Flavour frustration

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recidivus

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juice flavour is up to personal taste. I've bought quite a bit to find only a small handful that I like enough to use all day.

My opinion: You found one you really like, stick to it and only buy samplers (3-5ml bottles) once in a bit to try new flavours. No need to buy a lot or bigger bottles.

The vendors/mixers I use are all Canadian, so I'll leave recommendations to folks that are a little closer to you.
 

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Recidivus gives good advice about buying just small bottles, samples, or sample packs of juices to try out from different vendors, until you find a flavor you like enough to decide to order again in a larger quantity.

If you drip, its relatively easy to test these juices out. Myself, I never acquired the knack for it. Instead of wasting an entire carto to test each individual test flavor, I began using the newer ce3 clearomizers. I use the smaller ones that are less than 1 ml in capacity. It doesn't take much juice to decide if you like it or not. These are easily filled with a small needle and syringe. They are clear so you can see the juice to note its viscosity. They use a wicking string, no polyfiller to alter taste. Inexpensive and relatively reusable.

If you don't care for the juice, withdraw it with the syringe, rinse the ce3 with water, and refill with the next flavor. You can find these in either the clearomizer or cartomizer section of vendor websites.
 

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Your experience is very common. After ~ 14 months of vaping, I have a dozen or more liquids I really like, but I don't even want to count how many I had to try to find those.

What the monkey said!

I have only been at this a couple weeks so far but I already have 30 different sampler bottles and of those I can see myself sticking with only a few.

I think I might have gotten pretty lucky though to even have a few I like already.

I did quite a bit of reading here before ordering though so that may have contributed to my success.
 

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I did quite a bit of reading here before ordering though so that may have contributed to my success.

My success rate went way up after I started listening to what the folks here said. I wish I had done that earlier on in my journey like you did. There are still no guarantees, but it really does help. :)
 

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If you're vaping to quit smoking try to find something that tastes like what you smoke. I've been vaping for about 1 1/2 months, and I quit smoking the same day. I was hooked on camel crush cigs. So my first purchase was a few different menthol samplers. I still haven't found the perfect menthol, but I think some of my flavor issues may be solved when my Provari gets here. Right now I'm on a non twist Ego C. One juice I did find that I really like (tastes nothing like cigarettes) is energy cow (Red Bull) flavor.
 
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I'm three weeks into vaping and have ordered 48 different flavors. Eight I am currently waiting on to be shipped. Of those 40 I have tried, I have only found three I liked enough to re-order BIG bottles (one from Ms Ts and two from Highbrow). I get it now when people said that finding your juices would be the hardest part. Equipment is easy. Juice is not. My goal is to find about 10 juices I love and quit ordering. Then when I get a hankering for something different to try, I'll order sample bottles. But I want ten juices I can't live without sitting in my cabinet in big bottles. Just ten for now. And I figure I can also mix those ten to develop other flavors. I'm a tangy fruit and tobacco girl personally. Desserts are not my thing at all. I mistakenly ordered a big bottle of vanilla. It's too much for me on its own but I find I do mix it with other flavors. I'm not sure I'll re-order vanilla though. We'll see. It's a learning process. I now have three I can't live without and seven more to find. Good luck in YOUR search! :vapor:
 
Also, go to the General E-Liquid Discussion forum here at ECF for more reviews and tips on certain juices. Also to save money you can google discount codes for each company you order from, or go to the coupons tab at the very top of this webpage for more discount codes. I have never bought anything without a discount code thanks to this fine forum. :)
 

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My very first juice order was 3 X 50 ml bottles of juice that had gotten great reviews and I lucked out with all 3. At the same time I ordered 30 diff samplers...out of those 30 samplers I liked 10. The other 20 I gave to friends and some LOVED them. Two weeks later ordered another 25 samplers. Out of those 25 I thoroughly enjoyed 15 of them. Point being, as stated by others, out of 55 flavors only 25 were keepers. A waste of $$????...no as I zeroed in on my fave juices very quickly thus avoiding frustration, spending lottsa $$ and ending up with juices I had no use for. I now DIY so can't offer any suggestions.
 
I have a feeling once I find my 10 can't-live-without juices, the process may start over. :blink: So much juice to try! It's fun, but I really need to find a way in the coming months to limit my orders (maybe a sampler every two months). I think the fine-tuning will take some time and some money though. I really want to break even in the next few months and start saving money. What has just been utterly exhausting is keeping myself as well as my Mom in vaping gear and finding the juices we both can't live without. She seems easier to please...I just buy her apple and she's happy. :)
 

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If you're vaping to quit smoking try to find something that tastes like what you smoke. I've been vaping for about 1 1/2 months, and I quit smoking the same day. I was hooked on camel crush cigs. So my first purchase was a few different menthol samplers. I still haven't found the perfect menthol, but I think some of my flavor issues may be solved when my Provari gets here. Right now I'm on a non twist Ego C. One juice I did find that I really like (tastes nothing like cigarettes) is energy cow (Red Bull) flavor.

Dude if you like menthol Vermillion River's Minnesota Menthol is superb
just my two cents
 
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