How do you taste your new recipes?
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I find some things like cinnamon, koolada, strawberry just never leave the wick no matter how many tanks ago they were.
I really don't mind the residual juice unless I'm trying a flavor for the first time to see what needs to be upped, deleted, added etc...
I have extra Reos not in rotation at the moment (only use one at a time). I'll wick one up and fill the bottle with my beta test eliquid and give it a run for a little while.
Quick rewick and wash out the bottle and I can try the next flavor. That is if I make a second flavor. I normally only do one at a time so I can focus on it. Once I nail that one, I'll move on to something else.
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Quick rewick and wash out the bottle and I can try the next flavor. That is if I make a second flavor. I normally only do one at a time so I can focus on it. Once I nail that one, I'll move on to something else.
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Have not tried this myself, but I have read that if you vape a couple of tokes of plain pg or vg, it will clean the cotton well enough to test next flavor. Something to try to save from rewicking all the time.
I use a cheap little dripper or two. Minimal wick, very easy to change the cotton.
As crazy as it may seem, I put a drip on my finger and taste it......I picked up a jug of Smash Mouth by Humble juice and liked it so much I put some on my finger and tasted it,........have been using this highly scientific method for months now....has never failed me
When I am doing a lot of tasting I will use a single clapton coil with no wick in a dripper. 3-4 drops will give me two puffs. Then I can re-drip, or do a quick dry-burn, and move on to the next flavor. It doesn't give me the exact same flavor as when wicked but it is close enough for me.
A dripper with a stove top coil in it. Smash a little cotton underneath and you are ready to go. Not hard to dry burn and rewick quickly.
Or the wickless coil builds are an option.
Or the wickless coil builds are an option.
Igo-W with a dog bone wick. Takes abut 2 minutes to change wicks.
I use a single coiled Magma. For tasting flavors I cut little stubby wicks just long enough to pull through the coil since all I'm doing is tasting to get the profile for using in mixing. For mixed juices I use the same dripper, but full wicks. I like the Magma because the juice wells are big & deep, so I can drip a good bit, vape it & think about it.
A Magma works well for me. I just pull the old wick, rinse the Magma real good, blow air through it, shake it, dry fire it, then re-wick it. Takes less than a minute
I use a dripper and just drip in new flavor* to try and let it mix. Then when the recipe's "complete" I do the exact same thing so it's all good. I pretty much never vape a "pure" flavor, it's always mixing on the fly, no "flavor" can compete with that goodness. I usually juice up a new wick with caramel or marshmallow followed by a tobacco no matter what I'm going to be vaping. Also, I really like doing tobaccos (incl. NETs) that are sort of pre-diluted, perfect to use with other flavors but not exciting by themselves. I find some flavors very noticable at the most subtle levels when they're cutting across another flavor. It's chaos but eventually works.
*to be clear here, this is a ready to vape ejuice. Another advantage of mixing up single flavors is to go on and get them steeping, some of my combos I first time mix from juices into a bottle, some I just get experience in the dripper and then do combos straight from flavorings and base, or even both, esp. when something's really strong and can use 2 levels of dilution.
*to be clear here, this is a ready to vape ejuice. Another advantage of mixing up single flavors is to go on and get them steeping, some of my combos I first time mix from juices into a bottle, some I just get experience in the dripper and then do combos straight from flavorings and base, or even both, esp. when something's really strong and can use 2 levels of dilution.
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I've been using the Empire mods 510 bridgeless atomizer. It uses a ceramic cup fed by a SS mesh, so it's easy to wash out and dry for the next juice.
Once you get past the learning curve it's a close approximation of the taste you will get from an RTA. The key is to drip 3 or 4 drops and wait about 30 seconds for it to soak into the mesh, then drip 3 or 4 more drops and vape test the juice. The learning curve is in deciding how many drops it will take without leaking out the air holes on the side of the drip shield. Once you get that, it's a great way to test juices quickly.
If you buy one, get the drip shield. It allows more juice to be dripped without leakage into the 510 connection and you can dry hit to bring juice in the reservoir back into the mesh.
The atomizer
Empiremods Bridge Free LR510 XL 1.5ohm (34mm)
The drip shield
Stainless Steel Drip Shield
Once you get past the learning curve it's a close approximation of the taste you will get from an RTA. The key is to drip 3 or 4 drops and wait about 30 seconds for it to soak into the mesh, then drip 3 or 4 more drops and vape test the juice. The learning curve is in deciding how many drops it will take without leaking out the air holes on the side of the drip shield. Once you get that, it's a great way to test juices quickly.
If you buy one, get the drip shield. It allows more juice to be dripped without leakage into the 510 connection and you can dry hit to bring juice in the reservoir back into the mesh.
The atomizer
Empiremods Bridge Free LR510 XL 1.5ohm (34mm)
The drip shield
Stainless Steel Drip Shield
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I use a couple Mutation 4's and lately a Tsunami 24, basic Claptons wicked with Rayon. I "flush" between flavors by popping off the top, dousing with 50/50, and "hot firing" while blowing on it. To keep splatter off the mod, I use a 510/510 adapter to raise the RDA and wrap a rag under it when firing. Rayon is key here. It seems to not "trap" flavors like cotton and can be fired nearly dry without burning.
When the coils gunk, or in the rare case where flavor transfers (curse you INW Honey!), I do a proper clean and rewick.
When the coils gunk, or in the rare case where flavor transfers (curse you INW Honey!), I do a proper clean and rewick.
I use the el-cheapo, old school, 510 shorty attys and JoyeTech Mega Cone shaped attys...a few drops at a time. Do some tweaking, then try a few more drops, etc., etc. I just keep vaping with that atty until there's no more of the juice taste from that one I'm testing. Then...on to the next one.
Lots of places have both for really cheap prices lately. I got 30+ of the JoyeTech Mega Cone ones for $.50 each, that came with a free drip tip, too. The 510 attys run about $.50-1.00 each now. Have been using the same 2-3 for more than 6 months already!
Lots of places have both for really cheap prices lately. I got 30+ of the JoyeTech Mega Cone ones for $.50 each, that came with a free drip tip, too. The 510 attys run about $.50-1.00 each now. Have been using the same 2-3 for more than 6 months already!
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