I just received my first order from Freedom Smoke USA. After being disappointed by Johnson's Creek I decided to order sample sizes of a bunch of new flavors to see if I could find a new favorite. My old one was the JC Tennessee Cured but apparently they have changed their formula and (IMO) all their juices taste almost exactly the same and are a bit overpriced.
So onward to the Freedom Smoke USA 16 Flavor Salute which will be done in parts because I want to clean my atomizers between each flavor to eliminate ghosting and I only have 6 atomizers so it will be done in 5 parts.
Equipment:
2 Joytech 510 Manuals from Rocky Mountain Vapor.
2 Boge 510 Manuals from Madvapes
2 Boge 510 Automatics from Madvapes
Both companies I would highly recommend for their customer service.
On all the manual batteries I am using the Fluval mod for my cartridges.
On the Automatics...stock cartridges (Fluval tends to leak a bit and I am worried about shorting out my batteries).
I ordered 15 samples from Freedom smoke and they sent me 16 so that was a pleasant bonus.
I ordered on late in the day Saturday and received my order on Thursday. So it was about 2 days shipping. There was a weekend and a holiday in there to contend with. Great shipping speed and turnaround.
David emailed several times with the status of my order. He notified me when it was packaged and shipped. Awesome communication.
Overall I would give Freedom Smoke USA a 10/10 for the ordering experience, price and shipping. I would highly recommend this company to my friends and family and definitely will order from them again in the future.
juice reviews:
All the juices were 24mg 50/50 blends 3ml size bottles.
Wyatt Earp Cowboy Blend
The Wyatt Earp Cowboy Blend has a pretty good throat hit and clouds of vapor. It has a forward taste of Tobacco and notes of cherry with a dark chocolate finish that unifies the overall flavor on the exhale. It is a sweet taste that reminds me of eating a dark chocolate cherry cordial. Or smoking cherry pipe tobacco. The flavor strength is strong, almost overpowering until you get used to it. (but since this is my first taste of the USA juice and I only have JC and nasty kit cartridges to compare it to I may change my opinion of the strength as I work my way through the rest of the salute.)
I would order this one again but I'm not sure about it becoming my everyday vape. However it was very tasty and reminded me a lot of Djarum cherry clove analogues.
Summary:
Throat Hit 8/10 where a 10 would be matches an analogue.
Vapor 9
Flavor 8
Flavor Str 9
Overall 8.5
Applewood
Applewood is smoooooooth. It has a very subtle taste and is very mild on your throat. Apple forward taste that is pretty much continuous through the exhale. It really doesn't change much. It is kind of like chewing on apple pulp after it has been juiced. I might want to try it with double flavor. However I like it as is and could see it becoming an everyday vape. I haven't been too thrilled with fruit flavors. I have tried Cherry and Peach Pie. This is not an overpowering sickly sweet fruity flavor but more of an even tasting mellow vape. This is definitely worth trying. I can take a straight pull directly into my lungs and barely feel it which I can't say the same of any 24mg juice I have tried so far. My only concern is that I might vape it too much! LOL! I will definitely order this again.
Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 8
Flavor Str 5
Overall 9
Almond Joy
Almond Joy doesn't taste anything like the candy. I think it tastes more like a slightly sweet buttered popcorn movie theater style when they used coconut oil in the poppers. Its not bad by any means its just not what I expected. But then again popcorn can be somewhat nutty in flavor. The closest flavor approximation I can come up with is Jelly Bellies buttered popcorn jelly beans. Its pretty tasty but not what I was expecting. Needs a bit more salt...
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Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 6
Flavor Str 8
Overall 6 ...not because its bad, just not what I was expecting.
American Spirit
American Spirit has a forward tobacco flavor with notes of chocolate and mesquite or maybe hickory and a slightly smokey finish. It is a pretty even vape. It's not sweet, bitter, acrid or chemical tasting. It is pretty close to smoking an actual analogue minus a lot of the heat and throat hit. If you want more throat hit I would probably go for an 80/20 PG/VG ratio. Its probably one of the best straight tobacco flavors I have come across. However the flavor is kind of weak. It is very mild. Maybe it will be better after it has steeped a bit.
Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 6
Flavor Str 5
Overall 7
RY4
RY4 has a caramel forward flavor with notes of toffee, chocolate and a hint of tobacco after taste. It is very sweet and very tasty. I haven't tried any other companies versions of it until now. Wow I really wish I had. It is soooo good. Clouds of Vapor and a pretty good throat hit. I think I have found a new favorite but I do have a bunch of other flavors left to try. Highly recommended. I definitely will buy this one again.
Summary:
Throat Hit 7
Vapor 9
Flavor 9
Flavor Str 9
Overall 9
So thats it for this evening. I am out of clean atomizers. I probably should have cleaned them all. More to follow.
So far my favorites are RY4, Applewood, and Wyatt Earp.
Happy vaping
Tekn0
Thin Mint Cookie
Peanut Butter Cup
Wins/Ton
RY5
Menthol Ultra
HopScotch
Maple Walnut
Ginger Bread Cookie
Cherry Cola - Lo Lo Lo Lo La Lola
Caramel Cinnamon Bun
Fuzzy Navel
So onward to the Freedom Smoke USA 16 Flavor Salute which will be done in parts because I want to clean my atomizers between each flavor to eliminate ghosting and I only have 6 atomizers so it will be done in 5 parts.
Equipment:
2 Joytech 510 Manuals from Rocky Mountain Vapor.
2 Boge 510 Manuals from Madvapes
2 Boge 510 Automatics from Madvapes
Both companies I would highly recommend for their customer service.
On all the manual batteries I am using the Fluval mod for my cartridges.
On the Automatics...stock cartridges (Fluval tends to leak a bit and I am worried about shorting out my batteries).
I ordered 15 samples from Freedom smoke and they sent me 16 so that was a pleasant bonus.
I ordered on late in the day Saturday and received my order on Thursday. So it was about 2 days shipping. There was a weekend and a holiday in there to contend with. Great shipping speed and turnaround.
David emailed several times with the status of my order. He notified me when it was packaged and shipped. Awesome communication.
Overall I would give Freedom Smoke USA a 10/10 for the ordering experience, price and shipping. I would highly recommend this company to my friends and family and definitely will order from them again in the future.
juice reviews:
All the juices were 24mg 50/50 blends 3ml size bottles.
Wyatt Earp Cowboy Blend
The Wyatt Earp Cowboy Blend has a pretty good throat hit and clouds of vapor. It has a forward taste of Tobacco and notes of cherry with a dark chocolate finish that unifies the overall flavor on the exhale. It is a sweet taste that reminds me of eating a dark chocolate cherry cordial. Or smoking cherry pipe tobacco. The flavor strength is strong, almost overpowering until you get used to it. (but since this is my first taste of the USA juice and I only have JC and nasty kit cartridges to compare it to I may change my opinion of the strength as I work my way through the rest of the salute.)
I would order this one again but I'm not sure about it becoming my everyday vape. However it was very tasty and reminded me a lot of Djarum cherry clove analogues.
Summary:
Throat Hit 8/10 where a 10 would be matches an analogue.
Vapor 9
Flavor 8
Flavor Str 9
Overall 8.5
Applewood
Applewood is smoooooooth. It has a very subtle taste and is very mild on your throat. Apple forward taste that is pretty much continuous through the exhale. It really doesn't change much. It is kind of like chewing on apple pulp after it has been juiced. I might want to try it with double flavor. However I like it as is and could see it becoming an everyday vape. I haven't been too thrilled with fruit flavors. I have tried Cherry and Peach Pie. This is not an overpowering sickly sweet fruity flavor but more of an even tasting mellow vape. This is definitely worth trying. I can take a straight pull directly into my lungs and barely feel it which I can't say the same of any 24mg juice I have tried so far. My only concern is that I might vape it too much! LOL! I will definitely order this again.
Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 8
Flavor Str 5
Overall 9
Almond Joy
Almond Joy doesn't taste anything like the candy. I think it tastes more like a slightly sweet buttered popcorn movie theater style when they used coconut oil in the poppers. Its not bad by any means its just not what I expected. But then again popcorn can be somewhat nutty in flavor. The closest flavor approximation I can come up with is Jelly Bellies buttered popcorn jelly beans. Its pretty tasty but not what I was expecting. Needs a bit more salt...
. Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 6
Flavor Str 8
Overall 6 ...not because its bad, just not what I was expecting.
American Spirit
American Spirit has a forward tobacco flavor with notes of chocolate and mesquite or maybe hickory and a slightly smokey finish. It is a pretty even vape. It's not sweet, bitter, acrid or chemical tasting. It is pretty close to smoking an actual analogue minus a lot of the heat and throat hit. If you want more throat hit I would probably go for an 80/20 PG/VG ratio. Its probably one of the best straight tobacco flavors I have come across. However the flavor is kind of weak. It is very mild. Maybe it will be better after it has steeped a bit.
Summary:
Throat Hit 3
Vapor 9
Flavor 6
Flavor Str 5
Overall 7
RY4
RY4 has a caramel forward flavor with notes of toffee, chocolate and a hint of tobacco after taste. It is very sweet and very tasty. I haven't tried any other companies versions of it until now. Wow I really wish I had. It is soooo good. Clouds of Vapor and a pretty good throat hit. I think I have found a new favorite but I do have a bunch of other flavors left to try. Highly recommended. I definitely will buy this one again.
Summary:
Throat Hit 7
Vapor 9
Flavor 9
Flavor Str 9
Overall 9
So thats it for this evening. I am out of clean atomizers. I probably should have cleaned them all. More to follow.
So far my favorites are RY4, Applewood, and Wyatt Earp.
Happy vaping
Tekn0
Thin Mint Cookie
Peanut Butter Cup
Wins/Ton
RY5
Menthol Ultra
HopScotch
Maple Walnut
Ginger Bread Cookie
Cherry Cola - Lo Lo Lo Lo La Lola
Caramel Cinnamon Bun
Fuzzy Navel
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What I really need to start doing is buying in advance. Actually, now that I think about it, that's what I did with my last order of RY4. I'm down to about 10 ml. of it, and have a new 120 ml. bottle waiting for me to open it (about two weeks old). So it won't be a month, but at least it's been sitting a couple of weeks.
