In a recent thread in the
Juice Discussion forum, the OP stated that he was getting no throat hit from
CrystalELiquid RY4 and asked if others had the same experience. I grabbed my cartos of
CEL RY4 and
CEL RY4 Double Tobacco and gave them a go. Well, dog my cats.
No throat hit, and mine are 24mg nic. Oh, I could
feel the nicotine, but throat hit? Almost non-existent.
I grabbed some other RY4 cartos from the cartidge cases on my desk that hold 100 RY4s, and was surprised to find that many of them were distinctly lacking in throat hit.
In my RY4 reviews and rankings, Ive focused mainly on flavor. Vapor production has never been a problem with any RY4 Ive had, and throat hit is less important to me now than it was two years ago as a new vaper weaning myself off cigs. I still
like throat hit, but I dont
need it nearly as much these days. Zero-nic or low-nic juices continue to be unsatisfying to me, but, as long as I can feel the nicotine, throat hit
per se is not critical to my enjoyment.
On the other hand, RY4 is technically a tobacco blend, so throat hit is a more natural component. TH goes with tobacco, even though the presence of throat hit depends almost completely on various factors other than the tobacco flavor or extract, which usually don't contribute anything to throat hit. The primary factors that cause throat hit are:
nic strength and purity---higher levels of nic give more TH; higher quality nic generally provides a crisper TH
base blend ratio---more PG = more throat hit; more VG = less throat hit
temperature of the vaporizing coil---higher watts = more coil heat = more throat hit
I decided to add two new groups to the RY4 Categories:
Maximum Throat Hit and
Minimum Throat Hit. This required me to vape all 100 RY4 cartos sitting at the ready on my desk. Interestingly, throat hit seems much more present among Classic than Custom RY4s. Perhaps TH provides some of the characteristic brightness of Classic RY4s, as opposed to the deeper, darker flavors of many Custom RY4s.
In early January, Ill post the next update of
The Big RY4 List, with vendor and review links, as well as updates to
RY4 Category Groups and
The Big RY4 Report Card, but I thought Id post the results now for all the RY4s I sampled. Below is an alphabetical list by vendor with most of the RY4s on The Big List. I rated the throat hit for each RY4 with a number from 1 to 10, with 1 being least (no TH at all), and 10 being most (maximum, knock-your-socks-off TH). I didnt end up giving any 1s or 10s---2 and 9 were as low and high as I went.
An important caveat to these numbers is that the anecdotal and subjective nature of the results are even more relevant for throat hit than for flavor. Many of my RY4s are now a year or more old, so aging might alter (meaning reduce) the throat hit. Also, I use cartos of various kinds (filler cartos, CE2s, single and dual coils) from different manufacturers (Boge, SmokTech, Kanger) in my desktop RY4 testing setup, so that could conceivably cause some testing error.
A rating of 4-6 should be considered
average throat hit. 2-3 is
low, while 7-9 is
high. All my RY4s are 18-24mg nic. YMMV.
3 AlienVisions Raf-a-licious
8 AltCig RY4
2 ApolloECigs RY4
7 AwesomeClouds AC3
3 BackwoodsBrew RY4
6 Bloog/SmokelessImageVolt RY4
5 BlueMist RY4.5
2 CloudsOfVapor COV4
5 CopperCreek Twisted Tobacco
2 CrystalELiquid RY4
2 CrystalELiquid RY4 Double Tobacco
6 DeeJStuff RY4
3 DIYFlavorShack RY4
3 DIYFlavorShack Caramel-Vanilla RY4
5 ECBlend RY4
6 ECBlend RY4 with double-extra caramel
4 EliteVaporworks RY4
2 ElixirLiquid RY4
5 Esmoke4Life Riskee Yuice
2 Good Prophets GP4
4 GoodEJuice GJ4
5 GoodEJuice RY4
9 GoodLifeVapor Hooligan
3 GoodProphets GP4
3 GoodProphets Keemer RY3
4 GoodProphets Keemer RY4
5 GourmetVapor RY4
8 GreenhouseOne RY4
6 Halo Tribeca
4 HappyESmoker Happy Es Favorite RY4
9 HealthCabin Dekang RY4
2 HeathersHeavenlyVapes Heavenly Tobacco
5 HighbrowVapor Highbrowbacco RY4
6 HitLiquid RY4
5 Ikenvape RY4 Gold PG
4 IndigoVapor Indigo RY
8 Janty RY4 (DK Series)
7 Janty RY4 (Elixir Series)
7 Janty RY4X (Classic Series)
3 JooglerJuice Jooglers Blend
6 Joyetech RY4
7 KalamazooVaporShop RY4
3 KickBassVapor RY4
3 LiquidXpress Taboo
5 MaddcattVapors MaddHatter RYJ4
7 MaddcattVapors MaddHatter RYW4
3 Madvapes Mad 4
5 Mister-E-Liquid MrEs RY4
4 Mom&PopVaporShop RY4
5 Mom&PopVaporShop RY4v2
4 Mom&PopVaporShop RYO4
3 Moondrop RY42
4 MountainOakVapors Classic CountRY-4
3 MountainOakVapors Full Virgina Flake RY4
4 MountOlympusVapors Double Happy RY4
6 MountOlympusVapors RY4
3 MrVapes RY4
2 MtBakerVapor RY4
8 MyVapeCreations CigaRY4
8 MyVapeCreations RY4
6 NashvilleVapor Professor Marvels Master Blend
5 NiteLiteVapor Renegade RY4
2 OrbVapor Organic RY4
5 ParkesVaping RY4
2 PrimeVaping PV4
2 QuickNicJuice RY4
6 RWVapors RY4
2 SpringVapor Black Label RY4
3 SpringVapor Black Label RY4 Day and Night
2 SpringVapor Fall Harvest RY4
3 Sweet-Vapes RY4
3 TheVaporRoom Gingers RY4
2 TimelessVapor RY4
5 TopShelfVapes RY4
9 TotallyWicked RY4 (Patriot Range)
7 ValueVapor Dekang RY1-RY2
4 VapeBIG RY4
4 VapeDoctor RY4
6 VapeKing VK4
7 VapeRite VR4
3 VapeSales Gold Label RY4(squared)
8 Vapor4Life Jammin
7 VaporBeast Holy Grail RY4
3 Vapor..... RY4
6 Vaporescence RY4
8 VaporStation VS4
9 VaporTalk Dulcis
5 VapourWorld Dekang RY4 Intense
2 VermillionRiver KY4
4 Vixen Vapors RY4
2 Want2Vape Rock Star
2 Want2Vape RY4
6 ZeusE-Juice Creamy RY4
4 ZeusE-Juice Zeus RY4