Got my first order, highly impressed by the quick service and quality

[kaysesoze]

Got my first order today. Lorann flavors smell great. Fast delivery and everything is exactly what I ordered. Packaging was good (box got wet, inside the box was dry), everything neatly packaged in bags with shipping peanuts.
Now the fun starts in taking the plastic off the tops of the Lorann drams jars.

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[RenaissancePuffer]

Hi kaysesoze,

Looks like you have a lot of materials to work with there! Please let us know which of those flavors you like best The LorAnn Tart & Sour will go along well with the fruit flavors that you ordered.

Glad to hear everything made it to you safe and sound.

 

[kaysesoze]

Now I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to make. And with the tart and sour, just a drop or 2???

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[RenaissancePuffer]

I would use it at 1 drop per 5ml. If you want to make it sour, you can add more, but at 1 drop it will really make the fruit flavors pop.

 

[kaysesoze]

Lorann stuff is potent. How many drops do think is good for a 6ml bottle?? My ejuice calculator says 15 for 10% flavor.

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[RenaissancePuffer]

All of the flavors are going to be different in their strength. My best suggestion would be to mix up small batches to start. I've found the fruit flavors to be generally strong. Measuring with a dropper bottle is best, just be sure that you use the same size dropper bottle for each of your components so that there is some uniformity. You can then have a good idea of what percentages you are working with.

As a sample, I would take 5% of one of your flavorings, or 1 drop, then 95% of the dilution base, or 19 drops, shake that up in a bottle and test it. If it doesn't seem strong enough, mix up a 2nd batch, this time 10% flavoring, or 2 drops, then 90% of the dilution base, or 18 drops.

Lets say you decide that 15% flavoring is just right, you can then take a larger bottle, 10ml, add in 15% flavoring, or 1.5ml, then 85% dilution base, or 8.5ml. Those measurements can be done with a syringe, pipette, or my favorite, the graduated cylinder.

Also I highly suggest the use of the ejuice Me Up calculator. It is a stand alone program that can be downloaded online and installed on Windows based computers.

 

[RenaissancePuffer]

Hows the mixing coming along? Please let us know if you need any help.

 

[kaysesoze]

The mixing has been coming out great. I did some 50/50 pg/vg mixes that came out great, and have been using 10% flavor (provides the best so far).. Made a pina colada mix with Lorann pina colada, strawberry, banana creme, and 1 drop of tart and sour.. Camera out excellent. 70/30 is a good ratio also, but might try next batch with 60/40.. Seems like the 10% flavor works the best, I tried less at first but my ego - c wouldn't let me taste the flavor. Will probably make a few more tonight when I get off work and see how they come out.
Menthol drops also are helping with that cooling flavor in a cherry cinnamon that I made (taste like Big Red gum) used cinnamon spice, peppermint, and cherry Lorann with 2 drops of menthol and it taste awesome, right now that's my daily vape along with the pina colada.

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[kaysesoze]

Also noticed that ejuice that cant drip through the dropper tip of a plastic bottles, have issues with ego - c, if the consistency of the drops can't pass thru the dropper, it will have issues dripping into the atomizer base from the tank.

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[RenaissancePuffer]

Glad to hear the mixes are coming out good! As for your Ego-C with the dropper bottles, that makes sense. I normally use an 85/15 mixture so the vapor production is good, but not massive and the juice does really well in my Ego Vision's as well as my Ego-C.

One thing I did notice, the flavor on the Ego-C's is not very good. I have the same flavor running in both devices, they were both new and the Ego Vision is producing flavor much better than my Ego-C. Not sure if it's just the atomizer itself in there or what, but I am tasting a far different flavor than what I get from my Ego Vision.

 

[kaysesoze]

Certain flavors are more potent in the ego - c.. I've noticed at 10% - cherry, apple, banana, cinnamon are strong enough to taste, but some of the softer flavors require a few extra drops past that 10%... If you can't smell it after the mix of 10% I usually add a couple drops till I can smell it, then let it steep some. The Lorann flavors are strong to where a couple extra drops won't hurt, and at 70/30 it seems like the perfect ratio with flowing into the atomizer and also with flavor and good amount of vapor.
I'm leary of the chocolate, coffee, maple flavors cause that taste is hard to get out of the atomizer.. Gonna make a few mixes hopefully tonight.. Combining flavors is what I have been doing, instead of using 1 single flavor.

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[RenaissancePuffer]

Chocolate and Coffee are also very strong flavors on their own, I typically use them in the 1-2% range, and you're right they are hard to get out of the atomizer.

I have 3 or 4 attys that are specific to certain flavor types like cofee and cinnamon. I mostly use those flavors to drip with when I am looking for a short term change.

I also mix mostly in blends, I find it a challenge to come up with a mixture thats complicated and turns out well. I have one that I made which I find to be one of my best,

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/one-stop-diy-shop/230486-teddy-grahams.html

Flavoring Mixture:
2ml TFA Bavarian Cream
0.5ml TFA Caramel (Original)
0.25ml TFA Pie Crust
0.25ml TFA Belgain Waffle
1ml TFA Cheesecake (Graham Crust)
0.25ml TFA Toasted Marshmallow

Final Mixture should be 85% PG / 15% VG with 20% of the above flavoring, let mix sit overnight before vaping.