I have found a huge difference in tobacco flavors. I currently use Tasty Vapors (locally here in my area in Oakland) and NET whose tobacco juices are great.
An observation and a bit of a puzzle: why do tobacco flavors start to turn brown and eventually even black-ish?
An observation and a bit of a puzzle: why do tobacco flavors start to turn brown and eventually even black-ish?
- Tasty Vapors are made, so they tell me, by soaking. This implies "cold" extraction. So, far, this one turns the least brown and never blackish.
- NET, whose Big Spirit, Organic Spirit and NS Dark I absolutely love, turn brown and eventually blackish. As it progresses, it looses taste and increases harshness. I have tried everything from new atomziers to smaller tanks --- theory is you finish quickly, re-fill and don't give it a chance to change --- but now you can't use a bigger tank, i.e. Pro Tank 3. NET lets you choose cold or heat extraction. The ones I have are heat extraction.
- Is there a difference between cold or heat extract flavors? Seems to me that the heat extraction has the best taste.
- Is there a difference between PG/VG ratios? Tasty Vapor suggests 80/20 and NET suggests 70/30. I really can't tell the difference taste-wise and perhaps I get a slightly better throat hit with 80/20.
- Tasty Vapor takes longer to change to dark. The combination of cold extract and 80/20 may be the difference.
- Mini tanks (KT2 and iSmoka) take longer to change to dark. Constant re-filling is obviously the reason why.
- Higher resistance (2.2ohms instead of 1.8/1.5ohms) seems to also make a difference. Anything more than 2.2ohms, for me, reduces the throat hit too much.
