into some vape stores that is seems all their flavors have a common "undertaste" to them with the flavor on top of it. This undertone seems the same in all the stores that have it and I hate it with a passion. Has anyone noticed this, and does anyone know what it is?

 

[nyiddle]

Which flavors in specific?

Most creamy/custardy juices have a VERY similar custard taste. I can smell it immediately if someone's vaping it in a room, and if I smell the juice it's VERY easy to pull out the specific flavoring. Not sure exactly what flavoring it is, but I know it's what gives juice that custard taste.

 

[Frank Castle]

It's not flavor specific. The places that have it have it across their entire product line. I have asked some of the people at work that vape and most of them have not noticed. Out of the ones that have I only found one person that hated it as much as me. It's like a pepper taste with the flavor laid on top of it.

 

[Lynn Miller]

Pepper could be from the nic.

 

[xxJollyRogerxx]

I agree the peppery taste is coming from the nic they are using. I bet it is not the high quality that most DIYers use.

 

[WeirdWillie]

Most in house mixes has a nasty perfumy taste to me that is hard to discribe but makes me want to gag.
Which is what led me to Nicoticket, since I found Nicoticket everyting else has become unpalatable.

 

[samwest]

I can't hack juice from B&Ms. It all tastes like crap to me.

 

[xpl0it]

That is the end result when vendors use an inexpensive and inferior nicotine base. The majority of B&M's I've visited have been more focused on profit rather than R&D. There needs to be a balance between the two if not more focus on R&D. Unfortunately until regulations are established we will be left weeding through unqualified vendors.

 

[xxJollyRogerxx]

Most in house mixes has a nasty perfumy taste to me that is hard to discribe but makes me want to gag.
Which is what led me to Nicoticket, since I found Nicoticket everyting else has become unpalatable.

That would be from them not using the right %s of flavorings OR just using flavorings that have that taste to them.
But that is also subjective to a point. For instance, for a Bubblegum flavoring I have all i can taste is chemicals but a friend says it tastes awesome and cannot taste it. But there are flavorings out there that do taste horrible no matter who tries them ....

 

[Frank Castle]

That is the end result when vendors use an inexpensive and inferior nicotine base. The majority of B&M's I've visited have been more focused on profit rather than R&D. There needs to be a balance between the two if not more focus on R&D. Unfortunately until regulations are established we will be left weeding through unqualified vendors.

What are B&M's?

I am all for a business making as much profit as possible, but I hope the consumer will get rid of the ones selling low quality stuff. IMO regulation is seldom, if ever, the answer to anything aside from basic truth in labels. I have yet to find one single thing the government does a good job of running.

I am glad it appears that an answer has been found. Thanks everyone.

 

[xxJollyRogerxx]

B&M = Brick and Mortar (i.e physical shop not online)

 

[Frank Castle]

B&M = Brick and Mortar (i.e physical shop not online)

HA HA... Now I feel stupid. Thanks for telling me. I guess my noob is hanging out.

 

[minimalsaint]

B&M store always smell horrible to me. I liken it to a bottle return at the grocery store. When I first started I could never buy anything from a B&M for that reason alone. Everything I sampled tasted like bottle return lol

 

[Muero]

for me it varies wildly. once i went into a new vape shop and all their flavors were clearly on flavor liquids. nothing good, not bad, but just not experienced mixers, and they had never seen a provari... most stores the liquid is really meh, i mean i could usually find one or two that i enjoyed. rarely i will find an exceptional one in a shop. i think since they use those clearomizers it really mutes the flavors that they use. most good stores have their liquids available for dripping.

 

[SaltySteele]

I understand what the op is saying.. one premium juice I distaste is space jam (you may like it, that's fine, I'm okay with that). To me, every one of their flavors has the same base/undertone flavor, with other flavors on top.

Mt baker- same thing, same undertone throughout, but I like their undertone.

I'm sure it has something to do with the person(s) developing their flavors, and starting at " point a" and taking it from their.

 

[ktez71]

There is a b&m in my town that makes their own liquids, they all taste like crap to me except their RY4, theirs is the best I've ever had. But that's the only one I like...werird.

 

[GPC2012]

What level of nic are you using? might be the peppery taste you are getting. Also what are you vaping it with?

 

[Alex Zandra]

Frank Castle, I know what you mean also. There are a few lines we absolutely won't vape because they all have like a chemically undertone that is similar. We just assumed it was because of the brand of PG, VG or nic they were using. I mean, how many manufacturers of those ingredients could there possibly be? (Okay, maybe like a million, I have no idea. I assume there isn't that many though, lol) On the bright side however, I feel like there are more then enough venders who are awesome that it doesn't matter that some...um...suck. You really just need to find the stuff that works for you

 

[Wolfenstark]

To me highbrow vapor liquids have this certain undertone taste to them. Im not a fan of it , some may like it though.
Its neither good nor bad but to me its distinct and don't like it.

 

[John Lever]

No kidding . I have multiple bottles of Highbrow that are unvapable.