Supplies in Houston?

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Andy_vk

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Hello all. New to vaping, and looking for good supplies in the Houston area. As I like to support small business I've been looking for small stores that have good supplies. I found a shop down in Dickinson that carries good e-liquid, but a limited choice on vaporizers. I picked up an eGo-T (with CE4) from them, but getting there to buy liquid is fairly inconvenient. Anyone know of any retailers in the southeast area (Pasadena, Deer Park, Clear Lake, etc.) that carry good e liquid? I also found a shop right at the Deer Park/Pasadena border, but the only decent liquid they sell only comes in tobacco or menthol. The rest of the stuff is inexpensive, but tastes like something that came out of the south end of a north-bound horse.
 

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I'm sure this won't help since it's on the North side but I thought I would mention anyway.

Spring Vapor in the Spring area (Rayford Road) has fantastic juices made right there on the spot. Many made to order. The owner is very enthusiastic and knowledgable. It's a cool place to hang out and try each flavor and just shoot the sh@t.

I went in the other day to pick up a larger bottle of my favorite (his 555 is the BOMB!!) and he was just mixing up a new one and thinking of a name. It was a honeydew and cantaloup concoction that was just plain delicious! My poor hubby was waiting in the car. A "quick run in the store" took close to 30 mins. cuz I was having so much fun just chatting!

I'm sure the drive will make this inconvenient, but if you ever have reason to travel to the North side, I highly reccommend stopping by.
 

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I'm sure this won't help since it's on the North side but I thought I would mention anyway.

Spring Vapor in the Spring area (Rayford Road) has fantastic juices made right there on the spot. Many made to order. The owner is very enthusiastic and knowledgable. It's a cool place to hang out and try each flavor and just shoot the sh@t.

I went in the other day to pick up a larger bottle of my favorite (his 555 is the BOMB!!) and he was just mixing up a new one and thinking of a name. It was a honeydew and cantaloup concoction that was just plain delicious! My poor hubby was waiting in the car. A "quick run in the store" took close to 30 mins. cuz I was having so much fun just chatting!

I'm sure the drive will make this inconvenient, but if you ever have reason to travel to the North side, I highly reccommend stopping by.

I second this post. The Woodlands is about 45 minutes from downtown Houston. Nik's phone number is 832-663-1494 and the address is 1603 Rayford Rd, Spring, TX 77386 (red building at the corner of Rayford and Geneva).

My favorite flavors are his Black Label line.
 

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Good to know that Houston is finally getting some B & M stores, I'll stop by and check out Create next week, my office is on Westheimer and Hillcroft, so they are close.
I stopped by Spring Vapor Thursday and had him mix me up some RY4 with extra vanilla, real nice guy, cool shop, looks like he has just about everything you need in there. The juice is too vanillaly, but that's not his fault, I should of just got the RY4 (I'm a newby trying to find a daily vape). But I'll for sure stop by SV when I'm out in that area as well.
 

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I went to Creat E cig and it was fantastic. They are pretty new and their stock of parts and such varies a lot. I wrote a review of them but I think the Mods got rid of it for some reason, It's the only place I'll go. Also most of the BC Smokeshops carry Eliquids and some basic Ego products from Joytech along with a small supply of E-liquids.
 

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I'm rather new to the whole Vape game...but my limited experience I was very excited finding Spring Vape...

There are two B&M stores near the house that carry some form of the eGo and both have a large selection of juice...but it's not very strong taste wise.

Spring Vape, knowledgeable folks...variety of parts (and again limited experience) the best tasting juice I"ve found thus far.

Plus, they have a loyalty program for free juice...

I will be back.
 

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Hello Houstonians :) I'm in the Woodlands!

This might not help, but a brand new smoke shop opened up on Sawdust. The sign isn't anything fancy, it just says "High End Smoke Shop", but I have to say I've had really good experiences with them. They are a smaller store, but very clean, only sells smoke and PV stuff. The guy there, Mike, is very nice :)
 

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CGlassford

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OMG!!!!! My Hubby just pointed that store out to me the other day!!

I figured since it had the word "smoke" in the title it surely wasn't a VAPOR store.

Since I've been "back on the wagon" I've been pretty loyal to Spring Vapor. But I'll have to check this one out too. Gotta support those local businesses whenever and however possible!!
 

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I finally stopped in at that "High End" place. I was confused that a Vape shop would have the word Smoke in the name. Now I understand..........the key word would be "High" for that place.

It actually made me quite angry when he showed me a device that fit an ego style battery that "can be used for everything" (wink wink) "nic liquids, tobacco (another wink), or even wax" (wax? what the heck is wax?)

There are people fighting to get e cigs respect as a means to quit smoking and here these jerks are marketing them to be used for illegal substances and displaying them directly next to other paraphenalia that could be used for nothing but illegal substance.

That is not a VAPE store. They have a larger selection of flavored paper than they have of vapor supplies.

I will admit the place is clean and the people very friendly and helpful and honest about what they don't know. I am not saying they are a place that should be shut down or anything, just not a place I plan on shopping as they have nothing I am interested in buying.
 

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Saw this thread pop and and thought I'd chime in here as well. Spring vapor probably has the most related to supplies, but as usual with B&M locations their prices are on the upper end of what I'm willing to pay. A Coworker stopped in there and think they wanted like $25 or $28 for a ProTank2. Sorry...that's way out of line.

Now, for their juices...reasonable prices for the most part. Sadly, for me and my wife, thats where it ends. Their base is 50/50 but for some reason (to me) it's simply way to damn thick - like pouring out cold syrup! Frankly...the flavors were not that impressive either, just sort of "meh" to "blah". Guess they need to steep for ages as their testing bar was far better than when we got the juice home.


As for others, already mentioned is Create ecig out on Westheimer. I live in Humble and we had a new vape lounge open up right off 59/1960 but still have not stopped by. Would also like to mention a couple new start-ups; Tranquil Vapor (run by husband and wife out of their home) sells online but they do have contracts with some shops, just not sure if they are here. And the newest that I heard about is Express E-Juice (no website, just on FB). They are only selling to retail locations and was told they are available at a shop called "Smoke Shore" on Eldridge Parkway (they have a testing bar) and another new B&M opening on Westheimer & Hwy6 (just staring up over the past week or two).

Full disclosure; I do not work for either of the last two mentioned. Tranquil I've ordered from and had some good and bad luck with the flavors (same with every vendor). I've not yet gotten anything from Express as they just signed the contracts over the past month and I only know of them via friend of a friend and found out she works for the same company as me so we've chatted a couple times.

If there are more B&M's or local retailers..........post 'em up!
 

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smoknchief

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Vapor Trading Co. (i-10 and Memorial) - I've been here after their grand opening. Real friendly staff and they don't look down on you if you're a noob/novice.

Vapor Lair (Westheimer and Montrose) - I haven't been here yet, but I hear this is the place to be. I heard that they came from Cali to open a location in Houston. I plan on going here later this week.
 
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