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Koolkiz

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Just waiting on stimulus... BCF wishlist getting longer.
So you will all laugh (and I don't blame you) but I simply don't have the resources ($$) to stock up. Have several mods, drop-in coil tanks, batteries, and RTAs and RDAs (and a few RBAs for the tanks) but only have 240 ml of 100 mg nic. I would totally order more (when I get the stimulus) but I fear it will be too late. Don't have direct deposit so could be a few weeks. I do qualify (and my wife)
You could always buy unflavored at a vape shop.
 

vaper1960

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You could always buy unflavored at a vape shop.
Even though I live in a city of 100,000 people, to the north and south are bigger cities. We actually don't have a "vape shop"... just cig shops that also carry vape stuff. They are nice and really good employees, but it's your basic Smok gear, 3 brands of juice and CBD. I suppose they could order some for me (at a cost of $60 for 60 ml if I am lucky... maybe like 6 mg stuff) I could drive 60 miles and they have lots of vape shops.
 

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river supply has 25% off on their pure nic line....

I'm tempted to buy another liter of nic just to be safe....but currently if I did my math correctly I have enough nic to last me at least 4 years

but then with the upcoming vape ban, bs, I may need to make more diy for friends, so I might need to get more nic to be on the safe side for those that didn't stock up or don't diy.....
I broke down and bought three liters of the next higher than 100mg/ml from River a couple weeks ago, $324. Put in glass bottles last weekend and it was very clean looking. In the long run that is cheaper and takes up less space. I hope it will age as well as 100mg...
 

Zazie

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I got my Ares2 coiled but it reminded me my eyes are old and made me very glad I have a bunch of good drop in coils. Haven’t wicked it yet. Maybe tomorrow. Mixing today.
I've got to laugh ('cause otherwise I'd cry) when I recoil and -wick. My vision is so approximate, I feel like I'm working blind half the time. I would give a lot to have my old extremely near-sighted and astigmatic precataract surgery eyes back. At least with glasses (with heroically thick lenses), I could see clearly. I never do now, with reading glasses, prescription glasses, or no glasses at all.
 

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I never did an sft on it but so far like the mixes I’ve used it in. I’m sure someone else could give you a better description.
I sft'd that one a year and a half ago and still have the rest of the 10ml bottle. I did not like it, thought it had a spoiled butter flavor. It seems that some people get the same, but many others love it. Subjective.
 

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I broke down and bought three liters of the next higher than 100mg/ml from River a couple weeks ago, $324. Put in glass bottles last weekend and it was very clean looking. In the long run that is cheaper and takes up less space. I hope it will age as well as 100mg...

On paper, lower concentrations age better, but I don't think it matters all that much. I'm sticking with 10% nic, but others do buy higher--to save freezer space. So what's the worst that can happen--your nic will lose some potency. I wish we had good home titrations kits, but we don't. You really need a lab to titrate your nic with precision.
 

Skeebo

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Hey @Skeebo, have you tried mixing this WF Banana Cream recipe?
Banana Cream Recipe

If so, how did it turn out?

I have not, but I definitely will. I have used Banana Puree quite a bit and at 2% it is so lite in flavor it's barely noticeable. When I do mix the recipe I may raise the banana puree to 3.5%, or add another banana to it.
 

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I have not, but I definitely will. I have used Banana Puree quite a bit and at 2% it is so lite in flavor it's barely noticeable. When I do mix the recipe I may raise the banana puree to 3.5%, or add another banana to it.
I haven't had a chance to use the Puree flavor in a recipe yet. I figured this would be a easy one to test it in. Thanks for letting me know it's a light flavor. I'll probably do 3.5 or 4 percent then.
 

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I haven't had a chance to use the Puree flavor in a recipe yet. I figured this would be a easy one to test it in. Thanks for letting me know it's a light flavor. I'll probably do 3.5 or 4 percent then.

It should be good... I really like both of the flavors in the recipe.
 

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I could see clearly. I never do now, with reading glasses, prescription glasses, or no glasses at all.
More light. When I build, I have a small spotlight right on the desk (don't laugh... my desk is a file cabinet)
My mother told me when I was in my 40s (first pair of reading glasses) "one day you will find out it's more about the light than the glasses"... she was right. I also got some cheap reading glasses at a dollar store... but they are the strongest they had (3x I think) Now I can see when I build. I do understand your situation is different. Good tools also help.
 

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More light. When I build, I have a small spotlight right on the desk (don't laugh... my desk is a file cabinet)
My mother told me when I was in my 40s (first pair of reading glasses) "one day you will find out it's more about the light than the glasses"... she was right. I also got some cheap reading glasses at a dollar store... but they are the strongest they had (3x I think) Now I can see when I build. I do understand your situation is different. Good tools also help.
Light is not the answer. It helps, of course, but it can't work miracles. Neither can reading glasses of any magnification. The fake lenses we get in cataract surgery just don't work as well as the ones we're born with. Or at least such is my experience. They are, however, an improvement on lenses with cataracts.
 

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