What did you finally find to be your ADV please?

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you just may be out of luck if you hate the idea of "steeping" or "aging" or whatever people want to call it. In my limited experience I've found that with the suppliers that offer "micro batches" of custom blended juices most if not all will require some steeping. You may be able to find a flavor or two that taste OK right out of the mailbox .... but they ALL will improve with age. My suggestion for you is to NOT throw out any juice that you don't like straight from the mailbox, but put it in a drawer to sample at a later date ... you may find that some that starts out as unvapable toxic waste tasting stuff become quite pleasant after a while.

Also my suggestion for your quest to find an all day vape ... give up the quest .... look for a handful of vapes you like and rotate them. You will waste a lot of time (and money) looking for that perfect juice ... find some you like, and casually use any free samples the supplier may offer to "experiment" with other flavors. Eventually a flavor will emerge that you just can't live without.

Yeah, I'm finding out it's pretty hard to have the patience for steeping, but don't have much choice. I've given up on that perfect juice and will be happy when I can find one I don't mind for more than a few hours at a time. It also doesn't help that my taste buds are trying to recover from almost 20 years of smoking and are probably constantly changing. Thanks for the suggestions!
 

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I have been hooked on peppermint and just about any mint combo for a while. I got burned out to the point I couldn't taste them any more. My wife used to smoke and I asked her to taste the peppermint to see if it was the juice or me. She about choked to death on the overwhelming mint flavor. I guessed it was me after that. I went straight to the local shop and bought 3 bottles of new favors (clove which I love, cows milk and a cola). All of these I had no problem in tasting or feeling in my throat. I believe we get accustomed to a certain flavor or ratio or nic level and it becomes normal. I have three tanks now with all of my favors in them so I can change on the fly. Hopefully this helps. I really enjoy the different flavors and have spent a lot of money on them. I want to taste them all!! Just can't afford it!!
 
Everyone is different as far as your flavor profile. I don't care for fruity flavors. My all day vapes are desert flavors, cakes, custards, puddings. I too can't do high vg but I'm good at no more than 50/50. So far my favorite ADV is called Stripper Cake from Insane E Liquids. Its like a strawberry Shortcake and you can taste every single element of it. Sooooo Gooood!
 

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I am coming to the conclusion that I am just not an ADV kind of girl. I like variety. What works for me is to have a bunch of cartomizers/tanks loaded up and ready. Each morning I pick 2 or 3 to take me through the day. This is become a ritual for me.

Typically one of those tanks will have something "baked" in it. Like HHV Blueberry muffin or MT Baker Cinnamon Roll or Nicoticket's Vanilla Custard. Another will have something "exotic" like The Standard's Irie Night or HHV White Lie. And the third will have something I am trying out..
 
I'll have to check out the 5 pawns! I'm finding that I really like creamy/milky and banana right now.

Youll like the suicide bunny stuff. All have a cream base. Derailed is what im on right now has some banana taste
to it. I tried it out for the first time @ a brick and mortar and was in a top coil tank i think. Taste great in a genny
Absolute pin is a bit of cinnamon but not overwhelming that you cant taste the irish cream and absinth come through
 

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My tastes have changed over the 10 months I have been vaping. I started out almost exclusively with Tasty Vapor's Atomic Cinnacide. Then their Ultimate Vanilla. As I moved away from cheap clearos to Protanks and finally to Kayfun style attys, I found is necessary to tone down these strong flavors and the nicotine level. I now vape a 50/50 mix of unflavored 0 nic juice with 10%-20% Ultimate Vanilla added for flavor. The 50/50 unflavored is not a bad vape by itself. In the future I will probably revisit some if the numerous flavors I have by adding a little of them to my unflavored 50/50 base. The Kayfun attys really bring out the flavor so I think a little of my forgotten flavors will go a long way.
 

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Grandmaster by 5 Pawns I could vape each and every day, but I don't.

thesteamco's gentlemen's reserve is a knock off of castle long reserve by 5 pawns and it's extremely good. never tried the real stuff but I really like the toasted coconut

orchard reserve from steam co and gambit from 5 pawns have a few similarities. both are another of my ADV

I have a rotation of those 4 right now
 

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I'm pretty new to vaping and am having the worst time finding an ADV. I have been nonstop buying and trying e-liquids with no luck. The only store I know of near me that you can try the juices only sells 100%PG $13 for 15mil. I'm getting so frustrated waiting for juices to steep only to find out I don't like them. The one thing I have found out is that I like 80PG/20VG.


I'm sure there are many threads about this, but it gets tiring reading through 100 pages at a time that usually go off topic. I am also only allowed to post here. I am curious about what others who went through this finally found as their ADV.

Thanks in advance for your answers!

There are two juices I could consider ADVs. One is Grey Matter from Mister E-Liquid and the other is Mad Hatter Smooth from Kalamazoo Vapor shop. IMO, two totally unique and easy vaping flavors. However I never buy them back-to-back. I'm always trying new flavors from different vendors. It's a part of what keeps the whole vaping phenomenon fresh for me.
 

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I'm not saying local B&M shops are bad, but in my experience, they can't compare to gourmet juices from companies that specialize in e-juice

Unless you have several local B&Ms that specialize in gourmet e-juice. I'm lucky enough to have three vendors with five locations within 10-15 minutes driving distance.
 
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