johnson Creek is the worst i ever vaped

[V_lestat]

so on a suggestion that if i liked the Blu E-Cig vanilla i should try the johnson creek Vanda vanilla liquid. (not even close to blu's nice mild smooth vanilla btw)
so i did, and their Marcado, , cherry, chocolate, cho. truffle, cherry, tobacco, and several others.

8 different flavors in all over 2 seperate orders... and everyone of them either got thrown away or used as a sub in for a mix if i was out of something and only desperate.

i am new to juices but i know when something isnt right and i have no idea what that company is using in their liquids but its the most god awful thing to vape out side of wax and melted plastic because that is exactly what it tastes and smells like with very VERY little flavor, or at least very little flavor of the advertised flavor. there is flavor but not even close to vanilla, or choc truffle, or tobacco, or cherry, or spiced apple.
Whats more is every single one of them has that exact same flavor, its horrible.

what do they use? wax?, plastic, glue and other toxins to flavor their juices? i steeped 2 of them for 2 weeks and they changed only slightly. and it didnt make them better just ever ever ever so slightly more tolerable.

i am using a halo triton with 2.2-2.4 or 2.6.-2.8ohm coils. i inhale slow for a warmer longer burn or quickly for a cooler quicker burn and they always end up the same. with me literally and physically gargling with mouthwash to cleanse my palet because what ever it is they use just destroys your tastes and sense of smell.
it really takes a strong juice of high quality to make things taste right again.

after getting my 2nd batch of raunchy liquids today (i thought the first was a fluke) i called them and they refunded all 5 of my sample bottle costs plus shipping. i did not ask for the 30ml bottle of marcado to be refunded because i wanted my wife to try it since she liked the first bottle, which was ok, just very strong in the cinnamon and clove dept. but she liked it, today i could smell it wasnt even remotely close to the same as the first batch and she confirmed it with the first of only 3 vales before dumpoing it down the sink.
she chomped he mouth and smacked her lips like she just ate cat sh|t and said, how could they make it different and THAT different to boot".

i will never buy another bottle of anything made by johnson creek unless it comes in a Blu E-Cig (in a pinch of need a vape and dont have my triton)

they wouldnt be in business if all their juices tastes like this so i am curious if anyone else has had a halo or other coil/wick based system react like this to JC juices or other stuff.
(hell even their southern cured tobacco smelled like week old piss when you exhaled it,, oh just a god awful liquid)

i hope they read this because whom ever is mixing their batches or shipping mine needs removed before something happens to someone. there is no way this e-juice is good.

and now i am 100% out of juice and have nothing left since i was relying on JC to send me decent juice.
now i have to blow more on Blu cigs or something until my halo juice comes in.

i also dont know what raw nicotine juice smells/tastes like so maybe that is it??? or their 100% VG base is rotten or something but it is horrible, and i have purchased some bad e-juices lately (volcano and VaporX juices rank as my #2 and #3 throw away juices)
usually i can take a not so great jucie and mix it with something and make it passable.
not so with JC liquids. any amount of JC liquids pretty much render what ever i put them in unusable unless i really need nicotine.

p.s. - i am also getting very little exhale vapor from todays batch.. which is confusing to me. a lower amount on the vape, but after the inhale, very very little comes out of my lungs.

sorry if this offends someone, not my problem. just sharing my experience and a heads up to anyone looking to johnson creek for liquids.

p.s. p.s. 1/2 my house stinks like their horrible fluid... gunna have to air it out and burn some incense or smelly candles tomorrow.

 

[Sed Contra]

From my limited experience, some of the JC stuff is really good right away (Merango was great!), others were okay at first and got way better after steeping (Vanda was like this for me), and others still haven't found favor with me. I wish that they had a "born on" date...that might be very helpful.

 

[vjc0628]

I did not like JC either but it was not that dramatic
they refunded your money that's a lot more then most will do
they did they same for me I appreciate that
vanda is not strait vanilla I don't know who told you that but its like a vanilla cake

while I did not like there juices I could see others liking them

I assume you did leave capps off overnight when you got them and shook them up
gave them a week to steep and all that

now you should never leave yourself in a position where you have no vape
what did you do before JC ?

there are a lot of vendors out there out of the first 8 I tried I liked 1 then the next 3 were all winners

 

[vjc0628]

I see you have halo triton order halo
there presteeped it will hold you over so you have steep time with other vendors

 

[vjc0628]

remember
grimmgreen keep calm vape on

 

[stevegmu]

I like most of JCs flavors and use Tritons and Triton vvs. 100% VG is hard on the wicks, though.

 

[rbeckys8]

just ordered from them..we'll see.

 

[Rickajho]

Dumping liquid just because you're p.o.'d at an inanimate bottle of liquid is a waste. Put it up for a swap. => http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/pay-forward-pif/414138-juice-swaps-usa-please-read-first-post-rules-guidelines.html

 

[Topdogie01]

or just offer it up in the Pay It Forward thread or the Treasure Chest, someone else will try it and they may like it.. or they may pass it along to someone else also.

i have a mixed bag of flavors i got PIF and it was like tasting the jelly beans from harry potter..
"You want to be careful with these. When they say every flavour, they mean every flavour - you know you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe." - Ron weasley

 

[bryaninaustin]

I dunno I haven't tried their juice. Maybe it just needed to steep. Anyway, I bet there is a lot worse juice and companies with worse customer service too.

It's a waste to toss it though no matter how much you dislike it. Someone out there loves it I am sure. I never throw out juice. I usually give it away or sometimes trade it.

 

[charlzrocks]

I have tried the JC juices and they eventually lost their appeal to me as well. I guess it's something about the base flavor that lost it's appeal. I have tossed a juice that I didn't like after only a day or two. I did not feel bad about not putting it up for trade/swap/etc as I had already wasted my time and money buying the garbage in the first place. If it's bad. I toss it.

 

[Ramjet]

I must say, I agree with you on this supplier's juice. Three months ago I bought the sample "tobacco" flavor. Recked my atty's becouse I couldn't get the taste out of em Did not throw it out though. I've tried it a couple more times on nearly done atty's, same thing, yuk.
DID NOT THROW IT OUT THOUGH. Will continue to store this for further testing/desperation affairs

 

[V_lestat]

The fact that I was giving my money back I don't feel that it's right that I swap it with anyone I would be willing to send something to someone for them to try and give me their opinion I would prefer it to be someone local (cedar rapids, ia area) we could meet up and try it that way I could get into an immediate response
my wife also tried the Marcado this morning (supposed to be strong cinnamon and clove) and nearly gagged and I mean that literally she said as she got into her car to go to work that she felt like she wanted to throw up it was that bad . I also had to change the wick and hers because I could not wash the raunch Away.
so I don't know if they had a bad batch or if the halo Triton system just does not work with their juices but I will say with 100% percent confidence that out of the six flavors that I have sitting here they all have the same underlying dominant smell and flavor and it isn't something that I've truly been able to pinpoint the only thing that I can liken it too is a wax or a plastic possibly some sort of an oil.

the people at JC are fablous so i have no ill feelings towards them but i am confused upset and sick to know that 2 orders were sent with fluids that i can not imagine anyone would ever Vape.
the first Marcado was great, though still had that odd flavor to me in the background, but the wife liked it.
but this order.... none of them have hardly any flavor, and are over done with the raunchy taste.

 

[vjc0628]

why did you make 2 orders if they were that bad?

 

[V_lestat]

or just offer it up in the Pay It Forward thread or the Treasure Chest, someone else will try it and they may like it.. or they may pass it along to someone else also.

i have a mixed bag of flavors i got PIF and it was like tasting the jelly beans from harry potter..
"You want to be careful with these. When they say every flavour, they mean every flavour - you know you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe." - Ron weasley

good one,, just too funny.

 

[V_lestat]

why did you make 2 orders if they were that bad?

i said i thought the first one was a fluke and all i got was Vanda, Marcado and Rainer (cherry) (Vanda and Rainier were flavors built off the Blu E-Cig system but they are not even close) but it was not as bad as the 2nd. the 2nd almost has no advertised flavor except the marcado and its a nasty clove taste under the normal nasty of the juice base.

boy i wish someone was in the area. oh well. i will consider the swap thread, i just dont want someone getting this and going through what i am going through.

JC does put a lot # on their bottles so you can atleast email/call them and find out when the juices birthdate was.

the rep offered that i buy their started kit as its an Atomizer and the juices are built for their system but work with any. and if i dont like it i can return it.
I said how about you send me a single unit and if its still yucky return it. i am not in the place where i can throw money around to try things. which ironically is what happened with the juices.

 

[bryaninaustin]

The more I think about it, the more I think a more appropriate title for this thread could possibly have been "Johnson Creek has Excellent Customer Service but Their Juice Isn't for Me."

I think they treated you really well. I don't know of any other vendor who would reship an entire order and then still refund your money because you weren't satisfied. That is really going above and beyond.

Most vendors would have told you tough luck. Caveat Emptor!

IMO.

 

[V_lestat]

i am not sure where you read anything about reshipping an order.
I ordered 3 the first time, got a return on the Vanda but never returned it. so no refund was ever given on order #1
#1 was the marcado sample the wife really like. super strong, i liked it as a once in a while vape.
The Vanda was nasty but was a slight buttery vanilla, also had waxy plastic oil taste
Rainer - smelled and tasted like cherry air freshener - still had waxy/plastic taste too.

order #2 was the biggest issue - which 1/2 has been refunded and the 2nd bottle of marcado which is 100% not even close to order #1's bottle, is being returned and refunded.

order #2 was this

Marcado™ Bottle Size 30ml Nicotine 1.1% J016-1A - 100% not even close to first sample of Marcado - wife gagged.
Chocolate Truffle - 1.8% 5ml J004-2D - not even the slightest hint of choc. truf. wax/oil/plastic taste
Red Oak Tennessee Cured™ - 1.8% 5ml J022-2D - smelled like pee on exhale, tasted like wax/plastic/oil
Swiss Dark™ - 1.8% 5ml J019-2D not even remotely swiss dark chic flavor - 100% wax/plastic/oil
Spiced Apple Cider - 1.8% 5ml J012-2D - no advertised flavor to speak of- wax/plastic/oil
Autumn Crisp ™ - 1.8% 5ml J028-2D - no advertised flavor to speak of - wax/plastic/oil
Free Johnson Creek Embossed Storage Tin

and if all these other e-cig companies are so arrogant that they dont work with customers (i hate companies that do that by the way, if you value a cusotmers business work with them if they are polite, which i was but very firm in that these flavors have no natural flavor, just a very gross unnatural flavor) thank god i am working with halo because their juices are insane! i will keep buying their juice. i have yet to have one i would return. some i wont buy (flavors in sample tins) but over all their flavors are just super strong, and are nice to vape.

over all i know JC isnt making a horrible product it is either the coil based system vs. their atomizer, or a bad batch or a black cloud hanging over me.

 

[Caridwen]

Complaints regarding specific orders or issues need to be in their forum or in Negative Reviews. As you said you wanted a response, that's the only two places where suppliers can respond.

Closing.