How Should I Store My Vape Juice?
Vape liquids should ideally be kept in a cool, dark location. Prolonged exposure to sunlight can weaken the nicotine in your vape juice and cause discolouration. Similarly, vape juices left in hot conditions can begin to degrade faster, resulting in worse flavour and weaker nicotine.
However, it’s important not to let your vape juice get *too* cold, as vegetable glycerin is very sensitive to heat alternations and can become too thick and gloopy to pour effectively when too cold.
What Ingredients Are in A Vape Juice?
Almost all vape juice is made up of four components:
VG (vegetable glycerin): Naturally sourced fruit sugar in a liquid form. VG creates the ‘cloud’ when vaping.
PG (propylene glycol): Synthetic medium used commonly in confectionary, initially flavourless and well-suited to carrying flavour concentrates.
Flavour concentrates: Food-grade quality flavour concentrates are used to add taste to vape liquid. In some instances, such as with many tobacco vape juices, natural essences are used instead.
Nicotine shots: Most 10ml bottles are sold with nicotine already added, either harsh ‘freebase’ nicotine or smooth ‘nicotine salts.’ TPD legislation prevents any bottle larger than 10ml sold in the UK containing nicotine at the point of sale. Nicotine shots can be used to infuse these larger containers with nicotine.
Follow this link to learn about PG and VG ratios in e-liquids.
What VG/PG Ratio Should I Choose for My Vape Device?
Vape juice is never one-size-fits-all, and different devices and coils will require different VG/PG ratios. If you’re confused as to which kind of vape juice your vape kit needs, here’s a quick and helpful guide:
MTL Kit: Any e-liquid with either a 50/50 VG/PG ratio or a higher volume of PG.
Sub-Ohm Kit: Use e-liquid with a higher VG-to-PG ratio, ideally starting at VG70/PG30.
RTA/RDA Tank: These tanks are usually filled with high-VG vape juice, but single-coil arrangements may be better suited to 50/50 e-liquids and nicotine salts. Check the ohmage of your DIY coil; if it’s lower than 0.8 ohms, stick with high-VG vape juices.
What Nicotine Strength Is Right for Me?
Vape juices come in various categories of nicotine strengths - right from 0mg nicotine-free options, 3mg, 6mg, 12mg all the way to high strength 18 or 20mg variants.
In our experience, 1-5 social smokes a day won’t require high strength, and you’ll likely be satisfied with 6mg.
5-10 a day puts you more in the grounds of a 10mg or 12mg e-liquid.
10-15 a day will likely require 18mg vape juice for satisfaction, and those on 20+ a day should go straight for 20mg e-liquid, the strongest legally available in the UK.
Many vapers that have been heavy smokers start off at high strengths and slowly work their way down to low nic strength variants as their nicotine dependency starts reducing over time.
For a smooth transition, we recommend you move up or down by one level at a time instead of a huge jump in nic strength, as that can shock your system.
What’s the Best Vape Juice for Creating Big Clouds?
The best vape juice for creating large vapour clouds is one with a high VG content. Ideally, you want at least 70VG, though 80 will be even cloudier.
It’s important to remember that you need a sub-ohm vape kit to vape high-VG vape juice, as an MTL kit’s coils will likely become clogged by the thick e-liquid.
What’s the Best Vape Juice for More Flavour?
Vape juice with a higher PG content often tastes better, as PG acts as the flavour-carrying medium in e-liquid.
Bar salts are a variety of great-tasting e-liquids, usually 50/50. These use additional flavourings and sweeteners to taste similar to disposable vapes.
Do keep in mind that bar salts almost always require MTL vape kits or devices that are compatible with high-resistance coils.
