Do you need to adjust the flavour in juice for the cold weather?

[fourtytwo]

I see in the news that southern Manitoba got a light dusting of 30 odd cm of snow the other day.
That is a sure sign that winter is fast approaching (or, as my son calls it, sweatshirt weather).
This got me wondering about how flavours are all less intense in the cold.
Do you DIY people add extra flavour to you mixes in the winter?

 

[Jables]

I hope I find another ADV besides JS3 before winter strikes.

 

[NoizMaker]

I find the flavour isn't effected much but rather the base may need modification a little. For example, VG is thick enough already and will need to be thinned in the winter or else it won't wick hardly at all. Try to keep it 100% PG or around or less than 70/30

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

If you leave your PV outside in extreme cold you will find you have to worry more about the frozen batteries than about the flavour. I always have my PV in my shirt pocket or on a lanyard. I have never had a problem with a Star Dust wicking when cold.

Your taste buds will freeze before the juice will! Lol

 

[fourtytwo]

I am not so much concerned about the wicking properties of the juice or freezing of the PV. It's the taste that I was wondering about.
If you drink something like chicken soup broth when it is cold and then the exact same broth when it is hot, the taste is very different. I'm wondering if anyone has experienced any difference while vaping the same juice outside in the summer vs the winter.
I know that the PV heats the juice to vaporize it but I can only assume the weather affects the temp at which the vapour is produced and of the vapour itself.

 

[Mindfield]

I haven't really noticed any real change in the flavour of juice out in the cold. It might be a little more muted due to the inhalation of cold air along with the vapor and exhalation through the nose, but that's about it, and even that's not all that pronounced. Although I really only have this past winter to go by, which wasn't exactly a standard by which to measure winter performance.

Frankly, a important warning to me would be: Don't use stainless steel drip tips.

 

[drac]

I always try to vape inside the house with the furnace on. Juice stays the same
Drac

 

[NoizMaker]

I understand that you weren't really looking for info on wicking fourtytwo, I have just seen a few winters now and the only difference in flavour is when a wicking issue of some sort pops up from the cold itself.

Every year (and I mean every year) so far I have ended up dripping on an atomizer like the good ol' days. When temperature permits I will use cartos.

Also, I second the "No Metal Drip Tips" motion during the winter. You will have sores all over your lips from the skin getting ripped off of them whenever you are finished with your puff otherwise.

 

[fourtytwo]

Thanks for the replys.

The no metal drip tip thing should be kinda instinctive to a Canadian.
Too bad though, must of my favourite tips are metal. Maybe someone can design a cozy for the PV or a battery powered pre-warmer.

 

[Mindfield]

Thanks for the replys.

The no metal drip tip thing should be kinda instinctive to a Canadian.
Too bad though, must of my favourite tips are metal. Maybe someone can design a cozy for the PV or a battery powered pre-warmer.

Great. Now I'm picturing a grandma-knitted PV cozy made from multicoloured yarn that matches the sweater and mittens she also knitted.

 

[BikerBob]

Thanks for the replys.

The no metal drip tip thing should be kinda instinctive to a Canadian.
Too bad though, must of my favourite tips are metal. Maybe someone can design a cozy for the PV or a battery powered pre-warmer.

A heated cozy, perhaps? I ride a motorcycle, year round (as long as roads are not slippery/icy), so I experience the cooler temperatures *plus* wind chill. In the cooler weather (coolest since I moved here has been -11C/12F), I wear electrically heated liners in my jacket/gloves--pretty much like an atomizer coil wire woven through the insulation, as is found in an electric blanket. It doesn't have be hot enough to cook me, but just warm enough to allow me to safely operate the vehicle. Wonder what would happen if grandma added a nichrome/kanthal strand while she knitted....just watch out for shorting between knitted rounds (kanthal added every other row?)

 

[trollytrackz]

I think a good rum / alcohol based one would be a good choice

 

[recidivus]

I'm stuck without a furnace for the next 2 weeks (really should have gotten around to replacing it when I moved in....derp), thank goodness I'm on this side of the Rockies. My juice is doing just fine, my PV is all the warmth I need.