(If you're not in the mood to read my flowery intro, skip ahead to the straight review a few paragraphs down)
With the exception of V4L, I don't usually buy from the big boys. Not that I have anything against the more powerful suppliers, so much that I prefer to put money in the pockets of small-time hobbyists because I have an inner desire to see them succeed.
As I said, however, V4L is my exception to this rule. They have consistently delivered outstanding and rave-worthy products, I am happy to say that once I ventured into their candy store of sweeter flavors I emerged just as happy as I had when I procured from their catalog of tobacco tastes. Like many here, I made the transition from smoking to vaping with an initial reluctance and apprehension, uncertain at best and doubtful at worst that this new market would fulfill my addictions. Like many here, I started off with (and still primarily use) tobacco flavors, and to my elation there are many good ones out there; V4L has plenty which light me up and put me in an exceptional mood, with numerous others here and there that meet my taste to varying degrees, and a handful which I don't particularly care for but are recognizable in their quality nevertheless. I looked to sweeter flavors for a little variety; and because V4L has provided me with some good ones I decided that the least I owed to them was a review.
This is not my first branching out into dessert territory, but it is the first time I've really sat down and sampled a list's worth; at this point I can say with confidence that V4L's sweet flavors have pleased me exponentially more than any other brand I've tried (though keep in mind that there are probably a billion suppliers I haven't yet tried.) They are as is follows:
All of these flavors were vaped through both a V4L vapor king manual pass-through and then a GoGo 1300ma batt at 4.2v with 808D-1 adapter, the two experiences were in my opinion indistinguishable
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Pre-filled cartos (mixed-berry sample pack)
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Cherry 24mg : 5/5
My god, the cherry. I was really, really looking for a good cherry, this was what I set out to find and this, oh my goodness, yes, this is it. It tastes just like a cherry right out of a bottle of ice cream topping. The flavor is sustained throughout the life of the carto and at 24mg nic the throat hit makes it a euphoric experience; and I do mean euphoric, the coupling of deliciousness and a cloudy drag was overwhelmingly intense. In retrospect I suppose it is a bit bizarre that I was this emotional over a vape, but lie to me and tell me that you haven't felt the same way over our communal passion at one time or another; if indeed you haven't - here my friend, here is the solution to what you've been missing.
Blueberry 24mg : 5/5
Precisely the same experience as the cherry. Very much a sweet, sugary blueberry, like pretty much any blueberry flavoring out there, with the added benefit that I didn't actually expect to like this one, let alone as much as I liked the cherry. Keep in mind it really isn't true to the fruit-fruity, it is in fact more on the side of a dessert flavor, which makes it not at all mild to the taste-buds but still surprisingly smooth on the tongue.
Peach 24mg : 4/5
I'm not the best judge for the peach, I really don't like peach flavored anything and never have. For the sake of objectivity, I'm giving it a 4 out of 5 because it is a very solid, candy-esq peach flavor and I imagine if you wanted a peach carto this would hit the right spot for you. The reason I didn't give it a 5 out of 5 is because it didn't rock my world enough to make me like it in spite of my bad relationship with the flavor in general.
Raspberry 24mg : 3/5 This is hardly a bad raspberry flavor, but it's not particularly a good one either. I personally wouldn't go stocking up on it here but to be fair I probably wouldn't go stocking up on raspberry anyway. This is a solid flavor and if you like raspberry you won't be disappointed with this.
Strawberry 24mg : 3/5
I was torn on this one, I almost gave it a two out of five. This is not what you'd expect from a strawberry flavor in that it tastes exactly like a strawberry, I have to give V4L props on this one, I would've thought it next to impossible to accurately imitate the exact flavor of a fruit. It's very 'unsweet', a word I feel that fits, meaning that it doesn't taste sugary but it's about as sweet as a typical, fresh strawberry. If that's what you're looking for than this deserves more than a 5/5 because I somehow doubt anyone else has even attempted to pull this off and you need to be ordering it from V4L. If you're looking for a dessert strawberry I actually think- though I haven't tried it- that V4L makes a "strawberry cordial / pie" flavor, or something to that effect, go with that instead or take your strawberry search elsewhere.
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Bottled Flavors Filled into single coil 3.5ml GoGo cartos and vaped through GoGo 1300ma batt.
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Black Licorice 18mg : 5/5
I've tried licorice flavors in the past and the bitter tang usually gave me a headache. but I troopered on here because I like black licorice and I have faith in V4L. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would and it has become a daily vape for me, it's really, really smooth and mild, and it's not too sweet nor is it at all bitter. I really, really love this stuff and will not be looking elsewhere for a black licorice flavor, I recommend it to anyone who likes this flavor.
Banana Foster 18mg : 3/5
After vaping this for the first time I kicked myself for not just going with regular banana, the mundane picture of a banana on the website next to this picture of that same banana looking like it was ecstatically in love with whatever the hell a foster is just swayed my purchase. I really wanted a banana flavor and was initially disappointed for a variety of reasons. The printed manufacture date was a full year past and it smelled and tasted like alcohol. Having never had a year old e-liquid I didn't at first realize that that was due to sitting for too long a period of time unopened. My first vape on it was atrocious and made me gag, it tasted like, well, like a decomposed banana. I nearly packed it away in my "things to give away to someone I hate" drawer but then I saw my friend GreyLion doing what he refers to as "steeping", leaving the bottle open for a day or two to give it time to breath. I followed through by doing the same with my banana foster and now it tastes just fine, without any of the alcohol smell or taste. Still nothing terribly exciting, but most excellent for a few drops here and there to give a little more flavor to some tobacco carts.
That's all for now!
With the exception of V4L, I don't usually buy from the big boys. Not that I have anything against the more powerful suppliers, so much that I prefer to put money in the pockets of small-time hobbyists because I have an inner desire to see them succeed.
As I said, however, V4L is my exception to this rule. They have consistently delivered outstanding and rave-worthy products, I am happy to say that once I ventured into their candy store of sweeter flavors I emerged just as happy as I had when I procured from their catalog of tobacco tastes. Like many here, I made the transition from smoking to vaping with an initial reluctance and apprehension, uncertain at best and doubtful at worst that this new market would fulfill my addictions. Like many here, I started off with (and still primarily use) tobacco flavors, and to my elation there are many good ones out there; V4L has plenty which light me up and put me in an exceptional mood, with numerous others here and there that meet my taste to varying degrees, and a handful which I don't particularly care for but are recognizable in their quality nevertheless. I looked to sweeter flavors for a little variety; and because V4L has provided me with some good ones I decided that the least I owed to them was a review.
This is not my first branching out into dessert territory, but it is the first time I've really sat down and sampled a list's worth; at this point I can say with confidence that V4L's sweet flavors have pleased me exponentially more than any other brand I've tried (though keep in mind that there are probably a billion suppliers I haven't yet tried.) They are as is follows:
All of these flavors were vaped through both a V4L vapor king manual pass-through and then a GoGo 1300ma batt at 4.2v with 808D-1 adapter, the two experiences were in my opinion indistinguishable
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Pre-filled cartos (mixed-berry sample pack)
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Cherry 24mg : 5/5
My god, the cherry. I was really, really looking for a good cherry, this was what I set out to find and this, oh my goodness, yes, this is it. It tastes just like a cherry right out of a bottle of ice cream topping. The flavor is sustained throughout the life of the carto and at 24mg nic the throat hit makes it a euphoric experience; and I do mean euphoric, the coupling of deliciousness and a cloudy drag was overwhelmingly intense. In retrospect I suppose it is a bit bizarre that I was this emotional over a vape, but lie to me and tell me that you haven't felt the same way over our communal passion at one time or another; if indeed you haven't - here my friend, here is the solution to what you've been missing.
Blueberry 24mg : 5/5
Precisely the same experience as the cherry. Very much a sweet, sugary blueberry, like pretty much any blueberry flavoring out there, with the added benefit that I didn't actually expect to like this one, let alone as much as I liked the cherry. Keep in mind it really isn't true to the fruit-fruity, it is in fact more on the side of a dessert flavor, which makes it not at all mild to the taste-buds but still surprisingly smooth on the tongue.
Peach 24mg : 4/5
I'm not the best judge for the peach, I really don't like peach flavored anything and never have. For the sake of objectivity, I'm giving it a 4 out of 5 because it is a very solid, candy-esq peach flavor and I imagine if you wanted a peach carto this would hit the right spot for you. The reason I didn't give it a 5 out of 5 is because it didn't rock my world enough to make me like it in spite of my bad relationship with the flavor in general.
Raspberry 24mg : 3/5 This is hardly a bad raspberry flavor, but it's not particularly a good one either. I personally wouldn't go stocking up on it here but to be fair I probably wouldn't go stocking up on raspberry anyway. This is a solid flavor and if you like raspberry you won't be disappointed with this.
Strawberry 24mg : 3/5
I was torn on this one, I almost gave it a two out of five. This is not what you'd expect from a strawberry flavor in that it tastes exactly like a strawberry, I have to give V4L props on this one, I would've thought it next to impossible to accurately imitate the exact flavor of a fruit. It's very 'unsweet', a word I feel that fits, meaning that it doesn't taste sugary but it's about as sweet as a typical, fresh strawberry. If that's what you're looking for than this deserves more than a 5/5 because I somehow doubt anyone else has even attempted to pull this off and you need to be ordering it from V4L. If you're looking for a dessert strawberry I actually think- though I haven't tried it- that V4L makes a "strawberry cordial / pie" flavor, or something to that effect, go with that instead or take your strawberry search elsewhere.
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Bottled Flavors Filled into single coil 3.5ml GoGo cartos and vaped through GoGo 1300ma batt.
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Black Licorice 18mg : 5/5
I've tried licorice flavors in the past and the bitter tang usually gave me a headache. but I troopered on here because I like black licorice and I have faith in V4L. I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would and it has become a daily vape for me, it's really, really smooth and mild, and it's not too sweet nor is it at all bitter. I really, really love this stuff and will not be looking elsewhere for a black licorice flavor, I recommend it to anyone who likes this flavor.
Banana Foster 18mg : 3/5
After vaping this for the first time I kicked myself for not just going with regular banana, the mundane picture of a banana on the website next to this picture of that same banana looking like it was ecstatically in love with whatever the hell a foster is just swayed my purchase. I really wanted a banana flavor and was initially disappointed for a variety of reasons. The printed manufacture date was a full year past and it smelled and tasted like alcohol. Having never had a year old e-liquid I didn't at first realize that that was due to sitting for too long a period of time unopened. My first vape on it was atrocious and made me gag, it tasted like, well, like a decomposed banana. I nearly packed it away in my "things to give away to someone I hate" drawer but then I saw my friend GreyLion doing what he refers to as "steeping", leaving the bottle open for a day or two to give it time to breath. I followed through by doing the same with my banana foster and now it tastes just fine, without any of the alcohol smell or taste. Still nothing terribly exciting, but most excellent for a few drops here and there to give a little more flavor to some tobacco carts.
That's all for now!
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