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Thecageyone wrote: »You'd be better off with a scales that reads lighter, down to 0.01g and mix direct into your bottles. They're far more accurate. The milk frother thing never interested me. It doesnt speed the process up nor is it more effective than a quick warm bath and power shake.
I know what you mean but I never mix anything under a 100ml of juice so these scales are perfect for me,I arrange my mixes with the size of the concentrate bottle,like a 20ml & I just dump the whole bottle into the mix,I have mixed recipes with different flavours but I find the cupboard gets loaded up with used bottles of concentrate that I know that I will never use again,so the lighter scale of 0.01g is not needed by me,you guessed it,I'm lazy git mixer
:D I prefer to buy ready mixed bottles of recipe concentrate & just add my base & nic,still works out the same price approx but with no half bottles lying around,everything is binned.
I have to use a frother,my arthritis stops me from shaking anything:D
At the beginning I enjoyed mixing recipes,I felt like a Professor or something but it eventually got boring doing it that way,I prefer vaping the stuff rather than mixing it,I still have to mix because I can't afford to buy shop liquids as I direct lung all my tanks except for a few I have in the bog.
I do enjoy reading yours & others posts about the different mixes,as long as I'm not doing it:D:D 0 -
youdipstick wrote: »I know what you mean but I never mix anything under a 100ml of juice so these scales are perfect for me,I arrange my mixes with the size of the concentrate bottle,like a 20ml & I just dump the whole bottle into the mix,I have mixed recipes with different flavours but I find the cupboard gets loaded up with used bottles of concentrate that I know that I will never use again,so the lighter scale of 0.01g is not needed by me,you guessed it,I'm lazy git mixer:D I prefer to buy ready mixed bottles of recipe concentrate & just add my base & nic,still works out the same price approx but with no half bottles lying around,everything is binned.
I have to use a frother,my arthritis stops me from shaking anything:D
At the beginning I enjoyed mixing recipes,I felt like a Professor or something but it eventually got boring doing it that way,I prefer vaping the stuff rather than mixing it,I still have to mix because I can't afford to buy shop liquids as I direct lung all my tanks except for a few I have in the bog.
I do enjoy reading yours & others posts about the different mixes,as long as I'm not doing it:D:D
I can see myself mixing at 100ml most of the time as well but will look into the lower weight type scales as well at some stage0 -
youdipstick wrote: »I know what you mean but I never mix anything under a 100ml of juice so these scales are perfect for me,I arrange my mixes with the size of the concentrate bottle,like a 20ml & I just dump the whole bottle into the mix,I have mixed recipes with different flavours but I find the cupboard gets loaded up with used bottles of concentrate that I know that I will never use again,so the lighter scale of 0.01g is not needed by me,you guessed it,I'm lazy git mixer:D I prefer to buy ready mixed bottles of recipe concentrate & just add my base & nic,still works out the same price approx but with no half bottles lying around,everything is binned.
I have to use a frother,my arthritis stops me from shaking anything:D
At the beginning I enjoyed mixing recipes,I felt like a Professor or something but it eventually got boring doing it that way,I prefer vaping the stuff rather than mixing it,I still have to mix because I can't afford to buy shop liquids as I direct lung all my tanks except for a few I have in the bog.
I do enjoy reading yours & others posts about the different mixes,as long as I'm not doing it:D:D
You should be fine then, but anyone mixing below 100ml at a time really needs the 0.01g min weight. Say your mix requires 0.5% sweetener or whatever, in a 30ml mix. You really want the precision then.
I mix direct into the bottles, I do 30, 50 and 100ml mostly, with the odd 120ml. Even if I was to mix a larger batch at once, I can still do so, as I always just add the VG to top the bottle at the end, no need to weigh that
The scales I have reads 300g/0.01g so I'm well covered 0 -
Shinobollo wrote: »Just ordered one thanks. Can't go wrong for a 5er
Nice one,they are perfect for mixing,but as Cagey has said,the lowest scale is 0.1g,so mixing 5ml of liquid would be difficult to get the perfect mix,no problem mixing 30ml & bigger bottles,as most reviewers say...a few drops more or less doesn't really matter.
When you get the scales,don't do what I did,these scales are already calibrated,silly bollox me decided to calibrate it & fukced it up,meaning,I had to find something that weighed 500g to calibrate it properly,it's ok if you have these weights in the kitchen but I don't,I had to find an object that weighed exactly 500g,after an hour of looking,I reached for my blow torch which I used for torching Kanthal wire a long time ago,weighed it on my kitchen scales & it read 500g,how lucky was that,I was then able to calibrate my scales properly.
So don't calibrate:D:D 0 -
Mine needed calibrating, it was way off. I tested it with some coins first, and it was reading them at about half weight
luckily the one I got allowed you to select the weight to calibrate. So I used a couple of coins and I've tested it since, and it's still bang on.
10x €2 coins is 85g for example
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_coins0 -
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_feedback_ wrote: »Got sick of dealing with an atrocious website where I used to buy my juice and decided to go for it (with thanks to this thread)
Just tried my first mix. Never going back! Delighted with it
*It's great that I'll save a fortune too
*Now, to purchase ALL the new things, immediately.
Paying a tenner minimum for a 30ml bottle & we can make 30ml for under a euro,something wrong somewhere...
Shinyitis moving in:D:D:D 0 -
_feedback_ wrote: »Got sick of dealing with an atrocious website where I used to buy my juice and decided to go for it (with thanks to this thread)
Just tried my first mix. Never going back! Delighted with it
*It's great that I'll save a fortune too
*Now, to purchase ALL the new things, immediately.
Oh boy ... you're in for a brand new addiction!
Before I got into DIY I was paying over €20 per 30ml of my favourite juices. Scandalous. It was getting more expensive than smoking, as I tear through juice. I had to do something. I find myself with a lot more change in my pockets end of the week now, even though I'm still splurging on DIY stuff.
You can't beat the sense of accomplishment when you create a recipe yourself and it turns out to be nicer than the over priced premiums
Main thing, enjoy the ride.0 -
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youdipstick wrote: »Nice one,they are perfect for mixing,but as Cagey has said,the lowest scale is 0.1g,so mixing 5ml of liquid would be difficult to get the perfect mix,no problem mixing 30ml & bigger bottles,as most reviewers say...a few drops more or less doesn't really matter.
When you get the scales,don't do what I did,these scales are already calibrated,silly bollox me decided to calibrate it & fukced it up,meaning,I had to find something that weighed 500g to calibrate it properly,it's ok if you have these weights in the kitchen but I don't,I had to find an object that weighed exactly 500g,after an hour of looking,I reached for my blow torch which I used for torching Kanthal wire a long time ago,weighed it on my kitchen scales & it read 500g,how lucky was that,I was then able to calibrate my scales properly.
So don't calibrate:D:D
See - always ask the expert -
or someone who's already fcuked things up 0 -
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Shinobollo wrote: »Yeah have to say, FRESH03s Blue Addy with slight modifications is already a fav mix
I won 30ml of addy's yogurt concentrate and 15ml of Apalachian delight on his live show one night Addy's yogurt is really good, must mix up some more actually
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Thecageyone wrote: »Nic top up time. Any Darkstar codes about? Also need topping up on some flavorings VG and PG
Not sure if there is any for Darkstar at the moment, went looking myself and found nothing. Only the 10% off concentrates after you spend 65 or more.
Delighted with chefsflavours, 20% off when you register 0 -
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Mightydrumming wrote: »Just register on the site if not done already and stick in 'chefsflavours'.
Yeah I see it now, looks like I was making a purchase on there as my basket was well stocked but as usual, half the stuff I want isn't available. Now I remember why I never bothered 0 -
Thecageyone wrote: »Yeah I see it now, looks like I was making a purchase on there as my basket was well stocked but as usual, half the stuff I want isn't available. Now I remember why I never bothered
Lol! I may have went over board with custard recipes on my last order
Ever try using Eggnog in a custard?0 -
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Mightydrumming wrote: »Lol! I may have went over board with custard recipes on my last order
Ever try using Eggnog in a custard?
Not really a fan of eggnog, prefer my eggs cooked But could work in a concentrate form though maybe 0
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