New to ECF and I have a few questions...

[texastrainwreck]

I recently was introduced to the world of vaping and I love it, soon to replace my regular cigarette habit completely. I use a Smoktech bolt currently and would like to know how often to clean it. And what is yalls favorite e juice, and what is the best quality manufacturers and who is the cheapest? thanks in advance texastrainwreck

 

[Motoman101]

Hi. The tastevof juice is different for everyone. If you buy cheap equipment. Might as well buy a dozen of them. They will stop working quick. Like anything you get what you pay for. Anyway. Welcome to ECF.

 

[krazynavybiker]

Welcome to ECF. Like Moto said juice taste is very subjective. As for gear the Smoktech Bolt is great paired up with the Vivi Nova. As for cleaning just keep your threads clean and clean the Nova head every tank or 2.

 

[texastrainwreck]

about every other tank or when changing from a strong flavour? I ordered from kick bass vapor and it will be shipped and arrive within 4 days.

 

[ShogaNinja]

if you want to try a bunch of different juices for cheap try darkcityvapor.com. Their juice is good stuff and it's the most inexpensively priced I have ever seen.

I don't know who yalls is so I couldn't tell you which juice is their favorite.

 

[texastrainwreck]

i ordered about 250ml from kpv and ecblend of various tastes, ive ordered from gotvapes and dfwvapors, im going to keep trying until i find my favorite. what is your favorite pg/vg blend?

 

[kia2]

I've ordered from various vendors. I have one liquid I really, really like from ECBlend E-Liquids - Something Better, their Espresso Shot with vanilla. The other flavors I have from them are hit and miss, as are most coffee flavors, so I count myself lucky I found a relatively inexpensive coffee flavor from them. I've ordered 70PG/30VG from them, though I did recently order some natural & organic samples from them which are 100VG. I'll have to see if I like them at all.

I like a few of the Volt flavors from Smokeless Image (I am a Volt user), their 555, RY4, and then Mint, Desert Joe and Watermelon to a lesser extent. These are mostly PG, about 90, if I recall.

I also just ordered a large sampling from Vapor Dudes. I'm very curious about some of their flavors. I ordered them as 70/30 PG/VG. The 70/30 seems best for me all around.

Of what I have, my favorites are the Volt 555 and Ecblends Espresso Shot with vanilla. I'm still looking for my "most excellent to beat the Olympians all day vape."

 

[texastrainwreck]

ive heard from various people that they like 70/30 the best because it carries over the most flavor. ive gotten many different mixes but im scared to try the 100% vg juice.... not that it'd be a whole lotta money if it didnt work out.

 

[base234]

Try the VG juice , too. I vape 100% VG most of the time. Just be aware that some VG juices can be hard on cartomizers.

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

Hi. The tastevof juice is different for everyone. If you buy cheap equipment. Might as well buy a dozen of them. They will stop working quick. Like anything you get what you pay for. Anyway. Welcome to ECF.

It has been my experience that paying twice as much for something that is junk does not make it last twice as long.

Lol!

There are many vendors selling the same products at vastly different prices. The trick is to find which ones are exactly the same, so that an accurate price assessment can be made.

There are also places that sell junk, some sell it at discount prices, some sell it at outrageous prices. Beware!

Check the ECF listed vendors first so that you are reasonably assured that you are dealing with reputable vendors who take their reputation seriously.

 

[ShogaNinja]

ive heard from various people that they like 70/30 the best because it carries over the most flavor. ive gotten many different mixes but im scared to try the 100% vg juice.... not that it'd be a whole lotta money if it didnt work out.

70/30 PG/VG is the most versatile mixture ratio. Any more VG than that and you will have serious wicking problems with Stardusts, Cartomizers, and various other popular vaping accessories.

If you want to get into 100% vg the right way (as I see it) you will need to learn how to DIY your own juice. All you need is liquid nicotine solution (wizardlabs.us is the cheapest and best quality there is) and some VG from walmart's pharmacy section labeled simply "Glycerin". It's USP grade so that's the stuff you want. It goes for just over 3 bucks for a LOT of it (177ml). That blows away any online price. You should also grab up their oral syringe that they have in the same section for like 2 bucks. It comes with a small 5ml measuring cup which comes in handy and you can do all your measuring with the oral syringe. Now you just need 3 more things. Some distilled water or reverse osmosis water, which you can buy at most grocery stores (bottled water is not distilled water usually), and you'll need a juice calculator. I use EJUICEMEUP (google it) it's free to download and it comes with a nice interface that stores recipes and even comes with a recipe cookbook. Last thing you'll need is flavors. I recommend Capella's. Why? Because The Perfumer's Apprentice is the cheapest juice but you get what you pay for. It's very hit or miss. Lorann's uses oils and that's not a good thing for your equipment. Flavourart is probably the best but it's also the most expensive. That leaves Capella's right in the middle and good place to start.

The reason you want to DIY your VG is because you can thin it. The stuff you buy, to my knowledge, is not thinned so adding anything to it will kill the flavor and nicotine strength. When you do it yourself you are in control. There are many videos on youtube that will show you how to do it so you can see it before you try it. The cost of vaping DIY is so ridiculously cheap you will wonder why you EVER bought the stuff commercially before. It costs me around 20 cents a day to vape. Far better than the $4.65 smoking used to cost me every day.

 

[ShogaNinja]

Hi. The tastevof juice is different for everyone. If you buy cheap equipment. Might as well buy a dozen of them. They will stop working quick. Like anything you get what you pay for. Anyway. Welcome to ECF.

That's not always true. Darkcityvapor is an ECF supplier (and the owner is an ECF Veteran) and he's not trying to hose us all. I can make a bottle of juice for less than a dollar. He sells his for $2.50 for 5ml which is the cheapest I've seen it, and it's good stuff. Why do the bigger companies sell their commercial stuff for such a huge markup? Support small businesses and you won't regret it. Or even better, DIY it like me and you'll be saving money.

 

[NancyR]

ive heard from various people that they like 70/30 the best because it carries over the most flavor. ive gotten many different mixes but im scared to try the 100% vg juice.... not that it'd be a whole lotta money if it didnt work out.

First off welcome,

If you are concerned you won't like the 100% VG, you can always get some PG to mix in with it.

 

[texastrainwreck]

@ShogaNinja thanks, i might have to break out my chemistry set and see what i come up with haha

@NancyR you make a good point, ill have to google it and find the best supplier