LorAnn's Strength-O-Meter

[the88thcrazy]

upon making my first few batches of e-liquid this week, i've read about several flavors being insanely strong to inhale, while others remain relatively weak. So i've made this chart for all to add to, and use. i can only add about 5 flavors, but i'd be more than willing to add other people's feedback here we go...

Update 1 - now with other people's opinions! yay! (* indicates opinions of other users)

Insanely strong (use 5-10% per batch)
-Coffee*
-Wintergreen*



Pretty damn strong (10-15%)
-Chocolate Hazelnut
-Cherry*
-Lime*
-Butter Rum*
-English Toffee*
-Peppermint*
-Strawberry*



Just right (15-20%)
-Raspberry
-Tutti Fruity
-Mint Chocolate Chip
-Pralines and cream*
-Root Beer*
-Watermelon*
-Pina Colada*



Relatively weak (20-25%)
-Blackberry*
-Cranberry*



Very weak (25-30%)
-Cheesecake (but extremely tastey)

Post your experience with various LorAnn's here, and i'll add it to this chart for as long as i can.

 

[Malicedoll]

cherry is pretty damn strong.. doesn;'t take much at all..

 

[Skad]

English Toffee and Butter Rum are both pretty strong.

 

[melissa]

Key lime is very strong so is peppermint

 

[katink]

I like this idea the88thcrazy! I'm not sure if this will show to be quite subjective, just like the tastes in themselves - but I hope this won't be the case, so this 'meter' will show to be pretty usable for all.
And if it is, then perhaps likewise 'meters' for the other brands, like Fairy's, or Bickfords... nice idea!

 

[Walrus]

Coffee is insanely strong.

 

[KreeL]

I tried the butter rum - it's very tasty and quite strong.

 

[vaporize me]

Walrus, I have heard that the coffee has oil and or coloring in it and from what I understand it is to be avoided. Are you having any atomizer issues with it? I had ordered the Lorann coffee, along with other questionable flavors, but I set it aside until further notice.

Never mind walrus...TW's chart confuses me.

 

[fiddler]

Relatively weak - Blackberry, Cranberry
Just Right - Pralines and cream, Root beer
Pretty damn strong - Key lime

More coming...

 

[badmonkey]

I haven't tried many, but I'd say:

Strong: Wintergreen Flavor
Fairly Strong: Cherry, Rootbeer, Strawberry
Just Right: Pina Colada, Watermelon

 

[Kate]

Key lime is insanely strong.

Apple and coconut are very weak (the coconut smells lovely but tastes weak).

 

[lewnworx]

My $0.02 and a word of caution:

In addition to filtering the list of Lorann's for the ones that have oils, based off what I've read here, I found another potential concern on some of them:

Several of the Lorann's flavors have an additional warning on the side of the bottle:

"Avoid contact with mucous membranes"

Now, dunno about your folks but I consider my lungs to be pretty much well into the mucous membranes category.

Flavors I noticed that had this warning were:

Wintergreen
Spearmint
Cinnamon extract

Of the ones they had at the local hobby lobby, I only found these that both DIDN'T have oils listed (i.e. PG, Flavoring & Alcohol only) and DID NOT have the "Avoid contact with mucous membranes" on the label:

Orange, Strawberry and Grape (which I bought)

And a couple others that I didn't.

Just a FYI. Dunno if it has a bearing or not, but I'd rather play safe than sorry.

 

[ROB26]

lewnworx, thanks for the heads up, I'm with you, I think I'll stay away from the ones labeled "avoid contact with Mucus membranes", just to be safe...I ordered a bunch of flavors today, unfortunately, one of them was Cinnamon . I'm also wondering if they are referring to the nostrils, as those flavors seem to be ones that could really burn the nose, throat etc. Anyhow, I'll let everyone know how I like my new flavors. I picked up my first 2 bottles at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago, along with some Wilton Glycerine. I've been mixing the English Toffee flavoring with Coffee and Cappucino...pretty good stuff! It's all that I've vaped since I got the stuff! I can't wait to start mixing up some new concoctions!

Anyone know how long it generally takes to receive an order?

 

[Starlight]

Maybe I'm being thick or blind but I can't see the warning about mucous membranes anywhere on any of my bottles from the Lorann "Super Strength Flavors (Candy Oils)" section.

Apart from which, they're food flavourings, so when eaten all of them would come in contact with mouths - which are, I believe, mucous membranes.

I may be wrong but the Lorann flavourings that are recommended for use for vaping are from the "Super Strength Flavors (Candy Oils)" in the "Gourmet" section, not from other areas of the site? Are you sure you're buying the right ones and not ones for aromatherapy or fragrance?

 

[MaxPower]

I'm gettin ready to start makin my own liquid and I thought I'd bump this up to see if there were any additions to the list.

Also, are the bickford flavors relatively the same in strength?

 

[chief druid]

just bought caramel and strawberry-kiwi ... only had time to mess with the caramel so far with the rich tobacco ecopure as a base .... i'm my opinion ... i'd say its a bit on the weak side ... smells luuuuurvley though ...

 

[crm114]

Rob26
just an FYI Cinnamon oil can cause burns to skin if in strong enough concentration

 

[Zben504]

Someone should sticky this.

 

[Elle]

i've tried the prailines and cream, also the marshmallow; both of which i'd say are "just right" flavor wise, the prailines being the stronger of the two.

on the way i have cotton candy, cinnamon ROLL, cheesecake, champagne, and blueberry- i'll update when they get here

 

[seminolewind]

"Avoid contact with mucous membranes". That's straight up flavoring, and because it will burn on sensitive skin. Diluted into a vape juice, probably not a problem, but with cinnamon, some candy is hot and burns, so I would be careful with it.