Crowdsourcing my next e-liquid - there's something in it for you too!

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mikeyoneshot

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Hey guys and gals, hoping you can help me in a juice search and if you do, they'll be some free juice in it later on.

How it works:
I'm fully aware taste is subjective, I'm going to try and describe what I'm looking for and seek some suggestions then target my research to these suggestions and place a few orders. I will not bash any suggestions or troll, looking for some helpful hints based on your experience, if our experience differs...no hard feelings.

To give back to the community, anything I order and don't like I will offer up for free in the juice swaps section, anything that turns out to be a keeper I will buy a fresh bottle of the juice to give away as well. I will not be buying every juice mentioned I'll be looking into them and picking them at will. If a member suggests a juice I wind up loving I will 'sponsor' them to become an ECF supporting member for a year if they are not one already.

Mods, if this is in the wrong section or breaking any rules please let me know and I will change anything required, I looked into it and didn't see anything against this.

Now a little about me...

My rigs:

I run Ikenvape LR Fusions/Platinums in an IBTanked and KFL+, Russian 91%, Squape, Cyclone, Atomic all with cotton microcoils on high end mods e.g. Provari/Semovar/SuperT. I target coils for 1.2-1.5ohms and run them between 3.8v-4.4v

My vaping style:
Mouth to lung inhales, cool to really warm temperature nothing hot, tight to medium draw, vapor production isn't that important to me, I would rather exhale nothing but flavor over clouds of bland. I do not have a PG/VG sensitivity, I've had the best success with 60/40,50/50 but I don't care about ratios really. I go through 1-2ml a day typically, even on my worst days never more than 3ml.

Currently Vape:
GoodLife Vapor Deadly Sin 12mg in my carto tanks - I've never liked it in a rebuildable
VapeTrik Dorky Stud 12mg and 6mg - Currently my go-to juice in my rebuildables
Five Pawns GrandMaster 6mg - My 'after-dark' vape

What I'm looking for:
First and foremost, I'm looking for a liquid to be used in rebuildables, I have enough Deadly Sin to last a lifetime in my cartos.

From my current vapes we can see two main points, I like bakery and tobacco vapes that don't have a strong tobacco flavor. I used to be a menthol smoker but I have yet to find a menthol vape I can stand for more than a week but don't rule out a suggestion because it has menthol. I've tried straight tobacco vapes like Halo and they never tasted appealing to me so the tobacco has to be cut with something sweet or savory. I get a slight tobacco from both Deadly Sin/Dorky Stud and that works for me, not sure what else is in those flavors that make them so good but they're both tobacco influenced which I would like to stick with to satisfy my needs.

I've tried Bobas Bounty and I think I got one of the 'off' batches because even after months of steeping all I get out of it is raisin.

What I'm not looking for:
Drink, Candy, Fruit type vapes - now if it is a mixture of those and tobacco we might be in business but I'll never vape a straight cola, skittles or banana for example, they never satisfy what I'm looking for in a vape they just taste like a treat for me and I won't use them often enough to warrant having them. Banana/Strawberry/Coconut flavors are at the bottom of my list, peach is the only fruit that's made me hang on to juice for more than a week. Specifically NYVapes Peach Ice was good for a few weeks, on the flipside GLV's Frozen Peach was an instant giveaway.

I hope this is enough information to get the ball rolling and I'll do my best to respond to as many replies/questions/clarifications that come in.
 
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Vaperev.com Poet line. If you haven't tried it yet they are a few tobacco based bakery flavors.

Solid start as I need to make a VapeRev purchase anyway. I'm seeing Americano Ciambella as a candidate, not seeing anything else advertised as tobacco so is this the one you're referring to or are you saying the others have a tobacco taste even though they're not advertised as that on VapeRev?
 

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You should definitely check out Ahlusion. Smooth Criminal is technically a tobacco flavor but still exhibits many desser/bakery like qualities, much like Deadly Sin, however it is much more complex. This is hands down my overall favorite liquid EVER. (and I have tried many)

Also, I highly reccomend the Wild Wood and River Tree tobaccos from Ahlusion. They come in many different varieties (apple, peach, caramel, etc) but you really can't go wrong with any of them. These are also sweeter blends that aren't so tobacco forward.

I also suggest steeping all of these for at least a week, but longer is better. They aren't "bad" before then but they really seem to hit their stride at about a month.

Good luck with the juice hunt!
 

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Captain Ron from Indigo Vapors sounds like something you may like. FYI I haven't tried this. It's on my list of things to try. It has excellent reviews. Captain Ron
Description: Go banana's with our Capt Ron. This is our coconut infused and steeped tobacco base melded seamlessly with an awesome banana flavoring.
 

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You should definitely check out Ahlusion. Smooth Criminal is technically a tobacco flavor but still exhibits many desser/bakery like qualities, much like Deadly Sin, however it is much more complex. This is hands down my overall favorite liquid EVER. (and I have tried many)

Also, I highly reccomend the Wild Wood and River Tree tobaccos from Ahlusion. They come in many different varieties (apple, peach, caramel, etc) but you really can't go wrong with any of them. These are also sweeter blends that aren't so tobacco forward.

I also suggest steeping all of these for at least a week, but longer is better. They aren't "bad" before then but they really seem to hit their stride at about a month.

Good luck with the juice hunt!

Thanks Sharon! I've seen you post in the GLV threads so thanks for that. I actually submitted a trouble ticket to Ahlusion and never got a response so they weren't the best experience. I looked into Smooth Criminal I have to check if I actually ever got it or not - a buddy of mine has all my failed e-liquid attempts, up until now he has gotten everything I have tried. If it's not in the bunch I'll consider ordering from them again in the future.

If you look under the poet heading in the left column they have different subheading flavor profiles Torte De Arnicia and also Americano Ciambella are both in the category tobacco.

flbuterfly, thanks for that those both look appealing, 15ml minimum size is a bit off putting but I think I will try Ciambella when I make my VapeRev order this week.

Try a sampler from The Vapor Room. You can pick anything you want so you aren't stuck with a "tobacco only" or a "fruit only" sampler. If you are still chasing a menthol check out their Port Menthol. It's not a straight menthol as it has a tobacco flavor in the background.

Rickajho, thanks for this, I've tried many RY4/555 blends before and my only keeper was IkenVapes and it's one of the few juices I still have. I guess I'm looking for something a bit different from the typical blends to have something completely new. Port Menthols description isn't too appealing to me but I'm marking it as a maybe for now so thanks again.
 

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Captain Ron from Indigo Vapors sounds like something you may like. FYI I haven't tried this. It's on my list of things to try. It has excellent reviews. Captain Ron
Description: Go banana's with our Capt Ron. This is our coconut infused and steeped tobacco base melded seamlessly with an awesome banana flavoring.

yorkiegirl, thanks for the suggestion, I guess I should have put in my description which I will edit now is that the two 'fruit' flavors I seem to dislike the most is Banana and Coconut. I love bananas in real life so that was kind of a disappointing discovery in my vaping career. I remember Namber Juice Glacier Banana sounded like heaven to me, I vaped a few mls really hoping to acquire the taste but it hit the 'giveaway' pile rather quickly.
 
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Alice in Vapeland: 15 Ft Falls

(The site is open right now too)

agh just saw the post above mine where you are opposed to coconut. This does have a slight coconut note in there but it's not a fruity coconut... if that makes sense.

Minus the coconut that just about sounds perfect! Ugh what a tease, sites open too...ugh, let's see if I pull the trigger and risk it. Sometimes I'm just a glutton for punishment.
 

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Vermillion river has a really good Kentucky Premium blend tobacco line. Tastes like a maple syrup n light tobacco. They've sample packs 5 or 6 flavors of your choice if I remember correctly.

Heck, free sample, can't lose! First order Kentucky Premium Vanilla, but unfortunately they can't process my order, submitted a trouble ticket hopefully resolved soon.
 

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+1 for VR's Kentucky Premium variants. Light and sweet tobacco background in all of them. This one is kind of a long shot, but would be cheap to try: ECBlend RY4 with extra flavor and caramel. Also consider NLV Gold and Bounty Hunter. Check out HHV to see if anything there sounds good to you. I like Nicoticket H1N1, but that might be too much tobacco for your tastes.

Have you tried GLV El Kamino? I am interested in hearing your take on it if you have, I've never tried it but have heard good things.
 

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+1 for VR's Kentucky Premium variants. Light and sweet tobacco background in all of them. This one is kind of a long shot, but would be cheap to try: ECBlend RY4 with extra flavor and caramel. Also consider NLV Gold and Bounty Hunter. Check out HHV to see if anything there sounds good to you. I like Nicoticket H1N1, but that might be too much tobacco for your tastes.

Have you tried GLV El Kamino? I am interested in hearing your take on it if you have, I've never tried it but have heard good things.
CloudZ, thanks for all this, I've tried a lot of RY4's and while they're all a little different and good i'm looking for something a bit different out of this search? I've got IkenVape is the only RY4 I kept. I looked at H1N1 in the past but for whatever reason didn't pull the trigger, let me check these out and I'll let you know where this goes. I'm not opposed to finding my perfect RY4 but it would be cooler to get something totally out of the blue. I am looking into all of your suggestions though.

El Kamino has a well deserved hype, its a great juice, tons of flavor, for me it worked best in a 510 bridged dripping atty. I liked it and I keep a little bit in my stock but it has a hint of chocolate and IRL I hate chocolate, it gives me a headache, in the vape no headache. I don't re-order it because, again, not a chocolate fan but I can vape it and appreciate it, just not to the extent of Deadly Sin, which currently I have close to 500mls of (just in case of a ban in my area).

What a kind and generous gesture! Harvest Berries from Velvet Cloud Vapor is my new ADV. Candied Cavendish from The Plume Room is a fruity tobacco :) I also love their banana pudding, it's so real...but you don't like bananas :(
Jrenae4, Thanks, I just hope it works! I did take a look at your suggestions and I do appreciate them because I've browsed the vendor site for other possible juices since the whole banana thing isn't going to work.

I'm going to make the VapeRev purchase submitted earlier, waiting to hear if anyone else has VapeRev suggestions, it dawned on me it would be nice to avoid double shipping charges if I have to order from the same vendor.
 

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try this, it's very unusual
Bread of Heaven by The Druids Brew | All the Juices


At first it's a bit sweet but not like a dessert, it has a little citrus lemony flavor, a bit of fruit (apricot maybe?), and a little bread, and then the tobacco flavor comes, then it shifts again, back and forth, I like that-it keeps it interesting, it's almost like it changes from mild and sweeter/fruitier to a smoky cig like tobacco, then back again! This is the most complex juice I've ever tasted, hands down.
 

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Menthols were my cig of choice and found the only menthol that worked for me and still does it was my main vape all of 2013 . Now that being said The vendor is Johnson Creek Tundra its right on the money . From pack a day Newports to Tundra over night I quit smoking and never looked back just passed my first years anniversary . Give them A shot ...good luck
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