My first day

[Pipeous]

I got my ego t today and have been experimenting a bit. I started with some dekang ruyan 4. it has a great throat hit but the after taste was really getting to me. such a strange taste. I bought a bunch of flavours to DIY, no nic vg and nic pg... I love licorice and mixed up some 75/25 pg/vg with about 10% flavour. I decided to squirt some with a syringe into my tank and mix it up since I had used about 1/4 tank.... a few puffs later and feel it ended with something vapable. I actually haven't smoked an analog since mixing this stuff... I don't want to waste the ry4, and I can live with this. I mixed 3ml bottle of the licorice and just made another 3ml of the ry4 and licorice mix and mixed a second tank

I'll experiment with other flavours as I go and will even try the licorice alone, as well as others. but I will say I don't much like this ry4 and if I hadn't ordered the extra flavours to mix my own, I might not have had a very good initial start. now I feel pretty good about this vaping thing..

 

[VAPOINSANO]

congratulations Pipeous


let the vaping games begin !

 

[Bootsand]

...and it only gets better

 

[Pipeous]

cheers guys. I am just looking over my flavours and trying to decide what else to mix up... I got some dk tab but now not even sure I want to try it based on the smell of it. this concoction I am vaping is still a little odd but at least that bad aftertaste is gone. I won't be buying any more ry4.... probably give that to a buddy to try.

better not mix too much or I won't remember what bottle is what... where's my sharpy

am just trying some licorice mix itself. interesting. it is a strong flavour with lots of TH ... these batteries kick too. still on first charge first battery and have been playing around for almost 8 hrs... and I know I have been heavy on it.

 

[BlondieLocs]

I got my ego t today and have been experimenting a bit. I started with some dekang ruyan 4. it has a great throat hit but the after taste was really getting to me. such a strange taste. I bought a bunch of flavours to DIY, no nic vg and nic pg... I love licorice and mixed up some 75/25 pg/vg with about 10% flavour. I decided to squirt some with a syringe into my tank and mix it up since I had used about 1/4 tank.... a few puffs later and feel it ended with something vapable. I actually haven't smoked an analog since mixing this stuff... I don't want to waste the ry4, and I can live with this. I mixed 3ml bottle of the licorice and just made another 3ml of the ry4 and licorice mix and mixed a second tank

I'll experiment with other flavours as I go and will even try the licorice alone, as well as others. but I will say I don't much like this ry4 and if I hadn't ordered the extra flavours to mix my own, I might not have had a very good initial start. now I feel pretty good about this vaping thing..

RY4 was one of the first flavours I ever ordered. It is different. And can vary greatly between manufacturers. Not sure which you got. What does it taste like to you?

From my personal experience, I can tell you that if you find it too sickly sweet/caramelly - as I did from time to time - that RY4 mixes really well with other flavours. In the past, I've mixed it with watermelon, mango, cheesecake, cappuccino, and a few other flavours.

Also try adding some of your flavourless PG nic to it. If you dilute the flavour a bit, you might just find that you like it.

 

[DemonCleaner]

I've only tried ry4 from one supplier and I likened the taste to what vomit would taste like after gorging on caramel Sundaes. Quite abhorrent actually. That's why I keep a bottle of ms t's strong menthol on hand and just menthol the crap out of juice I don't like. Plus it's good on it's own. No flavor really...just sinus clearing, holy schneikes kind of menthol.

 

[Pipeous]

ya it's the dekang ry4. it is just an odd flavour. mostly the aftertaste I don't like. after mixing up some licorice and tossing that in it's been vapable. I tried the licorice I had mixed by itself and found 10% flavour too much to vape by itself. it was really strong. I had to go to a co op meeting and managed to even take a couple hits while sitting in there. I went out with the smokers after but it's so friggin cold out I just came home. so glad I don't have to worry about that. I had my analogs with me and handed a couple out. it's odd but as the day goes my cravings for them are less and less. if I'd gone cold turkey my family would have been out buying me a pack by now as they can't stand being around me. I've had 5 analogs today, compared to a normal 25-30 a day habit so it's going well.

I am getting to like this flavour concoction now. glad to hear others feel the same about this ry4. the site reviews looked great and when I tasted it I was like, people think this tastes good? even the girls didn't like the smell but don't mind it now I added licorice. I might try adding black cherry or something. I'll use it up but I have to add something to stand it.

 

[BlondieLocs]

ya it's the dekang ry4. <snip> glad to hear others feel the same about this ry4. the site reviews looked great and when I tasted it I was like, people think this tastes good? even the girls didn't like the smell but don't mind it now I added licorice. I might try adding black cherry or something. I'll use it up but I have to add something to stand it.

Dekang RY4 was what I used to vape. One thing to remember is that a majority of the reviews are done by American smokers, so they're used to the sweeter tobacco that I think smells like manure. I was also living in the US when I started vaping, so that might be why I was able to stomach it... having just come off of Marlboro Lights.

 

[Vesparado]

Stick with it. I went through lot of different juice before I found something that I could vape all day.

 

[Switched]

I don't know why Dekang changed their RY4 flavour. The original was quite tasty and was the liquid that got me off analogs on a 510 of course. I know many folks are upset over the Dekang switch. There are many variations of RY4 out there and yes some are outright sickening.

 

[Pipeous]

ok, I just posted in the dyi section on flavours. I am about to crash out... these perfumer's apprentice flavourings have been a real let down too. so far only the lorann's licorice has tasted anything like the name on the bottle implies. the rest test like perfume to me. the black cherry was the only one from PA I could handle.

 

[BlondieLocs]

ok, I just posted in the dyi section on flavours. I am about to crash out... these perfumer's apprentice flavourings have been a real let down too. so far only the lorann's licorice has tasted anything like the name on the bottle implies. the rest test like perfume to me. the black cherry was the only one from PA I could handle.

I've never tried PA... I use primarily LorAnn's, but one thing to remember: When you first start vaping, your taste buds are pretty much dead. If a certain flavour is not working for you right now, leave it and come back to it later. You might find it to be what you were looking for once your taste buds come back.

Another thing that may help, if you are not already doing so, is to exhale through your nose. A lot of our sense of taste is based on our sense of smell.

 

[Pipeous]

I wish it was just dead taste buds but my garage even smells perfumy now. my hands smell perfumy from mixing even after washing. and the brandy was the absolutely worst taste I have ever had in my mouth. that was the worst as it was seriously like spritzing my mouth with a perfume bottle. the dekang ry4 with a bit of licorice is the only taste in all these flavours I can handle. I still have to try the black cherry on it's own. I'll wait for tomorrow to try that one.

I was expecting a world of nice flavours, not this.

 

[BlondieLocs]

I wish it was just dead taste buds but my garage even smells perfumy now. my hands smell perfumy from mixing even after washing. and the brandy was the absolutely worst taste I have ever had in my mouth. that was the worst as it was seriously like spritzing my mouth with a perfume bottle. the dekang ry4 with a bit of licorice is the only taste in all these flavours I can handle. I still have to try the black cherry on it's own. I'll wait for tomorrow to try that one.

I was expecting a world of nice flavours, not this.

Tell us what flavours you bought... Maybe you'll get some advice on what you can work with.

 

[dopeh]

I was expecting a world of nice flavours, not this.

When I first started I bought a lot of flavours I thought I would like but turns out they are best reserved for food, not vape (lol)

Keep trying stuff, you'll find your favourites soon enough - grampa once said to me "keep it simple, stupid."

And yes, do tell us what you got and what you think of each, so we can help ya!

 

[rachelcoffe]

Pipeous, I know that some of the Perfumer's Apprentice flavours have been accused of being "perfumey" but I can absolutely assure you that is not true for all of them!

If you'll send me a PM with your mailing address, I would be happy to send you a dram bottle of read-to-vape juice (18mg nic strength) made with their Cola (Tri) flavour. It is effing awesome & totally realistic. In about 2 weeks from now I can send you a sample made with their Dill Pickle, which also rules. Give their Pizza a try too, excellent throat hit & flavour (and not perfumey at all).

Happy vaping & all the best!

 

[Switched]

ok, I just posted in the dyi section on flavours. I am about to crash out... these perfumer's apprentice flavourings have been a real let down too. so far only the lorann's licorice has tasted anything like the name on the bottle implies. the rest test like perfume to me. the black cherry was the only one from PA I could handle.

FWIW I can't stand PA flavours neither. Some folks do swear by them though. Could be our body chemistries, who knows?

 

[hotone]

My suggestion is to try some other things besides tobacco flavours. I got a bunch in the beginning and never finished them.

Taste is subjective and a lot has to do with what food, drinks or other items that we are tickling our taste buds with. Just brush your teeth and have a glass of orange juice right after.

Something tastes too sweet try it with after a sweet treat and it will be tone it down for you. If you are a heavy coffee drinker you probably are not going to like any flavours that do not taste good with coffee.

Pizza We mixed this at one of the GTA get togethers. It does taste exactly like pizza, imho there are some flavours that were not meant to be vaped. I do agree that it was not perfumy at all.

 

[lelly]

So far all I have tried is the PA flavors. I didn't like most of them (RY4, bubble gum, cappucino, milk chocolate, caramel, waffle, cookie, butter (popcorn), beer, cola to name a few) except the fruit ones, and most of those I mix up with all of the vendor tobacco flavors that I didn't like and the PA oak wood to make like Peachwood Tobacco, one of my faves. I know alot of people drown the flavors they don't like in menthol, so may be something to have on hand if you are a menthol fan.

I just got a new order in today from Jack, all PA: black cherry, raspberry, peach, apple, pina colada, watermelon, grape juice, strawberry, double chocolate, coffee, kona coffee, and sweet cream. I will mix them all up this afternoon and let you know what I think. The fruit ones don't taste perfumey to me at all, but a lot of the others did, the RY4 tasted like flowers, lol. I find alot of them aren't a stong enough flavor for me, I even tried some at 20%. Next time I will try some Loranns or one of the other brands that jack carries, I am getting sick of fruit and need to find a good coffee or chocolate flavor.

 

[Pipeous]

I ordered Ry4 (extra in case I needed more flavour in the dekang stuff I ordered), dk tab (haven't tried this as it smells like perfume in the bottle), caramel candy, blueberry, black cherry, double choclolate and brandy.... then lorann's licorice.

I never tried the black cherry alone. I just added a couple drops to the brandy to kill that awful taste... that truly was the worst of the bunch. brandy? I shudder now to think of it.

it was getting late and I was getting frustrated. kinda like how you felt with canada post. I was all gung ho and I was mixing this way and that and every result came up with yukk. and I even tried vapin no flavoured vg through the atty until I tasted nothing, then went to the next flavour.

Brandy, I won't try again. I can't take the chance that flavour hits my tongue again
Blueberry this morning has mellowed. I am vaping it right now with no nic vg...hmm I haven't had a smoke yet and feel fine. it's much better than last night
Caramel candy I poured out but will mix some up and leave it for a day this time
Black Cherry I never mixed alone, only in brandy so no fair assessmnt
Double chocolate I put a couple drops in a tank of rt4 and it was good but so strong it was overpowering. again not a fair assesment but it wasn't floral or perfumy.

maybe that brandy crap killed my taste buds for anything else. maybe I should have gone and brushed my teeth and tried other flavours. I wasn't trying to sound like a whiner, it was just frustration, and analog withdrawal talking along with it. I was kind of mad I used smoking to kill a taste in my mouth