I started vaping about 6-7 months ago. Smoke free from day one of my vaping experience. I have now ventured into DIY over the past two months. I thought I would share some things I have learned, both online and on my own.
1) vaping costs more than cigarettes. At least initially when factoring in my addiction to DIY
, but one can not place a price on the difference in how I feel vaping compared to smoking, Oh wait I just saw my bank statement, the price is about $900.00
2) Take recipes as a guide, too many variables in taste of DIY juice. What people use for vaping, taste buds etc. I have seen reviews of concentrates on here that people swear are just horrible, yet I find work well in some recipes, Butterscotch, Malted Milk, Blackberry etc. I use mostly tanks for my vaping, but noticed a big difference in flavor and sweetness when I started using my kanger turbo tank with the dual coil and sub ohm's. So I can see why someone would say, it has no taste at all and others say it's sickly sweet. experiment people, try something new, there are enough cheap clones that work well for tanks and mods out there. You might be surprised at what you have been missing. I was.
3) Mixing flavors....ahhh I initially thought that all flavors had to be around 20% of the mix, despite constant reading of start low percentages and work your way up. Sometimes less is more, the sooner I realized that, the easier mixing became. Also I have found true is that some recipes taste great in tanks and better on drippers...and more importantly VICE VERSA ( again this is my opinion, please don't kill me, I have stuff steeping)
4) if you make your own juice and are able to produce some good stuff, your friends who vape, stop by more often, I actually made some good butterscotch banana and a few friends loved it, I gave a bottle of overly sweet one to another friend who sat with us and said : I don't get it, "how can you all like it, but I hate it" ahhhh good times
5) Sometimes the best juice is going against the grain, I was so focused on making the next great ejuice mixing things that sounded good, when some of the best juice is mixing things that don't sound so good, orange, candycane, cola ( don't try that one, it was for reference, or do try it who knows)
6) label everything, I can not begin to tell you how many 10 ml bottles I forgot to label showed up a few weeks later, not knowing what it was, it became mystery juice, I finally threw away the mystery juice as I am getting too old for mysteries these days. Never mind, I just found more mystery juice
7) Save your recipes and give them names- Just going to have to trust me on this one. SEE #6 above, the bad part is I have tried some mystery juice and it was quite tasty, what the hell was in it, I could only guess.
8) Don't quit, yes it can be frustrating to mix up a bottle and it smells great, only to taste like vaping a cloud of nothing, been there done that got frustrated. decided I needed 70 more flavors from everyone in the world...I didn't, don't get me wrong eggnog, pear gummy fish is awesome!! especially with a touch of bergomont imported orange from the Tibetan mountains
9) Why steep? if it isn't good now, it won't be later. steeping is the equivalent of the Unicorn, some people like it, some people don't believe in it and others won't vape their juice until rainbows shoot out their you know what, so from what I have found which is absolutely no help
Some juice needs to sit or at least shook violently, not talking in your hand, but attached to a drill press and spun for a few hours ( I actually did this...it helped a little, but not a whole lot) Ultrasonic...yup got one, use it, big capacity, heat, the whole nine yards, it helps a little with some flavors and does nothing for others. My favorite way to steep is using a tea candle on one of those little hobbit hut looking warmers, put the candle inside, put my mix in a heavy Pyrex cup and let it sit for a few hours, this seems to reduce steep time for me drastically on some of the custard flavors, very little heat but constant warm juice seem to meld the flavors together. Other juices need to be left in the dark and lied to in order to get flavor to come out....But seriously, you will find what works for you..But I highly recommend the candle, plus whatever you have in the pyrex cups will usually give a nice aroma to the room it's in
10) While I don't think my fingers really smelled before, they smell great now ..... always like a custard or fruit of somekind.
11) Always keep papertowels or microfiber cloth if vaping there is always a need, especially if you just want normal smelling fingers as opposed to a vanilla custard with a hint of bacon and cinnamon( sounds gross, thank me later)
12) last but not least, a big thanks for all the information I have found on here, I will continue to mix until one day Indiana jones great great grandson will be looking for he last 10 ml of a mystery juice made in the Pocono mountains of PA
1) vaping costs more than cigarettes. At least initially when factoring in my addiction to DIY
, but one can not place a price on the difference in how I feel vaping compared to smoking, Oh wait I just saw my bank statement, the price is about $900.002) Take recipes as a guide, too many variables in taste of DIY juice. What people use for vaping, taste buds etc. I have seen reviews of concentrates on here that people swear are just horrible, yet I find work well in some recipes, Butterscotch, Malted Milk, Blackberry etc. I use mostly tanks for my vaping, but noticed a big difference in flavor and sweetness when I started using my kanger turbo tank with the dual coil and sub ohm's. So I can see why someone would say, it has no taste at all and others say it's sickly sweet. experiment people, try something new, there are enough cheap clones that work well for tanks and mods out there. You might be surprised at what you have been missing. I was.
3) Mixing flavors....ahhh I initially thought that all flavors had to be around 20% of the mix, despite constant reading of start low percentages and work your way up. Sometimes less is more, the sooner I realized that, the easier mixing became. Also I have found true is that some recipes taste great in tanks and better on drippers...and more importantly VICE VERSA ( again this is my opinion, please don't kill me, I have stuff steeping)
4) if you make your own juice and are able to produce some good stuff, your friends who vape, stop by more often, I actually made some good butterscotch banana and a few friends loved it, I gave a bottle of overly sweet one to another friend who sat with us and said : I don't get it, "how can you all like it, but I hate it" ahhhh good times
5) Sometimes the best juice is going against the grain, I was so focused on making the next great ejuice mixing things that sounded good, when some of the best juice is mixing things that don't sound so good, orange, candycane, cola ( don't try that one, it was for reference, or do try it who knows)
6) label everything, I can not begin to tell you how many 10 ml bottles I forgot to label showed up a few weeks later, not knowing what it was, it became mystery juice, I finally threw away the mystery juice as I am getting too old for mysteries these days. Never mind, I just found more mystery juice
7) Save your recipes and give them names- Just going to have to trust me on this one. SEE #6 above, the bad part is I have tried some mystery juice and it was quite tasty, what the hell was in it, I could only guess.
8) Don't quit, yes it can be frustrating to mix up a bottle and it smells great, only to taste like vaping a cloud of nothing, been there done that got frustrated. decided I needed 70 more flavors from everyone in the world...I didn't, don't get me wrong eggnog, pear gummy fish is awesome!! especially with a touch of bergomont imported orange from the Tibetan mountains
9) Why steep? if it isn't good now, it won't be later. steeping is the equivalent of the Unicorn, some people like it, some people don't believe in it and others won't vape their juice until rainbows shoot out their you know what, so from what I have found which is absolutely no help
Some juice needs to sit or at least shook violently, not talking in your hand, but attached to a drill press and spun for a few hours ( I actually did this...it helped a little, but not a whole lot) Ultrasonic...yup got one, use it, big capacity, heat, the whole nine yards, it helps a little with some flavors and does nothing for others. My favorite way to steep is using a tea candle on one of those little hobbit hut looking warmers, put the candle inside, put my mix in a heavy Pyrex cup and let it sit for a few hours, this seems to reduce steep time for me drastically on some of the custard flavors, very little heat but constant warm juice seem to meld the flavors together. Other juices need to be left in the dark and lied to in order to get flavor to come out....But seriously, you will find what works for you..But I highly recommend the candle, plus whatever you have in the pyrex cups will usually give a nice aroma to the room it's in
10) While I don't think my fingers really smelled before, they smell great now ..... always like a custard or fruit of somekind.
11) Always keep papertowels or microfiber cloth if vaping there is always a need, especially if you just want normal smelling fingers as opposed to a vanilla custard with a hint of bacon and cinnamon( sounds gross, thank me later)
12) last but not least, a big thanks for all the information I have found on here, I will continue to mix until one day Indiana jones great great grandson will be looking for he last 10 ml of a mystery juice made in the Pocono mountains of PA
