How to avoid older Dekang juice

[Chris97b]

All,

When I ordered my kit, I ordered a couple of 15ml bottles of Dekang's USA Mix as well. I know there are people who question Dekang's quality, but the price was right so I figured it was worth a shot. Oddly enough, I actually rather like it.

I went ahead and ordered a 30ml bottle of the same (USA Mix, 11mg) and it is absolutely terrible. It definitely has the "perfume" taste I've heard so many others complain about, and it's bad enough that I'm contemplating trashing the whole bottle.

I read up on this a bit, and apparently Dekang changed their recipes at some point in the past. The perfume taste seems to be the older recipe, which is apparently still out there.

Since I actually sorta like the newer formula, can anyone recommend a good place to order this juice in the US that sells the newer recipe? I'd really like to continue vaping it since I'm accustomed to it at this point, but I don't think I can deal with having a 50/50 chance it's any good.

If not, are there any flavors from other vendors which would be comparable in taste to the Dekang USA mix? I've tried a few other (non-tobacco) flavors, and they are quite good on occasion, but I just don't see myself vaping these all day.

I've only been at this a week, so I'm still kinda trying to get my routine down, but it would be very nice to just find a solid "daily vape" I can order in larger quantites.

Thanks!

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Chris

 

[Firefly13]

Find a site which has the juice you want, and ask them what the manufactured date is on the bottle, if its after may or so then you should be fine.

 

[Sponge Bobiwan]

I don't know much about Dekang juice, what it is or what the problem with it is. But I do have some limited knowledge about USA Blend or USA Mix.

I first ordered a juice called USA Blend, from e-Smokey Treats which is here in the U.S. They provide very good service and fast delivery (2 days). I think they are out in Colorado. I am in Wisconsin. I really liked this juice, right from the beginning. So much so, that no matter how many other juices I've tried from many different vendors, I always come back to this one and use it almost exclusively. It is priced at $17.95/30 mL bottle, in varying levels of nic, all the way down to and including 0 mg nic.

But I was trying to find a less expensive source for this juice as I felt it was a bit highly priced. After doing a lot of searching around, I did find a juice called USA Mix, at greenhouseone. Customer service for greenhouseone is in Canada, I believe, however the products themselves ship out of China. They carry a very good price of $13.99/60 mL. However they still ship the 60 mL in 2 - 30 mL bottles. The lowest nic level they carry is 11 mg. They do have a $15.00 flat fee shipping rate however. Delivery was excellent being that it came from China. My order was shipped within 24 hours of ordering, and arrived 5 days later, for a total of 6 days from China to Wisconsin. In spite of this shipping fee, I calculated that I still saved a lot. I bought 120 mL, so I saved $43.82 gross. e-Smokey Treats charges a $5.00 flat shipping fee, so the difference in shipping fees is $10.00. Therefore, net savings was $33.82 for 120 mL of juice. Not bad. The flavor and vaping characteristics of greenhouseone's USA Mix compared to e-Smokey Treats USA Blend is practically inperceptable. The only difference for me then, was the nic levels. I had frequently been using e-Smokey Treat's juice at 0 mg nic or 6 mg nic, sometimes going to 12.

I continue shopping around for U.S. sources that can provide USA Blend or USA Mix for that inexpensive of a cost. I haven't found any yet, but I have found some U.S. sources that provide juice very inexpensively and I will continue researching this. A couple of the vendors I have been looking at are Viking Vapor, and Vapor Renu.

Hope this helps you.

 

[Dirtybutts]

I order the usa/marl mix from StrictlyEjuice.com, Flavor Shop! and have never had any problems withe it..It is always yummy to me and seems fresh. I usually order from them every 2 months or so and have never had a difference in quality of the juice. Hope that helps. Happy Vaping!

Oh and its like $9.95 for 30ml with free shipping over $10

 

[banjo]

I understand that the only juice that Dekang changed the formula on recently is RY4, not the USA Mix, so the problem must lie elsewhere. I've ordered quite a bit of DeKang juice - 555 & Flue Cured, and find it to be quite consistant, so you may have, as you suggest, gotten old stock......

 

[brandon555]

Myfreedomsmokes.com

You won't be dissappointed they have a bunch of tobacco flavors. Try the Marb or Kamel

 

[uzzaperez]

Vapor4Life juice is Dekang juice spruced up a bit - they actually go to the plant in China and tinker with the flavors a bit to make proprietary flavors. Their "Premium" line is the best Dekang juice I've had. I don't know if their "Wow Vapor" line is Dekang or not - it is from China, but a different manufacturer than the Premium. Their 5ml sample bottles are not always consistent with the "Premium" flavors though and may have some of the "old" stuff in there somewhere. Good prices though.

 

[Firefly13]

Vapor4Life juice is Dekang juice spruced up a bit - they actually go to the plant in China and tinker with the flavors a bit to make proprietary flavors. Their "Premium" line is the best Dekang juice I've had. I don't know if their "Wow Vapor" line is Dekang or not - it is from China, but a different manufacturer than the Premium. Their 5ml sample bottles are not always consistent with the "Premium" flavors though and may have some of the "old" stuff in there somewhere. Good prices though.

Their Premium juice is just the regular new Dekang recipes, and yes a lot of it is good stuff, but V4L mix the old stock with the new in the 30ml bottles that's why you don't know what you're getting even if you order Premium, you gotta know the date on the bottles, if it's dated May or after it should be fine, but from say January it's likely gonna be the infamous chemical / perfume crap.

 

[bearscreek]

Get some juice from Heaven's Gifts or Health Cabin and choose the airmail shipping to save a bit there.

 

[Chris97b]

Thanks all!

I'll have to take a look at e smokey treats. Sounds a bit pricey to me, but if the juice is good it may be a good fallback if I can't seem to find good luck anywhere else.

I did go ahead and order a couple of 30ml bottles from strictlyejuice ($10/30ml can't beat that! ) We'll see how my luck is there, but I've heard others speak highly of them as well, so here's hoping I'll get the good stuff

I've been hesitant to order direct from China (HG, EM, etc) since I've heard horror stories about customs in the US, especially when it comes to juice. I'm running a bit low on juice at the moment, so I'm trying to restock from vendors in the US, but once I've got a decent supply on hand I may try one of the Chinese suppliers to see how that works out.

Thanks again for the advice

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Chris

 

[Dirtybutts]

Thanks all!

I'll have to take a look at e smokey treats. Sounds a bit pricey to me, but if the juice is good it may be a good fallback if I can't seem to find good luck anywhere else.

I did go ahead and order a couple of 30ml bottles from strictlyejuice ($10/30ml can't beat that! ) We'll see how my luck is there, but I've heard others speak highly of them as well, so here's hoping I'll get the good stuff

I've been hesitant to order direct from China (HG, EM, etc) since I've heard horror stories about customs in the US, especially when it comes to juice. I'm running a bit low on juice at the moment, so I'm trying to restock from vendors in the US, but once I've got a decent supply on hand I may try one of the Chinese suppliers to see how that works out.

Thanks again for the advice

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Chris

I think you will be very happy with them..They have been my go to guys for juice for a while now and shipping is crazy fast... I can order on friday and have it by monday sometimes...not bad for free shipping! Enjoy