How do you log your experiments?

[benbritain]

One of the suggestions Hoosier gives is to keep a record, log or notes for all your experiments.
I am just wondering how other people are keeping there records.
I tend to over think things and can't seem to come up with a good way to do this.

 

[FinallyQuit]

There's a cool testing log on Str8V8ping's blog, not that I have been organized enough to fill it out yet.

I'm thinking a tag on the neck of each bottle might be best, since I won't be pulling out notes but I will be pulling out the flavor bottles. . .

 

[Hoosier]

I started out with a pocket note pad, then grabbed one of my old lab notebooks, but now I record my notes in the same spreadsheet I use as a mixing calculator. I really wish I had started keeping them on the computer in the spreadsheet because I have backups for my document files and have been known to misplace notebooks and notepads that I haven't used in awhile...

 

[michaelsil1]

Computer Recipe File. I keep meticulous notes!

 

[FACE MEAT]

I use a Moleskine notebook like this:

Each recipe gets its own page and looks something like this:

"FLAVOR NAME" 01-02-2013
85% ECX 24mg 50/50
10% Flavor a
3% Flavor B
2% Flavor C
1 drop/ml EM
1 drop/ml TFA Smooth

-Hot water bath, shake, uncapped 48 hrs.

01-04-2013: Slightly floral, lacking sweetness. Flavor B dominates Continue steep
01-11-2013: Less floral, sweeter, melding well.
01-18-2013: Good to vape.

 

[Hitmetwice]

I'm a very basic mixer but I just use paper folded into book form for "experiments".

Seperate each experiment with a line, leaving plenty of room for notes.
When I hit on a winning combination make a note of it.
Usually a larger mix follows. Then I can toss out the "experiment" list.

Keeping the recipe's mostly in my head right now as there aren't many
and once I know percentages it ain't hard to member.

Now where did I put my crayon?

Edit. Ooops fergot, every one gets a date mixed. Gotta steep!

 

[Cavediver]

I'm a very basic mixer but I just use paper folded into book form for "experiments".

Seperate each experiment with a line, leaving plenty of room for notes.
When I hit on a winning combination make a note of it.
Usually a larger mix follows. Then I can toss out the "experiment" list.

Keeping the recipe's mostly in my head right now as there aren't many
and once I know percentages it ain't hard to member.

Now where did I put my crayon?

Edit. Ooops fergot, every one gets a date mixed. Gotta steep!

IMO, keep the "less-than-successful" list. Knowing what doesn't work so well can keep you from repeating mistakes.

 

[subver]

I use a Moleskine notebook like this:

Each recipe gets its own page and looks something like this:

"FLAVOR NAME" 01-02-2013
85% ECX 24mg 50/50
10% Flavor a
3% Flavor B
2% Flavor C
1 drop/ml EM
1 drop/ml TFA Smooth

-Hot water bath, shake, uncapped 48 hrs.

01-04-2013: Slightly floral, lacking sweetness. Flavor B dominates Continue steep
01-11-2013: Less floral, sweeter, melding well.
01-18-2013: Good to vape.

My god I love Moleskines.. I have a huge stack of them in various sizes I use for my sketchbooks... watercolor paper moleskins... mmmm hubba hubba...

 

[dannyv45]

My basic notes

4. Irish RY4 RED CAP
75/25 base @ 24%
TFA RY4 6%
TFA Irish cream 2%
TFA Hazelnut 1%
pale pinkish tinge upon mixing completion.

3 hr steep = darker pinkish tinge and initial taste = Good tobacco and irish cream strength. Hazelnut taste is very light.

After sitting 7 days color remained the same as above. Taste of tobacco mellowed but hazelnut faded completely (Will add additional 1%)

 

[BakuPeg]

Mmm.. Moleskin.. Non-hackable.

Currently using a yellow-pad. But thinking of transferring to moleskin.

 

[DeeDee1234]

I have them all in a file in the juice calculator on my computer and I print each recipe card out also. I have a three ring binder divided into three sections. The first section is recipes that I have made. One recipe card for each recipe and any notes on that recipe after it was made, anything that I changed,added ect. The second section is recipe cards that I want to try. The third section is notes on percentages and other tidbits that I have found along the way.

 

[Hitmetwice]

I use a Moleskine notebook like this:

Each recipe gets its own page and looks something like this:

"FLAVOR NAME" 01-02-2013
85% ECX 24mg 50/50
10% Flavor a
3% Flavor B
2% Flavor C
1 drop/ml EM
1 drop/ml TFA Smooth

-Hot water bath, shake, uncapped 48 hrs.

01-04-2013: Slightly floral, lacking sweetness. Flavor B dominates Continue steep
01-11-2013: Less floral, sweeter, melding well.
01-18-2013: Good to vape.

Very nice book, but it appears somethings missing?
Where's all the juice stains?j/k

You are obviously much better, cleaner, record keeper and mixer than I.
No offence!

Whatever works.

 

[subver]

Very nice book, but it appears somethings missing?
Where's all the juice stains?j/k

You are obviously much better, cleaner, record keeper and mixer than I.
No offence!

Whatever works.

That's not FACE MEATs actual Moleskine notebook, just a photo of what they look like

Seriously, though, these notebooks are awesome.. I can't stop myself from buying them whenever I see them.. I've got too many blank Moleskines laying about!

 

[wonderland]

I use Awesome Note for iPad. Looks like this:

 

[FACE MEAT]

Seriously, though, these notebooks are awesome.. I can't stop myself from buying them whenever I see them.. I've got too many blank Moleskines laying about!

Same here. Every time I see them in a shop, it's damn near impossible to not buy a few more. There's something romantic about using a pen and paper.

 

[Hitmetwice]

That's not FACE MEATs actual Moleskine notebook, just a photo of what they look like

Seriously, though, these notebooks are awesome.. I can't stop myself from buying them whenever I see them.. I've got too many blank Moleskines laying about!

Poor moles. Next on the endangered species list?....Where's PETA? I'm flagging this!

 

[Dvx67]

I keep all my recipes and notes in an excel spreadsheet, dropped into Evernote. So I can access it from any of my devices.

 

[FinallyQuit]

Y'all are so organized! I'm jelly! I keep most of my notes stuffed into the box where I keep the flavoring, some have spills and some are indecipherable. I did start using a spreadsheet recently, but it seems too much like work! I'll get some system worked out, surely.

 

[benbritain]

Thanks for the ideas. I also like the idea of the old pen and paper

 

[vernhall]

Currently use 'eJuiceMeUp' and print recipe cards for each mix... Use the blank portion of the page for notes - use printer since even I can't read my writing half the time... Punched and kept in 3-ring binder with tabs separating types (tobacco, drink, fruits, etc)... Duds, though I haven't had many yet, get noted in red...