Not getting strong taste from my vape juice

[CharlieBrown]

Still a noob to vaping but for some reason i'm not getting a strong taste from my vape juice and not sure what I'm doing wrong. Everyone says their juice is too sweet, we'll i get a faint taste. I've been off analogs for about 3 weeks so far.

My set up is a Vivi Nova w/ a zmax mod. my juice is from aav and vv. my zmax is set up between 3.5-5.0 volts and using 2.4 or 2.8 ohm.

Since being new to this, i've only let my juices steep for about a few days, and i've also tried the hot water method of speed steeping (heat cup of water in microwave and rest my glass bottles in them till cool). I don't put my juice in the microwave and I've also continually shake the bottles to continue to mix.

I'm also using 100% VC. The juices is normally get are like coffee, cake batter, chocolate and just got a fruit punch flavor yesterday. I've tried 70/30 and 60/40 mixes but the PG makes my nose run and i sneeze a lot.

Am i doing something wrong or just being impatient?

 

[ImThatGuy]

I usually let mine steep for a week or more even with speed steeping methods. What is your flavor concentration? As in...100% juice, 125%, 150%, etc...

The older the berry the sweeter the juice...

 

[tokenfemale]

2.4/2.8 at 3.5 feels really off to me - have you looked at a voltage chart? According to this: Helpful Chart For Pairing Atomizer Resistance To Battery Volts - Help It Broke! - Technical Issues - Vapor Talk E Cig Forum you could be running much, much higher.

I'm still a newbie, but I have definitely discovered that with certain flavors there is a HUGE shift once I get to the upper limit of the volts (I have a twist), I can taste more flavor, and often there are flavors that simply do not pop until I'm above the 4.0 mark (running 2.5 resistance, mostly).

 

[CharlieBrown]

Unfortunately i dont know the concentrations. I will have to ask next time. I guess i have to be more patient.

 

[The Ocelot]

If you were a smoker for a long time, it take awhile for your sense of taste to come back as well.

 

[JerryRM]

Hi CharlieBrown, we all have off periods with vaping, when the juice is not quite right. Be patient and see if it goes back to normal, soon.

Also, I'm not a big fan of steeping as I haven't found any difference whether the e-juice is steeped or not. As for putting the bottle in hot water, this is the first time that I have heard of that. E-juice should be kept in a cool, dry place, so doing the opposite of that, doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

 

[CharlieBrown]

If you were a smoker for a long time, it take awhile for your sense of taste to come back as well.

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A buddy of mine started vaping about 6 months ago and he finally got his taste back. He told me he had a pizza a few days ago and he said it was the best tasting pizza he has ever had. And no, he doesn't vape anything else besides e-juice. lol

 

[CharlieBrown]

Hi CharlieBrown, we all have off periods with vaping, when the juice is not quite right. Be patient and see if it goes back to normal, soon.

Also, I'm not a big fan of steeping as I haven't found any difference whether the e-juice is steeped or not. As for putting the bottle in hot water, this is the first time that I have heard of that. E-juice should be kept in a cool, dry place, so doing the opposite of that, doesn't sound like a good idea to me.

Hi Jerry, where do you get your juice from and what is the mixture that you get?

 

[JerryRM]

Charlie, I usually get my e-juice from Backwoods Brew, but I also get some from Deejstuff and Johnson Creek. My favorite mixture is 80/20 PG/VG. I like a good throat hit more than vapor and that mix gives me a good amount of both.

 

[CharlieBrown]

Thanks sir. I will look into those vendors and maybe i will get some samples with PG. Very little PG that is; maybe 10/90.

 

[j10nke]

I noticed that when I chain vape the flavor changes or goes away all together. After a break it comes back or switching favors. I deal with this daily... I feel your pain