E-Cig Siggestions?

[moonchilddave]

Ok, relatively new vaper here who's been reading a lot - but have yet to post... Until now. I started off with a 900mAh Ego-T battery and some CE4 clearomizers to start about a month ago, and for the most part I haven't looked back. Added a few 1100mAh batteries to the collection and also picked up an iTaste VV V3 and 4 Kanger Mini Protank 2 (v2)s... This has been the easiest I have ever experienced in getting off the analogs! But I've noticed a few things...

First a little about where I'm coming from. I never really "enjoyed" your typical cigs... Although I smoked a lot of Camels. Around 1988 a friend introduced me to the wonderful world of clove cigs. My introduction to them was the Sampoerna Classics and it was heaven. Not only did they taste spectacular - but often, even non-smokers would comment at how they liked the smell. So I'd supplement my regular smoking with them whenever I got the chance. Up until they got bought out by Phillip Morris and discontinued, I was almost exclusively smoking the Classics or the Exclusives if they were out of the Classics. I tried all the Djarums and never cared for them like I did the Sampoerna - but I didn't have much other choices. Djarum Supers & Vanilla were pretty much my go to ones then. Then they tried to get rid of those and changed them to cigars... Which totally ruined them for me. I found clovecigaretteshop online and ordered basically a pack of each brand of clove they had - probably tried about 40 different kinds. I finally settled on the Gudang Garam Professionals & Signature Milds. And had been smoking them up till I ran out and started vaping. Being a clove smoker, I took to the "new" inhilation technique pretty quick as it was basically the same way I'd smoke a clove.

I love all the flavors that I've found so far. I've got quite a few juices from Mt. Baker Vapor, 9 different tobacco ones from Heather's Heavenly Vapes, and just ordered 3 flavors from Tasty Vapes last night - still hoping to find a GOOD authentic clove replacement as most clove juices I've had just taste like pure clove. The thing I liked about Sampoerna was there was some coffee accents and something slightly sweet about them as well - perfect blend...

Anyway, one thing I've noticed is most tobaccos taste like a cigarette SMELLS before it's lit. Many are fruity or sweet or well, just not really much to my liking. And I've found that I still get cravings for a GOOD tobacco smoke every now and then. Something with an actual smokey (or maybe even with a touch of nuts) flavor. The closest I've come is I found a local distributor that carries a brand called "Boom Lites" that aren't bad at all. Their Cuban Cigar is actually really tasty, but I think it may be more PG than I like. It seems that about 70/30/12 (PG/VG/Nic) works pretty well for me. 80/20 in some things seems to cause a weird tingle thing that I just can't quite describe or like. I'm not really big on pipe tobacco though. Cigars and cloves are kinda what I'm looking for in a good juice. Any other suggestions?

Also, while I love the gear I've got so far - I think I might also enjoy picking up something that's a little closer to and handles more like an analog cig... Preferably something I could use the same juices I already have in. I'm not sure where to start looking though as there are so many different brands. So any help in picking one out would be greatly appreciated!

I've rambled on long enough I guess. Thanks in advance!

 

[ncvapfan]

I have experienced the same thing. All tobacco juice smells like chew or unburnt cigars and pipes. A buddy of my mixes a couple USA Rich and Bacconut from a local B+M (Mtn Vapor Hendersonville nc) and its the best ive tried by far (not saying much)

 

[Sdh]

I know what you mean by searching for a good clove. If you ever want to try DIY I found this flavor better than any pre-mix I found.
https://www.ecigexpress.com/diy-e-l...ess/tobacco-express-234-dji-sam-soe-10ml.html
They have other unique flavors as well.
Hangsen makes a good DJrum. They sell that in a premix.
Good luck on your journey.

BTW I just noticed this was your first post. Welcome

 

[devauto]

Hi, welcome to ECF.

You will find a wealth of info here in the forums and lots of people willing to give you advice, myself included, but just remember that your vaping experience will be distinctly personal to you, and no matter how well intentioned the advice is, it may not turn out for you as it did the person making the recommendations. As always ... YMMV!

Good luck in your hunt, if I find a good clove flavor, I will pass it on!

BTW ... if you respond to each of these posts individually you will hit your 5 post threshold really quickly!

HTH

 

[moonchilddave]

Hi, welcome to ECF.

You will find a wealth of info here in the forums and lots of people willing to give you advice, myself included, but just remember that your vaping experience will be distinctly personal to you, and no matter how well intentioned the advice is, it may not turn out for you as it did the person making the recommendations. As always ... YMMV!

Good luck in your hunt, if I find a good clove flavor, I will pass it on!

BTW ... if you respond to each of these posts individually you will hit your 5 post threshold really quickly!

HTH

Thanks all and for the welcomes... And yeah, I have learned that everyone's experience is different... And I also noticed that even my own taste changed. When I first got the iTaste & Protanks I didn't care for them, but after a day or 2, they've become favorites. Grimm Green gave the "Kretek" from Tasty Vapors high marks so I've got my fingers crossed. The fact he said it almost tasted like you could even taste the burning paper a touch is encouraging. It took me a while to find a good morning vape to go with the coffee, but I'm currently sold on Mt Baker Cinnamon Roll... Perfect with the morning brew. And like I said, the "Boom Lites" Cuban Cigar is a pretty tasty smokey vape.

Any advice on a small cigarette sized PV that uses your own juice? Or are you locked in to the manufacturers flavors with the smaller ones?

 

[moonchilddave]

PS: I'm an electronics tech by trade - so I'm no stranger to ohms law and am probably not far away from rolling my own coils...

 

[elfy]

DO make your own coils; it improves the vapor and flavor...helps quite a bit versus stock Kanger heads - they can be spotty at times...and then taste great one day and awful the next as they gunk up.

Juice...hmmm....Nicoticket, Ahlusion, Alice in Vapeland are all places Ive ordered from - got some Nicoticket stuff sittin on the desk here that I just got in the mail...

I lean away from tobacco flavors and towards the fruity ones, a sweet vape is enjoyable and its light years from any cigarette or clove.

And I did like Gudang Garam clove cigs, but its just way too heavy of a smoke to really smoke 'em all the time. They'll getcha in the end.

 

[sleepingbuffalo]

Thanks all and for the welcomes... And yeah, I have learned that everyone's experience is different... And I also noticed that even my own taste changed. When I first got the iTaste & Protanks I didn't care for them, but after a day or 2, they've become favorites. Grimm Green gave the "Kretek" from Tasty Vapors high marks so I've got my fingers crossed. The fact he said it almost tasted like you could even taste the burning paper a touch is encouraging. It took me a while to find a good morning vape to go with the coffee, but I'm currently sold on Mt Baker Cinnamon Roll... Perfect with the morning brew. And like I said, the "Boom Lites" Cuban Cigar is a pretty tasty smokey vape.

Any advice on a small cigarette sized PV that uses your own juice? Or are you locked in to the manufacturers flavors with the smaller ones?[/QUOTE]
as far a "cig-a-likes" go that you can use your own juice in there are a few options Joy-e 510 batts with CE3 tanks the tanks can be had at gotvapes.com these are the better (V2) of this style 9mm in dia just as the 510 stick batts and they are a bottom coil design I used them for about 5 months then switched to a Vamo V5 with the PT and PTmini check them out (gotvapes.com)

glad to see ya here at the forum!!!!!

 

[moonchilddave]

Alice in Vapeland are all places Ive ordered from - got some Nicoticket stuff sittin on the desk here that I just got in the mail...

I lean away from tobacco flavors and towards the fruity ones, a sweet vape is enjoyable and its light years from any cigarette or clove.

And I did like Gudang Garam clove cigs, but its just way too heavy of a smoke to really smoke 'em all the time. They'll getcha in the end.

What do you like from Alice? They're in DC I believe which is local for me. Yeah, the cloves are kinda heavy. I actually liked the Gudang Garam Suraya the best - but it was just WAY too heavy. I alternated between the Professional and the Milds, but still they were probably killing me. At first I loved the sweet fruity vapes - and still do. Blueberry, Key Lime, Tangerine, etc... But found the more I vaped them, the more I wanted something a bit smokey every now and then to mix it up. I think it's that last part of the day thing that hits me. I so loved having one last clove just before bed and savoring it... Have yet to find anything that quite fills that void so far.

 

[Sham66]

The only Clove flavor I've tried was Johnson Creek Marcado. It's a good flavor, but it has more cinnamon taste to it than clove.
I heard the company Ares makes a clove flavor called Black Clove. It's suppose to be good. They say it has real clove "Kretek" type flavor to it.

 

[elfy]

What do you like from Alice? They're in DC I believe which is local for me..

Think AiV is in New Mexico or somesuch, check out their page - they have maybe some flavors with a tiny bit of tobacco in em, but overall...fruity stuff. I like 'em.

They do a sampler of 5 3ml bottles for about 12 bucks + shipping, so you can see if you like what they do or not.


https://vapeland.org/

they are only open one day a week, tuesdays till they are at capacity, so take a gander and think it over. they have additional flavors in the 'oddities' section. they've sent small 3ml samples with the orders I've had from them (im still new to vaping so Ive only ordered twice, but April Moon....I like it).

Ahlusion.us has tobacco flavor stuff and (like the other vendors Ive mentioned) are pretty serious about what they do; I've ordered some goodies from them and if you spend over 20 beans, you can ask for a sample of something as well (read their FAQ about samples).

Welcome to Ahlusion


Nicoticket has one tobacco flavored juice, havent tried it tho'. Too busy vaping up massive quantities of Betelgeuse lately, and I have a few other bottles on my juice shelf: Custards Last Stand, Altered State (semi-retired for now....tsk tsk Kent!), and another limited time flavor: Grape Cotton Candy (weird, but I like it). Nicoticket's tobacco flavored juice is called H1N1 aka Virus. Maybe someone will chime in and give their opinion about it.

http://www.nicoticket.com/

 

[moonchilddave]

as far a "cig-a-likes" go that you can use your own juice in there are a few options Joy-e 510 batts with CE3 tanks the tanks can be had at gotvapes.com these are the better (V2) of this style 9mm in dia just as the 510 stick batts and they are a bottom coil design I used them for about 5 months then switched to a Vamo V5 with the PT and PTmini check them out (gotvapes.com)

glad to see ya here at the forum!!!!!

Looked around for the CE3 tanks and was having a hard time finding them... After a bit more research, finally pulled the trigger on a SI Volt Pro starter kit. It'll be my first experience using cartomizers.