specs: The 30ml bottle of NLV4ya by NiteLiteVapor I purchased from PVLiquids.com (the primary vendor for NLV eliquids) during their recent 25% off sale contains a caramel-colored liquid at 6mg nic in NLVs standard 65pg/35vg base. Nose of the liquid has a slight caramel scent. Testing was done by dripping into a 1.5 ohm Joyetech LR510 atomizer powered by a 1300mAh Vision Spinner clone set to 4.2 volts, and also by loading the juice into an old-school 1.7 ohm single-coil Smoktech Resurrector carto powered by a Buzz Pro VV set to 4.4 volts. Just to see what the difference might be using more modern hardware, I also sampled the juice in a Magma RDA with a 0.6 ohm build---a single 28-gauge horizontal spaced coil wicked with rayon---powered by an iPV Mini 30W regulated box mod set to 22.5 watts. While the vape was much more intense using the RDA dripper at considerably higher watts, the flavor profile was consistent across all three hardware platforms.
From the Descriptions Page about NLV juices on the
PVLiquids web site:
NiteLiteVapor's version of the ever popular RY4 which has been around for many years. This mix is
surrounded by caramels, vanillas, a lite unique tobacco, with a mild nutty exhale. New for May 2014.
Note: When NiteLiteVapor was a new vendor back in 2011, they offered a juice called Renegade RY4, which was included on The Big RY4 List. At some point, NLV decided that Renegade wasnt really an RY4, so they dropped the RY4 designation from the juice's name. Renegade was subsequently removed from The Big RY4 List and placed in the Discontinued or No Longer Available group. This newer juice---NLV4ya---is NiteLites official RY4 offering. Having PIFd most of my stock of older, high-nic juices in 2014, including a substantial stock of early NLV offerings, I no longer have any Renegade and so cant compare it to the more recently formulated NLV4ya.
In both the choice of individual flavoring ingredients and overall flavor profile, RY4s can be balanced or imbalanced, sweet or savory, middle-of-the-road or eccentric. These qualities are not judgments, merely categories. A given RY4 is judged good or bad not because of the distinctions themselves, but instead based on of how that particular RY4 handles or fleshes out those designations in flavor and performance.
Like most Custom RY4s,
NLV4ya relies less on overall balance than on the respective impact of its individual flavoring components---synthetic tobacco, caramel, and vanilla, plus whatever other additional flavoring elements may be used. In the case of NLV4ya, the individual flavorings seem happy with each other, so that even though the flavorings are tasted more individually than in singular union, harmony is maintained. NLV4ya is full-flavored, and distinctly more savory than sweet. This isnt a dessert-style RY4. A certain sweetness is inherent to juices using caramel and vanilla, but the synthetic tobacco used in NLV4ya is strong enough to cut down the sweetness, leaving more of a savory end result. Does NLV4ya belong in the category group Stronger Tobacco? Im not sure, but I think Ill put it in that group because of the juices relatively low sweetness quotient.
Eccentricity is not easy for RY4s; they tend to come off much better when they conform to our expectation of how an RY4 should taste, a fact that is reflected in the relatively low grades Ive given over the years to some distinctly unusual RY4s. Not that this is a rule---some relatively eccentric RY4s are very tasty. Pirate RY4 is an example of a Classic RY4 that pushes the traditional flavor envelope and (in my opinion) gets away with doing so quite nicely. NLV4ya is not afraid to deviate from the center of the RY4 bell curve. The interaction between the component flavorings produces a slightly idiosyncratic flavor profile , but I find it mostly pleasing rather than off-putting. Of course, NLV4ya is a Custom (or modern) RY4, so some experimentation with the standard RY4 flavor profile is permitted and not, in itself, unusual.
Id stop short of calling NLV4ya delicious. I find it more
interesting and
compelling than scrumptious. Perhaps distinctive is the best word to describe my reaction. This is an RY4 that exists on its own terms, and does so effectively. It remains tasty and enjoyable without ever straying into the hinterlands of weirdness. How NLV4ya will fare for long-term vaping potential, I don't yet know. Time will tell.
When you want an RY4 thats a little different but still good and definitely worth trying, NLV4ya might be just what the doctor ordered.
NiteLiteVapor NLV4ya grade:
B
link to purchase:
NLV Liquids from pvliquids.com