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OK, well it seems we probably had some angry dolphins (or cross porpoises)! (sorry, terrible joke I know!)

I am more looking to road test samples, not a quick tasting as you might do with a wine perhaps.

When I said trials I really meant over a few days or even weeks perhaps. Finding out how these things behave over a time, like it might be in normal use.

I want to discover the rather more considered details.

What's it like to vape it for a day?

What's it like when it's a few days older maybe?

Does it keep well if left on the shelf for a while?

I've seen loads of reviews often by folk who are much younger than I am, I've got no problem at all with that, quite the reverse in fact, but it's all over and done with at a pace I no longer live at. I am an older chap and I don't generally do this "wham bam ty mam" stuff anymore, I'd much prefer to take my time to get to know something better, and in more detail, to really understand what it may be able to offer over a little longer timescale. I think there could be room for that sort of info as well as the instant gratification hit that most reviews offer at present. I would also like to give each sample a chance to give the best account of itself that it possibly can. I can't see how the flavouring part of this market can hope to properly mature unless it has someone go down that route and encourage it.

I say this as it seems to me that I found my favoured brands of tobacco to smoke over time, not in a blinding flash, and even my own preferences evolved over time too.

I suppose I'm looking for the longer term growth of vaping and how that could look as it unfolds.

Having said this, I am glad to have learned about dripping or direct dropping and the other ways to go there, and I am sure I will find that handy as I try all of this wonderful new experience which is vaping! Thanks for the help - good stuff to know about I suspect!

Ah and a somewhat less confused me is starting to happen!

Hello All,

I have this plan, and would deeply appreciate the thoughts of more experienced users about it's chances of working out as I wished.

For evaluating new flavours of sample e-liquids I have come to understand that a fresh atomiser set up is somewhat desirable and sensible if it can be made available. I also see that some e-liquid flavours can crack poly tanks, particularly (but not only) fruity or tangy types. It was for this reason that I liked the idea of the protank and it's pyrex glass tank.

Since ordering that (I presently had no way to properly cover that tank busting situation in that way) and a modestly priced VV device to use with it (eGo Twist) I've formed the idea that, despite not yet seeing anyone explicitly say so, some cartomisers could be a good move for sampling as they are relatively quite affordable and would not be attacked by the more ferocious liquids one might encounter.

I spotted and researched these (link) and some say that they found them particularly noteworthy for offering consistent performance where flavour is concerned. That struck me as both useful and encouraging given I am trying to get a good idea of what any given sample is truly like in it's nature.

My plan at present is to invest in a few of these cartomisers, and to add drip tips as the distributors in the USA (Smok) say on their web site that they can be a bit hotter than many are used to and due to that and the metal case I intend to fit them with ceramic drip tips (VE advise drip tips anyway but I opted for ceramic as best option after thinking it all over for a bit) as they would be more likely to remain more neutral than most other materials where a more varied temperature range is foreseeable. I intend to use the standard resistance version, for a standard performance. Against that I can then assess what effects tweaking hardware may have, but later when I know what I am doing with all that.

Some say tank/cart systems can often mute flavours, so I'm not keen to use them for this aspect of vaping as that would be unhelpful. I'm finding them more or less adequate for every day use so far though. Only a couple of very minor niggles to date.

This seems the most affordable way I can see to go to get a good test result every time. It seems to me I can bust a new one out for a new sample and get a fairly consistent trial going and not break the bank doing it either!

My current set up is an eGo-T starter pack (but with 2 batteries and chargers, with 2 mains packs too) I think it is all going to be compatible as far as I can see.

So, knowing that you lot know your stuff and are so helpful I can only ask, does this sound like a proper plan? Or have I still managed to miss something due to extreme inexperience?

I want to learn about these samples which I will invest in and to keep my trials consistent, pretty neutral/repeatable, and hence more useful to me.

I hope I have given enough info here, but if not then ask away for missing facts!

Ah, now that sounds simple enough that even I could get it right first go, and not an unacceptable compromise on the flavour either as my taste seems to be already returning and I used to have rollies double filtered in any case - was a very smooth smoke that one as it happens! I'm not expecting to get it replicated spot on of course but I think I'm finding out that I was more about the feel of smoking and not needing as much nic as I guessed at, I also like a throat hit but not a real huge one. Or at least that is as good as I have been able to work it out so far. This is quite an art figuring out what it was about smoking you really did like and hanging on to that bit if possible, so as to ensure a full success at not smoking tobacco!

There's been some other great suggestions from you all and I thank you all for them. What a great bunch of folk you are!

I'm going to wait on the other flavours with lower nic to arrive, try that, and then ponder what I may do next! 

Gosh, and first off, thanks all for prompt observations and help!

I'm today using an ego-t, and also got a clearomizer ce4 replacement (a fake one most likely having found and watched a youtube video dealing with spotting those - doh!) so I now know what those are like, and this prompted me to go and order an ego twist, so I can dial down to lower volts and maybe lower the throat hit a bit that way. I also went for a protank so that I have one atty which could handle possibly corrosive fruity flavours as I try them. If I like it well enough I will maybe do another of those set ups to let me have two of them and use the others as fall back devices, and maybe ready to go cigs with other flavours perhaps.

I presently have way too much flavour and too much throat hit - however I also ordered 4 non tobacco samplers and they are 18 mg, so when they arrive I will try them before considering ordering anything for diluting the two outstanding bottles of Rolling Holborn.

That stuff is like being hit in the throat with a hot alloy baseball bat - it's so much too much flavour that my tongue feels like I have smoked about 60-80 cigs in one day. and it's been a long time since I was ever that foolish! Not nice to go back there as I now feel a bit foolish too!

This is a very interesting pass time as much as it is a solution to not smoking tobacco!