Thoughts on DIY E-Juice

[simplyme82]

I have come across many e-juice sites and just this weekend ordered from about 3. Now I play the waiting game to receive my juice in hopes that I come across something that has the taste, throat hit and vape cloud.

I figure I would give a shot at doing my own ejuices. I could buy a bunch of flavors and play around with the mixtures until I found the one that I wanted. I then wouldn't be waiting on juices to arrive.

Pros/Cons from others who have taken this route?

 

[Justice]

I've had a few juices I made that I didn't like. DIY gave me the opportunity to make several flavors cheaply to discover that I don't do food type tastes. All I like is tobacco flavors. And I have found my all day only flavor I make myself. No other tailor makes taste right to me any more. I only smoked one kind of analogs why would I vape many different juices is my thot

 

[36tinybells]

I order juice and diy juice. I wouldn't want to limit myself either way. The juice I buy is really good and complex. My diy is custom and very good too! I save alot by diy, but haven't matched the flavor of my 2 favorite all day (honestly have not even tried). Also, I really don't want to have to pick either. It's nice to have options and not panic if the mail is slow!

 

[Liv2Ski]

Cons????? Not sure I have any. I have not bought juice in over six months!!! DIY is really rewarding and saves some significant $$$$$$. Read the stickies, start simple and once you get the hang of it you can then pretty much clone or get even better than your favorite store bought. One tip and that is to get some sweetener. Some people do not need it but for me my DIY tasted flat and the flavors did not "pop" untill I added some sweetener at around 1% to my mixes. Happy DIY.

 

[Nunnster]

I just got into DIY juice, and as far as I can see, the only "con" I can see is that if you make something you dont like your stuck with it to try to make it better or pitch it. As far as pro's, its cheaper, you can make exactly what you want, and you know what exactly is going into your juice.

 

[rstreet55]

As far as I can tell, I don't see how you can make a bad batch. If you do your research, buy quality pg/vg/nic and flavoring, understand what the safe and unsafe flavorings are (chemicals, etc), and be precise in your measurements, you can make great e-liquid. I just finished my first ever DIY batches, and they taste outstanding. With flavoring, I use 12% to start and then add when necessary. You can save tons of money. Extreme Vaping has a very, very high purity level of nicotine, and kosher vg/pg. It's worth a shot. Even if you can't get the hang of it, you will not have spent a lot of money in trying. You will know exactly what is going into your juice. I got tired of buying tons and tons of juices to find out what I liked. In the end, I couldn't settle on a single vendor or juice I preferred. This way, I can make EXACTLY what I want. Good luck!

 

[simplyme82]

All sounds good to me. I think my biggest worry was not knowing which flavor I would want to vape on a constant basis. I've been trying out many different flavors and so far the only one I actually really like is the watermelon from JuicyVapors. The taste is amazing! Like a watermelon now and later. I love it!

I guess, for my first DIY, I could order some watermelon flavor, along with everything else and go from there. I think I'm sold!

 

[dotma]

I do both also. I like to have the option around that if i need juice while awaiting an order, i can make some to get me by. The con i have found is that I cannot make things taste as good as the juice places!

 

[simplyme82]

LMAO! I just went ape crazy on this site!

I found a site that sells flavors. The Perfumer's Apprentice. I started out just like I said and selected the Watermelon flavor thinking I would try my hand at it and see what happens. I ended up getting Strawberry, Ripe Banana, Pineapple, Kiwi, Hawaiian Punch, Grape Juice, Black Cherry, Apple Candy and a Sweetener. What can I say? I like fruit and sweets. I'll try complex flavors later. All 1oz bottles. From what I heard these flavors are very concentrated so a few drops should go a long way. With that said, these bottles should last me a lifetime.

Also picked up some Nic Juice PG and VG Juice and bottles from Ecigexpress.

Total cost to start DIY $129.29. Hopefully all goes well.

 

[wendallb]

You might want to visit the DIY thread, lots of good info there DIY Thread