First trip to a B&M....no too impressed especially with their juice

[wedoitall]

Welp I took my wife to a local (45 min drive) vape shop to get her some equipment and juice. The juice we tried smelled great and tasted ok at the shop but wasn't the greatest. I though maybe it was the tanks they had samples in, they looked like they had tons of usage to say the least. We get back home and try out some juices but they all taste horrible, metallic taste.

Wonder whats going on? I hate to waste 80 bucks in juices. I know it's not my taste buds or my equipment cause I vapes my juice and it tastes fine. Any help is greatly appreciated. This trip was to get my wife off analogs and in the wonderful world of vaping but with that kinda taste she already wants a analog

 

[kpost]

If they mixed the juices right then, they may need to steep. If not by us we have a few "commercial" vape shops and their juices are just nasty, we are lucky to have 1 or 2 boutique vape shops.

Sent from my know it all Nexus 7, please excuse spelling and odd grammar.

 

[dirty_luck]

If they mixed the juices right then, they may need to steep.

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came here to say this. +1 on letting it steep some and try it later.

 

[Ohms Lawbreaker]

The few B&M owners whose posts I read around here seem like great retailers and really nice people who know what they are doing. Too bad for me my local shops seem to be run by a different breed.

 

[revco]

I would concur that you might want to look into steeping. It may help improve the flavor. It's possible to get a poorly mixed batch, I suppose, but it's less likely if you're sampling multiple flavors. Also, I would say that "taste" is sometimes different from "smell"...so if possible, it's a good idea to taste them, not just smell them. Then again, some companies out there just aren't good...but I wouldn't jump to that conclusion until you've done your due diligence.

I wish you guys luck. There's plenty of good juice options out there. Maybe you could see if there's some juices from your preferred vendor(s) since you do seem to have some experience with this?

 

[Simply Red]

If you got her new tanks, you may try cleaning them. Posted this the other day:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/526733-cleaning-protank.html#post12210602 Post #6.

Good luck & Happy Vaping!!

 

[Sirius]

The few B&M owners whose posts I read around here seem like great retailers and really nice people who know what they are doing. Too bad for me my local shops seem to be run by a different breed.

The closest B&M to me makes e-pipes and sells juices. I got this one online from them:

It was the most gawd awful thing that has ever been my displeasure to vape.
I doubt I will be visiting them. lol

 

[wedoitall]

Thanks for the replies guys. I actually just cut the juice with a tad bit of Glycerin 99.5(anhydrous) I picked up from Wally World last night. It made it much more tolerable. Can actually taste all bit of flavor and the metallic is almost gone.

 

[wedoitall]

Oh and I took out one of the flavor wicks on the mini pt2

 

[jtrose22]

I've had bad experiences at local b&m's unfortunately. I stick to online vendors and reviews of the vendors for guidance.

 

[03FXDWG]

If you were using new coils in the tanks, I would blame the metallic taste on that. Also possible that you have too low ohm or too high voltage/wattage and are scorching the liquid. Last possibility is it's not wicking properly. Off-tasting eliquid is usually described as soapy (too much flavoring), perfumey (alcohol added or alcohol based flavoring--let sit with cap off), fake/chemical (inaccurate flavor composition or too much flavoring used or alcohol), or my biggest problem was not enough flavor when I first started.

 

[JpZoso]

Check out Groove-E-Juice Best Juice I've ever found. I can't say enough good things about these guys. Really!

 

[Talyon]

I'll suggest u give the wife your good liquids, and u Vape the crappy stuff. Ahhhh now that's Love.

 

[pt91]

went to a big one and asked what flavors they had in VG and they said none. Saw a ton of clones and starter rigs and left.

 

[wedoitall]

I'll suggest u give the wife your good liquids, and u Vape the crappy stuff. Ahhhh now that's Love.

Must be love Knew that I have a better chance of sticking with it than she does. Figured it would be best if I let her have the good stuff

 

[BK_Malik]

I've been to five B&M's so far. Every liquid in every one of them tasted like perfumey garbage.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Sampler packs from on-line really helped me. The ones I didn't like I gave away.

I've been to all 4 B&Ms in my town and they were cheesey. Cheaper stuff, no experience...they wanted my money and nothing else.

I did find an on-line vendor for juices that I liked and afterwards, I found that they had shops in the "Big City" 75 miles away. I went up there and taste tested about 10 and bought 3. I went up again and did the same.

If you have a on-line vendor with a local B&M for taste-testing, that would be a way to go.

I did ask the B&M about "airing" and they said they do it for two days. After that, it is just that they are opening and closing the jugs. I'm glad I asked that.

I still air them out on my own.

 

[Agamer]

I've noticed that brick and mortars are exactly the same as resturants they all sell food (ejuice) but some have higher quality and better customer service than others. Also personal taste will come into the mix. I guess that I got lucky living within driving distance to Cigtechs really helpful people that work there.

 

[wedoitall]

I messages the owner on Facebook the other day to inquire what pg/vg ratio she mixed and she wouldn't tell me. She said "no that falls under individual product formulations which are the outcome of extensive R&D (costs) and falls under "intellectual property" there is never more than 20% flavoring used in any of my liquids. The ingredient listed on the repackage bottles is accurate: VG , distiller water, pg, food grade flavoring and citric acid. She did say for me to come back to see if we can figure it out. So we will see. After seeing online vendors listing and giving options of ratios I highly doubt I will get any more from her. I've tried steeping, cutting with USP glycerin and it still has a metal taste. I've tried about everything imaginable with my equipment also. The only juice we like so far is some brand I've never heard of here called TastyPuff. It's actually quite tasty. I'm sure it's not up to snuff as some of the vendors recommended here as I bought it from a regular tobacco shop.

 

[Christopherja]

It's been my experience that typical B&Ms that "make their own juice" (read: source it from factories in China), have horrid juices - either perfume-y overtones, or else "fake" flavoured - just terrible.