Retry your old juices

[Scotts]

I posted this in a thread earlier but thought it might deserve its own thread.

This is also my theory why it's so hard to make a good tobacco flavor for newbs to convert from analogs. Because we don't realize when we are smokers just how nasty those dang things taste because our taste buds are all jacked up.

So I cheated the other night and tried an analog. Took 2 or 3 drags and just tossed that thing. It tasted like a wet butthole. Uhg. I mean I could replicate that by licking a trash can.

So this gave me an idea. Go retry all the juices I hated when I first started vaping. Obviously my taste buds were all jacked up from smoking because guess what! I now have several bottles of juice I like!

If you have been analog free for over 2 weeks give it a try. Has anyone else noticed there juice preferences change as the damage done by analogs slowly corrects itself?

Vape on everyone!!

 

[Clark F]

Only a few, most didn't appeal to me and never got better. I am hopeful though, it's all part of finding the juice that works for you. Bought a bunch to find which ones I liked, no skipping over that step.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

Good advice all around.

Also, a lot of newbs vape their juice right out of the mailbox and right it off as bad. Juice just need to age so the flavor molecules mingle a bit. I certainly made this mistake. One day I dug out a sample that was sitting around for a couple of months and it's been my all day vape ever since.

Took 2 or 3 drags and just tossed that thing. It tasted like a wet butthole.

Let's no go there. 8-o

 

[Singaw]

Personally I have never tasted a wet butthole or licked a trash can but I can understand your point. I started with tobacco flavor e-juice because that is what I thought I would prefer after smoking for over thirty years but found I actually like pineapple, coconut, piña colada and other fruit based flavors a lot more. I still vape a ry4 variant quite often but to me it tastes nothing like tobacco, more like carmel and vanilla.

 

[Clark F]

What someone else likes you might not, some may get better but doubtful. Finding the right one for you can be a challenge, it was for me. I wish there was a shortcut, but there isn't. RY4 is a good start, most I've bought were at least vapable.

 

[Stringplucker]

I have some that really got better with age, and other that, well...let's just say they are among the bottles I use for trade. Those that improved were mainly tobacco that was designed to taste like flavored cigars. Those that got worse were designed to taste like a smokey night at a bar. Those are quite nasty...hints of peanut butter have gotten overpowering.

Many of the fruit flavors improved...same with some of the candy flavors.

 

[joey-w]

im going to try this hopefully it works for me

 

[H2OIntolerant]

What if most of them taste the same? I've yet to refine my vaping palate

 

[Zanaspus]

As a corollary; don't re-order juices early on. Keep trying. Things you like initially, you may not like in a matter of months.

 

[Tomthern]

I agree. I have RY4 and then a few different cheesecakes. I do have some juice that tastes like a cigar which I don't like. It was my last order from Lucky Seven which is no longer in business. I started with all tobacco now I am trying a lot of other things. I like the variety.

 

[mrlefty]

I haven't been vaping long enough to have any "old" juice, but this thread makes me wonder if juice goes BAD after a certain amount of time... Also, does anyone refrigerate their eJuice?

 

[MissBlue]

Has anyone else noticed there juice preferences change as the damage done by analogs slowly corrects itself?

Yes! and, unfortunately, the reverse is also true - some that i ADORED at first don't taste good to me now.

which is why i suggest sticking to small-size bottles for a while, trying lots of different flavors and brands, before starting to purchase 30 ml bottles. It's a little bit of a PITA to have zillions of tiny sample size bottles rolling around, but it will save you money, and juice mistakes, in the long run, to let your tastebuds settle out somewhat before really going to town on juice buys.

 

[Ryedan]

I didn't have much trouble finding juice I liked when I started vaping. I did find that what I liked on Monday I might not like on Tuesday and then like again on Thursday. The same thing still happens now after over two years and it doesn't surprise me any more. My taste for juice didn't change all that much in two years.

Yes, some juices change after a bit of time passes, but not all. Most times the change is good, but not always. I've also found it never makes a really awful juice OK. I make my own juice now and mix to vape right away though I still allow for some change over time.

 

[Ryedan]

I haven't been vaping long enough to have any "old" juice, but this thread makes me wonder if juice goes BAD after a certain amount of time... Also, does anyone refrigerate their eJuice?

Juice is generally considered to last at least a year at room temperature and out of the sun. I have heard of people vaping three year old juice and they had no issues, but personally I wouldn't go that far. I don't refrigerate mixed juice. I do keep nic base in the freezer though.

 

[Scotts]

Yes! and, unfortunately, the reverse is also true - some that i ADORED at first don't taste good to me now.



which is why i suggest sticking to small-size bottles for a while, trying lots of different flavors and brands, before starting to purchase 30 ml bottles. It's a little bit of a PITA to have zillions of tiny sample size bottles rolling around, but it will save you money, and juice mistakes, in the long run, to let your tastebuds settle out somewhat before really going to town on juice buys.

Yes!! You see my point. Smoking analogs for years completely destroys your sense of taste and smell. Several studies have confirmed this as fact. Therefore it only makes sense that our "taste" in juice would evolve over time as our taste buds repair themselves.

For the life of me I can't understand now what I found appealing about the so called 'taste' of analogs but now I'm slowly appreciating flavors I wouldn't have dreamed of liking just 2 or 3 weeks ago.

It IS just a theory though.

Now the only problem I have is deciding what to try next! And from what vendor/s any suggestions would be appreciated guys!