Extracts, concentrates, or oils?

[ThatJoeGuy]

When sourcing for flavorings, and when the vendor offers choices in extract or concentrate or oil form, what is best for vaping applications? I'm going to guess that oils are not the way to go, and it seems that the concentrates I've seen listed have a Gum Acacia base, so I'm thinking that's not what I want either. Just want to confirm that I want the extracts that use the PG/ethyl alcohol base...?

 

[jj2]

My favorites are made from oil. The others are good, but don't have the zip!
The good thing is that I do spearmint, peppermint, and cinnamon and it doesn't take a lot.

 

[ThatJoeGuy]

They don't have the 'zip' that oils do? But oils AND concentrates are okay to use in DIY? Hmmm...

 

[Hoosier]

The only thing about your question that really make me wonder is...

Where the heck are you looking that those are the options? (None of the flavoring I use have such an option.)

Now, many folks avoid oils, but some of us, myself included, use them here and there. (Well jj2 uses them much more than here and there.)

Gum of any type is not a good thing for heating coil. Extracts could have large organic molecules and be bad for attys, it depends on what they are extracting from and how.