There are a wide range of options available if you want to buy e-liquid or vape juice. This variety helps you make vaping a unique, personalized experience. However, if you are a newbie in vaping, buying the right e-liquid can be a bit confusing for you.
First of all, there are some basic terms that will help you choose:
- Nicotine Salts: Salts consisting of nicotine found naturally in tobacco leaves. Juice made with nicotine salts provides a smoother throat hit.
- Freebase Liquid: E-liquids without nicotine salts
- Hybrid Liquids: A mixture of nicotine salts liquid and freebase liquid
- Propylene Glycol or PG: A thin, unscented, colorless liquid that is the most common fluid used to suspend flavors and nicotine. It has been known to provide a sensation most similar to smoking tobacco.
- Vegetable Glycerin or VG: A derivative of vegetable oil, and a comparatively thicker liquid. It has some natural sweetness and produces a much smoother vapor.
- Mouth to Lung or MTL: refers to a technique of vaping where you draw vapor into the mouth, hold it there briefly, and then inhale it.
- Direct to Lung or DTL: you inhale the vapor directly into the lungs.
- Nicotine Strength: Choosing the nicotine strength of your vape juice depends on your cigarette smoking habits. If you go through 15-20 cigarettes or more per day, choose e-liquids with 2% or more nicotine as they are more likely to satisfy your nicotine cravings. If you do not smoke that much or prefer light cigarettes, your e-liquid should contain 0.6% to 1.2% at max.
Now that you are familiar with the world of e-liquids, choosing the right one should be much easier for you.