THE NEW GROWING COMPANY IN THE DIY E-LIQUID MARKET
MAKE MY VAPE
REVIEW ON MAKE MY VAPE
I
recently decided to check out DIY e-liquid mixing
after reading some guides and success stories that
people have had from doing it. Many people were
mentioning how cheap it is and also that it’s a lot of
fun, so I decided to start looking through the forums
and searching for all of the bits I’d need to get started. This is
when we were first introduced to Make My Vape. They provid e
entire kits which include everything you need to mix your
own e-liquid, just what I was looking for! They have a product
builder on their site which allows you to completely customise
your kit with choices of flavour concentrates and optional
extras like nicotine or a larger accessory kit.
I ordered one of their XL kits to play around with and actually
try to concoct an e-liquid; I have to admit that it seems a little
daunting, but easy enough to follow. The kit came in a little
brown box; it’s very neat and full to the brim with accessories,
bottles, bottle-tips and caps, the various liquids I need to mix,
and lots of bubble wrap. It arrived two days after they told
me they had dispatched it and so far, I am impressed with
the speed of the delivery however the box could do with a
bit of a presentation overhaul. Once I wade through all of the
bubble wrap and little squishy pads I’ll be taking a look at the
components of the kit and give my own personal critique on
each of them, as well as the ease of the whole process.
At the top of the pile is my bag of accessories. I’ve got a pair of
latex gloves, presumably for handling the nicotine and flavour
concentrates; syringes of various sizes, pipettes, about a
dozen 10ml bottles with nibs for easy squeezing, and child-
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safety caps… good thinking! Also included are some syringe
needles for getting into small bottles and some labels to name
my creations. Seems like I have just about everything I could
possibly need in terms of accessories, so I conclude that I am
very impressed with the accessory kit.
Next up we have the flavour concentrates and a 100ml bottle
of 50mg USP/EP nicotine, carried in propylene glycol. The
nicotine was wrapped by itself in bubble wrap, keeping it away
from the rest of my stuff… nice! It’s a clear liquid with a yellow
tinge. On the front of the bottle I am notified that nicotine is
a poison, and that I should follow the necessary precautions
such as keeping it away from children and wearing glovespretty much what you’d expect. I tried to pick at least one
flavour concentrate from each brand- Capella, Flavour West,
and The Flavour Apprentice. My line-up is as follows: CAP
Vanilla Custard, TFA Apple Pie, TFA English Toffee, FW Mojito,
FW Pie Crust, and FW Waffle. All of these flavours come in
bottles with child-safety caps and an indication of whether the
flavouring is natural, artificial or both, which I think is a nice
touch.
Finally we have the 500ml bottles of PG and VG. From my
understanding, these are the base liquids that everything is
mixed in to, and you can adjust the ratio you have between
the two for a different effect; PG gives you more of a throat
hit and brings out the flavour, while VG gives you more cloud.
These bottles look like they would last me a good while; a few
months at least, considering I’ve got a whole litre of liquid in
total and I’m just making 10ml bottles. Nevertheless, the time
for mixing has come, and I’m not too sure where to start. I did
notice that Make My Vape has an e-liquid calculator on their
site, but I’ve never mixed before, so I don’t know if it would be
much help to me.