OK, Veteran DIYers...

[Cassie]

Don't toss ones you don't like. Sometimes they just need to sit around for a week or month. Or you might find just the right flavor to change it into something great! Label / date / keep recipe with it. Ethyl Maltol(spelling?) is also a bit of a flavor fix...kinda like MSG is to food LOL Sometimes a touch of that and it's all yummy =) Sometimes not LOL It's also used as a mild sweetener but not as much as sucralose.

 

[Hoosier]

Yeah, I didn't listen to the whole, "take notes!" thing at first either. Made a great vape that I've never been able to make again. Ticked me off enough to always keep notes. And I am not a note taking person by nature. Always doodled in my school notebooks.

 

[debb]

Okay, y'all!! My first batch turned out pretty darn good!! It's a soft, fluffy mixture of FA's Cookie, Vanilla Tahity, and Cream Fresh...oh, and I added some Better Stevia from NOW Brand to sweeten it up a bit more. It tastes a touch like angelfood cake, to be honest. I prefer light, sweet, fluffy vapes, so it's perfect for me!!

Unfortunately, I didn't take anyones advice and measure or write down anything, so it's a one-time deal. LOL

congrats!! it sounds delicious!

 

[Pheisty]

OMG, you guys...don't use Better Stevia (liquid) to sweeten your liquid. I woke up with the worst hangover headache EVER this morning. I nearly threw up. I don't know if it was the alcohol in the stevia or what...but OMG...horrible. Worst headache I've had in a long, long time.

I'm feeling better now, after a big breakfast and some Ibuprofin.

How do I attribute to the stevia? Well, I wasn't doing anything else differently. I was vaping the same liquids and flavors from the day before...the only difference was the addition of the stevia. This was definitely a "toxin" headache. I've had enough of them in my life to know what they are.

Anyway, don't say I didn't warn you. Yuck.

 

[debb]

wow..I use stevia...and I get headaches...guess I'll look for something else...what's everyone else use.?

 

[wizard10000]

I never got a headache from stevia, I just didn't like it. I use Lorann's cotton candy, which is just ethyl maltol in PG.

 

[Pheisty]

wow..I use stevia...and I get headaches...guess I'll look for something else...what's everyone else use.?

I think possibly it's the ethanol alcohol in the brand I used. I know you can get Stevia Glycerite, and that doesn't have any ethanol alcohol in it.

I ordered the wrong kind (meant to order the glycerite) but thought I'd give it a shot, anyway. Never again.

 

[debb]

mine is 20% pure grain alcohol...!

 

[debb]

I never got a headache from stevia, I just didn't like it. I use Lorann's cotton candy, which is just ethyl maltol in PG.

I have this..

 

[Pheisty]

mine is 20% pure grain alcohol...!

Yikes. You may have found the culprit of your headaches.

I know that it doesn't bother everyone, but obviously it does bother some of us. I'm one of them.

My Better Stevia has 10% in it.

 

[zoiDman]

Reality Check:

Do you think that ingesting about 1 drop of PGA is going to cause someone to have a Raging Headache the next day?

Could. But I think the Sweetener may be the culprit and not the Grain Alcohol.

 

[Desertfremen]

Yeah. I doubt its the alcohol. If it were the alcohol I should be drunk and have a headache everyday cuz I always have at least some ethanol in my juice.

I personally prefer just using marshmallow flavouring to sweeten. I dont care for ethyl maltol much cuz it tastes weird to me.

 

[Pheisty]

Reality Check:

Do you think that ingesting about 1 drop of PGA is going to cause someone to have a Raging Headache the next day?

Could. But I think the Sweetener may be the culprit and not the Grain Alcohol.

Yeah, I thought of that, too. But I'm not willing to test it out again. I felt like crap. I have put Alcohol in my liquid (Vodka) before, and never had any issues, but that's vodka. Some people just have reactions to different things. Personally, I can't drink much at all before I get hungover. Sometimes only one beer or one glass of wine will give me a raging headache. So who knows? I suppose I could try the stevia glycerite and see if I have the same reaction.

 

[debb]

Yikes. You may have found the culprit of your headaches.

I know that it doesn't bother everyone, but obviously it does bother some of us. I'm one of them.

My Better Stevia has 10% in it.

I have em..I mix with pg..I will use that for now....