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Hi Anna...The only device I've ever used for taste tests are Innokin i16's...There big enough to get a decent test although the flavor admittedly isn't as pronounced as a better tank...And the coils do clean up pretty well with just a soak in hot water and maybe a Vodka bath if the flavors aren't too strong...Trig 
I have a Tsunami and Mutation that I keep around for testing, but I rarely use them anymore. My regular style of vaping involves filling a tank (Griffin plus, TFV 8, Baby Beast or similar) and vaping, so that's generally how I test flavors. I already clean/rewick every few days, so I don't rewick just to test unless what I'm testing seems exceptionally promising. If it doesn't taste good vaping it the way I like to vape, it's not going into rotation, even if it tasted awesome in an RDA.
You can sample right off of say a fused Clapton with no wick. I have done this on occasions that I have just made several diy recipes. Basically just put a drop or two on the coil and vape it. Only get 1 decent vape but makes going to the next juice quick with no flavor carry over.
I have done this at a local shop tasting their juices and got many a strange look.
I have done this at a local shop tasting their juices and got many a strange look.
Although I don't vape drippers, I do have one for testing juices. I only vape around 20 watts, so in that dropper I have a single contact coil around 1 ohm or more and I just put a little tiny pad of cotton under the coil. This works in my dripper because it's shallow and has side air. The coil aligns with the side air holes but is kind of close to the bottom, this allows me to slide a little pad of cotton under the coil . The cotton needs to be sandwiched between the coil and the deck , then I just drop a few drop on coil and I'm ready to go...I just find it alot faster and easier to test multiple juices. For one, you use less cotton, and you don't have to be exact on the wicking at this point and it works perfectly .
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A little dripper like the I-go L with a butterfly silica wick. A lot easier to just rinse and fire dry for the next flavor.
It's like an igo L, or something like that, pretty old, i know. .I even do it on some of my old genny tanks. Got the idea when I had a reo and rm2, because at one point I was actually vaping it like that, they called it a diaper coil, which then kind of transformed into a dragon , which was slightly different
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I struggled with a tasting setup for along time.
I wanted something easy to quickly change,
yet use a device with decent flavor.
I settled on a cheap RDA, like the mentioned Hadaly, over a bridgeless atty etc.
I got a Shield by Neutral Works ($70 originally) for $5.
Its offset posts makes it easy to put in a 'semi-vertical' coil.
Then a very small piece of wick can easily be slipped in.
And the top cap removes easily for quick access.
I even reuse the wick a number of times:
Empty the excess liquid, burn off some of the liquid left in the wick,
then add some pg or vg to the wick a few times.
Add new flavor, and a few vapes later - it's pretty much there.
(or just change the wick as it's so easy - I'm just cheap and don't want to waste wick HA!)
I wanted something easy to quickly change,
yet use a device with decent flavor.
I settled on a cheap RDA, like the mentioned Hadaly, over a bridgeless atty etc.
I got a Shield by Neutral Works ($70 originally) for $5.
Its offset posts makes it easy to put in a 'semi-vertical' coil.
Then a very small piece of wick can easily be slipped in.
And the top cap removes easily for quick access.
I even reuse the wick a number of times:
Empty the excess liquid, burn off some of the liquid left in the wick,
then add some pg or vg to the wick a few times.
Add new flavor, and a few vapes later - it's pretty much there.
(or just change the wick as it's so easy - I'm just cheap and don't want to waste wick HA!)
I use one of these...
$2.22 RDA Mini Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer (1.0mL) - 2.4Ω / silver / 1*airhole at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
I have several of those lying around, but any small RDA would do (you need a small chamber for best flavor). I just put a 1.8-2.0 ohm coil (30ga Kanthal) on it and swap the cotton (actually rayon in my case). You don't need a full wick for tasting so I just trim it fairly close to the coil. To change flavors I just pull the wick out, dry burn, and stick in another wick.
For labeling, you can't beat a Brother P-Touch. Some have more features than others (and cost more) but I found one at Costco for about $20. It even came with 2 tape cartridges (sort of like buying the cartridges and getting the labeler for free). As long as the surface where you apply the label is clean and dry it will not come off no matter what you spill on it. And the thermal printing will never run either.
$2.22 RDA Mini Rebuildable Dripping Atomizer (1.0mL) - 2.4Ω / silver / 1*airhole at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
I have several of those lying around, but any small RDA would do (you need a small chamber for best flavor). I just put a 1.8-2.0 ohm coil (30ga Kanthal) on it and swap the cotton (actually rayon in my case). You don't need a full wick for tasting so I just trim it fairly close to the coil. To change flavors I just pull the wick out, dry burn, and stick in another wick.
For labeling, you can't beat a Brother P-Touch. Some have more features than others (and cost more) but I found one at Costco for about $20. It even came with 2 tape cartridges (sort of like buying the cartridges and getting the labeler for free
). As long as the surface where you apply the label is clean and dry it will not come off no matter what you spill on it. And the thermal printing will never run either.
I just saw in my email that my pair of IGO-L MTL dripper attys were dropped off at the mailbox yesterday afternoon. $2.99 each on sale at MyVaporStore.com. That's a good deal on a popular dripper for DIY juice tasting. USPS shipping was also $2.99, but that's still a total of $8.97 for both including shipping and they arrived in 3 days.
As I mentioned earlier, wrap a ~1.2 coil around some silica and then trim the wick down to a little bow tie. Drip liquid straight to wick. To change flavors, just rinse with water, dry fire and go.
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