It's not you. The density, viscosity and taste/sweetness levels of PG/VG can vary from supplier to supplier. Once you find a few good and honest sellers, stick to them. If you're particular about flavor, it pays to test-vape some pure PG/VG with each new batch. Over time, your taste buds will tell u what's good, what's not so good and you'll be able to adjust levels of sweetener vis-a-vis your VG sweetness levels. If u want put a figure on things for greater accuracy, then you'll have to look into using stuff like a hydrometer, rotational viscometer and refractometer/brixmeter.

Pepperish-tasting VG/PG? That may be good for a black pepper chicken/steak flavor juice But I'd stay away from stuff like that.

If I encounter a runny VG, I'd be reaching for a hydrometer. Assuming you tested/tasted the various VG's at the same temperature, I'd reject the less thick one. I don't want to cast any shadows over someone's business, but a "clean" tasting and thin VG may be the result of dilution. Such adulteration may not necessarily be on purpose, and could stem from improper storage. Glycerol is hygroscopic and is also used as a humectant. In our high humidity climate, an uncovered container of the stuff would be gobbling up moisture from the air. If I wanna add water to help smooth out a juice, I'd rather use DIY distilled water, not ambient humidity! Stick with the sweeter and thicker stuff.

I love the design of that mod...but am holding off on getting one for the time being. Have seen 2 units being returned at the vape shops I hang out at, one about 10 days ago and another yesterday. Both had the same problem: insert the batts and the front panel gets warm, then warmer, then hot but the batts stay relatively cooler. This does not happen to all the units though, and may just be isolated cases. I do not know whether it's a mfg defect in certain units or caused by user error/abuse/unmarried batteries.

After I saw and handled that 2nd defective unit last night, I searched around and found this vid on youtube...it showed the same hot problem at 3min 30sec. Hopefully it's not a widespread prob but all the same I think I'll wait a bit longer.

Hopefully in due time they'll improve on the electronics' reliability, as well as the paint quality cos it's really very thin and easily scratched. The best would be a plain frosted aluminium finish or a thicker rubberized coating, and maybe someone will bring in silicone sleeves for it soon. I really want one!

http://www.matrix.net.my/ has soya bean and soya milk flavorings. I do not know if they're ok to vape though. Better u contact them and ask. U may also wanna check out their sugar cane flavor...if added to sucralose and a touch of ethyl maltol, it could help duplicate the "tau foo fah hawker" style syrup. Vape safe!

Speaking of reddit and explosions... https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigaret...vape_store_wtf/ Dunno what went on there, but the TS seems to have deleted his post. Could be a hoax or a trollthread.

My daily tank is the TFV4, with 2 units dual coil RBAs. It's not hard to coil and wick but for someone just starting out, there IS a learning curve but it's not steep. Richard Ng called it an intermediate level kind of atty, and I agree with him. If you're willing to put in 15-20min of time and effort (and prepared for the possibility of a leak or two), it is definitely do-able for a beginner. As long as you get the right amount of cotton (snug but not too tight) into the coils and give the wick ends a simple "bowl" style haircut, you're good to go! Caveat: Some of the o-rings of the TFV4 are sheer crap. be prepared to get spare ones made of tougher nitrile rubber. I just finished swapping RBAs and rewicking the spare one:


You may also want to consider the Zephyrus v2 as it's deck has 4 post-holes which makes for an easier time building than the TFV4; the top-fill method is also rather nifty! I may get one next month...my vape-gear budget for Dec has already been expended after I bought other stuff instead of the RX200.

Out of curiosity who makes the soy milk flavoring, is it safe to vape and how much does the MOQ cost?

Note that I was referring to emulating a hawker-style cane-sugar SYRUP. Tau foo fah can also be served with brown/ palm sugar/caramel SAUCES. There's no hard and fast rule.

http://www.lelong.com.my/tfv4-smok-tank-py...7-01-Sale-I.htm

https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/1001640...nt-glass-tank-5

Hypervape in sungai wang has an assortment of spare glass tanks. U can try messaging them on facebook to ask if they have stock of the tfv4 glass. https://www.facebook.com/vapehyper/

1) Heat & VG thickness- That's why I wrote "Assuming you tested/tasted the various VG's at the same temperature,", in case u didn't notice.

2) Exposing VG to sunlight does NOT make it "diluted". When VG is heated by the sun or any other heat source, its viscosity increases.

3) We were talking about VG, not AG. If one buys a product labelled as Vegetable Glycerine and finds it thinner and less sweet as the normal product, it's just wrong, plain and simple.

I'm not a sifu, and will never be a sifu so I hope u don't mind me replying.

Please go to the first post in this thread and read the section titled "Guide to Vape Safe!!" (sic)

My first e-cig was in 2009 and I've never used a current starter kit before, so I can't recommend u any from personal experience.
What I can do to help is suggest 2 good mods which are reasonably priced: the IPV 4s and the Joyetech Evic VTC mini. Use them properly and they'll serve you well. Whichever mod you buy, I strongly suggest that it has removable batteries (easier for u if u have to take a plane ride), and that the firmware can be upgraded (so that you won't be stuck in a dead-end).

Quality batteries and a reliable charger are also important.

There's a huge range of tanks and drippers out there for u to choose from. If you have vaper friends, ask them to let you try what they have and see if it suits you taste. For me, a good tank/dripper is one which can produce good vapor and decent flavor without having to resort to fancy coils or drilling holes (but fancy coils can be fun at times!).

With regard to e-liquids, you'll get better surety of safety if you mix your own because it's still a jungle out there in terms of regulation and safety standards. Fakes of name-brand juices are known to exist too.

It's to your advantage to find a vape shop owner who can guide u responsibly and make sensible recommendations for all your vaping needs ( and not try to sell u the slow-moving products). If you're near SS15 SUbang Jaya and have some time, pop into Vape Empire; they'll be happy to answer your questions on vaping and there's no obligation to buy anything. I can recommend that place because I've seen and heard them treat customers very decently before.

It's not just you. And the cost/ml is also higher.

Am in total agreement with you about Caramel (Original). Versons of Gambit made with DX (while not exactly shitty) won't be as close to the real thing, just weaker and thinner-tasting. YOLO!

Thanks for the heads-up!

We can now set the TCR! Makes me luv my lil evics even more

One of the juices I'm developing now has the tentative name of "Tupai Tapai"

If it makes u feel better my IPV4s still has no new firmware since the middle of the year despite being upgradeable, and I'll prolly just go back to plain old power mode once I get bored of playing with the evic mini's temp control

But if u want one, shopee'll have a new year sale soon...who knows what bargains await us then??

LOL no way that update was available a month ago. Like budak said, it's prolly a typo...or they got confused between the chinese and gregorian calendars...or they did that on purpose to make themselves look better

Sounds like u need one of these

http://www.vapor4life.com/e-cigars

Sorry, no idea of local/fasttech availability...you'll probably have to import it. And yes it does look very nice.

Nope, never tried it. Only had real cigars before on two or three occasions. Saw your post and recalled reading about that e-cigar some time ago, so I posted the link in case you still wanted to quit tobacco. BTW I think u should have gone for a 12mg strength of a cigar-extracted e-juice; that would have been a more accurate replacement for real cigars.

More competition is good. Thanks for the info!

If it's any comfort to you, I know of vape shops selling it for as high as RM160-170, no discount. What to do lah...brick & mortar shops have higher costs than online shops.

My favourite atty was feeling lonely....so I bought a TFV4 from him...RM70 including shipping. He'll send tomorrow.