I posted a few weeks ago asking if I was crazy thinking I got 2 bad bottles from them. CX had been my go to for a couple years after nude when to shit. The two bottles were brown and smelled heavily like tobacco. So much so that you couldn't taste anything else in the mix. It was also harsh AF.
edit: I actually found an older bottle of CX i had laying around. It
as clear, had no major smell, and was smooth at 6mg. End edit.
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I ended up ordering a bottle from liquid nicotine wholesalers after getting the two bad bottles. It wasn't good either. It was at least better than the CX was. It was clear, had no smell or taste but was still a quite harsh. I was able to scrape buy at half my normal strength until I tried another vendor. I could have gotten a replacement bottle from LNW but would have had to send the bottle back. As such I couldn't recommend them either.
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I just received my order from Liquid Barn. No color, no smell, no taste. Best of all, it's not harsh! It took a few days to ship, then they shipped fedex ground which is annoying but at least it's a usable product.
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This really makes me sad. I was with CX for a long time. I've sent countless diyers their way. They had always replaced my bottle if something was wrong. The replacement was always quality. I'm not sure what happened to them but I can't afford to gamble on them if they're not going to reliably ship a good product. They were quick to ship and weren't terribly difficult to get on the phone but the quality just isn't there any more. I guess for now, LB is my new vendor of choice until i can find someone with faster delivery.
For ~5 years now have exclusively used CXT. Earlier this year ordered several 120ml samples. One arrived cloudy and mislabeled. I was told that the cloudiness was from nitrogen and the vacuum seal process. Odd since the other samples were clear and bulbs collapsed. Took ~3months of back and forth communications to get a replacement. When I received the replacement, it was clear but the dropper bulb wasn't collapsed, which means air probably seeped in. No sense in paying 2-3x the money for a "maybe." Since then have tried LNW and the now closed VapersTek (Chemnovatic). Both have been fine for me.