Should JC Red Oak Domestic taste like rubber?

[Dugz]

... or am I doing something wrong?

I'm trying to vape this from a Vivi Nova with a 2.4 ohm head. I was expecting a smoky tobacco flavor but this tastes like what burning tires smell like.

Should I use a 2.8 ohm head? Try a CE4 instead? Send it back?

[Edit] This is a strange flavor. Half way between burned toast and burning rubber. Not at all what I was expecting and certainly nothing like any cigarette, cigar, or pipe tobacco that I have ever smoked.

 

[Caridwen]

Jeez. I don't use vivi novas and have never tried JC Red Oak, but I'm pretty sure it shouldn't taste like rubber. Yikes!

Does it taste burnt? You could try to lover the voltage. Do you have a volt meter? Are you sure it's a 2.4 head?

 

[apdb90]

Sounds to me like you're burning the wick. I had some pre filled RY4 carto's show up a while ago that tasted like that....except in their case it was burned caramel and burned rubber/plastic and it was because they were dried out. I would try another Vivi or another head at least. If you burned that wick, you're never going to get rid of that taste

 

[serenity21899]

Domestic does not have a strong taste at all IMO, I always mix it with some french vanilla or black cherry, or raspberry. It's much better then.

 

[Dugz]

Ok thanks for the input. This was a brand new head with new wicks. I'll try it in a CE4 once I get one emptied out.

 

[john333]

I had that rubber taste a couple times. it was explained to me to be the nicotine. it just needs to steep some. actually the last time was with a hazelnut liquid from fanceejuice. I vaped it all before it had a chance to fully steep because I grew to like it. hope that helps

 

[Dugz]

I may have found some clues to this mystery.

Being kind of a noob, I ran to the mailbox where my package had sat all day in freezing temperatures, grabbed my loot, headed directly in and filled up the vivi nova without even shaking the bottle.

Since then I have been shaking the crap out of it and it has been at room temperature for about 24 hours. I'll give it another test later tonight and post my results.

[Update] The burned rubber taste is mostly gone. This stuff still has an unusual smoky kind of flavor that reminds me of roasted barley a bit perhaps. It is much more vapable now. Apparently it really needs to steep, especially after being in the cold. If this is the true flavor, I don't think I would order it again, but I will probably finish off the bottle. Thanks for the advice everybody!