New batch of Bobas is thinner/lighter

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Pooladdict247

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Hello everyone,
First off thank you everyone for the info from this site, since Ive read so much from here I had to register and get involved. Quit analogs Jan 3rd, so Im still green. Please be gentle :D Started with V2 cigs standard penstyle 808 with cartos, after about a month I moved up to a Silver Bullet. Shortly after getting my SB I got about 6 sample bottles from avejuice.com. After trying each one i knew Bobas was gonna be my daily vape. Top notch juices all around imo. So I ordered a 100ml 18mg bottle of bobas. After about month and a half coming to the bottom of the bottle, smile empty soul style:cool:, I was planning for vapebash in search of another all day vape.

Went to vapebash, bought a bunch of new juices and some sweet hardware. JY4 100%vg from RAWR vapor(in the running for 2nd all day vape) and Nostalgia 50/50 from NamberJuice really stood out and are definite reorders for me. Was hoping to score a kick there, but was unsuccessful as none were avail.
Been trying to get my dad to stop smoking since i quit, so while at vapebash I stopped at altsmoke and bought him a SB w/kick sleeve, 2 aw 18650s, charger, 1.5 atty, DCT tank and some turkish tobacco. My dad successfully quit and began to grow tired of the turkish tobacco, I let him try my bobas and he loved it. I was able to score a kick starter kit off nhaler a few days ago:party:. When I got it I couldnt believe the boost it gave:vapor: I decided to lower my nic level from 18 to 12mg. When AVE's site came back up from the week they were down:mad:, my dad ordered 2 100ml 12mg bobas. One for me and one for him. Whatta nice guy :) He got some gamel too but thought it was a little to bland vs BB.

I always fill up the sample bottle(6ml) from the 100ml bottle because the big bottle is so hard to squeeze. Well when we got the new batch in the other day, I grabbed my new 100ml bottle and filled up my 6ml bottle. This new batch is much thinner and alot lighter in color. I filled the bottle up in about 20 secs hardly squeezing which usually takes almost a minute squeezing as hard as I can. Same thing with my dads bottle alot lighter in color and much thinner. :confused: I was under the assumption that nicotine was clear in color but Ive never bought pure nicotine. Wasnt sure if the lower nic level was why it was thinner/lighter. This new batch also wicks much better in my quad punched cartos, taste is the same.

Any thoughts? Heres a few pics of the new batch in a tank next to some Cinnabun which is almost identical in color as the last batch of bobas I had, sorry for the pics my phone has no flash so i tried getting it in the sunlight. Its much more yellowish. Sorry if this is a noob observation:blush: was just wanting to know if I should expect the next batch of 12 mg nic should turn out this thin/lighter vs the 18mg.
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Wish that I could answer your question about the Boba's being thinner and lighter. Have never tried it under 18mg yet. After you have reached 5 posts you may want to post in the AVE thread to see if they have an answer for you.

Just wanted to pop in and say Congratulations! Excellent that you can quit... doubly good that you got your dad to quit too. Welcome to the ECF!!
 

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Sorry I can't be of much help. After hearing so much about it I finally broke down and ordered my first bottle of Boba's yesterday.

I've been a little leary of it since (from what I hear) it's only available as 100% VG which is very thick.

I heard that resellers may be selling it at less than 100% VG, Not sure if AVE changed their recipe or not.

I ordered mine through a reseller so I'm not really sure what to expect.
 

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Welcome to ECF! I don't know about it being thinner. AVE's base seem thinner than most VGs. 12mg juice will be lighter in color becaause it has less nicotine than 18mg. Even unflavord nic juice will darken some over time. The Boba's will darken over time. "When the Boba's turns red, it will go to your head".
 
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I heard that resellers may be selling it at less than 100% VG, Not sure if AVE changed their recipe or not.

I was reading about that also, which is cool imo. Bobas being avail at other websites is a win for everyone! I was wondering also if maybe I got a batch of the new recipe if they did change it.
Really boggled by how well its wicking vs my last batch. I have to prime the cartos alot less now.
 

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I don't know about it being thinner. AVE's base seem thinner than most VGs. 12mg juice will be lighter in color becaause it has less nicotine than 18mg. Even unflavord nic juice will darken some over time. The Boba's will darken over time. "When the Boba's turns red, it will go to your head".

That explains the lighter color. The lower nic level=lighter color. But the viscosity is much thinner. I just started drippin in the 357 when i got home and i have to be carefull now so i dont drip too much as before I would have to really squeeze just to get 2 drops. I just looked at my 15ml syringe bottle that I do tank overflow cleanup with and the old bobas in there is like brownish rusty red! haha it does turn red! maybe thats whats throwing me off, it got really dark toward the end of the bottle and i forgot what the color of a fresh bottle looks like.:facepalm:
 

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After you have reached 5 posts you may want to post in the AVE thread to see if they have an answer for you.

Just wanted to pop in and say Congratulations! Excellent that you can quit... doubly good that you got your dad to quit too. Welcome to the ECF!!
this is post #5 Wahooo!!! the AVE posting rights have just been unlocked!!!!
Just gotta keep chipping away at my mom and sis. Ill have them vaping in no time :vapor:
 

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I just ordered Bobas for the first time too and I have to say I was also surprised at the (lack of) thickness. After reading so much about how thick it was all over the forum I was expecting a atty-murdering molasses wick strangler of a juice. Granted I have no prior experience with Bobas for comparison. Mine is 24mg, it's near to the color of the 18mg.

I'm not complaining about the flavor at all, I really like it. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase, but I was surprised at how runny it was in reality after reading about it so much before ordering.
 

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Ive vaped nothing but Bobas and GJ for several months now... they are wonderful. Just tried an RY4 for the first time.... absolutely amazing too.

I cant wait to order a 60ml bottle of rawr JY4, I was hooked on it till the bottle ran dry. Great TH too for vg, just like bobas. It too was the first RY4 I tried. I didnt even vape bobas for like 4 days which hasnt happened since i first tried it. I also think Im just set on being a 100% vg guy. I love the vapor! While I was at vapebash I picked up some Midnight Express from vaporcaststore which I was told was somewhat similar to bb but a darker tobacco. Its good but a lil too dark for me. Might be good some mornings tho to recover from a hangover =)
 

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I just ordered Bobas for the first time too and I have to say I was also surprised at the (lack of) thickness. After reading so much about how thick it was all over the forum I was expecting a atty-murdering molasses wick strangler of a juice. Granted I have no prior experience with Bobas for comparison. Mine is 24mg, it's near to the color of the 18mg.

I'm not complaining about the flavor at all, I really like it. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase, but I was surprised at how runny it was in reality after reading about it so much before ordering.

hmmm thinking they may have changed the recipe to achieve a thinner juice. The flavor hasnt changed but it is thinner than. My carto is loving it, Im on tank #2 which is usually the halfway point and its still vaping like new. Donno but Im even happier with my bobas.
 
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