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Would that be ITC Vapes by any chance? If yes I already beat you to it :laugh: I have doing a review for High End vs Budget juice, and ITC is one of my budget vendors.

I am so tired of DIY, that is why I have been getting into vendor juice lately .. it is addictive too. Just the browsing aspect alone. I am kinda bored the vape gear too because I have so much of it, so I am transferring my obsession to juices. I will prolly end up like those vapers trying to unload 1000mls of new to semi used juice within 6 months time :laugh:

Been having my eye on them as well. Without giving away too much, are they decent?
I have had a cart full of about 8 juices to try out but I have wasted so much on juices over the last two years I am hesitant. My stay juices right now are illuminati - veritas and lion and kite in cloud - Lenola cream. Lion has been a adv for almost a year now. Love that stuff and veritas and Lenola cream are superb as well.
 
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@Nikki,

Yea I would give that Kayfun a try. Window shopping is always nice.

I'm down to my last bottle of Castle Long. Made another CL clone recipe. Both need to steep. My bottle was just packaged couple weeks ago.

If your picky on flavors don't get BFF.

Duly noted, and taking your advice ;-)
 

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Been having my eye on them as well. Without giving away too much, are they decent?
I have had a cart full of about 8 juices to try out but I have wasted so much on juices over the last two years I am hesitant. My stay juices right now are illuminati - veritas and lion and kite in cloud - Lenola cream. Lion has been a adv for almost a year now. Love that stuff and veritas and Lenola cream are superb as well.

Yes, I think so .. I only got one flavor to try, Spoonlicker OG, the flavor itself is "OK" so far, but they recommend a min of two week steep, and I have only had it a week. But there are no off flavors or chemical tastes, so the quality is good. So far I felt it was more strawberry than cake batter, so that is why I said OK .. I want the cake batter baby :banana:

I will prolly go for their Lemon Bar and Custard #3 next :)
 

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Anyone try and rdas from fc? Going to place an order and thought I'd throw a couple in the cart.

I have a black Hobo V2 that has been, if not stellar, at least very sturdy and serviceable.

I had a black Veritas. I vaped it for about a week, and really wanted to like it, and couldn't. It was way to airy for me (painfully so). And despite the wide bore drip top, it was a tad too inconvenient to try to drip it without leaking juice through the wide open air holes. It was excellently made for a very cheap clone. It was $10.50. I sold it, but I kinda miss it. It was pretty jazzy looking. :D

I also have a black Tugboat V1 that is a bit tight on the draw for my personal taste, but otherwise excellent.

If they ever leave ISC in NY, I'm shortly to receive a black N22 to replace the broken one I got from Angelcigs, and a black Plume Veil. I have no reason to expect them to be of any lesser quality than the ones I already have.

Hope that helps.
 

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Would that be ITC Vapes by any chance? If yes I already beat you to it :laugh: I have doing a review for High End vs Budget juice, and ITC is one of my budget vendors.

I am so tired of DIY, that is why I have been getting into vendor juice lately .. it is addictive too. Just the browsing aspect alone. I am kinda bored the vape gear too because I have so much of it, so I am transferring my obsession to juices. I will prolly end up like those vapers trying to unload 1000mls of new to semi used juice within 6 months time :laugh:
Yes it would be ITC. Great minds ...

I have 5 flavors steeping right now but it's only been 3 days, plus a full week the USPS was pre-steeping it for me. Also trying Vape Wild, but I don't hold out much hope for them.
 

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I'm a couple orders in with ITC and happy with what I've received so far. Very nice max VG eliquid at .17/ml at the 120ml size, if you can find 3 or 4 mainstays its a killer value and many do. I liked the spoonlicker OG, I didn't get a lot of cake batter either but it reminded me of Bryce's strawberry flan + cupcake, yum. The lemon bar was delicious, that's a reorder in 120 fo sho. Cinnagraham custard is one to try, nice FOOB i havent tried it steeped yet. I think I'm trying pudding #9 and berserker next order.

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On the juice front, I've just fallen in love with Alien Visions PG Hype. That's def going on the re-order list as soon as I can find it. A friend paid me 5ml of the juice for wicking his new Fogger V5 for him :lol:

I'm also trying to like P.O.E.T.'s Torte De Pastaccio. It's coming along. Steeping definitely helps it. So far it's been better dripped than tanked. Jury's still out on that one.

Alice in Vapeland's Mystic Mandalime has got me hot for citrus. The stuff is wicked accurate. Yum.

I need a couple more Flavors and then I can start trying to DIY more of my favorites. So far I've only done the one and it's still missing something. I'm afraid if I go much further with it, making it just right will become my new obsession so I've been trying other juices in attempts to avoid that. [emoji23]
 

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Yea mine is the V1, but do have a black VaporFlask V2 coming though, think it looks really good in black, and then I am deciding if want to jump on a pre-order on the new IPV V4, only $90 on pre-order and bet be quite a bit more when released, being dual 650's is really tempting, but then I will be done buying, yea right :laugh:

Nailz,
I found this preorder for the IPV V4 at a lower price. There is only two more available for purchase and they are supposed to ship early March. This is a new web store run by a guy out in California that has been running group buys.

IPV4 - Silver [Pioneer4you] - Smog Distribution
 
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Yes it would be ITC. Great minds ...

I have 5 flavors steeping right now but it's only been 3 days, plus a full week the USPS was pre-steeping it for me. Also trying Vape Wild, but I don't hold out much hope for them.

Yeah, my ITC Vapes package had a scenic route as well. They are in NY and it still took 5 days to get to me :glare: I was also going to try Vape Wild but that frickin Carnival, Gum ball machine themed website put me off .. the packaging and labels makes me feel like there is no way that there is well crafted yummy juice inside :laugh:

While not cheap, I very much recommend Dr. Juice vapor liquids?? This is a vendor that takes "crafting" very seriously. In fact they are kind of my inspiration behind this whole high end vs low end juice. They were primarily a manufacturer/distributor servicing vape shops on the East Coast and around November decided to open up an online store for themselves, which they had to close because the site wasn't working.

Long story short, I have not been able to post my eliquid review for them because they asked me to wait until the revamped their site, which is now up and running. Out of 8 juices they sent me, I only didn't like two of them ... I was immediately impressed by the the sense of quality of their eliquids, genuinely impressed. Until Dr. Juice I hated custards, and put off trying theirs because of it. Finally loaded up my Aqua V2 with it one day, and hot damn! They made me LOVE custards, so freaking yummy!

But they ain't cheap :laugh: Not the most expensive but not cheap. 9.99 for 15ml and 17.99 for 30ml. They are only selling 6 flavors online although they have much more in their menu, but I think they keep those reserved for distribution to vape shops ... Delish, Doctor Custard, Crunchberry, Boston George, and Scarlet Eclispe are all huge thumbs up for me. All were good FOOB, but all became wonderful for me after a short steep of a week. :)
 

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On the juice front, I've just fallen in love with Alien Visions PG Hype. That's def going on the re-order list as soon as I can find it. A friend paid me 5ml of the juice for wicking his new Fogger V5 for him :lol:

I'm also trying to like P.O.E.T.'s Torte De Pastaccio. It's coming along. Steeping definitely helps it. So far it's been better dripped than tanked. Jury's still out on that one.

Alice in Vapeland's Mystic Mandalime has got me hot for citrus. The stuff is wicked accurate. Yum.

I need a couple more Flavors and then I can start trying to DIY more of my favorites. So far I've only done the one and it's still missing something. I'm afraid if I go much further with it, making it just right will become my new obsession so I've been trying other juices in attempts to avoid that. [emoji23]

AIV- A Quiet Morning - LOVED IT. Alien Visions Boba's Bounty - LOVED IT .. The only reason I haven't reordered A Quiet Morning is because I don't have time to be stalking website openings, that is not my bag.
 

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On the juice front, I've just fallen in love with Alien Visions PG Hype. That's def going on the re-order list as soon as I can find it. A friend paid me 5ml of the juice for wicking his new Fogger V5 for him :lol:

I'm also trying to like P.O.E.T.'s Torte De Pastaccio. It's coming along. Steeping definitely helps it. So far it's been better dripped than tanked. Jury's still out on that one.

Alice in Vapeland's Mystic Mandalime has got me hot for citrus. The stuff is wicked accurate. Yum.

I need a couple more Flavors and then I can start trying to DIY more of my favorites. So far I've only done the one and it's still missing something. I'm afraid if I go much further with it, making it just right will become my new obsession so I've been trying other juices in attempts to avoid that. [emoji23]
You can order direct from Alien Visions E-Juice

My top 3 current overpriced addictions are: Duffy by The Collection, O.B. by Suicide Bunny, and Eclipse by Space Jam.

Before this turns into a juice thread let me post a little FC porn while I still have a chance. :) This is my new pocket mod from the sale last week. Wanted to post before it suffers any unfortunate pocket incidents. ;)

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Yeah, my ITC Vapes package had a scenic route as well. They are in NY and it still took 5 days to get to me :glare: I was also going to try Vape Wild but that frickin Carnival, Gum ball machine themed website put me off .. the packaging and labels makes me feel like there is no way that there is well crafted yummy juice inside :laugh:

While not cheap, I very much recommend Dr. Juice vapor liquids?? This is a vendor that takes "crafting" very seriously. In fact they are kind of my inspiration behind this whole high end vs low end juice. They were primarily a manufacturer/distributor servicing vape shops on the East Coast and around November decided to open up an online store for themselves, which they had to close because the site wasn't working.

Long story short, I have not been able to post my eliquid review for them because they asked me to wait until the revamped their site, which is now up and running. Out of 8 juices they sent me, I only didn't like two of them ... I was immediately impressed by the the sense of quality of their eliquids, genuinely impressed. Until Dr. Juice I hated custards, and put off trying theirs because of it. Finally loaded up my Aqua V2 with it one day, and hot damn! They made me LOVE custards, so freaking yummy!

But they ain't cheap :laugh: Not the most expensive but not cheap. 9.99 for 15ml and 17.99 for 30ml. They are only selling 6 flavors online although they have much more in their menu, but I think they keep those reserved for distribution to vape shops ... Delish, Doctor Custard, Crunchberry, Boston George, and Scarlet Eclispe are all huge thumbs up for me. All were good FOOB, but all became wonderful for me after a short steep of a week. :)
Vape Wild had several tobacco flavors in addition to the usual stuff and was cheap enough for me to take a gamble. Not much expectation though.

Dr. Juice has been added to my list of things to try. Let's see if I can get my B&M guy to order some samples. Thank you for another outlet for my money Temptress. :D
 

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I played with DIY juice for a few months but never really had the patience for it. Most of my juice comes from Yaeliq now. I like his tobaccos and it's hard to beat 100ml for $18 or 11ml sample for $3. I don't do dessert or custards. I find them way to rich...but that's just me. As a kid and until this day I never really liked cookies, cake, and all those other sweet baked stuff. Some fruit juice is okay if it's not the candied type. I tend to like light tobacco juices with a hint of flavor or slightly sweet taste.
 

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