How much cash have you spent on DIY?

[BoilerRoom]

So I have been vaping about 2-1/2 months now, mainly to quit analogs.Which I have. I started out with commercial premixed juices. I quickly jumped into DIY and still a rookie and learning quite a bit. So far I have made some pretty good and some not so good. I still maintain a supply of a couple commercial juices for the ADV category.
Today I went through and entered everything into Excel. So far I have 72 different flavorings ranging from 10ml to 4oz. My grand total so far, including nic and bases is $566.97. I still need a few select flavors, but I'm pretty much set for now.
I went one step further and inserted a quotient function in a cell to give me a PAD equivalent. Right now it sits at 98 days. Seems crazy that I spent all that money before vaping on analogs. It really adds up quickly if you're a pack-a-day smoker.

 

[dannyv45]

To Much. Like like close to a grand but I have enough to last a life time.

 

[FinallyQuit]

I'm not obsessively keeping track on a spreadsheet or anything but it's somewhere south of $300. I don't include hardware (bottles/syringes/blunt needles/glassware/graduated cylinders) or safety equipment in that figure, it got too overwhelming. I'm making 10 ml bottles of liquid for less than $1 these days, so I'm saving a ton of money compared to $6 per day on Newports. Can't remember the last time I bought vendor liquid either. . .

 

[tencentcat]

Stay off the DIY forum and you'll save A LOT

 

[vapero]

I just made an order of 130 so I'm about $260 deep

 

[BoilerRoom]

Stay off the DIY forum and you'll save A LOT

Haha!!Well said!! lmao

 

[Hoosier]

Well over a grand...maybe twice that...

I try not to keep track. I give away lots 'o juice. At one time I thought the donation I made to Brother Frankie, over a liter, was a give-away, but it doesn't seem so big anymore. Throw in my sister, my oldest son, and other assorted family and it really adds up. (At least my family seems to get "stuck" on a flavor, sooner or later, and then I can make bulk purchases of the flavorings needed for their recipes so it saves me a little bit.) I had to cut back on that when I was unemployed, but hopefully I'll get caught up with the bills soon and I can start giving away juice again.

 

[Racehorse]

I'm a one or two flavor DIYer. So haven't spent much at all. I was amazed at how many really nice vapes you can make using just one flavoring. It's fine for me, as I don't really enjoy chemistry, mixing, all that stuff and am not into the hobby aspect, just wanted to save $$ and after trying so many vendors I realized that most of what I bought wasn't better than some of the stuff I've made.

 

[Thunderball]

Wow.... Im very new at DIY but have around 80 flavors now....three 500 ml bottles in the freezer of nic..and an assortment of the regular stuff like bottles/syringes etc... Label maker....... I dont want to know how much I have in it. You did say cash didnt you? Then Ive got 0 cash in it because I just put all mine on the plastic. ........Its not like its real money anyway,right ?

 

[cookiebun]

So I have been vaping about 2-1/2 months now, mainly to quit analogs.Which I have. I started out with commercial premixed juices. I quickly jumped into DIY and still a rookie and learning quite a bit. So far I have made some pretty good and some not so good. I still maintain a supply of a couple commercial juices for the ADV category.
Today I went through and entered everything into Excel. So far I have 72 different flavorings ranging from 10ml to 4oz. My grand total so far, including nic and bases is $566.97. I still need a few select flavors, but I'm pretty much set for now.
I went one step further and inserted a quotient function in a cell to give me a PAD equivalent. Right now it sits at 98 days. Seems crazy that I spent all that money before vaping on analogs. It really adds up quickly if you're a pack-a-day smoker.

Far too much.

 

[HeadInClouds]

Definitely under $150, and wishing for another $50 worth or so. My calculations have my current stock lasting at least a year for two of us. I was feeling like $150 was way over the top, but I'm comforted by other responses here.
I'm new to DIY, getting results I prefer to most pre-mixed juices, and I'm amazed how cheap it is.
I think cartomizers will be my main vaping expense, now that I'm stocked on juice supplies and batteries.

 

[twgbonehead]

Stay off the DIY forum and you'll save A LOT

For me, getting anywhere near ECF starts to heat up my credit card!

And don't even get me started about the FT site!

 

[Bob Chill]

Wow, I just went through my order receipts....about $800. But nearly $500 was for a 5 year supply of nic for 4 people. Not really that expensive when you look at it that way. Only $100/yr for nic for 4 people is quite cheap.

Going forward for quite a while will just be reordering flavors I love and trying new ones here and there. We collectively spent $700/mo on cigs so looking at it that way makes it seem REALLY cheap.

DIY is pretty awesome though. My wife and I are big time home cooks and there are some similarities there. I've lost interest in researching retail juice. I have a few I can't live without but even those are gathering a little dust because I'm falling in love with at least 4 of my home made ones. I honestly think DIY vapes crisper and cleaner than store bought. Might be a mind trick but maybe not.

 

[cedric212]

According to my SS, I've spent $308.90 since November toward DIY supplies, but 1/3 of that amount does into stockpiling on nic (~1L 100mg/mL nic sitting in the freezer).

 

[BoilerRoom]

I originally intended to put these flavors in Excel to just keep track of what I have. I found I needed to have a list I can look at to see if I have a particular ingredient. It was kind of an evolution to create a price column.
I am really interested in creating mixes that I would be content with vaping all day or cloning a couple of commercial mixes I like. After looking around here and there, it seems the amount of available recipes online are not as many as I expected. I know some folks will say there are lots of them, but to me there is not the quantity I figured to be available.

 

[rebgold]

Almost 150 a month so far, for the last few months. As soon as I think I have everything I come up with something new I need! Now I'm worried about new regulations and trying to stockpile a nic supply.
Now I need more sweetener, lol. I've fallen out of love with EM. It gives juice a strange taste if you try to get one really sweet. I tasted my favorite premixed and it tasted like candy, so I think I need to switch to sucralose.
Looking at a fold out makeup case on Amazon to keep it all in, it's overflowing in boxes now.
Still spending a little under what I spent on American Spirits a month and selling juice to a few friends, so I still consider it a win.

 

[FlamingoTutu]

How much?

At least I have everything now and will only need more PG for the next year. I've made flavors I like so all in all feel good about it. And I don't smoke cigarettes anymore.

 

[Saleen121212]

About 2 grand..... In the last month.... Actually 15 days...

 

[Landosnotasystem]

About a hundred fifty bucks, counting shipping, bottles and (not enough) syringes for measuring. 2 liters of pg/vg, small bottle of 100mg, about 40 flavors (traded for them, won't use all of them, but nice to have options).
Just need to nail down a few recipes so I don't have a dozen test batches going.

 

[Shilo]

I shudder to think of a figure lets say quite a lot with trying many flavors. The nic base I have enough for quite some time. My bottom line answer is probably less than I would spend buying juices made by others that I wanted to vape more than once...lol