Still smoking support and chat thread

[ShariR]

Yes, it is even greatly encouraged here. Most of us are always looking for that holy grail of a perfect for us juice. Few find it quickly. For some it is a never ending quest.

I am currently on an Ahlusion kick. I am loving their Smooth Criminal which I would call a fairly mild complicated tobacco. I like it steeped over a month for the spicy note I taste in it to calm down. I also love, love, love their Caramel Pear Black Tea. Like it fresh but comes to blossom for me after about 3 weeks. I get a little sweetness and pear and a beautiful black tea finish.

And of course, my NiteLite Vapor Gold which I find is a sweet maply tobacco. Lox tastes waffles and maple and no tobacco. How people do taste things differently. It is interesting. This one has been my adv for these 6 months and I always have it in rotation or to fall back on when nothing else tastes right for me.

I might not remember all the rules ... is it OK to list some vendors and flavors specifically here?

 

[loxmythe]

Oh no, Lox. I hope it clears up quick. That is a disappointment. So did you have to call vendor to trace down source of PGA? I did not have much luck with that.

No it was my own DIY. With TA getting scarce I snapped up all I could find but some of it was PGA not pg like I usually use. Luckily I realized almost immediately the problem and mixed a new batch without PGA.

 

[Thayamax]

Thanks, Marla. I'm mostly a dessert type vaper. My favorite is Deadly Sin which is supposed to be a tobacco base with cinnamon roll. I don't taste the tobacco, but it's probably what gives it it's body and complexity. Banyan Tree and Banana Banyan are good, too. They are also tobacco based, but don't taste like a cigarette to me. I can do some fruit, but only if it's with cream. I like sweet vapes for the most part, but I like don't seem to like vanilla or custard much. Same with cheesecake. I can usually just taste the graham cracker.

I also like a strong taste since my taste buds are not too good from smoking for over 42 years. Absolutely no coffee or tea for me.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

yeah, no cheesecake!!!! tastes like smelly socks!

 

[Claudia P]

You know you don't have to sub ohm with a mech mod don't you? I have no intention of sub ohming and I'm seriously thinking about a kick that effectively turn a mech into a VV and adds protection against the battery getting too low, which is what causes the problems, at very least I will get a fuse for that protection. It's another part of my Vapocolypse preparation, mech mods don't have electronics in them that break and there are some very very pretty ones too. I need another mod for the Origen to sit on so I don't have to keep changing attys, it's pretty big around so it needs a substantial mod and the SID just isn't cutting it for me, it works great on the ProVari though.

I passed on the Igo L because you have to wrap the wire around the posts, I decided to get one that had either holes or slots for the wire to make the building easier. That is why I got the Trident clone, oh and it was very pretty too, lol. That said my first coil experience happened to be on the Origen clone that I got because everyone says the flavor is the best of any RDA they had tried, and I was promised help and if it didn't work out I had several people who promised to buy it from me. The Origen has a hole for the wire in the center post only, not the outer ones and while I fumbled around a bit I did get it to work. So now both of my RDAs are made for dual coils but work great with a single too and they both have airflow adjustments, one thing I have heard over and over about the Igo-L is that the air hole needs to be drilled out a bit. The Origen vapes like a beast, I tried some 12 mg juice in it and it was a bit much, back to 6 mg only in it.

Claudia, you are really starting to scare me now. A mech mod? OMG. Who you hanging out with on here? Remember, you are not a college age boy. (Really just teasing you.) Good for you, and it looks very professional and pretty. How does it vape?

I am jealous. I am going to get my Igo-L in the mail next week and come on here and post about my dismal failures. Mech mod. Bah! I did buy some stronger reading glasses, hope that and the larger deck on the Igo-L will help me to build a working coil. If I could just get my hands to do what they are supposed to do.

 

[mdw3258calif]

OK, well here are a few I've come to love, with my 43+ yrs smoking 2-3 pad tastebuds, only just short of 3 months quit -- so YRMV. I find I need a pretty strong flavor. Lots of highly rated juices just are bleh/no-flavor to me. Everything I mention below has steeped for 3-6 weeks (caps on, but with removal, eliminate air by squeezing to top, suck in new air, re-cap, re- shake, dark cool sitting time, cap off, breathe, shake, etc, rinse repeat)

This isn't meant to be in any way a proper review of anything - just a list of ones I like.

Mt Baker Vapor:
don't like their fruits (might be me discovering I don't like fruit vapes)
**Vanilla Butternut 12 mg 65%pg/35%vg, 3 flavor shots - YUMMY, alone or as mixer (buttery, sweet)
**555 18 mg 65%/35% -- YUMMY - I know a lot of you are more knowledgeable about tobaccos, but this one is wonderful for me; can be
mixed with other flavors (like cocoa and/or mocha java (other vendors), for great results
**Bananas Gone Nuts 18mg 65/35 - also - yummy
**Caramel Candy 12 mg 65/35, 2 flavor shots - really great for strong caramel flavor
**Cinnamon Roll 12mg 65/35, 3 flavor shots - this one was a nothing at first - after a MONTH of sitting, it became wonderful
**Butter Rum 12mg 65/35, 2 flavor shots - a little sweet, but very nice

I tried about 17 of their other flavors, but these are the ones that I reorder. Others vary from completely blehhh to so-so, for me.

Jeez, I just realized this takes quite a while to put the info together (gawd what a newb I am!). I'll do other vendors later. These are all just for the heck of it, with me and my particular developing tastebuds.

 

[Thayamax]

Thanks, Marla. Personally I've never had any luck with MBV juices. I've tried numerous ones (none you mentioned except cinnamon roll...it wasn't bad). I find they have an underlying taste that I can't get past. The only ones I liked a little were cinnamon roll and Moo Juice. That one tasted like Strawberry Quick. I don't know if it's the nic or the flavorings they use, but I don't care for the taste. I wish I did. You can't beat their prices and customer service...not to mention their speedy delivery times.

 

[Karen N Daytona]

i have the MBV caramel candy and I love it too! at 65/35 1 shot ( i might try a sample sz with 2 shots)
i also like their Bavarian Cream with 3 shots I might even add another shot if I order it again. It mixes well with a lot of duds to make them vapable.
I never tried any of their tobaccos, I tried some coffee flavor that was horrible, I was sad, I really wanted to like it. I have a few fruits, but I am not a fruit fan (also love real fruit) the whipped cream at 0 flavor shots= no taste at all. (best whipped cream was from DIY FQ you win that hands down!!!!! I only tried yours and theirs, but I know what I love)

I only get sample sizes, I might like something and then the next time I use it, not so much.

If, I finish a whole bottle within a week , i loved it. otherwise I put them aside and vape two to three weeks later in cycles to get rid of it. this is how I keep vaping, I might not like the flavor, but I try to use it. I try mixing everyone of the losers with the good ones to see if that helps.

 

[Claudia P]

Good morning everyone. Just a heads up, my itazte vv v3 fell over last night, it was sitting on the counter and I bumped it. At first I thought it might have popped the atty cause it wouldn't read it, but I have since tried several attys and all I get in NON. It didn't even fall, it was standing on it's end and fell over onto the counter and now it's dead, doesn't matter whether it will charge or not if it won't read an atty.

 

[Erised]

Good Morning!

It's still raining here. ALMOST makes me glad I'm going to work.

 

[kathi17]

Claudia, you are really starting to scare me now. A mech mod? OMG. Who you hanging out with on here? Remember, you are not a college age boy. (Really just teasing you.) Good for you, and it looks very professional and pretty. How does it vape?

I am jealous. I am going to get my Igo-L in the mail next week and come on here and post about my dismal failures. Mech mod. Bah! I did buy some stronger reading glasses, hope that and the larger deck on the Igo-L will help me to build a working coil. If I could just get my hands to do what they are supposed to do.

I have an Innokin Cool Fire I on it's way to me now. I think it's little, and it isn't vv or vw, but it looks a lot cooler than my egos. I really don't think I will ever be adventurous enough for a mech mod!

 

[loxmythe]

Good morning everyone. Just a heads up, my itazte vv v3 fell over last night, it was sitting on the counter and I bumped it. At first I thought it might have popped the atty cause it wouldn't read it, but I have since tried several attys and all I get in NON. It didn't even fall, it was standing on it's end and fell over onto the counter and now it's dead, doesn't matter whether it will charge or not if it won't read an atty.

Check and see if center pin may have been pushed in and not making contact with atty anymore.

Search ECF for a thread. Maybe your not the only 1?

If you can't get it - send it to me I'll see if I can fix it.

 

[kathi17]

yeah, no cheesecake!!!! tastes like smelly socks!

I'm glad to know that. I've been thinking about cheesecake, but wasn't sure how it would taste. Now that I've heard your answer, I think I would probably think the same.

I'm not into tobacco flavors, but I love desert flavors. I haven't gotten any juices I really like yet, but I have a very mild butterscotch, and a very mild caramel candy. I bought them at a B&M, and you can barely taste them, but I know if they were a little stronger, I would love them.

I thought I would love fruit, but so far, except for a very weak one called autumn apple, I really wasn't into the fruit as much as the sweets.

I don't want the tobacco ones, because I am trying to think of vaping as like eating desert. Desert tastes much better than tobacco, and I don't want to look forward to tasting tobacco!

 

[kathi17]

OK, well here are a few I've come to love, with my 43+ yrs smoking 2-3 pad tastebuds, only just short of 3 months quit -- so YRMV. I find I need a pretty strong flavor. Lots of highly rated juices just are bleh/no-flavor to me. Everything I mention below has steeped for 3-6 weeks (caps on, but with removal, eliminate air by squeezing to top, suck in new air, re-cap, re- shake, dark cool sitting time, cap off, breathe, shake, etc, rinse repeat)

This isn't meant to be in any way a proper review of anything - just a list of ones I like.

Mt Baker Vapor:
don't like their fruits (might be me discovering I don't like fruit vapes)
**Vanilla Butternut 12 mg 65%pg/35%vg, 3 flavor shots - YUMMY, alone or as mixer (buttery, sweet)
**555 18 mg 65%/35% -- YUMMY - I know a lot of you are more knowledgeable about tobaccos, but this one is wonderful for me; can be
mixed with other flavors (like cocoa and/or mocha java (other vendors), for great results
**Bananas Gone Nuts 18mg 65/35 - also - yummy
**Caramel Candy 12 mg 65/35, 2 flavor shots - really great for strong caramel flavor
**Cinnamon Roll 12mg 65/35, 3 flavor shots - this one was a nothing at first - after a MONTH of sitting, it became wonderful
**Butter Rum 12mg 65/35, 2 flavor shots - a little sweet, but very nice

I tried about 17 of their other flavors, but these are the ones that I reorder. Others vary from completely blehhh to so-so, for me.

Jeez, I just realized this takes quite a while to put the info together (gawd what a newb I am!). I'll do other vendors later. These are all just for the heck of it, with me and my particular developing tastebuds.

Thanks for that list! I was thinking about getting some of the caramel candy flavoring stuff. I think the B&M I went to must use Mt Baker for his flavors, because a lot of his juices have the same names as theirs. I love his caramel candy, but I can barely taste it. I thought if I added some of the Mt Baker flavor to it, it would be really good!

 

[kathi17]

That's what I do too. I can't imagine throwing something away after I spent good money on it!

edit: I guess I shouldn't edit "reply with quote" without making sure I don't remove the wrong thing, or it won't be in a box anymore.

 

[kathi17]

Good morning everyone. Just a heads up, my itazte vv v3 fell over last night, it was sitting on the counter and I bumped it. At first I thought it might have popped the atty cause it wouldn't read it, but I have since tried several attys and all I get in NON. It didn't even fall, it was standing on it's end and fell over onto the counter and now it's dead, doesn't matter whether it will charge or not if it won't read an atty.

Ouch, that hurts! I will be really upset when and if that happens to me. Some of these PVs are expensive.

 

[Topdogie01]

GAH. i just changed coils in my hypertank and ended up putting in an old one that i forgot to clean. cant figure out what flavor was previously on it, but it is interesting. wta, gingerbread, and mystery kind of fruity flavor but this coil wasnt used for a fruity flavor. i found that the gingerbread covers the odd taste i get from the wta.

 

[Claudia P]

I didn't think I would either but I know you don't have to sub ohm with one and you can get a kick or at least a fuse that stops you from discharging the battery too low. Those are the two primary problems with them and I am very aware. There are some of them that are very very pretty and I admit I'm overly attracted to shiny objects. LOL

I have an Innokin Cool Fire I on it's way to me now. I think it's little, and it isn't vv or vw, but it looks a lot cooler than my egos. I really don't think I will ever be adventurous enough for a mech mod!

 

[Claudia P]

Thanks Lox, I did adjust the pin and it didn't help, tried a number of different attys too. Since I had knocked it over on the counter I'm afraid something inside broke or came loose. I'll check the threads and see if I can find anything.

Check and see if center pin may have been pushed in and not making contact with atty anymore.

Search ECF for a thread. Maybe your not the only 1?

If you can't get it - send it to me I'll see if I can fix it.

 

[Claudia P]

I have a zillion MBV juices and while I do like some of them they just never did the trick for me, once you find "that" juice you'll know it and this whole thing becomes easier. For me it was Nickoticket juices, but everyone has different tastes in everything, as hard as it is to spend more on the premium juices sometimes that is just what you have to do to find "the" one or ones that really satisfy you. For now I am mixing small quantities of my MBV juices with some of my better ones just to use them up, but using enough of the good ones to mask what I don't like about the others.

Ouch, that hurts! I will be really upset when and if that happens to me. Some of these PVs are expensive.