Ordering Flavors

[Light Seeker]

DIY virgin here, just put the credit card away after paying for order at Wizard.

Besides nic & base, ordered a dozen flavors that sounded interesting to be used as standalone flavoring or in combo with another. Then realized that maybe I should have ordered off some of the amazing recipes both here and in the calculator .... Did I do wrong? should I really stick with recipes from veterans instead of loading up the cart with flavors that may sound good, but I have 0 experience brewing? Kinda reminds me of attempting to bake a cake, never looking at a recipe, just going to the grocery and loading up the cart

Also seems to be a big price difference between vendors .... From what I gather, wizard seems to be the go-to vendor for nic, what about flavors?

 

[t8kiteasy]

DIY virgin here, just put the credit card away after paying for order at Wizard.

Besides nic & base, ordered a dozen flavors that sounded interesting to be used as standalone flavoring or in combo with another. Then realized that maybe I should have ordered off some of the amazing recipes both here and in the calculator .... Did I do wrong? should I really stick with recipes from veterans instead of loading up the cart with flavors that may sound good, but I have 0 experience brewing? Kinda reminds me of attempting to bake a cake, never looking at a recipe, just going to the grocery and loading up the cart

Also seems to be a big price difference between vendors .... From what I gather, wizard seems to be the go-to vendor for nic, what about flavors?

TPA/TFA-the perfumers apprentice,Capella's,LA/Lore anne's and FW/Flavorwest seem to be the mainstay with alot of DIY'ers.When i first started DIY'ing i read alot of the stickies,and posts watched a ton of youtube vids and went from there.Ordering flavors that you might not,or have not tried and unsure if you even like them would be a small problem and potential wasted flavors.

 

[glassmanoak]

check out this thread:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...y-question-about-calculating-percentages.html

Learn a few things before getting your gloved hands wet.

 

[Rin13]

I agree with glassman. Definitely read up before doing juices. Otherwise, you'll probably end up wasting a lot of product. Also, if you use nicotine, you will probably want to make the flavors without the NIC (if you can, depending on how you got your nicotine/stand alone or a premixed nicotine base) just to make sure you like it. I don't use nicotine... so I don't have this issue but from what I gathered, nicotine is expensive or at least moreso than straight VG/PG.
Anyway... What I found best is mixing flavors straight first. Like just one flavor, until I got the hang of it. I tried mixing multiple flavors right away and ended up wasting a LOT of product. But that's just my experience. you may be luckier.

 

[Hoosier]

Nah, order what sounds good. Order based off recipes. Whichever.

I started just by ordering what sounded right for me. Took me a long time to make juice the way I wanted, but I learned many great lessons on the way. Then I could look at recipes and figure out what tweaks would be better for me before I even started.

There are many ways to approach this and whichever way produces enjoyable vapor is the right way.

 

[Thomasis]

Look at your checking account balance and order accordingly... This works for me all the time!!!

 

[philderbeest]

The thing to remember is that what flavours you think you're probably going to love to vape you quite often find are a let down. Conversely, the experiments with flavours you just purchased for the hell of it can end up your main vape! Me for example......don't much care for coconut, made a coconut rum and still didn't like it. Neglected to clean my atty and added raspberry, found a cocktail that I can pretty much vape all day. Another lesson is to make standalone flavours then mix them around a little after as this sometimes takes some of the waiting times for steeping etc. Obviously the mix may not have good ratios but it gives you a starting point to build on and you get a feel (or taste lol) for which flavours meld.
Don't be shy. Yes you have to be aware of nicotine levels but, that aside, just go wild and your mistakes may turn into a great success. It's always good to follow other peoples' recipes but take some chances if funding allows.

 

[SupplyDaddy]

Ordered flavors from several places.. WL, MFS.. I just order flavors straight from TFA now.

 

[Iffy]

Order small bottles first. Once ya find a few satisfactory recipes, go nuts!

 

[Light Seeker]

Wow, thanks for all the varied responses! Kinda like answering "whats the best mod" or "which is the best juice flavor".