Nicotine content and flavor

[Canderson180]

Soo I've got some juices, like 10 bottles at 10 ml of assorted 16 mg flavors that taste ok but kind of dull. All are 60/40 VG/PG. I just can't vape them alone.

The only one I like is the 24 mg RY4.

The throat hit is noticeably different, but not enough to turn me off.

Does anyone think that maybe lighter flavors (strawberry, melon, etc) benefit from higher nic? Or if the throat hit is throwing off the experience?

Or could it be that only sweet tobacco vapes work for me? The one tobacco that I got in 11 mg tastes like junk and is like inhaling gelatin w/o the TH

 

[DC2]

I don't think fruit flavors benefit from more nicotine, and more likely the opposite would be true.
Sounds to me like you just prefer sweet tobacco vapes at this point in your vaping career.


But it could also be that your juices are of poor quality.
Or maybe that your taste buds are still shot and so you aren't tasting the fruit flavors all that well.

 

[klynnn]

When I am making juice I always lower the nic in my fruit mixes, they just taste better to me that way.

 

[fabricator4]

Higher VG mixes do tend to have less flavour, if more vapour. I find the taste from the VG a bit heavy and oily, so at this stage I keep my VG percentage at 30%.

PG carries flavours better, and contributes to TH. Nicotine contributes the most to TH, so that is undoubtedly why you notice the difference at 24mg/ml. The problem is that nicotine also gives a strong peppery taste at 24mg/ml and can hide other flavours in the juice, so I'd say no it's probably not going to help lighter flavours, speaking generally.

You should find the nicotine level that satisfies your cravings for cigarettes and stick with that while you are working at getting yourself off them completely. Next try flavours that you enjoy and which are distracting enough to make vaping a fun experience. Pick the PG/VG mix that you find the most satisfying. Some people like clouds of vapour and don't care about TH. Others want maximum TH and vapour is not so important. I'm about middle of the road on all of these things, so 70/30 PG/VG with 18mg/ml seems to be working well for me.


As always, YMMV

 

[Canderson180]

I've been using the Ry4 as a base to mix in the fruits. Good results thus far and I'm not wasting juice.

Most of them tasted awesome when I sampled them, maybe steeping would be a good idea?

For instance the strawberry cheese cake tasted awesome out of the dripper cartos they use in the B&M. But in my clearos, it tastes kind of airy and light.

 

[Canderson180]

Man that sucks that my B&M only mixes 60/40 vg/pg. but I guess that keeps them consistent. I might just buy a dripper for those flavors. I mean the strawberry cheesecake is an awesome after dinner vape with some hot coffee

 

[tj99959]

Every thing you do changes the way a juice tastes, the variables are limitless. Take any flavor you wish, and then explore all the different ways it can be vaped.

 

[hvac999]

I like maximum TH and a little vapor. I choose 80/20 PG/VG 36mg. nic. That goes for any flavor.

 

[tj99959]

I like maximum TH and a little vapor. I choose 80/20 PG/VG 36mg. nic. That goes for any flavor.

And I'm the other way around, I want the flavor & vapor without frying my throat. Everyone is different. Guess that's why we had so many kinds of cigarettes to choose from.