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Post by MarkS on Aug 31, 2014 12:11:24 GMT
Although some suppliers may state that their concentrates/pre mixed juices are diacetyl free they may contain the alternatives Acetoin, Acetyl, Propionyl, 2-3 Hexanedione, 2-3 Heptanedione, or Diacetyl Trimer which are also considered potentially harmful when vaped over long periods of time. Exactly Tom also Dr Farsalinos recent study found that 69% of the liquids they tested contained diacetyl and some of those were plain tobacco and plain fruit flavours. Not just dessert, creamy or custardy flavourings. The thing is no one knows if this is harmful or not. The only thing we have to go on are the 'popcorn lung' cases. These guys where inhaling huge amounts of diacetyl daily over decades. No one has done any kind of studies as to what concentration of diacetyl when inhaled does it become harmful. Personally until I know more I won't worry about it myself but its up to each and everyone of us to decide that for ourselves. If it does concern anyone then I'd suggest they also rethink dripping, sub ohming and high watts/volts vaping as the higher the temperature the more likely it is that Acetoin & Acetyl will produce diacetyl.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 31, 2014 11:32:27 GMT
5ml tester all gone Looking forward to 4 weeks time when the others have steeped.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 15:01:24 GMT
This sounds like it may be similiar to T-Juices TY-4. Have you ever tried that? I have CCW Coffee mixed and CCW Walnut to mix soon, wonder how combining the two would work to make this. More Coffee than Walnut, I presume. No I've never tried TY-4, sounds like I may have to now. I have CCW Walnut concentrate and I don't really rate it. I think the walnut taste I get from this concentrate is more authentic. That could just be me though.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 13:34:45 GMT
Mixed up 5ml of Cupcake World's Coffee & Walnut concentrated flavouring at 25% on 24/07 at 11mg 60/40 PG/VG. So it has been steeping for a good 4-5 weeks. Vaped in a kayfun lite at 1.4ohms with Japanese Cotton wick. I really like this flavour. It has the perfect balance between coffee and walnut with neither flavour dominating the other. Both come through equally on the inhale and exhale. Its also neither smooth nor harsh with this percentage & set up. Just the right amount of throat hit for me. The combination of Coffee & Walnut gives an almost tobacco like vaping experience. The mix would definitely benefit from a little sweetener added. Ethyl Maltol at 1-2% would round off the flavours a little more and enhance the tobacco effect. Where as I think a sucralose sweetener like Perfumers Apprentice would turn it into more of a dessert type liquid. I'll experiment with both and see if it works. Going to knock up 10ml of each and will update in a month or so. Very nice 9/10
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 13:20:35 GMT
You never stop MarkS. I tend to have a good mix up every month, then that's it . . . then spend the rest of the time shopping. I plan to mix at least one juice a day to keep the carousel going, but normally end up getting carried away. The thing I love about vaping is I can keep on trying something new all the time. I have my keepers but no such thing as an all day vape.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 9:35:36 GMT
More 5ml taste testers to be mixed today all from Capella.
Honeydew Melon Raspberry Pomegranate Chai Tea Gingerbread Cake Batter Sweet Tangerine Juicy Peach
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 9:32:01 GMT
Used this company several times now and they are now stocking a very limited range of Capella concentrates at a bargain price.
Ordered them all on Wednesday and they arrived today. All individually boxed and in brown glass bottles just like the TPA concentrates.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 8:12:24 GMT
Not used those exact concentrates, but the ones I have and do use are normally at around the 15%-20% for stand-a-lones.
Edit to say normally at the higher rather than lower end of that scale.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 3:57:43 GMT
My vaporbreak vamo is still going strong. How comes no one ever mentions vaporbreak anymore?
Did they do something wrong?
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Post by MarkS on Aug 30, 2014 3:24:20 GMT
.. and why do the BBC insist on turning to E-Lites for comment? Has it not occurred to them that maybe E-Lites are the biggest because they sell the most (£s), because the product is FOUR times as expensive as other brands competing in the market place. anyhow, E-Lites are owned by a Tobacco company, so no comment from them can be trusted... not that it ever was.... the biggest "con" on the market. E-Lites are partly responsible for many people NOT taking vaping seriously. It grinds my flippin' gears. Before elites sold their company to a tobacco company they were one of the biggest funders in campaigning for ecigarettes. A major criticism from vapers is vendors need to do more and there weren't many, if any out there doing more than elites. Whether people liked their product or not (I'd say sales figures and the fact a tobacco company bought them out suggests people did) they actually did a lot of good for vaping behind the scenes. Its funny but the two companies that come in for criticism from vapers more than any others, (elites and totally wicked) are/were actually the ones stepping up to the plate to fight. I find that rather ironic.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 29, 2014 23:33:55 GMT
As far as i am aware it has absolutely nothing to do with cloud9vaping. There are posts on here where they say as much. It seems this cloud9 brand keeps on resurfacing in discount stores and the OP is the first positive post I've ever seen about it.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 29, 2014 19:29:01 GMT
That's the stuff. PM replied too
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Post by MarkS on Aug 29, 2014 18:37:55 GMT
Yeah I have a few of those hijack, they are by Inawera. Unfortunately they are not the same thing as the TPA Absolute. Shame TPA stopped stocking it.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 29, 2014 10:51:21 GMT
Happy it lives up to the hype, just ordered a little to try. Do peeps boil it first? And does this involve the old method of a pan on the stove bubbling away for hours? Or just boiling water over, steep, wrong and dry? Never boiled mine, just snipped and wicked. I like it and the only difference I find from Rayon is the wick beds in faster.
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Post by MarkS on Aug 29, 2014 10:40:49 GMT
Anyone know of a good alternative to Perfumers Apprentice Tobacco Absolute?
TPA no longer sell the Absolute concentrate so I was wondering if anyone had found a decent alternative?
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