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Yep, more bottles!! I just get packs of the 10ml needle tip ones from FT as they're cheap as chips and ideal for flavour testers.

You can then make up sample bottles using your preferred pg/vg/nic ratio. I know some people do them without nic, but my personal feeling is that I want the nic in there so it all steeps together properly and is a true reflection of the end result.

I usually do a lick test to see how strong a concentate is (do not do this with Koolada!!!) and also google to see what other people recommend it's mixed at. For example, I know FA are alot more concentrated than FW, so I make FA testers at lower % and FW ones I tend to make much higher. (when it comes to using the flavours in recipes you then have a starting idea to work from if you know what x concentrate tastes like at say 4%).

My way of simplifying the above, so you don't have to get all your mixing stuff out and add individual pg/vg/nic to each sample, is that I keep a 100ml bottle made up of my own preferred pg/vg/nic ratio, that I've already factored in adding 5% of concentrate to (obviously sometimes I'll add more than 5%, sometimes less, but it's only a tester so it doesn't matter if this increases or decreases the nic in the tester. It's not going to make a big difference at such a small amount). So then I just pour 5mls of that mixture into a 10ml empty bottle, and add the required amount of concentate. Job Done

As for how I test them - I use my old faithful Igo L dripper, which is as basic a dripper that you can get and absolutely perfect for this. It's single coil, no adjustable airflow, and a push on top cap with one air hole (I drilled mine a bit as the stock hole was just to small). It's the easiest way I've found for doing this anyway. Just drip onto the cotton, and then if you are trying to see what x flavour tastes like with y flavour, then mix away. When you want to change then whip out the cotton and replace, and away you go again. Because its not got a deep drip well you're not wasting loads of juice, you can literally just use enough for your test, or then add a bit more if the other flavour you try with it is overpowering etc.

Sorry for such a long rambling explanation!!!

Brilliant, Thank you!

Was lovely to meet you today vapeonthewater - Glad you enjoyed it

I had a bit of a nic headache when I left, after sampling all the various juices being passed around the table, so goodness knows how you felt being on 0 nic!!

Oh noooo I was so looking forward to a catch up

Look after yourself Chrissie - hope you feel better soon

Nope - you are of course quite correct and I need to remind myself of that more often!!

It just seems to have taken me a good deal longer than anyone else to come up with my own perfect (to me) diy custard. 14 months is ridiculous - but then I guess I always knew (until the last few weeks) that I could get hold of some grants on a fairly regular basis.  Half of me wishes I'd never tried it so my own mixes wouldn't have had so much to live up to

xtc263 I bought a 2 storey bread bin from Argos and these perfect green trays off ebay. Each green tray holds 20 x 10ml concentrate bottles. (Or obviously less if you buy bigger conc's).

It works for me because I have them all organised and catalogued so I know exactly where each one is - I realise this is a little bit obsessive but it makes my mixing so much easier

I love my new evic mini, but im assuming that seens i dont vape over 11 watts theres probably no point in my updating the firmware (or is there another reason to do so?)