DIY basics tips and tricks

[hyperdeficit]

DIY or do it yourself. Its cool its hip its now! and heres how!

http://vimeo.com/7258929

Just click the link and watch it. I had to do it this way because youtube wont take vids longer than ten minutes.

I promise You wont get spammed or rickrolled if you click the link

 

[Sad Society]

I've seen a couple of your videos tonight. The first one was you getting your new Chuck in the mail, and the second one is this DIY video. Lots of good information. Me and you are both on the same page when it comes to vaping. We both use a 510 but I don't have a Chuck yet, and I have Humco Glycerin sitting here in front of me that I got from Walmart as well.

I am going to start DIY mixing as well. I read somewhere on this forum that you could use a meat flavor injector instead of a needle. I don't know how well that would be for getting the last of the juice out a bottle because the flavor injector has holes on the sides of the blunt needle. At least the one that I have anyway...and I haven't tried it for DIY yet. I'm terrified of needles to.

As far as getting bottles for DIY..I haven't ordered from here but I found something that could be of interest, and they have 30ml size. Nalgene® Bottles with Dropper Assembly - US Plastic Corporation

Browse around that website...they have different variations of dripper bottles. Hope this helps and thanks for the videos.

 

[hyperdeficit]

Its really funny that you say we are on the same page on vaping because you are the one that told me about humco glycerin, Thats actually a rea;;y good idea about a turkey injector I will go get some after class today.

Im also going to check out those bottles thanks for the info and comment!

 

[Dirtybutts]

I am new here, and to the forum. I purchased that npro njoy at a local gas station, and have learned enough to know that it’s cheaper to use the juice. I don’t think my unit works right.. I have a lot of people who are interested in switching over. I was thinking of hosting a vape party! lol.. but My unit just doesn’t work well. It seems like there is very little smoke, and the batteries are always dead. What is up? Is there a better model out there to use? I am thinking that a manual one would be better. I have heard people talk about those?? please help a girl out!

Check out Cignot or Totally wicked and get yourself a 510 kit! You wont be sorry..It is amazing!

 

[hyperdeficit]

I have to second dirty butts a 510 is fantastic. And cignot is cheap

 

[Sad Society]

Oh yeah now I remember about the the Humco Glycerin. It's good stuff. But I think some people are allergic to the stuff. So anybody reading this that hasn't tried glycerin yet should try it with caution. Also make sure it's USP like hyperdeficit said in his video.

 

[Kent C]

hyperdeficit,


Good video. On your point of using the high 36mg nic juice (at the price you stated - which is correct but they are out of stock ;-) and the point of the extra high nic juice, the point of it being more saft is well taken, but this point on using higher, say 60mg since that's more readily available than 80mg...:

"you'll only be putting 2 drops in here and it won't mix with the Vegetable Glycerine at all" ...is not accurate. There is nothing about the nature of the higher nicotine juice that has anything to do with how well it mixes with the VG. However you do have to have more VG to mix with it, in order to get to a target level of nicotine.

And if my math is right (someone will check it) the deal of $14.99 for 30ml of 36mg nic unflavored even makes it a better deal (as well as safer) than some of the prices seen (nhaler and eastmall) for 60mg. That said, there are tests being done presently, I believe, on actual/accurate nic content and I'm guessing nhaler will score well on that vs. others that might not do as well. So that should be noted in the calculations and price... but:


30ml of 60mg = $35
$35/30ml = $1.17 per 1ml of 60mg nic

30ml of 48mg = $25
$25/30ml = $0.83 per 1ml of 48mg nic

30ml of 36mg = $15
$15/30ml = $0.50 per 1ml of 36mg nic

177ml (6oz) of VG = $6
$6/177ml = $0.03 per 1ml of VG

Target 5ml of 12mg

Using 60mg nic juice:
60mg/5 = 12mg
1ml of 60mg = $1.17
4ml of VG x 0.03 = 0.12
5ml of 12mg = $1.29
30ml of 12mg juice without flavoring = $7.74

Using 48mg nic juice:
48mg/4 = 12mg
1.3ml of 48mg = $1.08
3.7ml of VG = $0.11
5ml of 12mg = $1.19
30ml of 12mg juice without flavoring = $7.14

Using 36mg nic juice:
36mg/3 = 12mg
1.7ml of 36mg = $0.85
3.3ml of VG = $0.10
5ml of 12mg = $0.95
30ml of 12mg juice without flavoring = $ 5.70

Over $2 less per 30ml bottle for using 36mg vs. 60mg at those prices is significant, imo, esp. if you're into bulk diy where you might be making a liter or two. Also the $8 with discount at heaven gifts, healthcabin and other better bulk deals at BestCigs, ecig.com, etc. don't look that expensive when you consider the cost of flavoring and the work involved, although I'm sure it can be rewarding in and of itself and that you can make flavors and intensities that you just don't get with the premade stuff. But something to consider. If 36mg is going to go for $15, the higher mg market should be adjusting to that unless my math is wrong. (possible)

 

[Dolly]

I had to do it this way because youtube wont take vids longer than ten minutes.

Thank you for the vid for teh n00bz like myself! I can't wait to get some use out of that sick site you gave for recipes. ♥ Hehehe...poop.

I actually think YouTube now offers longer video times. I just watched something before that was 23min. "Hell Hath Fury" from Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. Although Vimeo does have a bit nicer quality...

Also--where can you get a syringe (with needle)?

 

[hyperdeficit]

man i just ordered 12 different flavors from loranns, should be here tommorow i cant wait

 

[Kent C]

man i just ordered 12 different flavors from loranns, should be here tommorow i cant wait

Cool. That should be fun. You might do a search in the DIY forum for 'lorann' there are some good 'review' posts on the various flavors - some can be exceptionally strong - 'lemonade' will mask just about any other flavor, English toffee was, to me, surprisingly strong and overpowering. Keoke Coffee weak. Butterscotch, Caramel, Pralines and Cream - Yum! The berries and other fruit rather good as well - true to the fruit, imo. ymmv.

 

[hyperdeficit]

Cool. That should be fun. You might do a search in the DIY forum for 'lorann' there are some good 'review' posts on the various flavors - some can be exceptionally strong - 'lemonade' will mask just about any other flavor, English toffee was, to me, surprisingly strong and overpowering. Keoke Coffee weak. Butterscotch, Caramel, Pralines and Cream - Yum! The berries and other fruit rather good as well - true to the fruit, imo. ymmv.

Thats true that lemonade is quite powerful i had to kick it down to ten percent cause it is so strong. Is english tofee like a caramel? I ordered that one, well a little sampler of it. Thanks for the comment!

 

[Kent C]

Thats true that lemonade is quite powerful i had to kick it down to ten percent cause it is so strong. Is english tofee like a caramel? I ordered that one, well a little sampler of it. Thanks for the comment!

I know that one drop of lemonade (I was using it as a 'note of acid' in a cabernet recipe) can affect/overwhelm over 100 drops of other flavors/pg/vg/nic juice. So unless you're just making 'lemonade', take it easy. And no English toffee is not like caramel on my palate anyway - I thought it would be and it wasn't. And again, quite strong. I simply don't use it anymore - pralines and cream, caramel or butterscotch if I want to go 'that direction'. Butterscotch alone is one of the better 'one note vapes' - (thanks Elendil). I have added lorann's 'butter' to it too.

 

[Eric in AK]

I got several Lorann flavors at a local party store that sells cake decorating stuff and candy making supplies. Tried the pina colada flavor and almost gagged it was so strong with just a few drops. But then I added some of the cherry flavor, figuring what did I have to lose, and wow, I'm hooked on the mixture. Now, when I'm not vaping Ecopure Rich I'm hitting the cherry colada mix like a fiend - mixed up with 36 mg Ecopure Krystal, food grade glycerin to cut it to about 12 mg - I can make up a 5 ml bottle that lasts at least a week. Deeeeeelish. I know it's all a matter of taste, but boy is that stuff a treat.

 

[hyperdeficit]

Cherry colada and butterscotch sound really good. mmmm! I think the cherry colada might be like the miami vice, which is a strawberry daquiri and pina colada combined

 

[Dolly]

AWESOME!! I'm still so amazed by the amount of creativity that vaping lends. Y'all will turn me into a flavor queen, yet!

 

[gooney0]

Thanks for the video. I've been looking at getting into DIY. Your video made it seem easier.

-Gooney0

 

[hyperdeficit]

It is easy, I am just having some difficulty right now getting my juice to be more flavorful. I am not a pro yet! althogh bear from the bear juice gave me some advice. he said to do flavor and nic first, then do pg or vg

 

[Bryan G]

DIY or do it yourself. Its cool its hip its now! and heres how!

Just click the link and watch it. I had to do it this way because youtube wont take vids longer than ten minutes.

I promise You wont get spammed or rickrolled if you click the link

A good place to host videos is viddler.com they allow big videos and have all the links to embed and post to different sites. I think the embed would work for forums, haven't tried it yet but just thought I'd share that.

 

[thewomenfolk]

I like Capella's flavors better than Lorann's, which taste metalic to me. Capella's actually tastes like the real thing squished down into drops of concentrate. Pralines and Cream is to die for if you like a sweet but not sickingly sweet flavor.

My very favorite flavor is what I find in the Njoy vanilla carts and so far it's been impossible to find out what flavors are in them. I'd look no further if I knew, and I'd buy gallons of it. It's not just your traditional vanilla, it's something very special.

 

[Kent C]

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