i will say that yes greensmoke was one of my favs from the cigalikes, markten being another (except for flavor)
Hyped up juice or vaping gear that was a disappointment?
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everything from Killer-juice ... I was one who fell for a bunch of those cheap sales.
I bought several dozen bottles ... all were weak on actual flavour, and very peppery tasting.
I would not even be comfortable to PIF this liquid.
I bought several dozen bottles ... all were weak on actual flavour, and very peppery tasting.
I would not even be comfortable to PIF this liquid.
Mine has to be Blue Moo and Moo Juice from Mt Baker Vapor. They are so sweet I just couldn't.
Sad to hear a bad review from ITC Vapes. They hype themselves up so much, even to the point to beating "The Summit of vaping" (Mt Baker Vapor). I guess I'll just stick to MBV juices for now.
Sad to hear a bad review from ITC Vapes. They hype themselves up so much, even to the point to beating "The Summit of vaping" (Mt Baker Vapor). I guess I'll just stick to MBV juices for now.
Everyone beats to their own individual drum. You might love them. I hate them (all FIVE of them). Their juices are cheap, you can try a few and make your own judgment. I did and was sadly disappointed because the price was great. I guess you get what you pay for.
O my......you should have been here in 2009........hyped up anything impressed the hell out of us....and we were all looking at it, we were making our our tanks with pipe cutters on 510 atties and there was about 4 or 8 companies that are not in business now that had all the good stuff and the juice...well, that's a whole another story!
Carto tanks for me. Was on a carto tank kick for about 5 months after becoming dis-satisfied with Kanger PTs. But then I discovered REO Mods, and realized how utterly yuck the carto tank system is for me. Loud and so tight on air flow it's like trying to vape a milk shake. I have gone back to the new Kanger Areo tanks. They are great, I can't say "never" had an issue with a coil or flooding/gurgling, but I can say it's extremely rare. Reo and/or Kanger AT atop a good vv/vw device is all I need these days. I know lots of peeps love carto tank, But for me, no thanks !
sadly Jason's Juice Joint.
it was expensive and honsetly i couldnt finish a bottle.
Equipment
the Smok RSST. not too hyped I guess but i hated it. it was a pain to fill. leaked all the time.
it was expensive and honsetly i couldnt finish a bottle.
Equipment
the Smok RSST. not too hyped I guess but i hated it. it was a pain to fill. leaked all the time.
for me it is the nautilus mini. It vapes ok but i could never get any heat in the vape. it was always cold or cool . nor could i get a throat hit or feeling of the vape .plenty of vape and tatse was good , its built very good and took alot of abuse but my evod glass vapes about as much and i do get great flavor with the throat hit and heat . To me it is just better experiance and cheaper when replaceing the coils . I use them on a mech mode with 1.5 ohm coils and it works good for me .
Juices:
Five Pawns Grandmaster & Gambit, I was excited to try these two as they sounded delicious, sadly both tasted of disappointment mixed with wallet tears.
Boardwalk Mugshot, tasted like lemon washing-up liquid.
Anything from Triphammer (UK), tried 5 or 6 of them, all tasted like the e-liquid equivalent of Hollywood, nothing but plastic & perfume.
The list could continue but I will spare the virtual trees...
Hardware:
Any 'stock' coils.
Five Pawns Grandmaster & Gambit, I was excited to try these two as they sounded delicious, sadly both tasted of disappointment mixed with wallet tears.
Boardwalk Mugshot, tasted like lemon washing-up liquid.
Anything from Triphammer (UK), tried 5 or 6 of them, all tasted like the e-liquid equivalent of Hollywood, nothing but plastic & perfume.
The list could continue but I will spare the virtual trees...
Hardware:
Any 'stock' coils.
i also found mother's milk to be 'aight..
maybe it could've used some steeping, the strawberry was starting to come out as i was finishing the bottle.
after success using readyxwick in my very first rebuildable build ever, i couldn't get it to work without a nasty taste in my dripper.
maybe it could've used some steeping, the strawberry was starting to come out as i was finishing the bottle.
after success using readyxwick in my very first rebuildable build ever, i couldn't get it to work without a nasty taste in my dripper.
Five Pawns Queenside. It's vanilla and orange flavour and it's so mediocre. I can better it with 60% FA vanilla, 35% TW orange and a drop of Graham Cracker, sour apple and EM.
Nice packaging though.....
And i agree about Triphammer flavours, every one i have tried has had a curry/plastic undertone. Gross.
Nice packaging though.....
And i agree about Triphammer flavours, every one i have tried has had a curry/plastic undertone. Gross.
For me the list is long but I look at them as stepping stones towards the stuff I do like. Mine has been an expensive journey but a journey nonetheless. 3-4 months into vaping I had already spent close to 5K on a lot of junk.
Juices-
Mother's MIlk- I tasted nothing- absolutely nothing. So much nothing I thought maybe I had vapers tongue; but nope- it wasn't that.
ITC- everything they have....yuck!
Deej's- I have a juice (Horchata) to this day is still unvapable. In a few more days that bottle will be a yr old.
I could go on & on in the juice dept all day- the must haves for other people turn out to be the must not for me.
Gear-
Kayfun- Mine has more or less become a decoration. I vape on it occasionally but it's not my go to tank.
Magma- I really don't get the hype.
Cartos- Right up there with trying to vape sand.
There's plenty more stuff I could list but then I'd be sitting here the rest of the day.
Juices-
Mother's MIlk- I tasted nothing- absolutely nothing. So much nothing I thought maybe I had vapers tongue; but nope- it wasn't that.
ITC- everything they have....yuck!
Deej's- I have a juice (Horchata) to this day is still unvapable. In a few more days that bottle will be a yr old.
I could go on & on in the juice dept all day- the must haves for other people turn out to be the must not for me.
Gear-
Kayfun- Mine has more or less become a decoration. I vape on it occasionally but it's not my go to tank.
Magma- I really don't get the hype.
Cartos- Right up there with trying to vape sand.
There's plenty more stuff I could list but then I'd be sitting here the rest of the day.
Did you steep it? I didn't like Boba's at all. Then about a year later, i did! Finished the bottle, and bought a little more, didn't open it...
(I should probably go check to see how old that is...)
(I should probably go check to see how old that is...)
Five Pawns was a huge disappointment for me as well! I get depressed when I open my e-liquid drawer and see it... What a waste
hmmm...i'm really enjoying some ITC in a Magma right now
but yeah, my russian 2.0, while tasting great is too much of a p.i.t.a to fill.
The Magma is my absolute favourite!! It's the one RDA that I really couldn't find anything I disliked about it. The flavour is on point and I think it looks awesome on my copper Pegasus.
5 Pawns. So far, any of them - they ALL have some flavor in them that makes me gag. Even the SMELL makes me a little queasy now...
Kayfun/Russian - For me, they're just a bit too much WORK to keep them running right. Sometimes the wicking is so-so, and you can't easily rebuild or re-wick. Sometimes they lose vacuum, and when they do the leaking is a huge mess...
IkenVape's "Nitro" cartos. Unlike everyone else here, I DO like cartotanks! I just need the right combination (a carto that wicks like a demon and isn't TOO tight, and a superb airtight tank). IkenVape Platinums were the best carto - then they got a bad batch. Then they replaced them with a new product - the Nitro line. And I HATE those. Never got a single one working properly. There's now a "new version of the old ones" - I'm debating whether to get some or not...
Kayfun/Russian - For me, they're just a bit too much WORK to keep them running right. Sometimes the wicking is so-so, and you can't easily rebuild or re-wick. Sometimes they lose vacuum, and when they do the leaking is a huge mess...
IkenVape's "Nitro" cartos. Unlike everyone else here, I DO like cartotanks! I just need the right combination (a carto that wicks like a demon and isn't TOO tight, and a superb airtight tank). IkenVape Platinums were the best carto - then they got a bad batch. Then they replaced them with a new product - the Nitro line. And I HATE those. Never got a single one working properly. There's now a "new version of the old ones" - I'm debating whether to get some or not...
I agree on the magma disappointment. I shouldn't have bought an authentic. It doesn't have enough airflow. And the juice pops up off the coils and into my mouth if I over-drip even slightly.
My 454 1:1 clone has a spinning center post, so that at least was an inexpensive disappointment. I had thought about getting an authentic, but I was chatting with Trevor Jones in a live youtube broadcast and he told me that his authentic has a spinning center post too, making it nearly unusable... so it seems this is a design flaw.
My veritas clone was another inexpensive failure. The insulator melted on one of my first builds. I have since removed it and am able to get it to work, but I don't really like the veritas design anyway. Again, not enough airflow. And the two nuts to secure the positive leads are more difficult that needed to be.
My authentic Brass Monkey is a good atomizer, but the sweet looking brass top-cap has the tiniest airholes, smaller than most cartomizers even. I don't know what they were thinking. I have since drilled out that top cap and it works much better now, but I can't see how people like it the way it comes from the factory.
I am sure I have more examples like this, but this is what comes to mind right now. As for juices, I have experimented for long enough to know what to look for when trying new juice, so I generally always have something that is good. Occasionally, I come across something that is up there with the best juices I have tried.
My 454 1:1 clone has a spinning center post, so that at least was an inexpensive disappointment. I had thought about getting an authentic, but I was chatting with Trevor Jones in a live youtube broadcast and he told me that his authentic has a spinning center post too, making it nearly unusable... so it seems this is a design flaw.
My veritas clone was another inexpensive failure. The insulator melted on one of my first builds. I have since removed it and am able to get it to work, but I don't really like the veritas design anyway. Again, not enough airflow. And the two nuts to secure the positive leads are more difficult that needed to be.
My authentic Brass Monkey is a good atomizer, but the sweet looking brass top-cap has the tiniest airholes, smaller than most cartomizers even. I don't know what they were thinking. I have since drilled out that top cap and it works much better now, but I can't see how people like it the way it comes from the factory.
I am sure I have more examples like this, but this is what comes to mind right now. As for juices, I have experimented for long enough to know what to look for when trying new juice, so I generally always have something that is good. Occasionally, I come across something that is up there with the best juices I have tried.
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