E-liquid quality...........

[lymmranger]

Well I`m NOT going to mention names (yet/or maybe)

I have now tried 5 different suppliers of the magic juice

2 were "brill" but left a detectable odour on my person

2 were good but did nothing for me...........

my most recent (which was a menthol) was good but clearly watered down (I assume that's possible?!?)

the last supplier provides an acceptable Vape but I am going through the juice in an alarmingly quick fashion (this may explain the bargain price)

................as usual I have a question...........


will some suppliers really be surprised when regulation is imposed??????

[davess]

I have to say I too have noticed a different quality of the same juice from the same supplier.

[Perpetua]

Aug 3, 2013 17:53:22 GMT lymmranger said:

Well I`m NOT going to mention names (yet/or maybe)

I have now tried 5 different suppliers of the magic juice

2 were "brill" but left a detectable odour on my person

2 were good but did nothing for me...........

my most recent (which was a menthol) was good but clearly watered down (I assume that's possible?!?)

the last supplier provides an acceptable Vape but I am going through the juice in an alarmingly quick fashion (this may explain the bargain price)

................as usual I have a question...........


will some suppliers really be surprised when regulation is imposed??????

Don't mind smelling of some of the eliquids I vape Lymm . . . it's better than smelling of a dirty ashtray.

I doubt that your eliquid is ' watered ' down, it could contain a higher PG content maybe and the warmer temperatures we're having do make eliquid more less viscous.

The amount of eliquid you use is down to you, what you use and at what voltage.

As always, if you're buying from known reputable Vendors I'd take up any issues you have with them.


If you want to maintain absolute control over what you vape, then there's always the option of mixing your own.

[ChillerVapes]

To be honest, I think any vendor which can't make the same flavour time after time should bw named and shamed.
At the end of the day, we are the consumers and should only get the best, fully quality controlled juices out there. If the flavours vary then what about the nic, pg and vg?

Ecigs are still fairly new, you are going to have an explosion of new vendors at 1st due to how easy it is to rake a bit of cash from the ecig market but by naming and shaming, they either step up or step down and go home.

I have nothing against new vedors or new small businesses opening but it needs to be done properly and for the right reasons.

[davess]

Aug 3, 2013 19:03:48 GMT ChillerVapes said:

To be honest, I think any vendor which can't make the same flavour time after time should bw named and shamed.
At the end of the day, we are the consumers and should only get the best, fully quality controlled juices out there. If the flavours vary then what about the nic, pg and vg?

Ecigs are still fairly new, you are going to have an explosion of new vendors at 1st due to how easy it is to rake a bit of cash from the ecig market but by naming and shaming, they either step up or step down and go home.

I have nothing against new vedors or new small businesses opening but it needs to be done properly and for the right reasons.

Spot on CV.

[treeboa]

Aug 3, 2013 19:03:48 GMT ChillerVapes said:

To be honest, I think any vendor which can't make the same flavour time after time should bw named and shamed.
At the end of the day, we are the consumers and should only get the best, fully quality controlled juices out there. If the flavours vary then what about the nic, pg and vg?

Ecigs are still fairly new, you are going to have an explosion of new vendors at 1st due to how easy it is to rake a bit of cash from the ecig market but by naming and shaming, they either step up or step down and go home.

I have nothing against new vedors or new small businesses opening but it needs to be done properly and for the right reasons.

then again you fail to accept that the mixer does not produce his/her flavours so it could be as simple as the suppliers of the flavours cant 100% replicate batch to batch, , end day a mixer can go no further than adding set percentages of nic base, dilutant, flavouring, i know  most that mix keep a record of what makes a decent juice, however like a good wine most juices improve with a bit of aging, i made up one my favourites yesterday and its bland, however i know in a few days the flavours will come out

[Super-Shiny]

Aug 3, 2013 18:54:00 GMT Perpetua said:

If you want to maintain absolute control over what you vape, then there's always the option of mixing your own.

I could not agree more, having complete control of what i mix is fantastic

[Karma]

Aug 3, 2013 20:14:55 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Aug 3, 2013 18:54:00 GMT Perpetua said:

If you want to maintain absolute control over what you vape, then there's always the option of mixing your own.

I could not agree more, having complete control of what i mix is fantastic

Yep, even though I keep it really simple I much prefer my homebrews

[djs]

The way I see it, anybody can make a liquid and sell it, regardless of whether they put 1% or 21% flavour in it.

I've been caught out by this. Tasteless junk....and nothing to do with personal preference.

After the "regulation", we won't have any, except bog standard dull flavour by whichever company can afford the licesnse....probably in a cartomiser for £8.

[Karma]

Exactly djs we don't need regulation, just a bit of common sense.

Look at reviews, only buy from reputable, known vendors and make allowances for taste buds playing up and hot weather making your juice more runny

[Plugwash]

Been vaping since Feb this year. I've used a fair amount of suppliers, all online. Not yet got into DIY. TBH you have those that resell the standard Chinese juices which are OK, some are good. Then you have the "artisan" suppliers who are trying to produce something that is better and unique.

I have both in my stash, I also have juice which I have been disappointed with. At 3-5 pounds for 10ml, just move on if you find one that doesn't hit the spot (And keep them). I guarantee that you will find others that do

Some juices that I loved last month don't do it for me now, yet others that were pants are now the bees knees!

[bazzer343]

I really couldn't comment on the same taste as I think my taste buds must be all over the place.
One day the taste is awesome then an hour latter it tastes different so it might not be the vendor but ones taste buds

[raid2506]

IMHO we should tell suppliers if their juice doesn't come up to par, particularly between batches.

That may be the only way they find out that they have been supplied duff mix or the new guy they hired is getting it wrong.

If they care then they will look into it.


A quick note for Perpetua, more viscous means thicker. In warm weather PG/VG bases become less viscous (thinner and runnier).

[Perpetua]

Aug 4, 2013 7:50:44 GMT raid2506 said:

A quick note for Perpetua, more viscous means thicker. In warm weather PG/VG bases become less viscous (thinner and runnier).

Thanks Raid.

Me bad . . . got me wotsits mixed up, shouldn't have tried to use big words and just said more runny.

[raid2506]

Aug 4, 2013 9:27:29 GMT Perpetua said:

Aug 4, 2013 7:50:44 GMT raid2506 said:

A quick note for Perpetua, more viscous means thicker. In warm weather PG/VG bases become less viscous (thinner and runnier).

Thanks Raid.

Me bad . . . got me wotsits mixed up, shouldn't have tried to use big words and just said more runny.

That happens. I got me wotsits mixed up the other night in the pub and came home with the wrong woman!