Various juices

[johny5times]

Some reviews for some of the juices I've tried so far...

iBaccy Strawberry

This was the very first juice I tried, my friend got it from his local corner shop at £2 for 10ml.  My first impression was good, compared to ciggies this was a breath of fresh air.  After an hour or so though it dawned on me that I couldn't really taste any actual strawberry - just a vague, weak, fruity flavour that irritated my throat.  Even after upgrading to a Protank mini 3, I found the flavour pretty poor, and the vapour almost non-existant, although it was a lot smoother.  2/10


iBaccy L&B

Bought at the same time as the strawberry as I was new to vaping and thought a tobacco flavour would be a good idea.
I was wrong.  Tastes like old ashtrays.  0/10


Supa E-Cigs Watermellon

I was a bit hesitant at trying watermellon at first - I think it goes back to a bad experience with a pack of jolly ranchers when I was a kid   Found myself surprisingly satisfied, however.  The flavour is very reminiscent of the real thing, although not particularly strong, and it produces a nice amount of vapour.  6/10


Supa E-Cigs Cherry Menthol

I was never a fan of menthol ciggies, so again was a bit hesitant about trying something like this but decided to give it a crack.  I'm glad I did as, although this particular juice isn't really for me - the cherry flavour is too artificial - I learned enough to tell me vaping menthol is a world away from smoking it.  5/10


Pure Vape Cherrry Bakewell

My friend convinced me to try this as they are advertised as being 95-100% VG, and i was curious to see the difference.
This was, hands down, the worst tasting juice i have come across.  Absolutely no cherry flavour at all, never mind almond.  All you get is a nasty burned digestive biscuit flavour, and the juice itself absolutely STINKS the gaff out.  The smell got on to everything in my little case, even though the bottle wasn't leaking, meaning I got a nasty reminder of this juice for days afterwards.  Burn it, put it in a hole, and salt the earth.  Nothing good can come of this juice.  Nice super squeezy bottle though.  0/10


Grizwald's Black Cat

Now we're talking.  Super creamy liquorice, sweet but not overpoweringly so.  Almost puts you in mind of those delicious bonfire night treacle toffees.  The best juice I have tasted so far, and one I plan to stock up on come payday.  Nice full flavour, nice vapour.  Just plain nice.  9/10


Grizwald's Caramel Cappuchino

Alnmost in the same league as the Black Cat.  Almost.  Described it to a friend as a nice sweet, milky coffee, with a worthers original melted in it.  The only downside, for me, was the sweetness.  After a day or so I was craving something different to freshen up the palate.  Not an all day vape but as a treat every now and then this would be perfect.  8/10


T-Juice Colonel Custard

I ordered 10ml of this to try as I'm planning on mixing some of my own using some t-juice concentrates and I wasn't sure whether custard was my thing.  I read a few reviews that seemed to suggest t-juice is ready to go when it hits the doormat, but for me it was pretty weak.  I've only vaped a small tankfull so far and have left the rest to steep for a couple of weeks.  The flavour, although weak as I said, is pretty nice.  reminds me of a proper rich homemade custard.  I won't be ordering the concentrate of this first time around but will have to see how it turns out after a few more weeks in the sock drawer.  7/10


Dekang Cheesecake

How surprised was I when I tried this juice!  Heard Dekang was the ford escort of the juice world - does a job but nothing special... but it was cheap and I decided to give it a whirl - so glad I did.  Lovely rich, sweet biscuit flavour with a nice hint of vanilla and cream.  Very reminicsent of a baked new york cheesecake.  Good strong flavour as well, I guess ford knock out a decent car every now and then.  Ordered more.  8/10

[vicuk]

thanks a big help

[johny5times]

Been shopping today and picked up some VG from Boots and De-Ionised water from Halfords to thin it, so I've just put my order in for the T Juice concentrates. 20ml Red Astaire, 10ml Forrest Affair, and 10ml Melipona, as well as the nic base and various sundries from vape escape.

Excited to try them all, especially the RA.

[johny5times]

Red Astaire

Mixed this at 25% in 35/65 pg/vg. Seen lots of people compare this flavour to tunes cough sweets, to me it's red winegums all the way with a nice fresh menthol, and a slight background hint of aniseed. Tastes great, not at all sickly sweet, and the menthol is just right for me. Will be interesting to see how the flavour develops over time, I've only tried freshly mixed so far. 9/10

[lisburnvapes]

Jul 5, 2014 16:46:24 GMT johny5times said:

Been shopping today and picked up some VG from Boots and De-Ionised water from Halfords to thin it, so I've just put my order in for the T Juice concentrates. 20ml Red Astaire, 10ml Forrest Affair, and 10ml Melipona, as well as the nic base and various sundries from vape escape.

Excited to try them all, especially the RA.

DON'T use de/ionised water, it's distiled water you need, the two are completely different


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[johny5times]

nah, just different processes for purifying the water. i've worked with it before in a previous job, we used to use it in the kettle for the brews as the only other option available to us, bottled mineral water, used to gunk it up with limescale so badly we were replacing them every fortnight.

the third arm is purely co-incidental.

[DiscoDes]

The problem with de-ionised water is it is not sterile and can contain bacteria & Viruses. Using it in a kettle to make brews is ok because the boiling will kill any germs or viruses. Therefore it is not recommended to use it in vaping. You are better off using tap water as at least this has been treated and you use it in such a low percentage that it makes little difference. Also if you use PG as well as VG you may not even have to thin your mixes.

[johny5times]

vaping is boiling. I'd bet superheating minute amounts of it on a white hot coil will probably kill more bacteria than letting a litre at a time barely reach boiling point in a kettle.

but anyway, a quick google search confirms that loads of people use it all the time to make e juice.

[djs]

johny5times

You like the (awful) iBaccy then!?



I have been tempted, but it's just iBreathe most probably and that is fairly rank too.

[johny5times]

Jul 8, 2014 19:10:35 GMT djs said:

johny5times

You like the (awful) iBaccy then!?



I have been tempted, but it's just iBreathe most probably and that is fairly rank too.

haha it's terrible stuff.  that L&B flavour was unreal, tasted worse than the cheap foreign knockoff ciggies i used to buy off a lad in work.  
The lad who got them for me asked what I wanted and I told him one fruit and one tobacco, just to see which I prefered, thinking he would get some nice smooth american gold blend or cuban cigar flavour.  "got you L&B flavour, lad, they're your brand aren't they?"

how to miss the point, spectacularly.