Nicotine MG Question

[vikassi]

Hey All,

I've looked and still cant find a suitable answer ,so here goes.

I generally vape 12mg juices. I'm a bit stumped on what level mg Nic to order. Looking at MFS, they have 100mg, 60mg, etc. level Nic's. What should the determining factor in deciding what mg of Nic to buy?

Thanks!

 

[pwheeler]

You can buy any of them, and then also vg and pg, if desired to cut it down to your desired strength. I like 12mg unflavored, and I make it easy on myself. I buy 24mg 100% PG, and an equal quantity of vg, mix them to get my desired 50/50 12% mix.

 

[vikassi]

You can buy any of them, and then also vg and pg, if desired to cut it down to your desired strength. I like 12mg unflavored, and I make it easy on myself. I buy 24mg 100% PG, and an equal quantity of vg, mix them to get my desired 50/50 12% mix.

No kidding. So you dont even have to buy any PG mix on its own then because it's already mixed in with the NIC? If you mix 15ml of your 100% PG Nic and then add 15ml of VG, you would have a 30ml 50/50 12mg juice? Is it that simple? I guess you like unflavored, so if you add flavoring you would take into account that as well ..

 

[readeuler]

I personally go for as much nicotine as possible. I use a lot of flavoring, and I don't want half my mix to be nicotine. I also like buying supplies as infrequently as possible, and 100mg is good in this regard.

Since DIY, I've gone from 24mg to 15mg. I've also started mixing for friends and family, and some of them use 24-18mg liquid. While 60mg can still make 24mg liquid, I still like the fact that I still use as little nicotine base as possible.

100mg also has numerical advantages. If I want my juice to be 15mg/ml, I know that 15% of my mix will be nic base. Easy as can be!

Any strength will work, you just need to make sure it leaves enough room for whatever else you want your mix to contain, including the PG/VG.

 

[pwheeler]

That's entirely true, and if I was doing a lot of mixing, I would definitely go for the 100mg nic. But for simplicity sake for a mixing newbie, like me, I opt for an easy mix, and I really love unflavored. It would be very easy to adjust mine and add flavors if I wanted to. But it's just me, and I don't mix for anybody. I might try my hand at doing flavored mixes one day. It would be a whole lot cheaper!

 

[Boletus]

100 mg/ml (10%) nicotine is the strongest concentration most vendors sell. There are some advantages to using that concentration, but bear in mind that the higher the concentration you are using, the more risk there is (for yourself and potentially others that might come in contact with it). This thread will provide some context:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/announcements-news/144783-warning-e-liquid-diy-safety.html

 

[dannyv45]

I like 100mg as it allows me to vari my PG/VG concentrations widely. On some mixes I may do a 70pg/30vg and on others I may do a 35pg/65vg mix and 100mg PG NIC gives me the room to make those wide concentration swings. I also keep a small amount of 100mg VG NIC on hand for those times where I want a mostly VG mix but that's not often. It is also space saving when storing NIC for the long haul.