throat hit

[soysos]

I'm trying out some DIY juice tying to save a little money. I made up a couple of flavors. I made them a little more mild than I would prefer figuring they would get stronger with some steeping. Is this wright or should I add a little more flavoring? anyway my big issue is that I'm not getting any TH from the mixes, both are 10mg, one is 80/20 VG/PG the other is 85/15. I didn't add any PG to the mix and the nic base is 100% VG. my usual juice is 11-12mg 70/30 mix, the difference doesn't seem extreme enough to make this big a difference, but I'm not feeling anything.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

...don't know what your pre-diy ratios may have been, but PG may allow a bit more TH to come through. I don't know whether steeping might change TH. You could add some nic, a little at a time and see if you can bring it up to what you are used to.

 

[dannyv45]

Concentrations of VG that high also need 5 - 7% distilled water. On it's own it's likely to thick to wick properly and you'll get no vaper or a burnt taste or no taste at all. And as mentioned earlier try increasing your NIC or add some PG. Also not all NIC is created equal for instance MFS sells a harsher NIC that delivers a very strong throat hit but vaperstek sells a NIC that is very mild and has a very low throat hit. So depending where you bought your NIC and what brand it its also may have a lot to do with it. Hardware also has a lot to do with throat hit. A dripper or RBA deliver lots of flavor and throat hit where a carto or cheap tank deliver less. Battery also has a lot to do with it, to low a voltage setting gives you less flavor and throat hit and to high give you strong throat hit and burning wick taste.

 

[Exchaner]

To save yourself the tedious task of measuring distilled water each time you make a mix, you can try pre-diluting all, or a portion of your VG with 4%-5% DW ahead of time. It saves time by automatically adjusting the amount of DW in your mix - the more VG in your mix, the more DW (and vice versa.) I experience a distinct increase in TH using distilled water with VG.