I am seeking the least "sore-throat feeling" / smoothest / no-throat-hit (I think these are all synonyms?) nicotine salts on the market. Cost is not a factor. I want to feel absolutely no sensation in the throat whatsoever.
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For those of you who have personally tried multiple different nicotine salts from different vendors, what have you subjectively experienced in terms of smoothness? Do suppliers marketing "smooth salts" really have smoother salts? Does anything really compare to Juul's patented formulation, which reportedly delivers an intense and fast nicotine high with zero throat pain? If you have tried multiple nic salt vendors and you are seeking smoothness, which has been your favorite and why?
I've used Nude Nicotine and LiquidBarn. I had a really bad experience with NN for the fact it took 2 weeks to get deliviered and I got completely oxidized nic the first go around. Contacted customer service and they sent me new bottles... they were ok for about a week, then got oxidized and very harsh/peppery.
I got their smooth and standard versions and couldn't really tell a different between the two. They both 'hit' the same, but smooth did tend to not have a slight taste like the standard did. Maybe their Hit line would be harder but after that experience, I don't even want to attempt.
The LB stuff I have, is damn near perfect. It's clear, no off taste and very smooth even at 25mg. I don't have any issues I can think off hand. I'd really recommend LB's nicsalts over NN anyday.
Awesome take on it, thanks. Ordered 50ml of the 2.4% from LiquidBarn to try it out.
Oh, you got the shortfill? Did you mean to do that? Just want to make sure because that's more the base then you add flavorings to make a 50ml bottle and not what you would use to mix into other recipes and such.
I think what I did makes sense since I'm sub-ohm, not low-wattage. I'm basically just adding drops of it to the 0mg liquids I'm already using for my sub-ohm setup (tank is 3.5ml). A drop is roughly 0.05ml-0.1ml, so roughly 1.2mg-2.4mg per drop. I only crave nicotine when I'm drunk on Fridays, and I have no tolerance, so I figured several drops in my tank would do the trick. If I fill the tank with 1/10th of the way with this shortfill stuff, that's 8mg of nicotine = 2 cigs right? Most of the time I try to vape no-nic so would like to keep separate until its Friday and I mix in-tanko (ok that's not real latin).
I’ve only tried Nicotine River’s smooth salts in my own DIY, because after trying it once I had no need to go anywhere else. Zero harshness up to 4.5mg (I vape at about 145W/520F/4V-ish). At 6 it starts hitting me like freebase does at 3.
For every positive review of NR I’ve seen, there’s been one for Liquid Barn. I don’t think you went wrong with them, the products are probably pretty comparable.
Just avoid Nude Nicotine at all costs.
There are multiple vendors that will do fine, but my preference is NicRiver.
Im using their smooth salts now, and my 3mg juice tastes and feels virtually identical to 0mg.
Their customer service is great, and they have never let me down in 2 years.