For Griffin owners who want to add on the top airflow feature:
http://www.heavengifts.com/GeekVape-Griffi...irflow-Set.html
LYN OFFICIAL VAPING THREAD V32, Vaping In 2016 .. Whats New?
LYN OFFICIAL VAPING THREAD V32, Vaping In 2016 .. Whats New?
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Feb 25 2016, 11:12 PM
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For Griffin owners who want to add on the top airflow feature:
http://www.heavengifts.com/GeekVape-Griffi...irflow-Set.html |
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Feb 26 2016, 10:31 PM
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QUOTE(hallucinogen @ Feb 26 2016, 10:14 PM) Finally my order from gearbest arrives yesterday after 2 months.. tfv4 beast kit and SS316L wire.. My TF-R3's are still in the fasttech shopping cart Yesterday i built the tf-r3 for 3 times, always leak.. just now, tried again.. still leak a bit.. almostt give up rewick this.. any advise? Huhu but using it with SS wires, firing 200 celcius 60 watt, very nice vapor and flavor Did u fluff the cotton? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yDKlOtLSU listen to what he says around 27min 15 seconds. |
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Feb 27 2016, 02:30 PM
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Feb 27 2016, 03:24 PM
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QUOTE(boland89 @ Feb 27 2016, 02:55 PM) "Flat" claptons can fit the uwell RBA, with a little effort. Say for example u get fused claptons.... Simply unwind and cut off some of the cladding at the ends of the coil u made. Twist the core wires and wind it around the screw. Tighten the screws and you're done! The cladding of a clapton coil mainly serves as a heat sink and wick. As long as the core wires are properly affixed to the +ve and -ve of your atomizer, it'll work. But if you just want "round" claptons, then try other vape stores in the area. Good luck! |
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Feb 27 2016, 09:11 PM
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Just a heads-up ppl...Shopee code VAPEON gets you max RM30 off certain vape items.
Just picked up 6 more LG batts |
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Feb 28 2016, 03:16 PM
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If one chooses to vape and smoke, that's your right and personal choice.
When it comes to quitting cigarettes for good, there are many factors which come into play. Those factors will vary from person-to-person. Most important are: how badly you want to be free from tobacco and how strong is your determination. Some will not feel that it's hard to substitute vaping for tobacco entirely. Some find it fast and easy to use vaping as a cigarette substitute for a while, and then quit vaping. Others will find it harder to quit vaping entirely. To those who want to use vape as a smoke-cessation aid, I can say this: find an e-juice which will be most suitable to replace tobacco. If you can find one ready-made, that's great! If all the juices you tried seem to be somewhat lacking, then consider blending one to your own taste. This will entail you mixing your own juice. I'm not going into varying nicotine levels here...that's for you to decide what you feel comfy with. Firstly get a tobacco base flavoring which is closest to your usual brand of ciggys. Then enhance it with some (or all) of the following: Black Fire flavoring will give a smokey feel to your juice. Start of at 3% if you are a pack-a-day smoker. 4.5% recommended for chain-smokers (2 packs or more/day). This can also be added to ready-made juices to make them taste more like real cigarettes with burning tobacco. If that's too strong, use Black Devil (unrelated flavor) in the same proportions, or do 1.5% of Black Fire and 1.5% of Black Devil. Feel the need for a thicker, richer tobacco aroma? Add in 1.5% to 3% French Pipe flavoring. Go easy with this....it is strong and can overpower other flavors. |
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Feb 29 2016, 03:36 AM
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QUOTE(6oLsh0i_6o0z3 @ Feb 29 2016, 02:48 AM) Yeah. I mean nicotine and caffeine, they're both like stimulating some nervous system, but they are different at the same time. Caffeine is also an addictive substance and yes it can be added to juices.I have no idea what I'm talking about actually lol. Is like there is nicotine crave, and then there is caffeine crave. I just thought is it possible to put that in our eliquid as well as a substitute for a nicotine lol. Because I have a friend who actually need to get his/her dose of coffee everyday if not they might not feeling really well, sort of. Is like an addiction too? hmm.. sorry this is something that is not really important, just something that I thought of all of the sudden. Dont worry about it. And like the polar form of nicotine, caffeine is easily absorbed into our body. Nic also has a non-polar form, but that's out of topic. Caffeine readily mixes with PG (also a polar substance), passes thru membranes and into our bloodstream. Anyways, dredging me old brain in the wee hours, if I recall correctly, it's best to tread lightly and use 3-4% caffeine as a starting point (commercially-available caffeine is about 40mg strength I think). Adjust to yr tolerance level, but be warned, too much and u get a splitting headache, nausea and pounding heart. You can make your own extract using coffee beans and PG. Just google for instructions...it's easy and turned out better than my failed pisang mas extract |
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Feb 29 2016, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE(6oLsh0i_6o0z3 @ Feb 29 2016, 03:57 AM) Wow you even extracted your own pisang flavor, impressive. How is the result, is it "vapeable"?. Err...I'm pretty sure I used the phrase "failed pisang mas extract". Failed...kaput...hangkang...down the drainhole! It was vapable with very good flavor (better than any of the chemical-tasting and scented flavorings out there), but the coil would clog up superfast with banana-scented carbon. Extracts of coffee, tea, star anise, cengkih all ok, and hella lot cheaper than buying flavorings.I've noticed TFA pisang ranum/masak got this "marker pen" smells to it, wonder if there is other pisang flavor that is not too artificial per se maybe more like a organic banana kinda smell/taste. Thanks for the info andyng38 And you're absolutely right. Ripe bananas smell like marker pens, and the common chemical responsible for that is ethylene; that's the gas which is produced by fruits to bring on ripening. The riper it gets, the more ethylene there is wafting around it. I started extracting banana cos I hated the very artificial chemical taste of banana flavorings. There is a partially good workaround that problem though but I can only pass it to you tomorrow. Today's my last day mixing for a certain organization, but I'm still honor-bound by a gentleman's agreement to keep quiet about certain things till 1st March. Not long to go! |
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Feb 29 2016, 04:47 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Feb 29 2016, 01:56 PM) Yes in PG. A BRIX meter is very handy ( sidenote: sugar content diff between pisang raja and mas is very large!) for various fruits. Dehydrators are also very good to have...to reduce water content; however it has an adverse effect on the flavor of certain fruits.QUOTE(ekudz @ Feb 29 2016, 03:14 PM) makmerekahjiau sdn bhd. |
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Feb 29 2016, 10:58 PM
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» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « 6oLsh0i_6o0z3 You don't need sophisticated equipment to do simple extracts and tinctures. Heck you could do it in yr own kitchen! Just sterilize all containers and maintain a high level of hygiene. But if you are going into steam/membrane extraction and distillation methods, then yes you do need some sophisticated kit. Anyways thanks for the info; I'm aware of what they purportedly state to be their components. At any rate, the holy grail of a lifelike banana flavoring is still out of reach. One cannot totally avoid the chemical high notes at this stage. But whoever manages to develop a real banana flavor stands to make a lot of money...seriously!! QUOTE(hallucinogen @ Feb 29 2016, 07:29 PM) Yup, exactly, hence i would like to avoid those seller who did not handle their things properly.. The one i said i tossed away was yellowish to brown color, much more than i expected.. If pale yellowish for me still acceptable la.. They could prevent too much oxidation by using device/pump to transfer from the reservoir directly into new container, and work in a dark room. From conversation with several seller, most seller bring in 1000mg stock, and yes they need to perform dilution as they mostly selling 100mg and 48mg.. I also read that nic liquid are best kept in fridge for longer storage, some seller may just put them on shelves.. But overall, I'm mostly curious about their ability to maintain hygiene and perform correct dilution. As far as I'm concerned, you did the right thing by tossing the brown colored nic. Chances are the brown stuff would have imparted more bitterness to your juice, and maybe even modulated some of the other flavors adversely. I may be generalizing, but I've gone thru 5 shades of nic from different suppliers. They ranged from a very light tinge of yellow to dark brown. the lighter colored nics always made for better juice while the darkest ones affected flavor (all were used in the same batch of the same recipe).QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Feb 29 2016, 08:18 PM) If I'm not mistaken, Cynara is that strawberry cheesecake flavor that came with a free kayfun five pawns atty. I tasted that at Vape Empire SS15 last month. 3 puffs on my dripper was more than I could tahan. |
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Mar 1 2016, 12:20 AM
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Better banana flavoring.
There will still be a tiny bit of chemical taste, but nowhere near as intense as in a single banana flavor. 5% Inawara banana concentrate (NOT the Inawara shisha banana, which is super-concentrated). 3% TFA Banana (ripe) 2% FA Banana 0.5% FA Walnut 1% 0.9 saline You can use the above as a stand-alone, or combine with other flavors to make banana coconut cream pie, banana vanilla ice cream etc. Feel free to adjust to your liking. The above percentages work for me, but maybe not for you. |
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Mar 1 2016, 12:17 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Mar 1 2016, 09:30 AM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Yeah, that's the one. Also I've noticed that most of the 'Local Premium' creamy type of flavor tends to have this 'Susu basi' taste. Another potential contributor to that "susu basi" taste is improperly stored flavorings, or those that are not laku and may have expired. Unscrupulous sellers will just keep on flogging them off, or worse still sell them in bulk cheap-cheap to eager brewers who want to save some money. I'm not gonna point fingers, but it's best to have some self-imposed ethics. I'll never use a flavor that is going bad, nor will I mix any juice which I am not willing to vape myself. QUOTE(Pugface @ Mar 1 2016, 10:28 AM) Guys i was given an old sx mini and a goblin tank.. But i notice vaping some fruity juice like mrs lips will burn the cotton within one tank while others dont. Some juices which are high in VG will be harder to wick because of the increased viscosity, and that may cause burned wicks. Also if the sweetener content is high, that will lead to accumulation of carbonized sugar on the coil, which leads to faster degradation of your cotton.Why ah why. |
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Mar 1 2016, 02:57 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Mar 1 2016, 02:36 PM) » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... « Ahhh.... had the same thought but wasn't too sure. I think that's no all. I have surveyed/audited a few local raw flavoring producers/manufacturers and tried their creamy base raw flavoring, all also got hints or taste like 'Susu Basi'. Asked them why go such taste but the imported one don't have. They answered saying this kind of 'susu basi' taste is the preferred kinda taste here. Especially Indonesians and Malay consumers. I think the guy bull-shit me then. LoL Your experience with local flavor producers is another reason why many prefer imported juices and yes, in all probability that seller was bullshitting u to the max. Sidenote: You'd get more accurate feedback on your juices by having ppl in the frontlines of the food industry sample your juices. It sure beats handing out samples to random strangers/freebie hounds who may have a dead tongue for all you know. |
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Mar 1 2016, 09:43 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Mar 1 2016, 03:09 PM) Totally agree on the 'ppl in the frontlines of the food industry' part. I believe juices is largely linked to gastronomy. Just like the brewer, George from Mr Good Vape. He's is a chef himself. His blend really taste like fine cuisine, especially Hedon's Bite. If you fancy being a gourmand, no harm in taking such courses.Now I feels like taking gastronomy courses to widen my knowledge. But IMO it's better for yr mixology if you were to invest in more flavors, get to know (take notes and memorize) the results of varying percentages and combos with other flavors, and learn how to "mix in your head"...it'll save you a lot of time and flavorings in the future. It's good to cut your teeth on clone recipes...but don't depend on it entirely (unless u really want to). Experiment and explore new avenues; make your own recipes, tinctures and extracts, and don't be afraid to fail! |
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Mar 2 2016, 12:43 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Mar 1 2016, 10:21 PM) Glad that we are on the same page. Dozens of locals brewer out there doing 'Mother' or 'Unicorn' milk clone. Kinda fed up with them. One of the reason why I started brewing is because I'm disappointed with all those so called 'Local Premium'. Excellent! Actually when u mentioned marker pens and ripe bananas, I had the feeling that u could "mix in your head"! Also glad that I'm on the correct path as well. Tried and failed a lot of time to 'understand' more on flavours reaction. Currently I think I got around 70 type in my flavour library and trying to get more. Wish to lay my hands on Inawera, Flavor West and other foreign flavoring soon Still couldn't fully memorize and differentiate all flavors yet. Especially few different type of apples from different vendor so on so forth. But yeah the 'mix in your head' really works. It will roughly give you an idea on how it will turns out. But some times by using a few un-preferable flavoring to mix, the element of surprise will mesmerize you You may wish to add Tasty Puff and Flavorah (buy from overseas) to your foreign flavoring list. Flavorah's Honey Bee has floral notes (like TFA's Honey)...but will fade to very mild levels after steeping, (unlike TFA's Honey...*gag*). |
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Mar 2 2016, 02:21 PM
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Mar 2 2016, 02:50 PM
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QUOTE(duke_hunt @ Mar 2 2016, 02:36 PM) That is very true, unfortunately.Many vape bosses won't step outside their comfort zone too. Clone clone clone day in and day out. I can understand sticking to the tried-and-true beaten path for the sake of "safer" profitability, but we need to innovate as well. |
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Mar 2 2016, 03:06 PM
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Had 2 versions of gambit clone. One with oak steeping and the other without. Customer feedback: about 70% preferred the non-oak steeped version. And yes percentages of certain flavors were tweaked in it.
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Mar 2 2016, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE(jameslionhart @ Mar 2 2016, 03:01 PM) Also the misuse of the word 'Premium'. Now all the Tom, Dick and Harry also declared that their juice is premium. 'PADU!!', 'MOLOKEK!!', 'MANTAP!!' and so on. Everything's "premium" |
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Mar 2 2016, 03:17 PM
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