Did a small amount of looking didn't really see anything recent so thought I would ask. How much money do you actually save by making your own? What's the up front cost? How much time does it take (not including seeping)?
This - $100 on your initial equipment, nic bottle, PG and VG bases, and a handful of flavors and you're set to mix a few liters. It gets cheaper from there.Depends on what you normally pay for juice, what strength, ratio.... You can spend $100 or less and get everything you need to mix for months and months. Making juice takes minutes.
My typical response.
http://vapingunderground.com/threads/guide-to-mixing-by-weight.22891/
Get started and you'll never look back.
I buy from ECX https://www.ecigexpress.com/ AND BCV http://www.bullcityvapor.com/What size syringe do you guys use for the flavors or is a dropper good. Depending on seep times and how long the stay good for will effect how large of batch I do once I get the recipe dialed in. I plan to start with 15ml and possibly up to 120s
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I, personally, use 1 mL and 3 mL syringes for the flavors and nic. For PG and VG I usually use a glass/borosilicate graduated flask or cylinder. Since I'm already a cartridge reloader, I'm considering just moving over to by weight mixing because I have good scales but, to be honest, I really am a "meh, close enough" guy when it comes to the base PG/VG so my nic content and flavor might be a smidge weak.What size syringe do you guys use for the flavors or is a dropper good. Depending on seep times and how long the stay good for will effect how large of batch I do once I get the recipe dialed in. I plan to start with 15ml and possibly up to 120s
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ECX NIC is good. If you like a higher VG juice get VG base or vice versa.How's the nicotine they sell and what base is best for the nic, I like lots of flavor but don't want a big throat hit either. Looking for the best balance and I've gathered that the flavors are in PG. Getting my order ready now.
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Figure out what you want to buy and from where. Then go here where they have calculators in which you can enter what you want to make and what the cost of everything was. It will tell you how much it is costing you!!So I guess the correct question is, has anyone calculated out what the materials cost is for say a 80/20 mix? In other words how much are you paying in ingredients per 30ml once the hardware is purchased? I'm guessing there will be some fluxuation if your mixes need seeping (more bottles) and small bottles for testing and bigger for once the flavor is dialed in etc. I'm just looking for ball parks. Due to life circumstances I need to cut expenses as much as possible.
My local shop has the flavors I like for around 20 a 30ml and 60-70 a 120ml. Online I'm finding and sampling some that are around 8 a 30ml or 30-35 a 120ml.
How much money do you actually save by making your own?
I think I have the same appMy ejuice calculator shows the price of each mix. This is what it generally comes up to. Note it says usd, but is really cdn.
Up front cost is alittle high cause you need to buy in bulk to save alot. It's about 200$ cdn worth of PG/VG/NIC
Takes me 2mins to mix
I vape all day for less than the price of one cigarette. Just one more good reason to stay off the stinkies.
Where I've noticed the vape gets pricey is in equipment upgradesCigarettes are a lot cheaper in GA than most other places, but it's pretty close; here, at the price I was paying per pack when I quit ($5.39), it comes to about 27 cents per cig -- it's probably a lot more now though, that was over a year and a half ago. My ejuice cost is 6 cents per ml, and I vape about 5ml per day, so that's about 30 cents per day -- so it's only a few cents per day more than the cost of ONE cigarette -- of which I usually smoked about 20 a day!
Which is why I just crack up when someone says they can't afford to vape. If you can afford to smoke, you can EASILY afford to vape!
Andria
I look at it as my DIY savings are funding my shiny stuff purchases... Soon I'll have enough... NOT!!!Where I've noticed the vape gets pricey is in equipment upgrades
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Lol, I'm pretty well set. Finally found a tank I really like (griffin) running a snow wolf mod. My problem is I keep finding recipes to try outI look at it as my DIY savings are funding my shiny stuff purchases... Soon I'll have enough... NOT!!!
Yeah the Griffin is a nice tank with lots of build room, but it sucks down the juice even with a pretty conservative build. They have a 25 mm Griffin coming out that will hold more, so less refilling. Ditto on the recipes to try, of course there is always at least one flavor that I don't have...Lol, I'm pretty well set. Finally found a tank I really like (griffin) running a snow wolf mod. My problem is I keep finding recipes to try out
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I look at it as my DIY savings are funding my shiny stuff purchases... Soon I'll have enough... NOT!!!
Another 30 MLs added to my stock of juices since my last post.
I must admit to being an e-Liquid hog since staring my DIYing but the amount of e-Liquid I have vaped in the last 5 days would have cost me more than the investment in my DIY Kit! Also sine I started the DIY I cut my nicotine level in half.
Cost - $75
Return on investment - PRICELESS
I chase flavor, clouds look cool but I am coming off a pack and half a day in middle of a very messy divorce with custody battle cold turkey not going to happen. I'm at 3mg nic when to zero I will on habitSee, this is why I don't really understand the cloud chasing thing; it means you're going thru a lot of juice, and inhaling a lot of chemicals. Sure they're safer than smoke, but still... makes no sense to me at all. Speaking as an asthmatic. I wish I could get to a point where I don't need to vape at all, my asthma would like it a lot better... but I fear I may never get to that point.
Andria
I also just mixed a ml to see dial in key lime pieAnother 30 MLs added to my stock of juices since my last post.
I must admit to being an e-Liquid hog since staring my DIYing but the amount of e-Liquid I have vaped in the last 5 days would have cost me more than the investment in my DIY Kit! Also sine I started the DIY I cut my nicotine level in half.
Cost - $75
Return on investment - PRICELESS
I chase flavor, clouds look cool but I am coming off a pack and half a day in middle of a very messy divorce with custody battle cold turkey not going to happen. I'm at 3mg nic when to zero I will on habit
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So what is the worst thing in the vape juice?If you're going thru all that, 3mg seems extremely low, after smoking that much. I smoked a pack a day or less, of ultra-light cigarettes, and 20 months after quitting smoking, I'm still at 4.5-5 mg -- and I only dropped that low to find out if it would help my cold hands and feet in the winter (which it did).
Nicotine is the least dangerous thing in a vape. It's the other stuff I wish I didn't have to inhale on a regular basis, but I already know that patches don't work for me at all, and dental problems forbid gum.
Andria
See, this is why I don't really understand the cloud chasing thing; it means you're going thru a lot of juice, and inhaling a lot of chemicals. Sure they're safer than smoke, but still... makes no sense to me at all. Speaking as an asthmatic. I wish I could get to a point where I don't need to vape at all, my asthma would like it a lot better... but I fear I may never get to that point.
Andria
The whole point of my vaping was to quit cigarettes which I did and the recommendations of people when I switched from Cig-A-Likes to a MOD was to cut my Nicotine. So now with DIY e-Liquids I am consuming more so twice the liquid is twice the nicotine. 3MG is working out good for me. I am now close to 5ML's a day. How many ML's a day for you at 5MG Andria?
So what is the worst thing in the vape juice?
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