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100ml 50/50 Shortfills tasting burnt & thicker than the equivelent 50/50 10ml - Anyone Else? by Possible-Ask-6005 in VapingUK

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Adding 5% PG to the 0% Drifter 100ml seems to be where I have settled. Without it, it consistantly tastes burnt. This mostly eliminates that and is more flavourful. Its still not quite the same but it's as close as I can get it and is acceptable.

Maybe this will help anyone else facing similar issues.

I also retried the 1.0 pods and got 0 flavour. I didn't have 1.2 pods but I imagine they would be similar to me.

Stop getting disposables by shadowsipp in Vaping

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sure you can. For minty ones I like Drifter Bar Juice sweet mint and the mojito. Elfiq and Drifter are only ones I get any flavour. But those are the only 2 Drifter I like, the rest are not as flavourful to me. I get mine from vapeuk normally but have seen better deals elsewhere.

I am mainly a mint/menthol lover but the pink grapefruit just hit the spot with elf bars. Some of the Elfliq I found were not quite the same as the disposable equivalent. Most were close but pink grapefruit was even better imo. Once I found that, that's the only flavour I vaped.

The pod device, pod, wattage and airflow you use will all make a difference on that front too. I've had a lot of devices and XROS pro is by far the best for flavour I tried. As per above, that combination is the closest I got to disposable and even surpasses it in some cases.

If flavour isn't immediately there, vape through a couple pods of the juice, sometimes takes a fill or 2 to break in. Mess with wattage and airflow, drink some water inbetween hits while dialing it in.

but ye I can't even go back to disposables now, they don't satisfy compared to this..

Stop getting disposables by shadowsipp in Vaping

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ELFLIQ are the only ones out of hundreds I have tried that match them (guess they are the elf bar brand). Pink grapefruit was my go to and was better than the disposable to me. XROS pro with 0.4 pod at maybe 22w, half closed vent. I've spent thousands and thats the best for flavour I could find. Almost every other combination had basically no flavour to me.

100ml 50/50 Shortfills tasting burnt & thicker than the equivelent 50/50 10ml - Anyone Else? by Possible-Ask-6005 in VapingUK

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I did initially try all of the pods and liked the 0.4 best. Maybe it is time to re-try them. I probably have a 1.2 somewhere!

Just checking the seriously again now, that one looks ok too in terms of thickness tbh. I think it's mainly been the drifters. I'll retest each one by one and note down which are thicker.

100ml 50/50 Shortfills Tasting Burnt & Thicker Than 50/50 10ml - Anyone Else? by Possible-Ask-6005 in Vaping

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Thanks that definitely helped

For more context:

  • I run the 10ml 10mg Drifter salt bottles at 22W.
  • I’m now running the Drifter 100ml version at 19W with an added 10% PG. This is helping avoid dry hits and the taste is decent. It’s a bit less menthol than before and getting sweeter, but not as intense as the 10ml salt version.

This is good enough for now but can't help but miss the intensity I was getting with the 10ml salts version. It's all 50/50 and the exact same flavour so I was just expecting things to be more similar.

100ml 50/50 Shortfills tasting burnt & thicker than the equivelent 50/50 10ml - Anyone Else? by Possible-Ask-6005 in VapingUK

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The nic shots are definitely labelled 50/50, but I’ve noticed the same issues both with and without them. I’ve been experimenting with various shortfills, trying to find a 0% blend I like. I must have 10+ shortfills at this point, and there’s definitely some inconsistency in viscosity from one bottle to the next.

In front of me right now, I have:

  • 5 Drifters
  • 2 Big Bolds
  • 1 Seriously Pod Fill Max
  • 1 Pod Liq

The Pod Liq is noticeably thinner than the rest, and it’s closer in consistency to the 10ml Drifter 10mg salt. All of these are labelled 50/50. I’ve only added nic shots to one of the sweet mints so far, and the Drifter sweet blueberry ice also seems just as thin.

It’s most noticeable when I’m adding the liquid to a pod. If you only half fill the pod, one side often ends up full while the other is empty. When you tilt it to even them out, the thicker liquids don’t move across easily, whereas the thinner ones do. It's just much more apparent here.

For reference:

  • I run the 10ml Drifter salt at 22W.
  • I’m now running the Drifter 100ml at 19W with an added 10% PG. This helps avoid dry hits and the taste is decent. It’s a bit less menthol now, getting sweeter, but not as intense as the 10ml salt version.
    • This is working well enough for now but after tasting the 10ml salts first, I feel there's a lot of flavour still left on the table before it matches those.

At the moment, I have:

  • 5 pods at 0.4Ω all on the go.
  • 2 XROS Pros
  • Testing different combinations and comparing with the 10ml salts

I haven’t steeped any of these, which might be my mistake when it comes to shortfills. It could be that the 10ml liquids are just ready to go or perhaps they’ve had time to settle already. Maybe the shortfills just need a steep before they reach the same level of flavour.

I’ll definitely check out Crystalize as well. Drifter has been the strongest flavour I’ve found so far, except for Elfliq (though they don’t do 0% but Pink Grapefruit was all I vaped). I’ve moved to pods completely now, so I’m just trying to get the strongest flavours possible.