Review of 16 Heather's Heavenly Vapes e-juices

[ThunderPumpkin]

HHV Mocha Java Smooth
18 mg, 50 PG/50 VG
Overall Rating: 1.5/5

Flavor: 1/5
Authenticity: 1/5
TH: 5/5
Vapor: 4/5
Color: Dark maple syrup
Order again? NO

HHV Mocha Java Smooth hits my palate like a hammer made of compacted, perfumey Cheetos. I can detect no mocha or other chocolatey taste, and no java or other coffee taste. Just sweet perfumey Cheetos (others call this flavor burnt popcorn).

I can't vape this.

TH is excellent. Vapor is good.

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

HHV Monkey Mango
18 mg, 50 PG/50 VG
Overall Rating: 2/5

Flavor: 1/5
Authenticity: 1/5
TH: 5/5
Vapor: 4/5
Color: Light orange
Order again? NO

HHV Monkey Mango tastes like the apparently standard HHV sweet base plus the smallest bit of an almost imperceptible fruit flavoring which might or might not be mango. Again, virtually no flavor, and certainly not a mango experience. It's not nasty, it's just more of the same generic HHV lightly sweet flavor base.

MBV Mango blows Monkey Mango out of the water on the exact same equipment. Dekang Mango does, too. Even the mango put out by My Freedom Smokes (a purveyor of truly crappy juices) is way, way better than this.

The TH is killer. The vapor production is very good.

This one goes into the apocalypse box. Will not be buying again, needless to say.

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

HHV Just Peachy
18 mg, 50 PG/50 VG
Overall Rating: 3/5

Flavor: 3/5
Authenticity: 3/5
TH: 4/5
Vapor: 5/5
Color: Very light peach
Order again? NO

HHV Just Peachy is --surprise!-- a peach juice. And it actually tastes like it. That is a surprise at this point. The peachiness is not strong, but it's definitely there. On the inhale there's not really much flavor at all. In the mouth the peach flavor peeks out from behind the bushes and waves before ducking back behind them. And on the exhale there's some peach flavor, too, but not much. The HHV slightly sweet base predominates, unfortunately.

This juice has only a slight sweetness, which is par for the HHV course.

TH is very good for an 18 mg juice. The vapor is pretty insane.

This juice is pleasant enough, and more flavorful than most of HHV's offerings (or at least the 16 that I've tried), but it's very much not something to write home about -- as is so often the case with HHV, the flavor is extremely weak. Dekang's peach e-juice is a lot better. So is MBVs.

I'll vape the rest of this bottle... if all my good e-juices run out. But I won't be buying it again.

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

HHV Bah In
18 mg, 50 PG/50 VG
Overall Rating: 3/5

Flavor: 3/5
Authenticity: 3/5
TH: 4/5
Vapor: 5/5
Color: Light yellow
Order again? NO

HHV Bah In is a mix of peach and pear. This juice actually has some flavor to it, unlike most of the HHV fare I've tried. It's the standard slightly sweet HHV base plus the rather ephemeral fruit flavors I've mentioned. They're there, but then they're gone.

Good TH and great vapor.

I won't be ordering this again, but it will be toward the front of my apocalypse juice box.

 

[Bronze]

HHV isn't for everyone. That said, you sampled a lot of juices in a short amount of time. I can only say that HHV is an acquired taste. I agree with Blix (was it Blix?)...revisit them again at a later time and reassess. And give each flavor at least 3mls.

 

[CloudZ]

I'd also note that I've done the same with all my other juices and have had no ill effects.

Hm... Strange. I've had juices lose flavor on me from leaving the caps off too long, and it definitely varies from one to the other. In my experience, this step never increases flavor, only smooths it.

It definitely sounds like your equipment is muting flavor though. If your MBV had extra shots, you can make those strong enough to overcome equipment deficiencies. I would try higher watts or rewicking with cotton to see if you can get more flavor out of the evod, mine has performed great with HHV. But then again, maybe its just not the right juice for you. Some need extra strong flavor.


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[Scoop224]

HHV is garbage in my opinion. I spent well over $100 to find that out, wish I could have warned you. Oh well, the trendy kids make it popular....

 

[CloudZ]

HHV is garbage in my opinion. I spent well over $100 to find that out, wish I could have warned you. Oh well, the trendy kids make it popular....

I don't know about that. The NETs are particularly good IMO. Yes, Legend (gandalf) was super hyped last year, and this year it is Dragon's Fire. Both are good though, and I was very skeptical at first. Plenty of complex flavor and good performance. Also, HHV is not immune to bad batches and will not suit everyone's tastes. Is it the best juice out there? Probably not, but it works for many.

I am far from trendy. The trendy kids hate me, and I hate them right back.


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[ThunderPumpkin]

Hm... Strange. I've had juices lose flavor on me from leaving the caps off too long, and it definitely varies from one to the other. In my experience, this step never increases flavor, only smooths it.

These juices definitely needed decapping -- I tried them when they first got here, since they had been made three whole weeks beforehand and I figured some might be vapable, and nothing could have been further from the truth. They all had an absolutely violent TH, and most had reeked of chemicals or perfume, all of which I assume was from residual alcohol.

Well, the violent TH is gone, as is the chemical/perfume taste. But real flavor never appeared in most of them.

It definitely sounds like your equipment is muting flavor though. If your MBV had extra shots, you can make those strong enough to overcome equipment deficiencies. I would try higher watts or rewicking with cotton to see if you can get more flavor out of the evod, mine has performed great with HHV.

If the problem were the equipment, it wouldn't affect just one manufacturer's products, but that's exactly what's happening. If I load up anything by MBV, Dekang, Liqua or even My Freedom Smokes, I get 10 times more flavor than from any HHV liquid except Cin City, where the difference drops to maybe a factor of 3. When I use HHV juice, I get almost no flavor.

Ergo, it's not the equipment.

Also, I've been rotating through 5 different EVODs for this, all with new heads. In addition, I've used Smoktech CE5s in a few cases, in addition to the EVODs

But then again, maybe its just not the right juice for you. Some need extra strong flavor.

Yes, some do. I don't. I've never ordered any juice with extra flavor shots from anyone.

 

[J_Gundy]

So far I have to agree with the low-flavor comments. I just started to vape a couple of weeks ago, and as part of my start-up process I ordered samplers from four companies. I have tried two HHV juices so far and found them to be very light on flavor. I kept wondering if I was doing something wrong (e.g. wrong oHms/voltage, or incorrect use of equipment), however the juices from the other three vendors are all flavorful compared to HHV.

 

[TutsiGarcia]

Ive tried several juices from HHV, the only ones I like, actually love and order again and again are Vapin´Chimp and Heavenly Waffles

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

I started off vaping el cheapo liquids like the no-name Chinese dreck that is common hereabouts (never again!), Dekang (actually quite decent for the most part), Vapor Kings (rebranded Dekang, actually), Liqua (not good) and My Freedom Smokes (reminiscent of a gourmet-sounding menu prepared by a deranged hobo). I then moved on to Mt Baker Vapor, which was a massive step up (with an occasional big flop... Rose Tobacco still makes me cringe!)

While I very much like most of the MBV juices I've tried, I also wanted to see what the fabled next level of e-liquid quality was like -- I wanted to try some authentic gourmet e-juice. So I went looking, mostly here at ECF, but also around the rest of the internet, and Heather's Heavenly Vapes came up fairly frequently. There prices weren't too high, and they had a big enough selection to make it worth my while (not living in the US, shipping fees can be brutal, so I need to place a small number of big orders, which means that specialty shops with only a handful of juices are not an option).

As should be clear from these reviews, I am extremely disappointed with Heather's Heavenly Vapes. Their customer service was great; their shipping was faster than the 3-7 days they said it would be; and their attention to the needs of international customers (regarding shipping, bottling, etc.) is unrivaled in my experience. On this last point, especially, the industry really could learn a lot.

Unfortunately, their e-liquids are simply not good. They have incredibly weak flavor, and many of them are little more than a generic, slightly sweet base with little flavor at all.

I will take them over Liqua and My Freedom Smokes any day, no doubt about it. But given a choice between HHV and MBV, or even Dekang, I will chose the latter two every single time.

I'm disappointed, both because I blew about $230 for juice which, with few exceptions, I won't be vaping, and because I still haven't found that mythical "next level". But who knows... maybe I'm already there. Or maybe it doesn't exist. Time will tell.

I bear HHV no ill will. They certainly treated my very well as a customer, and apparently there are quite a few folks who swear by them. Maybe it's just hype or trendiness, as someone in this thread suggested. Maybe it's clever stealth marketing. Or maybe they just connect with a certain type of palate (hypersensitive ones maybe?)

Oh well... live and learn.

 

[Blix]

I started off vaping el cheapo liquids like the no-name Chinese dreck that is common hereabouts (never again!), Dekang (actually quite decent for the most part), Vapor Kings (rebranded Dekang, actually), Liqua (not good) and My Freedom Smokes (reminiscent of a gourmet-sounding menu prepared by a deranged hobo). I then moved on to Mt Baker Vapor, which was a massive step up (with an occasional big flop... Rose Tobacco still makes me cringe!)

While I very much like most of the MBV juices I've tried, I also wanted to see what the fabled next level of e-liquid quality was like -- I wanted to try some authentic gourmet e-juice. So I went looking, mostly here at ECF, but also around the rest of the internet, and Heather's Heavenly Vapes came up fairly frequently. There prices weren't too high, and they had a big enough selection to make it worth my while (not living in the US, shipping fees can be brutal, so I need to place a small number of big orders, which means that specialty shops with only a handful of juices are not an option).

As should be clear from these reviews, I am extremely disappointed with Heather's Heavenly Vapes. Their customer service was great; their shipping was faster than the 3-7 days they said it would be; and their attention to the needs of international customers (regarding shipping, bottling, etc.) is unrivaled in my experience. On this last point, especially, the industry really could learn a lot.

Unfortunately, their e-liquids are simply not good. They have incredibly weak flavor, and many of them are little more than a generic, slightly sweet base with little flavor at all.

I will take them over Liqua and My Freedom Smokes any day, no doubt about it. But given a choice between HHV and MBV, or even Dekang, I will chose the latter two every single time.

I'm disappointed, both because I blew about $230 for juice which, with few exceptions, I won't be vaping, and because I still haven't found that mythical "next level". But who knows... maybe I'm already there. Or maybe it doesn't exist. Time will tell.

I bear HHV no ill will. They certainly treated my very well as a customer, and apparently there are quite a few folks who swear by them. Maybe it's just hype or trendiness, as someone in this thread suggested. Maybe it's clever stealth marketing. Or maybe they just connect with a certain type of palate (hypersensitive ones maybe?)

Oh well... live and learn.

It's not trends, hype or clever marketing, you just don't like the ones you tried.

They have a large following because many love them.
I'm in Europe and I'm not even allowed to buy from the US because of some stupid law here in Norway, and I have yet to find a single juice that can match my fave HHV's. So I risk importing them illegally.

It's worth mentioning that most of the HHV's you tried aren't the most popular ones, their naturally extracted tobaccos (NET) is what they are known for and almost all my faves are among them.

But your point about they connectiong with a certain type of palate is probably true, there might be something to that for sure. Another "hyped" brand of juice here on ECF is Alice in Vapeland, and I mostly couldn't stand any of the 9 juices I tried from them, yet many truly love them....

I wish you luck finding your "go to" juice, luckily I found mine with HHV.

 

[Chakris]

HHV Tuscan Cocoa 20/80
18 mg, 20 PG/80 VG
Overall Rating: 2/5

Flavor: 2/5
Authenticity: 2/5
TH: 3/5
Vapor: 5/5
Color: Dark maple syrup brown
Order again? NO

This is essentially the same as the Tuscan Cocoa 80/20, with a bit less TH and even less flavor, to boot. I can hardly tell it's of the chocolate/cocoa/cacao family of tastes. On the bright side, there's nothing perfumey, plasticky or chemical about it.

Probably ideal for people considering vaping unflavored liquid who are afraid to take the plunge.

HHV Nice Pear
18 mg, 50 PG/50 VG
Overall Rating: 2/5

Flavor: 2/5
Authenticity: 2/5
TH: 5/5
Vapor: 4/5
Color: Light yellow
Order again? NO

At this point, I'm seeing a clear pattern for HHV's juices: Great TH, great vapor, and virtually no flavor. Nice Pear --a pear-flavored liquid, obviously-- is no exception.

HHV Nice Pear is sweeter than any of the other HHV juices I've tried so far, but it's still not as sweet as most of the not-very-sweet juices I've had from other vendors. This is also a constant with HHV so far.

The flavor is some kind of fruitiness, but I simply can't state categorically that it's pear, because the flavor is barely there at all. Whatever fruit it's supposed to be, it tends very slightly to the perfumey side of things, but that's really all I can say.

In short, yet another juice that has nothing to recommend it unless you actually want unflavored.

First off, as others have said, I also like your format of reviews - very organised and logical. Secondly, I also found many of HHV's non-tobacco juices a bit weak on flavor, however, this was alleviated to some degree for me by, 1. asking for a flavor boost in the comments box when ordering, and 2. I agree with Blix in allowing the juices to steep longer (sometimes as much a month or two). I've had a couple of their juices wake up and surprise me after setting them aside for a while.

I didn't blame HHV for it, but rather my own taste buds not having totally recovered from the abuse of 40+ years of smoking. I too, also like MBV's juices, but also had to ask for extra shots of flavor on most I tried from them. I read somewhere that it may take as long as 6 months for some people's taste to recover, (if it totally recovers at all).

The "Trendy" HHV folks have a motto about this as well, "Vape it till you like it." As Bronze said, HHV is an acquired taste. So, I suggest to, please not give up on them and throw them out, or sell them just yet. Let them mature a while longer and try again. You may be surprised. Then again, maybe not. Taste is subjective and HHV cannot please all the people all the time.

That's an interesting thought, but I'm not sure that's really what's going on here. I vape MBV's Pear daily in EVODs at the same 7 watts, and I get tons of flavor. In fact, I vape most things in EVODs, which I've really come to love, or CE5s, which I love less but have like 30 replacement coils for. I've also got Vivi Novas and even those wretched eGo-C tanks. I've vaped Nice Pear in the eGo tanks, and they have even less flavor (as does everything in those things).

In any case, clearos seem to be the most common delivery system, and RBAs the least, so I think the EVODs represent a very common use case.

Good point. Some food for thought: Max flavor does not always mean max voltage/wattage. Have you tried the other end of the spectrum?

It's not trends, hype or clever marketing, you just don't like the ones you tried.

They have a large following because many love them.
I'm in Europe and I'm not even allowed to buy from the US because of some stupid law here in Norway, and I have yet to find a single juice that can match my fave HHV's. So I risk importing them illegally.

It's worth mentioning that most of the HHV's you tried aren't the most popular ones, their naturally extracted tobaccos (NET) is what they are known for and almost all my faves are among them.

But your point about they connectiong with a certain type of palate is probably true, there might be something to that for sure. Another "hyped" brand of juice here on ECF is Alice in Vapeland, and I mostly couldn't stand any of the 9 juices I tried from them, yet many truly love them....

I wish you luck finding your "go to" juice, luckily I found mine with HHV.

As Blix and yourself have stated, I am also buying juices from outside the US and HHV has done an outstanding job of taking that into consideration when sending their product oversea. You're right, many other venders could learn something from this. However, as far as HHV steeping while in transit through the post goes, I've heard it said that very little steeping takes place before the 48 hour uncapping and un-drip tipping process.

I also wish you luck in your search for "The Utopian Go to Juice", seems many are on the same path. I'm keeping an open mind to trying other juices in that respect, but I'm also satisfied with the two venders I've found and like - HHV and MBV (both with extra flavor shots).

Vape on, ThunderPumpkin.

 

[gthompson]

Juice reviews that say little more than "These juices aren't good" or "I don't like these juices" are quite useless. Tell us what they taste like, describe the flavors. "Good" and "bad", "weak" and "strong" are in the individual's taste buds.

 

[J_Gundy]

I started off vaping el cheapo liquids.... My Freedom Smokes (reminiscent of a gourmet-sounding menu prepared by a deranged hobo).

OMG, that made me laugh! Good thing I wasn't drinking my coffee or it would have ended up all over my desk! Thanks for the morning chuckle.

 

[ThunderPumpkin]

Juice reviews that say little more than "These juices aren't good" or "I don't like these juices" are quite useless. Tell us what they taste like, describe the flavors. "Good" and "bad", "weak" and "strong" are in the individual's taste buds.

I actually made quite an effort to describe the tastes of these juices in the individual reviews, but in many cases, aside from the taste of the somewhat sweet generic base, there is literally no flavor to describe. Probably the most notorious case like this is P'Nut Butter Cookie -- peanut butter is a famously strong flavor, even in small concentrations, but in this e-liquid it is completely absent.

 

[gthompson]

Caps off for a week is way too long. Over oxidization won't help the flavor, and possibly just the opposite.

 

[CloudZ]

Caps off for a week is way too long. Over oxidization won't help the flavor, and possibly just the opposite.

And what works well for one juice may destroy another.

I'll admit that I have mostly tried HHV's tobacco flavors, only a couple non tobacco, but I never found them to be lacking in flavor. And I DO order extra flavor shots when available, but never with HHV.

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[gthompson]

And what works well for one juice may destroy another.

I'll admit that I have mostly tried HHV's tobacco flavors, only a couple non tobacco, but I never found them to be lacking in flavor. And I DO order extra flavor shots when available, but never with HHV.

I've probably tried half of the HHV menu, and while I didn't particularly like a lot of the flavors, they all seemed to have plenty of flavor, like them or not. I have to wonder why his didn't. Curious.

I'm with you on the tobaccos, several of them rank among my favorite juices period.