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Full Virginia Flake, vaped on my VAMO at 9 watts in the 1.2 ohm IGO-L = Probably one of the best RY4's I have had the pleasure in vaping in my short 2.5 months, right next to the QnJ ouR whY qu4tro. The vanilla and caramel are in perfect unison as a solid background flavor, while the pipe tobacco remains the prominent flavor in this juice.

That's awesome that you're enjoying FVF. I very much enjoy it too, but my tastebuds interpret it differently than yours. For me, the sweets were more prominent, while the tobacco was slightly in the background. Of course this was shortly after I vaped a bottle of GJ4, which (to me, anyway) has much more of a tobacco kick with the sweets in a supporting role.
 

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I posted this in the TA thread, but Velvet Vapors says they sell natural tobaccos, and they do for all intents and purposes, but when I talked to them they told me that they use TA. It was cool talking with them as they told me what flavorings they use. You got to love transparency, or at least not evasiveness.
 

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While we are on this topic, Tez generously donated a sample of ole BWB RY4 to me, and well steeped at that. Man, this stuff is really, really good. It is fully apparent how it built its rep and legend. Exquisitely balances by Donley's expert hand. One of the smoothest and most balanced vapes I have ever had. The balance of the subtle caramel, ever so fragile spun sugar, and that BWB signature fresh, leafy tobacco net is really, really fine. People who have only ever vaped standard artibacco RY4 wouldn't even recognize this as an RY4...and I mean that in a great way. This is exactly what am net RY4 SHOULD be. I have not been able to put it down all afternoon and evening...and i have fresh tanks of maple burley, managua, dd, louisville, Boba's and long bottom leaf sitting right next to me. This is only the second of some 60 juices I have tried, the other being BGB, that I could honestly say if I was forced to vape it and it alone for life I would be damn satisfied with that. ALV (all life vape). Unexpected these feelings to be sure, but it really is that good.
 

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While we are on this topic, Tez generously donated a sample of ole BWB RY4 to me, and well steeped at that. Man, this stuff is really, really good. It is fully apparent how it built its rep and legend. Exquisitely balances by Donley's expert hand. One of the smoothest and most balanced vapes I have ever had. The balance of the subtle caramel, ever so fragile spun sugar, and that BWB signature fresh, leafy tobacco net is really, really fine. People who have only ever vaped standard artibacco RY4 wouldn't even recognize this as an RY4...and I mean that in a great way. This is exactly what am net RY4 SHOULD be. I have not been able to put it down all afternoon and evening...and i have fresh tanks of maple burley, managua, dd, louisville, Boba's and long bottom leaf sitting right next to me. This is only the second of some 60 juices I have tried, the other being BGB, that I could honestly say if I was forced to vape it and it alone for life I would be damn satisfied with that. ALV (all life vape). Unexpected these feelings to be sure, but it really is that good.

That was very cool of Tez to hook you up. Speaking of wonderful vapes that can't be ordered; I had this little glass bottle of a beta NET from MOV with just a ? written on it hiding in my steep box, half full. Kind of forgot about it. No idea what's in it, but o my god is it amazing. It's a leafy tasting tobacco like used in PenD, with another flavor, I don't know if it's vanilla or some kind of cream. It's steeped into this flavor, because I don't think it was this good before. I want a big bottle of this, but will have to settle with the 1.5ml before it's gone forever.

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That was very cool of Tez to hook you up. Speaking of wonderful vapes that can't be ordered; I had this little glass bottle of a beta NET from MOV with just a ? written on it hiding in my steep box, half full. Kind of forgot about it. No idea what's in it, but o my god is it amazing. It's a leafy tasting tobacco like used in PenD, with another flavor, I don't know if it's vanilla or some kind of cream. It's steeped into this flavor, because I don't think it was this good before. I want a big bottle of this, but will have to settle with the 1.5ml before it's gone forever.

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You could always email them and see if they recall what beta NET they had sent out to you? And let them know how good it is, and perhaps they'll put it back into production :) It might have gotten lost in the expansion/remodel.
 

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You could always email them and see if they recall what beta NET they had sent out to you? And let them know how good it is, and perhaps they'll put it back into production :) It might have gotten lost in the expansion/remodel.

I got them from another vaper who sent them with some other betas of theirs to give feedback on. When I inquired info on them from the guy at MOV I mentioned the ? bottle but got no info on it. Maybe it was top secret or more likely what it was was forgotten.

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Damn. Farewell mystery juice...we barely knew he

Tez is a superstar, period

Pendragon is one of te contenders for the dedicated juice for my new Gentry. VB ain't making the final contender list. So far it is Pendragon vs Coventry. I want a slightly sweet, super smoothe, well balanced juice. What other juices should be finalists?
 

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Damn. Farewell mystery juice...we barely knew he

Tez is a superstar, period

Pendragon is one of te contenders for the dedicated juice for my new Gentry. VB ain't making the final contender list. So far it is Pendragon vs Coventry. I want a slightly sweet, super smoothe, well balanced juice. What other juices should be finalists?

I'm crazy about PenD. If I was one to dedicate a device to a juice that one and Vita would make the cut. Have you had Vurley or Vanilla Wild Woods from Ahlusion yet?

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My fear with Vurley is how similar BGB and MB are. Both excellent, and BGB might be the best NET on the market, But similar I only desire to have one tanked up and ready at a time.

When I first tried Vurley, it surprised me. I was expecting big tobacco with a nice vanilla in the background. Instead, it was a brilliant combination of a bold tobacco and a brightly sweet vanilla. Most of the flavored aromatics I've had use the non-tobacco flavor in a complementary way. Vurley is different. The tobacco and the vanilla are pleasantly aggressive.

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Damn. Farewell mystery juice...we barely knew he

Tez is a superstar, period

Pendragon is one of te contenders for the dedicated juice for my new Gentry. VB ain't making the final contender list. So far it is Pendragon vs Coventry. I want a slightly sweet, super smoothe, well balanced juice. What other juices should be finalists?

It's really early to tell, but I think Coventry takes that title. Easily. The vanilla Cavendish really rounds it out. It has all 3 of your requirements. More so than PenD, imo.
 

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It's really early to tell, but I think Coventry takes that title. Easily. The vanilla Cavendish really rounds it out. It has all 3 of your requirements. More so than PenD, imo.

I have no doubt it is too early with a large majority of the NET's I've tried needing at least a week or two if not a month or two of steep time before they come into their own. BGB from A+ and all of the W2V's being the exceptions I can recall off of the top of my head.

I ordered up two 10ml sample packs of N-E-T.com's pipe tobaccos... I basically got everything that didn't list latika in it and I doubled up on the Cris Blend to round out the 6 selections. So I have Black Cavendish, Chris Blend ( x2 ), Coventry, Dover Court, and Gold coming when they finally ship. I will likely, as budget permits, go back and get the cigar blends later.

I've killed my vape budget... during a slow part of my business at that, but I'm stocked on all I "must have" for now... First I got large bottles of the important stuff... HHV Serendipity ( their others are good, but that one works all day if needed ), 3 big bottles ( 1 ea ) of A+ BWB, Sahara and Desperado, 3 small bottles of A+ JG Blend, Smooth Criminal, Gold Rising and Winter Wild Wood with plans to try about 3-4 more of their aromatics when the budget allows.... Where I really killed it at... hardware. I added 10 more Evods, 1 Protank, 3 Mini ProTanks plus 35 replacement head/coils for the Kangers ... A Segelie #20 ( which needed the switch fixed ), a 2nd VAMO ( SS ) and a small L-Rider Robust. I also managed to win a GotVapes contest that provided me another mech mod... a Youde UDT-V8 as well as an early model AGA-T ( threaded top )

The Ahlusion non-aromatics are just about steeped and ready with about 3-4 weeks or more on them. The Sahara is being different than what everyone else is reporting... It shipped on June 5 and instead of turning a pink color... it's going to amber. Perhaps the difference is that I get it in 6mg or that I got it 30PG / 70VG mix.... I don't know. The taste seems to be like what many have mentioned so I guess it doesn't matter what the color is.
 

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On the topic of Turkish tobaccos the Quicknic Name Your Juice Turkish is blossoming for me as well with some steeping. It's a bold, non nonsense oriental type juice. It's quite different to Sahara from ahlusion. It's got distinct medium spectrum cigar notes in it and a hint of grass.

These are my two favourite turkish tobaccos at the moment.

I've been vaping Sahara Blend all morning (thanks Chohan) and once again it doesn't fit my profile. There must be something wrong with me because I just cannot get into Ahlusion juices. I know I am one of the few. There is something synthetic/plasticky about them to me. I tried folks...14 of them. I really tried. I'll still recommend them to anyone who asks because they are so well-received by many. I much prefer QnJ's Hump Back for it's authenticity. In fact, I just received a 30ml bottle of it from QnJ along with a 30ml bottle of Fire in the Hole.
 

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I have heard great things about Ahlusion, but when I checked out their site they warned about their NETs being particularly partical-laden and thick. I use a Vamo, generally with a protank, or other Kanger BCC clearos (T3s and EVODs specifically). Should I worry about Ahlusion NETs not working well with these devices? And if it's a green light, what do you experts suggest I start with from them?

Lefty, I'll echo what the others have said. There is nothing to be concerned about with running A+ in your devices.
 

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Like others said, Ahlusion NETs are clean, you're good.

For suggestions, mine is to try MountainOakVapors NETs. I love HHV and GeJ, you love HHV and GeJ. I love MOV, you may dig them too. My favorites from them are Pendragon (similar to HHV's style), Southern Gentleman, and Apache (if you want to try a really bold vape).

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Jerms, I tried my first MOV (Apache) and was duly impressed.
 

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I've been vaping Sahara Blend all morning (thanks Chohan) and once again it doesn't fit my profile. There must be something wrong with me because I just cannot get into Ahlusion juices. I know I am one of the few. There is something synthetic/plasticky about them to me. I tried folks...14 of them. I really tried. I'll still recommend them to anyone who asks because they are so well-received by many. I much prefer QnJ's Hump Back for it's authenticity. In fact, I just received a 30ml bottle of it from QnJ along with a 30ml bottle of Fire in the Hole.
To me Sahara Blend still seems dominated by a Top Dressing spice flavor that isn't really tobacco-like per se, but maybe something that would usually be much more in the background as a top note.

Hmmm...a little like Red Cream Soda....ginger-like.....maybe Sahara isn't a reference to Camel cigarettes.....Cardamom Shisha???
 

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I've been vaping Sahara Blend all morning (thanks Chohan) and once again it doesn't fit my profile. There must be something wrong with me because I just cannot get into Ahlusion juices. I know I am one of the few. There is something synthetic/plasticky about them to me. I tried folks...14 of them. I really tried. I'll still recommend them to anyone who asks because they are so well-received by many. I much prefer QnJ's Hump Back for it's authenticity. In fact, I just received a 30ml bottle of it from QnJ along with a 30ml bottle of Fire in the Hole.

You see. That's class.

Good show, Bronze!

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To me Sahara Blend still seems dominated by a Top Dressing spice flavor that isn't really tobacco-like per se, but maybe something that would usually be much more in the background as a top note.

Hmmm...a little like Red Cream Soda....ginger-like.....maybe Sahara isn't a reference to Camel cigarettes.....Cardamom Shisha???

I found it to be very nutty...almost 555-like. Maybe that's what you mean by the spicy top dressing? It is wholly different to QnJ's Hump Back. Not even close to the same flavor.
 
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