Just made my first batch =)

[aaron_wil]

I just made my first DIY liquid. This is going to save me .... loads of $$. I will be mixing flavors soon! Sorry for this really pointless post, but I am excited!

I have been lurking for a while now. Thanks to everyone for the posts, they have helped a lot with getting started.

 

[Schoolbob]

How much did it cost you?

 

[aaron_wil]

I purchased the artisan master kit from One Stop DIY shop. I have 60ml of 48mg nic. I vape with a low nic level (around 8-10mg). That ran me $54. But for around $15 for my favorite flavor at many different vendors, I think I will have paid off the initial investment in just a few weeks.

 

[Stosh]

LOL. cost can be such a relative thing. I DIY my juice, and the base high nicotine juice, and PG - VG to dilute makes it cheaper. Then you start buying flavors from all the different suppliers, and end up with a few dozen bottles of flavors, and looking for more. It' is worth it when you make a juice that is really good, and you know nobody else has anything that comes close, anywhere!!
Mixing up some abbie juice now, yes, abbie, abbie-normal

 

[Colts Fan]

Very cool. I just ordered the same kit yesterday. Can't wait until it arrives and I can start experimenting! Happy Mixing!!

 

[Liv2Ski]

Congrats and welcome to the DIY club.

Gee Stosh only a few dozen?????? I have real issues the DIY box is now at 185 mixing flavors.

 

[CarrieM]

I have been DIYing for 2 months. I have 40 flavors so far.. so many more to try

My next planned flavor purchases are pistachio and coffee..

 

[silkakc]

Congrats Aaron!

Once you get your favorites, it costs just a few cents a day to make it! I've been DIYing since October and I highly recommend Flavour Arts "Cookie" flavor. You mix anything with it and it tastes divine. I just found it and wish I had months ago!

 

[Stosh]

Congrats and welcome to the DIY club.

Gee Stosh only a few dozen?????? I have real issues the DIY box is now at 185 mixing flavors.

ROTFLOL don't want to scare the newcomers,
I saw thread with everyone counting their flavors, I've only found a few dozen that I like.
I just mix different combinations of those flavors!! thousands of permutations......

 

[dormouse]

I have not made a single juice yet and I have about 45 flavors from 4 brands of flavoring.

 

[FatBill]

Good times Aaron....well how did it turn out? Good? Ive done some diy.... turns out perfumey. Using flavor west flavorings.

 

[MickeyRat]

Good times Aaron....well how did it turn out? Good? Ive done some diy.... turns out perfumey. Using flavor west flavorings.

Try Flavor Art. I'm just starting myself.

 

[jbblack]

I'm using Perfumer's Apprentice for the most part. Great flavors. I do my flavors strong--usually 18-20%. It's not perfumey. The only real problem is I taste the difference when I start using premixed juice; the flavors seem far too light; guess I've been spoiled.

And to the OP, I don't think the post is pointless at all. You're saving money big-time AND you have the satisfaction of being able to concoct the perfect vape. I'd call that many things, but pointless doesn't remotely come into the picture. Gratz!

 

[nerve007]

There's nothing better than being able to make a nice juice, and being able to vape it all day and forgetting that it's homemade!

Congrats!

 

[Swarley]

Mixing up some abbie juice now, yes, abbie, abbie-normal

im not even mixing juices i just had to say lmao.i love young frankenstein

 

[Schoolbob]

I am going to have to give this a shot pretty soon.

 

[PuterGeek]

DIY has been great for me as well. Once I went to high voltage I found the liquid goes real quick. Great to save money when you can.

 

[aaron_wil]

Good times Aaron....well how did it turn out? Good? Ive done some diy.... turns out perfumey. Using flavor west flavorings.

Turned out great. I am not mixing flavors yet, but I started with White Chocolate. I made another of cotton candy to steep a few days before I use it. I did notice a significant difference in the flavor when what I made yesterday sat overnight.

 

[Spliner]

Congrats to the OP for entering the fun world of DIY! I've been mixing my own e-liquid for a little over a year now. Typically I buy nicotine base in quantities up to 250-500ml at a time these days, PG and VG by the boatloads as well. Flavorings.. I don't even want to think about how many I have. I tend to mix for my entire family of vapers which is about a half dozen people. We all pitch in on the supplies, keep em dark and keep em cool and they last a long time. I do highly recommend you invest in child resistant caps for your bottles though, especially if you have children around. You can definitely save a ton of money, but to be honest, at first you will not. You'll be ordering every flavoring under the sun to try out, which is normal, and the cost will probably go up. After a while you'll settle into a few mixes you really like and you'll start to save some coin.

Enjoy!

 

[devilmama]

I started mixing my own as well...a local bake shop sells LorAnn's flavorings so I got about 80% of the flavors they carry LOL - mixed up a chocolate praline w/ caramel and vanilla yesterday and today I can't stop vaping it...had to re-create it in a 0mg version because the nic was giving me a headache...hubby and I agree, smoking was never this enjoyable, ha ha!