DIY Advice: How many flavors should I start off with?

[TinySpark]

Hello!

I am budgeting for my first diy kit. Not sure how many/what kind of flavors I should get to start off with...

if it helps here is my flavor profile:

love = asian fruit, earl grey tea, tea flavors, floral notes, & breakfast stuffs (waffles and strawberries, banana nut bread, etc.)

dislike = candy flavors, too sweet flavors, coffee, & chocolate

I am looking at Flavour Art, Nature's Flavors, Inawewa, and Signature. Any advice on what kinds of flavors, how many flavors, and which brands to stick to would be most appreciated, thanks!

 

[Boletus]

It kind of depends on what you hope to accomplish. If your main priority is to create something vapable and save a bunch of money, get a few flavorings that sound like something you will like and play around with them. If you are determined to create wonderful new vapes and make a serious hobby of DIY-ing, the sky is the limit. Also, ask yourself how certain you are that you will stick with DIY; if you are not sure, start out small and get your feet wet.

 

[boomerdude]

I would start off using one flavor in small quantities and take notes on how much flavoring you used by % to get the taste you like from that particular flavor and brand. Notes are very important when you start out

 

[TinySpark]

Hmmm, nothing extreme. I don't want start my own line of juices or anything. ;b Just something to kick off with so that I have enough flavors to give it a good go. I definitely want to switch to diy, my local vape shops tend to carry very expensive juices, and since I know pretty much what flavors I like and will stick to I'd like to give it a go.

These are the 5 flavors I most want that are not simple flavors: earl grey tea w/lavender, lemon bar, banana nut bread, green tea w/jasmine, and mango black tea

The only other flavors I would want to try are more or less pure fruit flavors.

As a rule of thumb, how much do people normally spend on their first diy starter kit? it's hard to say... thanks!

 

[TinySpark]

I would start off using one flavor in small quantities and take notes on how much flavoring you used by % to get the taste you like from that particular flavor and brand. Notes are very important when you start out

thanks ! I will definitely start an excel spread sheet after I get my kit.

 

[Train2]

I'd aim for "positive reinforcement" - meaning, early success - meaning, start with something simple!

So you could get a couple single fruit flavors, and make a couple mixes that just have 1 or 2 flavorings.
Of the others, you might find get Banana Nut Bread from a couple different vendors, and learn which is best for you.
I have no experience mixing tea or floral flavors, but I'm guessing that since they're subtle in real life, they may be a little more complex to master in an e-liquid...

I got started with DIY for under $100, including some glassware, nic, and I think something like 10 flavorings...
And right away, I liked a couple! Haven't bought any "brand" juice in a long while - I MIGHT, but I still have a bunch sitting, since 95% of the time what I WANT to vape is one of my own.


Have fun!!

Hmmm, nothing extreme. I don't want start my own line of juices or anything. ;b Just something to kick off with so that I have enough flavors to give it a good go. I definitely want to switch to diy, my local vape shops tend to carry very expensive juices, and since I know pretty much what flavors I like and will stick to I'd like to give it a go.

These are the 5 flavors I most want that are not simple flavors: earl grey tea w/lavender, lemon bar, banana nut bread, green tea w/jasmine, and mango black tea

The only other flavors I would want to try are more or less pure fruit flavors.

As a rule of thumb, how much do people normally spend on their first diy starter kit? it's hard to say... thanks!

 

[TinySpark]

I'd aim for "positive reinforcement" - meaning, early success - meaning, start with something simple!

So you could get a couple single fruit flavors, and make a couple mixes that just have 1 or 2 flavorings.
Of the others, you might find get Banana Nut Bread from a couple different vendors, and learn which is best for you.
I have no experience mixing tea or floral flavors, but I'm guessing that since they're subtle in real life, they may be a little more complex to master in an e-liquid...

I got started with DIY for under $100, including some glassware, nic, and I think something like 10 flavorings...
And right away, I liked a couple! Haven't bought any "brand" juice in a long while - I MIGHT, but I still have a bunch sitting, since 95% of the time what I WANT to vape is one of my own.


Have fun!!

Thanks Keep It Simple ! thanks, my wishlist had about $100 worth of stuff in it, but I will tone it down. Budgeting is sooo much harder when I actually go into brick and mortar stores than it is online. love the wishlist feature on most online vape retailers... ;b

 

[BigBoyBlue]

I spent far too much getting started into DIY. I have more flavors than I've been able to use so far. If I could go back I would have focused on one area of mixing. For example I would have chosen only fruit flavors, maybe a cream or two and some additives(sweetener, EM, etc). This keeps you focused on one avenue of mixing and doesn't require a million flavors.

So I suppose my advice would be to get the flavors for your tea mixtures. That will keep it simple and make it easier for you to focus on getting the perfect tea flavor. I am no expert and have no recommendations on what flavors to get for tea but I'm certain some people on here can tell you what would be required.

 

[rowdyplace]

Yea, start with a small order of the things you like most. While you will buy a flavor (or 2) that you don't like, all is not lost. That's what you use to mix some juice for those freeloading friends... Remember, that plain base (vg+pg+nic) is a good vape without flavorings...

Start small. Otherwise, you will look back and say "Wow! That's how I spent my summer vacation..."

(Written by a guy that owns close to 400 different flavorings and vapes mostly one single flavor (TFA Western 8%) and a lot of just plain base. I also own 2 crockpots, 3 ultrasonic cleaners and one nice food dehydrator along with 2 digital scales and 2 magnetic spinner mixer tables.) Yea, start small.

 

[TinySpark]

Yea, start with a small order of the things you like most. While you will buy a flavor (or 2) that you don't like, all is not lost. That's what you use to mix some juice for those freeloading friends... Remember, that plain base (vg+pg+nic) is a good vape without flavorings...

Start small. Otherwise, you will look back and say "Wow! That's how I spent my summer vacation..."

(Written by a guy that owns close to 400 different flavorings and vapes mostly one single flavor (TFA Western 8%) and a lot of just plain base. I also own 2 crockpots, 3 ultrasonic cleaners and one nice food dehydrator along with 2 digital scales and 2 magnetic spinner mixer tables.) Yea, start small.

lol, I was *briefly* a chemical engineering major, still love chemistry to this day. Mixing up my on DIY sounds like fun to me, more rewarding too. heh.

 

[sketchness]

Acetyl Pyrazine - great with bakery\waffle\nut flavor.
Sweetner
vape wizard or smooth
TFA french vanilla creme - goes in most of my recipes
Toasted Marshmallow and Regular marshmallow
Ethyl Maltol

I have 70 ( or More) other flavors but I like different stuff versus what you like. However the above things are pretty universal. The rest comes down to taste and steep time.

 

[1vapeatatime]

I am primarily a tobacco vaper but I like teas, and Asian flavors too.
What I did was start off small, with 5 tobaccos, and five nutty, creamy, sweet, and woodsy flavors to add to my tobaccos,......then I lost control and now I have close to 300 flavors....Oops!

 

[Kropotkin]

My first order included about 20 flavors, I think.

If I had it to do over again, I'd probably still buy 20, but I'd choose stuff in fewer separate categories, and get more mixers instead: plain biscuit, cookie, cream, custard, brown sugar, marshmallow, and so on.

If you have plenty of additives you can try variations on one flavor at a time - tea or coffee or a single fruit - and start to figure out what you like in the way of sweetness, creaminess, and so forth. I initially tried to work on too many categories at once, and I think it was way more unwieldy than it needed to be.

Good luck!

 

[boomerdude]

I went nuts when I started and now I have over 150 flavors. Thing is, I switched to home extracting NET's about a year and a half ago. I don't vape many synthetic juices anymore. Just a few of my own DIY clones and recipes. The equipment I still use but the flavors of which over 50 are tobacco's I don't use. I think just the Caramel, Honey, Vanilla and a few other of the basic flavors are all I use now. So yea, take it slow until you find whether DIY is for you.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Don't fret too much becasue you'll soon be ordering more anyway. Trust me, your cart will rarely ever be complete unless you buy the everything, and even if you do, you'll soon read about some flavors not offered at that store! haha. Take your time and build your collection.