Where Can I Get A......? Great Thread + B&H

[angelique510]

This is a great subforum. So many threads are cluttered with the "Where can I get..?" questions. And for those of us looking for something, we'll know to check here first.

That being said; does anyone know where to get B&H concentrated flavoring for DIY? Or does anyone have a good DIY recipe? Short of that, what vendor has the cheapest (but good) B&H juice?

Thanks,
~A

 

[Charlie58]

I haven't tried it yet so can't comment on the taste,but strictlyejuice has B&H also they have 3ml sample bottles so you can try it without buying a large quantity.

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

As with Charlie, I can't comment on the quality of the juice, but the following suppliers carry B&H mixed juice: RockyMountainVapor, LiteCigUSA, myFreedomSmokes, eSmokerOnline, and EliquidPlanet.

Happy Vapor in Canada carries about a dozen different FlavourArt tobacco flavorings not tied to any analog brand (although "Cowboy Blend" is described as Marlboro). DIY Flavor Shack now carries several tobacco flavorings, including Dunhill (is that similar to B&H?).

BTW, I've never tried Benson & Hedges, either as a vaper or during my 40 years as a smoker. What's it like?

 

[Richie G]

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BTW, I've never tried Benson & Hedges, either as a vaper or during my 40 years as a smoker. What's it like?

There's another thread around here someplace that (I think) Angelique started re: B&H. In that thread there's opinions of all sorts of ingredients/tastes.

I got none of that. LOL To me (the vape version of) B&H is a mild Winston. A definite tobacco taste but not sweet like the common Marlboros we've all tried from DeKang. I like it, FWIW.

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

There's another thread around here someplace that (I think) Angelique started re: B&H. In that thread there's opinions of all sorts of ingredients/tastes.

I got none of that. LOL To me (the vape version of) B&H is a mild Winston. A definite tobacco taste but not sweet like the common Marlboros we've all tried from DeKang. I like it, FWIW.

Richie, would you please try to answer my questions (in someone else's thread) more quickly next time?

Thanks!

 

[rolygate]

Don:-
BTW, I've never tried Benson & Hedges, either as a vaper or during my 40 years as a smoker. What's it like?

Don,

Henson & Bedges - which is the Benny Hill version, or how you can print it if you're trying to avoid copyright issues - is a typical UK-style better-quality grade smoke.

To me, UK cigarettes have an acid, sharp, harsh taste. US cigarettes have a richer, smoother, less harsh taste. They say it's the difference between air-cure and flue-cure but I wouldn't know.

B&H is a medium-strength, reasonable quality version of the typical UK style. Not far from Dunhill. Rothmans is a stronger version.

UK style is as distinct as French or Turkish. I don't like it at all though, which is a bit tricky living here. I much prefer US style as in Luckies or Winston.

 

[angelique510]

Wow! DonDaBoomVape replied to one of my threads I've been a fan of yours since I read "The Wonderful World Of Vaping," and your grammar rant was excellent. Your posts are both inspirational and informative. Thank you, Sir.

Yes, Ritchie G, I did start another thread about B&H. An accurate description of the taste, and also a supplier of concentrated flavoring, has been elusive. For me, neither Marlboro or Winston come close: Nor does Dunhill, though it is quite nice.

What does B&H taste like? It is hard to describe. One site describes it as "closest to an analog." I did a direct comparison and it is quite similar to my analogs, except that it lacks the harsh and flat flavor of Misty Lights.

Benson & Hedges website says only that it is a sweet Virginia blend that was developed for the Prince of Wales in 1873 and was issues a Royal Warrant that it held until 1999. I tried a pack of B&H analogs and was not impressed. They were not near as good as the e-juice, in my opinion.

Another supplier calls their B&H "Silver and Gold" and describes it thusly; "a premium smoke without a doubt. Slightly sweet with a medium/strong tobacco taste. Hints of cherry and cream on the aftertaste"

And if one has synesthesia, B&H would be described as yellow ochre, warmed with an ample amount of cadmium orange in a swirly pattern. I wonder- do other synesthetes agree with my description? (Go ahead - Wikki it and then tell me I'm crazy. I'm used to it)

I have spoken with Dawn at DIY, Chris at MFS and Jack at HV. So far, none of them has been able to get a B&H concentrate. I have several of the tobaccos coming from HappyVaper, plus cherry, cream and barley malt in the hopes of replicating B&H. Or I might just find a real cheap supplier of mixed B&H and stock up.

Be well,
~A

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

Boy, this is a great subforum! I'm learning about all these neat tobacco flavors I've never tried. And MaxUT, in a post in the Y'know...flavors and what not.... thread, even satisfied my curiosity about Cignot's "September Wolves." Based on his description, I think I'd like it. [You might, too, Angelique, based on your stated preferences.]

Don,

Henson & Bedges - which is the Benny Hill version, or how you can print it if you're trying to avoid copyright issues - is a typical UK-style better-quality grade smoke.

To me, UK cigarettes have an acid, sharp, harsh taste. US cigarettes have a richer, smoother, less harsh taste. They say it's the difference between air-cure and flue-cure but I wouldn't know.

B&H is a medium-strength, reasonable quality version of the typical UK style. Not far from Dunhill. Rothmans is a stronger version.

UK style is as distinct as French or Turkish. I don't like it at all though, which is a bit tricky living here. I much prefer US style as in Luckies or Winston.

Roly, I chided Richie about his tardiness, but you lagged far behind him! [I sure do hope the two of you grasp the significance of that "Roll Eyes" emoticon when I make that remark. Ooo!: Roll Eyes, Rolygate! How appropriate.]

So a difference of opinion about B&H (or H&B, according to you and Benny): the Brit hates it, the Yanks love it. Ironic.

Wow! DonDaBoomVape replied to one of my threads I've been a fan of yours since I read "The Wonderful World Of Vaping," and your grammar rant was excellent. Your posts are both inspirational and informative. Thank you, Sir.

I am deeply touched. Thank you!

You know, of course, that my head now has swelled so much, none of my hats fit. Not that I wear hats. You remind me of me upon receiving a PM from SmokeyJoe. I told him I was star-struck. [He, of course, was graciously modest ... unlike me.]

But "Sir" is going too far! I chafe at even "Mr." [Well, Mr. DaBoomVape just sounds silly.] And any really knowledgable vaper seeing this must be smirking.

And if one has syntesthesia, B&H would be described as yellow ochre, warmed with an ample amount of cadmium orange in a swirly pattern. I wonder- do other synesthetes agree with my description? (Go ahead - Wikki it and then tell me I'm crazy. I'm used to it)...

Fascinating! An ongoing supporting character (Diana) in the Modesty Blaise books is synesthetic, but I've never known anyone who was (or, at least, acknowledged it). [In the spirit of that grammar rant, to which you alluded: you misspelled syntesthesia.]

 

[angelique510]

Fascinating! An ongoing supporting character (Diana) in the Modesty Blaise books is synesthetic, but I've never known anyone who was (or, at least, acknowledged it). [In the spirit of that grammar rant, to which you alluded: you misspelled syntesthesia.]

Thank you DonDaBoomVape. Yet another series of books to add to my "must read" list. My apologies for the typo. I must have been so overawed and star struck that I forgot to check my spelling. It shan't happen again, I assure you. Well, the star struck thing, maybe, but I'll remember to double check spellchecker.

Rolygate - I love Benny Hill! I always did. To you, I say, "Ting-a-Ling-a-Loo" (that's the closest emoticon I could find)

~A

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

I can't promise that you will like the books. I do. Peter O'Donnell is my third favorite author, after Robert Heinlein and Ayn Rand. Modesty has been described as the female James Bond, but she is an independent. Although she and her sidekick, Willie Garvin (who could be the chief protagonist in any other author's book series) have a shady past (kind of Robin Hood/Vito Corleone), they display more integrity, ingenuity, and raw courage than 99% of characters in literature (classic or popular). If you know Atlas Shrugged, visualize Dagny Taggart and Hank Reardon running capers and battling bad guys with karate, pistols, and throwing knives. [A surrealistic image, but remember who Rand's favorite artist was.]

Diana first appears in A Taste for Death, the third in the series, I believe. She and Stephen Collier will become Modesty's and Willie's closest friends.

All of that is way off-topic, but if the OP doesn't mind...

 

[angelique510]

Modesty Blaise doesn't sound like my usual cup of tea, but there is no harm in broadening my horizons. I tend more to the likes of Robert Jordan, Frank Herbert, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (I think I wrote about this in the Star Trek vs Star Wars thread a while back..hmm.) All of whom write short little stories of 500 plus pages in multiple volumes. Maybe not Clive, but his fiction has an “epic” feel, nonetheless. I am currently reading a collection of short stories by Daphne Du Maurier as “Rebecca” has always been one of my favorite books. The stories are rather dark and maudlin. My non fiction reading, of late, has been mostly politics, history and historical architecture.

Of course, I spend a lot of time reading here on ECF, too. So, you see – we're on topic. And further on topic; my order of B&H and 555 finally arrived and I am happily vaping away on my RN4072. I still can't put away the analogs completely, though. <sigh>

~A

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

Modesty Blaise doesn't sound like my usual cup of tea, but there is no harm in broadening my horizons. I tend more to the likes of Robert Jordan, Frank Herbert, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. (I think I wrote about this in the Star Trek vs Star Wars thread a while back..hmm.) All of whom write short little stories of 500 plus pages in multiple volumes. Maybe not Clive, but his fiction has an “epic” feel, nonetheless. I am currently reading a collection of short stories by Daphne Du Maurier as “Rebecca” has always been one of my favorite books. The stories are rather dark and maudlin. My non fiction reading, of late, has been mostly politics, history and historical architecture.

Yeah, the only appeal Modesty Blaise might have for you would be some of Diana's comments, e.g., Willie smells like a muted trumpet.

Not sure who you are referring to when you say "Clive." Is that what the 'C' in C.S. Lewis stands for? Only thing I know about him is the movie with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger. I've never read a Narnia book.

Mmm. You like epics and historical architecture. Have you read Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth? My wife recently was dazzled by it.

Frank Herbert's Dune books (especially the first and third) are incredible. But have you tried Heinlein? Words fail me as I mention him. And, if 1930s architecture is historical enough, The Fountainhead is a must.

I still can't put away the analogs completely, though. <sigh>

~A

Don't judge yourself harshly!

I am surprised though. That is so different from my experience. I hate the taste of those things (even though I smoked them for 40 years). Are you sure you're getting enough nicotine? Is your RN4072 delivering enough throat hit?

I'm a penstyle man myself and just recently discovered the M201. I'm loving it. I was getting pretty frustrated with the inconsistency of my 801 (and some BE112s I tried were even worse). I can only share initial impressions, but they are identical to what Figurehead and Missy reported in their video reviews.

YouTube - m201 review pt1
YouTube - M201 from LiteCigUSA review​

The throat hit is more intense than the 801's – reminds me of the 801 atty on my 5V Prodigy (which is just as well, since the 201 won't work, unmodified, on Proddy).

[NOTE: As some people know, I have written at great length about the 510, saying very positive things about it. I stand by what I said ... which included stating that the 510's throat hit (to me) is minimal. I use it (and GreenCig carts on my Kr8) for all my 0 nicotine vaping, of which I do a lot.]
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