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Wild Turkey is reported to be a reverse steeping and is a dry Turkish blend that is more pipe than Camel and which I found rather bland. Humpback and Godz'nilla from QuickNic were more Camel-like to my tastebuds.

I haven't had Wild Turkey yet, but I did like Humpback quite a bit. Sahara Blend from Ahlusion has been my favorite Turkish vape so far.
 

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Ok - one last question before I pull trigger. Should I get these in 18mg? I've been mostly on 24mg, and have had found a few in 18mg a little lacking in throat hit. Now that could be because of my weak noob setup - which will soon change at the end of the week.

What do you recommend? I know there may be a bit more nicotene in the NET's which is why I'm asking...

I would hate to get a ton of juices in 18 and have them be too light, but I also don't want to blow my head off with the 24 if they are more like 30+ due to being NETs.

The amount of nicotine added from the extracted tobacco is negligible, so choose the same level you normally do. For the most part 18mg is still 18mg.
 

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Attention fellow NETters!

Be sure to vote in the Best of 2013 poll here.. http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=503973

Only vape NETs? Get loose with the categories.. best fruit, pick a fruit-bacco. Best candy or dessert, pick a flavored tobacco like caramel or vanilla.. or just a really sweet NET.
 

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After being off cigarettes completely for almost 4 years I still love my tobacco flavors. I'm just getting into NETs, starting with Vapor Zone's Tobacco Red, double flavor shot, which is simply awesome and keeps getting better as it steeps. Also bought some HHV Legend, which I really like, sweet and tasty. Working on a fixed income makes it hard to try all the flavors I'd like to try. I got some good ideas from this thread, and if anyone can recommend a NET similar to Red Tobacco or Legend (sweet Kentucky tobacco) I'd love to hear it. Also, what is reverse steeping??
 

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if anyone can recommend a NET similar to Red Tobacco or Legend (sweet Kentucky tobacco) I'd love to hear it. Also, what is reverse steeping??

So many NETs are available now in the retail marketplace that giving recommendations is much more challenging than it was a year ago. Easier for us if you go to the various NET vendor sites, read the descriptions of the juices, and then ask us about specific ones.

A "reverse steeper" is a juice that's best when fresh and tends to go downhill in flavor as it ages, like a Beaujolais in wine. Not every juice improves with age.
 

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After being off cigarettes completely for almost 4 years I still love my tobacco flavors. I'm just getting into NETs, starting with Vapor Zone's Tobacco Red, double flavor shot, which is simply awesome and keeps getting better as it steeps. Also bought some HHV Legend, which I really like, sweet and tasty. Working on a fixed income makes it hard to try all the flavors I'd like to try. I got some good ideas from this thread, and if anyone can recommend a NET similar to Red Tobacco or Legend (sweet Kentucky tobacco) I'd love to hear it. Also, what is reverse steeping??

I just checked VaporZone.. not a NET, so hard to make NET recommendations based on it. What's it taste like and what do you like about it?
 

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Has anyone here vaped both Big Spirit and one of the Nat Sherman NETs from NETcom who cares to compare and contrast the two?

I haven't had NS from NETcom, just BS (which I love). I do have an American Spirit and NS MCD extracted juices made by Bill though. At first, the NS was a clear winner for me, but that's changed. I really love them both, they are both awesome cig style vapes that really hit the spot first vape of the morning (much like that first cig did). Also fantastic for anytime, medium impact, no-nonsense straight tobacco satisfaction.

The American Spirit seems more robust, a little drier, and a bit more straight tobacco kick. The NS is smoother, a tad milder, with different tobacco notes. AS seems more like a RYO and NT seems more like a quality factory made, filtered cig. Lately AS I'd rate slightly higher than NS MCD. Of course, that again may change as my mood changes.

Either way, big thumbs up for me when it comes to NET juices made from quality cig tobacco. I was thinking of voting Big Spirit from NETcom as the best tobacco in the Best of 2013 poll. It was really the first representation of a great, straight cig experience with extracted tobacco. I went with Sahara Blend though, as for me it showed how great a synthetic/NET hybrid can be, and what can I say, I'm a sucker for Turkish.
 

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I just checked VaporZone.. not a NET, so hard to make NET recommendations based on it. What's it taste like and what do you like about it?
I just googled best tobacco ejuices and this one came up, thought it said it was natural. Certainly tastes fabulous, but hard to explain. I always have found that 'in house' Marlboro flavors to be very good most of the time. It has a definite tobacco that is mild and slightly sweet. Every vendor is different. A long time ago a vendor I've since forgotten sold Marlboro Red, (I'm sure they were forced to change the name and I can't find them now). Always liked FSUSA's Maxxblend and Wayatt Earp but it sometimes burns at 5 volts. Desert Ship from Parkes is complex and tasty. But HHVs Legend and VZs Red Tobacco has sparked my interest in finding new tobacco juices. The Plume Room will be my next stop but I'll go back to HHV. What is similar to Legend/Gandolf? I can google NET vendors but it's always nice to hear personal recommendations.
 
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...Either way, big thumbs up for me when it comes to NET juices made from quality cig tobacco. I was thinking of voting Big Spirit from NETcom as the best tobacco in the Best of 2013 poll. It was really the first representation of a great, straight cig experience with extracted tobacco. I went with Sahara Blend though, as for me it showed how great a synthetic/NET hybrid can be, and what can I say, I'm a sucker for Turkish.

Gotta agree with ya Jerms. When it comes to an authentic cigarette... Big Spirits is an outstanding vape for outright straight up tobacco flavor & taste. The touch of sweetness it has really solidifies it as a definite Best in 2013.

However, my 2nd choice belongs to an unexpected late comer that I've recently tried. Wild Turkey from GeJ has come out of no where with its Turkish flavor to claim a noticeable spot in rotations. Really loving the 'Turkey'. Will definitely order more of it. I'll most likely go with 18mg instead of 12mg for a little more strength and TH. I might add that Wrangler Light is a very good juice as well. It too - is worthy of a rotation spot.
 

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Booya! H1N1 has made a fairly dramatic transformation since I first tried it. This NET is absolutely loaded with flavors, I think you're really going to like it Dusty. Kind of wished I had vaped it more earlier to understand the changes more but oh well, maybe next time.

Not sure how to describe it, there's a lot going on. In a good way though, it's not a mess like Ravyn. The flavor notes run along the desert category, mainly candy bar as many have said. Noticable caramel and/or butterscotch notes, possible nougat and chocolate tones.. those types of flavors. And yes peanut, which seems a little more buried under the other flavors than when fresh.

It'll take me a bit to decide how I feel about the nut notes, but it does seem much more palatable here than other nutty vapes I've had. There's tobacco to be found, but it'll take some time with the Virus to get a feel of it and describe it accurately.
 

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I just googled best tobacco ejuices and this one came up, thought it said it was natural. Certainly tastes fabulous, but hard to explain. I always have found that 'in house' Marlboro flavors to be very good most of the time. It has a definite tobacco that is mild and slightly sweet. Every vendor is different. A long time ago a vendor I've since forgotten sold Marlboro Red, (I'm sure they were forced to change the name and I can't find them now). Always liked FSUSA's Maxxblend and Wayatt Earp but it sometimes burns at 5 volts. Desert Ship from Parkes is complex and tasty. But HHVs Legend and VZs Red Tobacco has sparked my interest in finding new tobacco juices. The Plume Room will be my next stop but I'll go back to HHV. What is similar to Legend/Gandolf? I can google NET vendors but it's always nice to hear personal recommendations.

Unless a vendor states that it's an extracted tobacco, it's probably synthetic flavors. Even if they say the flavor is natural, that doesn't point to it being an actual extract made with tobacco leaves.

Hard to suggest NETs based on liking one from HHV other than to try others from HHV. They kind of have that type of dessert-feel tobacco made from an alcohol extraction on lock-down, and are the best at it. Many come highly recommended from them; Huntman, Dark Horse, Serendipity, Dragon's Fire, Heavenly Army, Pirate's Booty, etc. MountainOakVapor's Pendragon and Sunday Morning are also great juices in a somewhat similar style to HHV.

The Plume Room is a good place to try. Since your also a fan of synthetics I'd recommend their Smooth & Mild, which is my favorite synthetic tobacco. For NETs, their Candied Cavendish, Burley & Candy, and Honey-Fig tobacco are great. Since you like marb type synthetics, M-Type may be worth a try from them too.
 

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Booya! H1N1 has made a fairly dramatic transformation since I first tried it. This NET is absolutely loaded with flavors, I think you're really going to like it Dusty. Kind of wished I had vaped it more earlier to understand the changes more but oh well, maybe next time.

Not sure how to describe it, there's a lot going on. In a good way though, it's not a mess like Ravyn. The flavor notes run along the desert category, mainly candy bar as many have said. Noticable caramel and/or butterscotch notes, possible nougat and chocolate tones.. those types of flavors. And yes peanut, which seems a little more buried under the other flavors than when fresh.

It'll take me a bit to decide how I feel about the nut notes, but it does seem much more palatable here than other nutty vapes I've had. There's tobacco to be found, but it'll take some time with the Virus to get a feel of it and describe it accurately.

Good to know! How old did you say your batch was?!


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Gotta agree with ya Jerms. When it comes to an authentic cigarette... Big Spirits is an outstanding vape for outright straight up tobacco flavor & taste. The touch of sweetness it has really solidifies it as a definite Best in 2013.

However, my 2nd choice belongs to an unexpected late comer that I've recently tried. Wild Turkey from GeJ has come out of no where with its Turkish flavor to claim a noticeable spot in rotations. Really loving the 'Turkey'. Will definitely order more of it. I'll most likely go with 18mg instead of 12mg for a little more strength and TH. I might add that Wrangler Light is a very good juice as well. It too - is worthy of a rotation spot.

Dry but a touch of sweet, medium unflavored tobaccos that results from cig tobacco extracts really does hit the spot for me. They almost seem to make a more pure tobacco experience than pipe NETs, which often involved tobaccos with more flavorings and casing and are often more sweet. Cig NETs may not be as interesting or complex as pipe NETs, but what they offer makes up for that. Just like I always want an English pipe blend vape on hand, I'll also now always want a cig vape in my rotation too.

I agree about Wrangler Light being a very good juice as well. I voted it in the NETty awards as best cig NET. Nick goes in a different direction than using actual cig tobacco; he picked out a variety to approximate a Marlboro light experience including some cased in chocolate flavors (a note many cigs, including Marbs, have). He did the same with the newer Analog, using a variety of tobacco types that one doesn't really find in most cigs.
 

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Unless a vendor states that it's an extracted tobacco, it's probably synthetic flavors. Even if they say the flavor is natural, that doesn't point to it being an actual extract made with tobacco leaves.

Hard to suggest NETs based on liking one from HHV other than to try others from HHV. They kind of have that type of dessert-feel tobacco made from an alcohol extraction on lock-down, and are the best at it. Many come highly recommended from them; Huntman, Dark Horse, Serendipity, Dragon's Fire, Heavenly Army, Pirate's Booty, etc. MountainOakVapor's Pendragon and Sunday Morning are also great juices in a somewhat similar style to HHV.

The Plume Room is a good place to try. Since your also a fan of synthetics I'd recommend their Smooth & Mild, which is my favorite synthetic tobacco. For NETs, their Candied Cavendish, Burley & Candy, and Honey-Fig tobacco are great. Since you like marb type synthetics, M-Type may be worth a try from them too.

I watch out for that too. Unless it plainly states “Naturally Extracted Tobacco from Real Tobacco”… I really don’t want it. I love the NETs, and don’t want synthetics, or strong fruity stuff. I’m looking forward to trying Legend, Huntsman, Heavenly Army, and Dragon’s Fire from HHV. They are next on my list to order from. ;)

… I agree about Wrangler Light being a very good juice as well. I voted it in the NETty awards as best cig NET. Nick goes in a different direction than using actual cig tobacco; he picked out a variety to approximate a Marlboro light experience including some cased in chocolate flavors (a note many cigs, including Marbs, have). He did the same with the newer Analog, using a variety of tobacco types that one doesn't really find in most cigs.

Nick did a fine job on WL. I get more of a natural sweetness than I do chocolate notes. Suites me just fine though. It’s a perfect blend.
 

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Easy to esplain (as Jerms asks): First off, Shatner sent me a sample of it, and I was hesitant to try it because it did mention a Peanut flavor to it. But Shatner insisted that he couldn't taste any nut to it. So I tried it. I noticed the nuttiness to it, that slight hazelnut wafer type flavor found in many cookies, wafers. It's light, mixed well with the tobacco and is then dripped in chocolate...

That's good you tried it despite the nut, I'm just thinking Gambler would deserve the same fair shot you gave H1N1, which is why I suggested requesting a small sample. Keep in mind I've tried neither, but have tried several juices I normally wouldn't order, liked some (home-made Clove) and didn't for others (Rayven) 8-o
 
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