Evolv-ing Thread

[kiba]

I make a 500 ml bottle at a time, this is what I measure with. I do have 1, 5 and 10 ml syringes I use when I make something small.

I switched to by weight a few years ago, I still have all my my glass syringes/flasks/beakers etc but on a scale it literally takes me 2 mins. i just use squeeze bottles for pg/vg/nic and drippers for flavors, and mix it directly into the bottle it's going in.

It wouldn't fit in our country style decor but I do like that! Is it the photos or do you have a color changing LED light in it? I like the blue color.

Yeah my gf is obsessed with hue lights, we have either the phillips color or ikea white ones in just about everything. They're great for playing games or watching TV. It's kind of expensive but I don't regret it, they make her happy & also, regular led lights are great in that they use less juice but they hurt my eyes.

Here's what I mean w/ one of the ikea white spectrum (yellow to blue) ones...

regular like if you just screwed it in...

non-headache inducing

The philips ones are also supposed to last something crazy like 10-15 years.

 

[SlickWilly]

I switched to by weight a few years ago, I still have all my my glass syringes/flasks/beakers etc but on a scale it literally takes me 2 mins. i just use squeeze bottles for pg/vg/nic and drippers for flavors, and mix it directly into the bottle it's going in. Yeah my gf is obsessed with hue lights, we have either the phillips color or ikea white spectrum in just about everything. They're great for playing games or watching TV. It's kind of expensive but I don't regret it, they make her happy & also, regular led lights are great in that they use less juice but they hurt my eyes.

Here's what I mean w/ one of the white spectrum ones...

regular...

non-headache inducing

Yeah even in the pics that white is too much! LED's are the way to go. Over the last year I switched out all my old florescent tube shop lights to LED's Amazon.com: Metalux 4SHPLD3240R 3200 lm 42" LED Shoplight, White: Home & Kitchen Twice Ace Hardware had them on sale for around $25 or so, I bought eight of them total. The old florescent bulbs were crappy, no where near as bright, seemed like I was always replacing bulbs, they didn't like to come on in the cold and I constantly had to wiggle the bulbs in half of them to get them to turn on. Now it's instant on even in the coldest of weather and it's VERY bright in the shop. It is a white light kind of like your first pic, not something you'd want in your house but in the shop I like it, I now can see what I'm working on! Plus they are cheaper to run.

 

[kiba]

Yeah even in the pics that white is too much! LED's are the way to go. Over the last year I switched out all my old florescent tube shop lights to LED's Amazon.com: Metalux 4SHPLD3240R 3200 lm 42" LED Shoplight, White: Home & Kitchen Twice Ace Hardware had them on sale for around $25 or so, I bought eight of them total. The old florescent bulbs were crappy, no where near as bright, seemed like I was always replacing bulbs, they didn't like to come on in the cold and I constantly had to wiggle the bulbs in half of them to get them to turn on. Now it's instant on even in the coldest of weather and it's VERY bright in the shop. It is a white light kind of like your first pic, not something you'd want in your house but in the shop I like it, I now can see what I'm working on! Plus they are cheaper to run.

The ikea ones, if you have an ikea near you are only $15 and with a phillips bridge give you dimming 1-100% and any color of white on here...

The phillips ones ofc you can do any color you want but are much more expensive.

Also my favorite part is can do all the programming stuff that comes with the philips bridge, just w/ cheaper ikea lights, like she has them set to turn off lights when I leave certain rooms or the house, in case I forget which I'm always doing... & to turn on the light by the door when we get home in the evening & one in the living room for the cat when it gets dark & we're not home.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[awsum140]

I no longer buy flavors in 8 or 10 ml bottles, I buy 'em in 4oz minimums and have a few in 500ml bottles. Keep those in the freezer and a 30ml bottle for mixing on the shelf. PG and VG in gallons. None of my mixes is over 12% and the ones from E-Liq are under 5%. Recently I've added 5% distilled water to all of the mixes as well, stretching everything further.

 

[ShamrockPat]

Lately I'm hearing a lot about "One Shots" I guess some one's taking the time to mix the flavourings recipes for you

Some are also sold up here in Canada full mixed out to 60ml's at least. 'Ejuice Mixers' featuring IIRC Jennifer Jarvis, Kopel, and ckemist. I've never tried them. BCF has some, and their cheapest USPS shipping to me in Ontario was less than a week (just concentrates).

I make a 500 ml bottle at a time, this is what I measure with.

Sounds like your good 'ole brittle . I've had a v3 of it ready to mix for a while, but it keeps getting pushed to the back.

Both of us having Wilson as our last name added to the attraction, no, no relation.....

Not that there's anything wrong with that, depending on what part of the U.S you're in.

 

[SlickWilly]

Not that there's anything wrong with that, depending on what part of the U.S you're in.

Ha! True, true.

 

[kiba]

That girl is wearing a onesie.

 

[SlickWilly]

I no longer buy flavors in 8 or 10 ml bottles, I buy 'em in 4oz minimums and have a few in 500ml bottles. Keep those in the freezer and a 30ml bottle for mixing on the shelf. PG and VG in gallons. None of my mixes is over 12% and the ones from E-Liq are under 5%. Recently I've added 5% distilled water to all of the mixes as well, stretching everything further.

Yeah, those early vaping days of 15ml bottles, what a PITA. More then once I'd go to refill an atty and realize,
carp, that's the last of my juice, I'll have to make a hour round trip for a couple more bottles today or I'll be without tomorrow.....
Think I spent almost as much in gas as I did for one bottle, as you know those Jeeps are tough on fuel.

BTW, how you makin out on the N/S switch?

 

[SlickWilly]

That girl is wearing a onesie.

And she's cold.

 

[kiba]

And she's cold.

That's how I always thought people would dress in the future. Kind of disappointed.

Also yeah we consume way too much juice here to not diy. My gf still does flavored & it costs literally pennies to make her 60 mL bottles, & that's with the best nic & flavors. she goes through that in a couple of days on an Aromamizer plus.

Although I do like to sometimes try commercial juice every now & then I could never go back, It's like cooking exactly what you want vs picking something off a menu.

 

[SlickWilly]

That's how I always thought people would dress in the future. Kind of disappointed.

Also yeah we consume way too much juice here to not diy. My gf still does flavored & it costs literally pennies to make her 60 mL bottles, & that's with the best nic & flavors. she goes through that in a couple of days on an Aromamizer plus.

Although I do like to sometimes try commercial juice every now & then I could never go back, It's like cooking exactly what you want vs picking something off a menu.

Well other then a few simple dishes I suck at cooking so there ya go, may well have a lot to do why I didn't have success with diy juices.

 

[Steamer861]

Some are also sold up here in Canada full mixed out to 60ml's at least. 'Ejuice Mixers' featuring IIRC Jennifer Jarvis, Kopel, and ckemist. I've never tried them. BCF has some, and their cheapest USPS shipping to me in Ontario was less than a week (just concentrates).

Will check out their site T/Y My Favourite Flavouring company is FA, they to have a new line of "One Shots" from Jack to Joker DIY-Ejuice is carring them now. I'm probably going to add them to my next order

Only issue I see with "IIRC, Jennifer Jarvis, Kopel, and ckemist" is recommended percentages is 12 to 20 Were as the FA one shots is 4%

 

[SlickWilly]

Will check out their site T/Y My Favourite Flavouring company is FA, they to have a new line of "One Shots" from Jack to Joker DIY-Ejuice is carring them now. I'm probably going to add them to my next order

Only issue I see with "IIRC, Jennifer Jarvis, Kopel, and ckemist" is recommended percentages is 12 to 20 Were as the FA one shots is 4%

Well maybe that's something even I can't screw up. Please let us know how it goes if you give it a go.

I'd be willing to looking at revisiting DIY if it is simple & easy, money saving and doesn't take much supplies or room. I don't want 30 bottles of more of flavorings, all the equipment to DIY and setting up yet another workstation for yet another hobby that I'll eventually get bored with leaving the workstation and stuff that will turn into another dust trap.

I've had a long history of picking up a new hobby, investing time and money in equipment and then loosing interest after 5-10 years. The wife has called me out on this more then once over forty years and I don't have a good argument to stand on.

 

[awsum140]

I've found a temporary workaround for the N/S problem. In the mean time, the new one has arrived and I'm waiting for a warm day to have a look/see and, maybe, replace it at the same time. My "garage" is a gravel, blue stone, driveway and a couple of ramps.

I didn't mean pre-mixed flavors, Willie. That's how I buy flavorings There is one commercial liquid I like, but it's pricey so it gets saved for "high days and holidays". El-Toro Cigarillos from House of Liquids in Great Britain. They used to sell it in 30ml bottles but, with the EU regulations, now sell it only in 10ml bottles. What a PITA that is! And every bottle is "child proof" to the point of needing a knife, cutters and pliers to open it. Gotta save the children you know.

As far as a separate machine for mixing, not needed at all. There are tons of programs that run on any Winderz machine and even ones based on the "cloud" and run through your browser. If you have an accurate scale, preferably in grams (), syringes in 1, 5, 10, 20 and 30ml with some blunt 16 and 12 gauge tips and some empty bottles, bet you've got them and then some, you're good to go. I just move the tray I use to do atomizer builds on off of the desk, park the scale, and go to work. If you want to "speed steep" you would need an ultrasonic cleaner but a crock pot will work, too.

 

[SlickWilly]

The wife is out shopping, she just texted me from Sam's Club, asked me if I wanted anything. Which reminded me I was going to post and forgot, that lemon cake juice from Broke D tasted exactly like the bundt cake's Sam's sells, we get them now and then so if you've ever had one of those from Sam's, that exactly what that juice tastes like, "to me" anyways.

Lemon Bundt Cake (54 oz.) - Sam's Club

 

[awsum140]

Isn't that cake supposed to have a geranium, in a pot, in the middle?

 

[Steamer861]

Lemon Bundt Cake (54 oz.) - Sam's Club

We have similar Cakes @ Costco After 2 weeks there still fresh as the day I bought them? Makes Me wonder what they put in them for such longevity??

 

[SlickWilly]

We have similar Cakes @ Costco After 2 weeks there still fresh as the day I bought them? Makes Me wonder what they put in them for such longevity??

If they use the same plastic lid, which takes a three foot pry bar to loosen, that probably helps. No kidding, the lids on those things are a PITA to get off, they have a locking tab every inch or so all the way around, you have to wedge a butter knife in the crack and pry it up at least 3/4 the way around before it will come off. I keep telling the wife, Please don't press it back on that hard so it's easier to open but she doesn't listen to me. A lot of things aren't worth making an issue over, just let it go.....

 

[Steamer861]

Same "Adult Proof Lid"