{"id":852,"date":"2010-09-20T20:39:37","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T00:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/?page_id=852"},"modified":"2011-08-29T08:50:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T12:50:34","slug":"diy-value-meets-flavor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/vapor-trails\/diy-value-meets-flavor\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY E-liquid – value and choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

For me, at least, the letters DIY conjure thoughts of fixing leaky faucets, installing ceiling fans, changing oil and replacing brake pads. \u00a0Typically I choose the Do-It-Yourself option because it\u2019s less expensive than the professional option. \u00a0If I can do it as well as a professional, I usually do \u00a0(My wife has a slightly different opinion of my home repair abilities, but we\u2019ll reserve that for another time).<\/p>\n

When it comes to DIY and electronic cigarette liquid (or e-liquid), however, cost was never a good enough reason to get involved with it. \u00a0Mixing juices seemed like a lot of effort to me and I really didn\u2019t have much hope that I could create something that I actually liked. \u00a0A contest prize from One Stop DIY Shop<\/a> was what it took to get me started and my first several attempts at mixing and the e-liquid for my electronic cigarette pretty much confirmed my suspicion that this wasn\u2019t for me. \u00a0The juice I mixed ranged from mediocre to down-right disgusting and an awful lot ended up in the drain rather than in the atomizer. \u00a0The typical DIY rationale of saving money seemed to be going down the drain right along with it. \u00a0Unflavored nicotine base is cheaper than premixed electronic cigarette juice, but not if half of it is thrown away.<\/p>\n

Wanting to give it another try, I took advantage of a weekly special at Freedom Smoke USA<\/a> [10% discount code: VGFSU10] and bought some Flavourart tobacco flavors. \u00a0Suddenly, a combination of Latakia, caramel and English toffee had me actually enjoying what I had made in my electronic cigarette. \u00a0This is going to sound odd, but the addition of a little cranberry turned it into one of my all day vapes for the last couple of weeks. \u00a0It took some work and patience, as well as a dash of something a little off-the-wall, but DIY was finally working for me.<\/p>\n

My new-found love of DIY e-liquid goes beyond simply finding a nice recipe that is not available elsewhere, though. \u00a0I tend to get tired of flavors. \u00a0My favorite all-day vape is unlikely to retain that title for more than a month or so. \u00a0There are some favorites from the past year that I simply don\u2019t want to vape at all now. \u00a0Mixing my own electronic cigarette juice allows me to make slight adjustments to flavors that may keep them from becoming boring. \u00a0A little heavy on the tobacco one day, a little more sweet the next. \u00a0Mixing less than 5ml at a time lets me decide exactly what I want every few days and the possibilities seem endless. \u00a0Now if only all the items on my to-do list could give me this much immediate satisfaction…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For me, at least, the letters DIY conjure thoughts of fixing leaky faucets, installing ceiling fans, changing oil and replacing brake pads. \u00a0Typically I choose the Do-It-Yourself option because it\u2019s less expensive than the professional option. \u00a0If I can do it as well as a professional, I usually do \u00a0(My wife has a slightly different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":765,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/852\/revisions\/2827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vapingguides.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}