What to buy???

[hubseven]

Want to start mixing own juice.

1-I vape at 18mg nic now and want to eventually cut to 12mg nic. Should I buy 36mg bottle of nic as I could accomodate the present 18mg and when I go to 12mg?

2- Should I get nic in PG or VG? Thought it would be easier to get nic in PG, A bottle of plainPG and my flavorings in PG then I could mix recipe with all PG's in first and add VG at end to get my 80Pg/20Vg ratio. Does this make sense.

3- What vendor has the strongest flavorings?

4- I am under impression that when regular juice is ordered it has 10% flavoring, double has 15% flavoring and triple has 20% flavoring. Is this accurate? If not what % of flavoring is usually added?

Any other suggestions are welcomed. Thank you.

 

[upStomp]

1. That's a great plan. Keep things simple to start.

2. I always get my nic in PG and consider VG as an additive (my juices are always 45% or lower VG concentration). If you prefer your juices at over 50% VG, go with VG-based nic.

3. It's generally recognized that FlavourArt has the most concentrated flavorings - especially the "Vape Haven" line. Note that most concentrated does not always equal best, especially when comparing individual flavors. FlavourArt is, however, highly regarded.

4. Different vendors likely handle this differently. I wouldn't assume that a vendor has a steadfast rule about holding all their juice flavors at 10%. Different recipes require different formulas and concentrations. Depending on the flavor and manufacturer, I start experimenting in the 5-10% range and work myself up as needed. Sometimes I'll have a good idea that the flavor might be weak, so I'll start around 20% and work myself back (my personal rule is that any flavor or combination that exceeds 20% is not a juice worth making).

 

[Hoosier]

I agree with upStomp.

As long as you don't assume that this is like making a cake from a box mix, then you should get along fine. It's more like cooking up lasgna from stratch using your memory of the taste.

There are few flavoring ratio rules. Heck, we usually even disagree on rules-of-thumb let alone hard-and-fast rules. But you have the concept of increasing flavor correct. You do not need to double the amount to double the taste. The exact amount varies with the flavoring.

 

[MaxUT]

3- What vendor has the strongest flavorings?

Strength really isn't much of an issue except: 1) your nic juice can't take much dilution and still make the nic strength target; 2) using more of a weaker flavoring is more expensive than using less of a stronger flavoring; 3) weaker flavoring results in having an excess of an ingredient you don't want, such as PG, water, food coloring, alcohol.

Having less-concentrated flavoring can actually be an advantage if you prefer to mix in small batches, because it reduces the effect of small measuring errors. It also makes it easier to fine-tune recipes which only need a touch of a particular flavoring.