Quick Reviews - Liquid

ceekay74 wrote: »

Tallaght, City Centre or Rathmines would be most convenient. Must check out purple box next time i'm in the area.

The Vape Cafe on Capel St. has seats upstairs and the option to grab a nice coffee whilst you're there.

They also have a far better selection of juices than Purplebox who only stock 3 or 4 companies juices like Hangsen and Vaping Gold. Neither of which are great imo.

I Don't really do reviews, but.

I ordered from Adirondack in the states as they were doing a sale. I was their first Irish customer (hence the review) so they had to add in Ireland as a shipping option for me, which was decent. By the time they'd done that the sale was over.
They emailed me a code for the same discount, which I thought was pretty decent, though.
I bought their two most popular liquids, Placid and Saratoga.

Saratoga is very good, kind of strawberry shortcake thing. Very sweet, but not over the top. The biscuit flavour is very good and lingers nicely. Would definitely buy again.
Placid is a very unusual juice I think. Its lime, pear and honeysuckle, which sounds mank, but works really well. Hard to put your finger on, the lime is very good in it, nicely realistic, but with a sweet floral finish. Not something I'd normally order, but it gets very good reviews and I'm inclined to agree.
It's not an instant hit like the Saratoga, it's more of a grower, but there's enough going on with it to keep me interested.
Bottles are glass w/droppers, 30ml with an extra 6ml small squeezy bottle on the side. Pretty posh bottles they are too. Even childproof, which I hadn't seen in a dropper before.
A sample 6ml bottle thrown in which I haven't tried yet.
All delivered for $41, so not cheap, but delivery was less than a week.
I'd recommend giving them a shot for once in a while, but I wouldn't be making it an ADV based on price. I DIY my main juices now, so I view these as a little treat.
I've tried Highbrow, Drakes Vapes, Spacejam and Bombies before from the states and I'd rate these just below Bombies sort of quality.

I went into 'the smoke shop' in Cork today. Ended up getting their own brand 'vanilla', which is actually really good. Tastes almost like a vanilla custard but not? Impressed with it. 70/30 PG/VG - probably a bit high on PG, i'd go 60/40.

On a side note, met some lad at the pub the other day who had an incredible peachy DIY, so am going to look into some peach blends.

If you do happen to find a really good peach juice, let us know. Because it's one of those flavours I've never had a decent one of. Orange being another. More a melon/banana/pineapple man when it comes to juices. Though love them all as actual fruits.

Vmist - Classic Coconut - 6mg

This is a really nice vape. Very light and fruity. The coconut isn't too strong, lightly creamy. Makes my mouth water slightly. Good ADV.

Thecageyone wrote: »

If you do happen to find a really good peach juice, let us know. Because it's one of those flavours I've never had a decent one of. Orange being another. More a melon/banana/pineapple man when it comes to juices. Though love them all as actual fruits.

Ecirette (Talbot St/Baggot St) have a line called Black Label, and their 'Perfect Peach' is just mouthwatering IMO. Fantastic juice.
I think its €13 for a 20ml bottle (?).

Yeah that iVape custard is a strange one, I couldn't put a finger on the flavour either. My partner mixed it with another juice and said it was fine, must find out what juice that was exactly. I had 2 bottles of that stuff, won't be getting another that''s for sure.

Funny that you get mostly lime from the RR, I did get some lemon & lime, but I got mostly a mixed fruit sherbet/fizziness ... I sometimes think my taste buds are shot though

That was well steeped too, so that'll be as good as it gets. One to mark off the list at least, if nothing else.

I find with the likes of MBV, they have some gems, that really do taste as good if not better than some of the premiums juices ... then they have a LOT of mediocre to poor juices besides. It's trial and error when you're ordering first, because you want to try a bit of everything. And you need to do this to find those gems, that you will re-order. I've ordered maybe 20 different flavours from their range to date, and found 4 that I will definitely go for again. 1/5 ... some say not a great ratio, but if I only ever ordered those 4 from now on, I'd save a bomb and have nice juices to boot.

Thecageyone wrote: »

For not much more you can get some decent enough juices online. I use Cloudhousevapor at the moment for cheaper juices. The Mt.bakervapor range are cheap, and not too bad at all. The juices do require steeping though. Well, the ones made to order. They have ready made juices on there too, some for €12 or so per 30ml.

I'm lucky enough, there's an iVape store just down the road from me so I'm never stuck for juices. Even their own brand I would say are much better than Hangsen or healthier smoke or wicked. They're about €5 per 10ml. They go steadily up from there, like pink spot juices for €6.99 12ml, and on to more expensive ones. But they stock some great juices. Just depends on what you're willing to pay. I've paid up to €25 for 30ml, but that would be a treat! And would be juices I can try before I buy [another bonus with shops like that]

I used to buy nothing but hangsen, dekang, liqua etc when I started but after trying more expensive stuff I couldn't go back. I believe there's a big difference in quality. Some just don't want to spend the bit extra, and you don't have to ... that's the great thing about choices. Just look about on the Irish vendor's sites even. Most will have the juice out to you within 2 days.

What does "steeping" the juice involve?

JH_raheny wrote: »

Basically just letting the juice mature for flavours to blend/mix properly.
I usually just shake the bottles well daily for a few days and then take the cap off and leave them open for about 12 hours to air a bit and then let sit for another week, seem to do the trick for me.

Need a bit of advice from you JH about what I need for mixing my own liquid.

This link you gave me http://www.vapebase.de/Vape-Bases/VGPG-Vape-Bases/50/50-Vape-Bases/1-Liter-Vape-Base-50-50-VGPG-12mg-ml::24.html
This bottle has everything I need to start mixing & then I just add the concentrated flavours that I need for the recipe.
Here is a recipe that I got from "Vape it with Les"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5nIAm8aHC4

0.8ML NICOTINE CONCENTRATE 72MG PG BASE
2.2ML UNFLAVOURED PG
14ML UNFLAVOURED VG

0.8ML VANILLA CUSTARD V1* 4%
0.8ML SIMPLY VANILLA 4%
0.4ML BUTTER 0.4 ML 2%
0.4ML HORCHATTA 2%
0.2ML MARSHMALLOW 1%
0.2ML PRALINES & CREAM 1%
0.2ML SMOOTH TOBACCO 1 %

These flavours are from http://www.leisureliquids.com/concentrates/capella

Les uses separate Nic,PG & VG,that bottle in the link from Germany has all three ingredients in the one bottle,my question is,do I add up those three ingredients together = 17ml.
Do I just syringe 17ml from the German bottle & add the flavourings & it's done.
Thanks

JH_raheny wrote: »

Well you can do the 3ml flavour + the 17ml premix but that receipe from Les is mainly PG and the premix is 50/50, also doing it with the premix your Nic. level will slight bit less accurate compared the the Les receipe (tiny bit lower)
but in my opinion it shouldn't matter much and the 50/50 pg/vg will probably carry a bit more flavour from the concentrates and wont need as much time steeping if any at all, I would say just go ahead and try.

Thanks for that,I'll order a litre of that base today,I was very slow in making up my mind about this diy mixing because I didn't know what flavours I would need to make a tasty juice,Red Astaire would not be my cup of tea,mostly Custards & Fruits I use,so having a recipe to follow is handy.

garra wrote: »

What does "steeping" the juice involve?

Sorry, only seeing that question now, but like JH says - it's basically letting them breathe, give them a shake, and put them away again, re-capped, in a dark cupboard. Reapeat this every time you think of it basically, open the bottle, give it a squeeze if it's plastic, I put my thumb over the opening give it a good shake about, let it breathe some more, another shake, re-cap and put away. Rinse, repeat numerous times over a week or so. Depending on the juice, 2-3 days is good enough for some, while others may need a few weeks before they really shine. You're usually good to go with pre-packaged stuff, they have probably been on shelves for months. But anything that is made to order, for example - Grant's vanilla custard, or the Mountbakervapor juices, will need to be steeped. Best to buy well in advance of actually needing juices.

What you're doing basically is fusing the ingredients, massaging or blending them together if you like, and encouraging the process with some oxygen. You'll know when they're good to go, because they'll smell and taste much better. If you try them from the off you may find muted or off flavours and likely that the juices will give burnt hits

What juice are you using at the moment?

Only the premium juices smell strongly in my limited experience. The cheap ones don't seem to smell at all.

Maybe try a coffee flavoured one?

Would be a normal enough odour in an office I'd imagine.