DIY or Bulk juice recommendation?

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StephenMulkey

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Newbie Vaper here. I have been off analogs for about a month. In that time I have tried probably a dozen juices. I have only really enjoyed 2. The first is Demeters Harvest from Zeus juice (kind of taste like juicy fruit gum to me) the second is Blue Razzberry Icee (tastes like blue razzberry koolaid) from a local B&M called Vapors in. My problem is I can't afford enough juice to satisfy me. So I am wondering if anyone knows of a good DIY recipe or a vendor that sells in large quantities for a good price. I am a college student and money is especially tight between semesters. I have been actively seeking employment for months, but only have been able to get odd jobs to get by nothing steady.
 

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when you say enough to satisfy you? do you mean in terms of running out completely or that you can tolerate vaping? If you think you might be using too much juice too fast, and are at a reasonable level like 6 or 12. Maybe trying then next level up would be ideal and cut down on how much you are vaping. I started at 6mg and wasn't satisfied till I tried 24mg, being a ex 3 pack a day vaper. If you are unhappy with flavors, try ordering from a site with sample packs. Also some b&m's do have a sample bar so you maybe able to try out a bunch and see what works best for you.

Lastly diy is way cheaper but takes some research to really enjoy and do it safely. Remember nicotine is a poison and most that diy mix with really high nic like 100mg to cut down the cost more. There is tons of info you can read in the diy forum but you wont be able to post till you have the required number of post under your belt. As for bulk juice that isn't too pricey there is yaliq (sp?) it ships from Israel so does take a little while to get here and seems popular.
 

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when you say enough to satisfy you? do you mean in terms of running out completely or that you can tolerate vaping? If you think you might be using too much juice too fast, and are at a reasonable level like 6 or 12. Maybe trying then next level up would be ideal and cut down on how much you are vaping. I started at 6mg and wasn't satisfied till I tried 24mg, being a ex 3 pack a day vaper. If you are unhappy with flavors, try ordering from a site with sample packs. Also some b&m's do have a sample bar so you maybe able to try out a bunch and see what works best for you.

Lastly diy is way cheaper but takes some research to really enjoy and do it safely. Remember nicotine is a poison and most that diy mix with really high nic like 100mg to cut down the cost more. There is tons of info you can read in the diy forum but you wont be able to post till you have the required number of post under your belt. As for bulk juice that isn't too pricey there is yaliq (sp?) it ships from Israel so does take a little while to get here and seems popular.
I'm a chain vaper I have gone all the way up to 24mg it just makes me sick I have to vape alot to be satisfied. I am clean runnng out of juice. I go through near 30ml a week. I like vaping all day though I just am looking to make it affordable until I get on my feet. I was hoping for a good vendor that sells like 120ml or bigger bottles or maybe a DIY recipe so I can just make some large batches. I find myself only really liking fruity flavors, but I don't like peach or mango, and I had a bad experience with a blueberry juice, but I haven't totally ruled out all blueberry just yet.
 

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have you looked at Mt Baker Vaper or Lucky 7 Vapes?

I mean I am familiar with Mt Bker I have heard good things, but I don't have the money to just keep getting samples. I'm 2 for 12 right now that's around $70 worth of juice I have bought I didn't like. I guess I am also looking for flavor recommendations. If you have any for someone who likes sweet and fruity vapes.
 

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If you are doing about that 30ml's a day I would suggest taking a look at mtbakervapor like mentioned above. They have 30ml's for around 7 bucks, so a months worth would be about $28 pre-shipping. Less then a dollar a day I know the poor college student life but something is better then nothing. my fav's are thug juice, hawk sauce, albino drake and most of there fruit stuff.

Diy would cost more intially as you will want to buy the nic, pg, vg, flavorings, syringes, bottles and you may not even like what you make. Its sort of an art form of trial and error, just like buying juice. For diy I buy the bulk of my supplies from wizardlabs.us
 

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If you are doing about that 30ml's a day I would suggest taking a look at mtbakervapor like mentioned above. They have 30ml's for around 7 bucks, so a months worth would be about $28 pre-shipping. Less then a dollar a day I know the poor college student life but something is better then nothing. my fav's are thug juice, hawk sauce, albino drake and most of there fruit stuff.

Diy would cost more intially as you will want to buy the nic, pg, vg, flavorings, syringes, bottles and you may not even like what you make. Its sort of an art form of trial and error, just like buying juice. For diy I buy the bulk of my supplies from wizardlabs.us

Hawk Sauce and Thug Juice both sound right up my alley from the product description. I think I will try ordering a 30 or 50 ml of each and if I like them I'll have the option of ordering a 236ml afterwards. Thanks for the suggestions man.
 

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I bought 250ML of 36mg 80/20 "Medium blended tobacco" flavored juice from e cig dot com for around $20. Fedex priority shipping was $25 from China. So in three days I got 8.4 ounces delivered for $45. I also picked up a six ounce bottle of 99.5% anhydrous glycerine from my local CVS pharmacy. You dilute the glycerin with distilled water, 1ML water to 10ML VG.

I'm mixing it now 50/50 which gives me roughly 45/55? at 18mg which is for me just right, and I have 15 ounces of juice for around $50.
 
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Hawk sauce is pretty incredible. I recently ordered 236 ml of MBV juice. I would only advise ordering juice in bulk if you have ACTUALLY tried it before. The juice I got from MBV is blueberry and its just okay. Kinda harsh in my steel mesh build on my Russian and certainly so in my RSST.

Likely it just needs to steep though. MBV has pretty dang good prices. When Washington was gearing up for the 95% tax scare, I literally had 708 ml of their juice in my cart ready to go. 125 bucks worth and I wasn't even going to hesitate. But the tax never happened and we're safe for the moment so I never pulled the trigger on the full order.
 

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I'm a chain vaper I have gone all the way up to 24mg it just makes me sick I have to vape alot to be satisfied. I am clean runnng out of juice. I go through near 30ml a week. I like vaping all day though I just am looking to make it affordable until I get on my feet. I was hoping for a good vendor that sells like 120ml or bigger bottles or maybe a DIY recipe so I can just make some large batches. I find myself only really liking fruity flavors, but I don't like peach or mango, and I had a bad experience with a blueberry juice, but I haven't totally ruled out all blueberry just yet.

30 ml a WEEK??? :blink:

That's madness!

I use MBV 100% VG and its so thick that I dilute it with distilled water. You might consider ordering big bottles of 100% VG in 36mg/nic and diluting it with distilled water. I vape probably 30% or more distilled water and don't find the taste inhibited. I also don't get the extra flavor shots. It really makes the 100% VG bottles I order from them last a lot longer.

Edit: Actually I vape through an entire Russian 91% a day, sometimes more. Those are 4 ml. So I'm probably right at 30ml per week too, except for the fact that I dilute my VG juice. So maybe not so much madness haha

Edit 2: My RSST is such a pig on juice (2.4 ohm coil @ 5.8 volts) That I can vape 3 ml's of juice in an hour and a half if I'm CHAIN CHAIN vaping. Maybe I'm the one suffering the madness haha
 
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StephenMulkey

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Just realized you're local.

I don't have any flavors to share besides tobacco but I can share sources they forbid here. Check your PM and call me. No homo. (I don't really care either way, I'm married).

Dude if you really have all those flavors, we should join forces.

Had all those flavors. They are gone now. Everything is gone. I've got about 1ml of juice left in my tank and a bunch of empty bottles. Some of it got wasted because I was experiencing alot of leaking before I bought a new tank, but I vaped most of it even the stuff I didn't like. The absolute worst juice was blueberry cheesecake from pinkspot vapors. I hated this juice. Hated it, but vaped it anyway. I'm sick like that.
 

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I'm blowing through juice too. I'm dripping about 50 ml's of 6mg a week. I ran out of the only juice I really like (strawberry banana smoothie) and waiting for a delivery from Lucky 7. I had 2 bottles of some melon blend & vanilla killa that is NASTY. Gonna have to take the 45 mile trip to the "local" B&M to get some, well the 1 that I like
 

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I make my own juice for pennies per ml. The problem is DIY requires a decent "downpayment" to future savings. It would be hard to get started for under $100. That being said, I would suggest getting some wholesale from mountbakervapor if your familiar with them and know a flavor or two you like. You can buy 16 ounce bottles from them for 30 bucks. 480ML of juice for $30.00 US is hard to beat.
16 oz Bulk Baker Vapor E Juice - Mt Baker Vapor Use the savings from that to start your DIY endevours if you would like.
 
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