Whilst browsing the internet at the weekend, I decided to treat myself to some ready-made E-liquid from a big name manufacture, one that receives rave reviews constantly; Nasty Juice. I started off in the usual places that I know to provide great service at current market prices. Then I drifted….
I, like many, thought to double-check elsewhere, to see if I could save the odd pound or two.
I found some bricks and mortar stores with online shop windows doing decent discounts, but in my experience these juices are usually coming to the very end of their Best Before Date, and can be over-steeped and lacking flavour, and end up not being such a real bargain after all.
Worse still, I found myself looking through E-Bay. Yikes. “I am scraping the barrel now” I thought to myself as I browsed through listings of ever cheaper juice. And yes, If you can believe it, I was seeing so-called “Nasty Juice” as well as other well known brands being sold for easily half the price of the genuine retailers.
I pulled myself to one side and had a word with myself.
Now I’m sure there are SOME genuine e-liquid sellers out there, but I’d bet real money that a lot aren’t! I’ll bet there are more than a few unscrupulous vendors sourcing their wares from shady bastards mixing e-liquids from clone recipes readily available on e-liquid forums, mixing in dirty old buckets, printing fairly convincing labels and pushing these through the free-trade and paid market places like E-Bay. Oh, and in a few corner shops too! ( Yeah, they do that as well )
I honestly believe I have been a victim of this vile behaviour in the past. I once did a review for a popular liquid, passed on to me by a work colleague. It really didn’t taste as good as I would have expected, especially knowing it’s brand. I gave it a bad review, published it and that was that. Then a few months later it bugged me that it was so unusually bad. I realised I didn’t know the provenance of the juice. So I asked him where he bought it. “E-Bay” came the reply. After calling him every name under the sun, I immediately pulled the review.
They say “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is”, and this is as true for e-liquids and hardware in general as much as anything else in life.
You don’t know what you are buying, what you are inhaling, what damage you are doing to yourself when you try and save too much money on e-liquids. Just find yourself a reputable vendor; they usually run small discounts anyway, and stay vape-safe!
Also, this is damaging to the reputation and future business viability of the manufacturer being ripped-off, and I truly do feel for them.
As I was researching fake e-liquids, I came across this blog post by Nasty Juice themselves, who have kindly let me add it to my article. Original can be found here –
These guys vape fake e-juice, and this is what happens
These Guys Vape Fake E-Juice And This Is What Happen…
Fake e-juice is popping up everywhere now. You might have encounter some yourself. There’s no point sugar-coating this. Fake e-juices are dangerous, both to the industry and yourself.
Don’t be next victim! In this article, we’ll let you know how to spot fake e-juice.
“If a vendor is selling fake e-juices, I certainly want to know so I can avoid buying from them EVER!”
~ Rob Fisher, South Africa
But first…
Let’s see what happen to these guys after they take fake e-juice.
“While it’s possible the fake juice could create the best e-juice and sell it for the best price, I just don’t trust them. Most recent example is the all ‘stainless steel’ nautilus that turns out to have a brass chimney. They have a history of using lead as filler in everything. Including plastics.
“I did use Fake e-juice my first week of vaping. Because it was the only thing available local and I was committed to stop smoking. It tasted like candle wax and chemicals. I feel ill whenever I look at the bottle.”
~ ApeMustNotKillVape, US
We don’t bring this up to scare anyone. These days, there are fake versions of just about everything. Whether you’re shopping for a new pair of sneakers or a new purse, there are fakes all over the internet.
But the difference between other fake products and fake e-juices is that fake e-juices could potentially be harmful. And even in a best-case scenario, fake e-juices will often rob you of a quality vaping experience when you use them.
“Just bought some e-juice called Curl Up from a XXXX store, it’s not bad in the sense that you can’t taste any chemicals in it but the flavors are horrible, got cherry and Red Bull and they taste nothing like any of the above mentioned flavors, they actually taste like sweet air to be honest, the smell as well is not as is mentioned either.
“Just horrible through and through, the packaging is sketchy and they have no other info on there about where it’s made, VG/PG ratio, and other important things. First and last time I’ll ever buy fake e-juice.
“Save yourselves the trouble and just don’t buy anything that matches the description I have left above.”
~ Vapezambia
Why the fake e-juice is dangerous to you?
Unknown ingredients. They are not using pharmaceutical grade nicotine. The additives and flavors are not held to a high standard as produced by reputable companies.
Potentially harmful to your health. This goes without saying, as evident from the usage of poor quality ingredients and questionable standard of production.
May damage your equipment. Low standard liquid react with your equipment in non-predictable way as they’re not thoroughly tested.
Potential fire hazard. They may burn more rapidly and affect the wick and head of your equipment which also results in poor taste.
Finally…
How to identify fake e-juice?
1. Price. You get what you pay for. If it’s cheap, it’s probably made with low quality ingredients.
2. Labelling. Some products do not even list the ingredients and the ratio. You don’t even know the origin of the product, where it’s coming from, who’s the manufacturer. This is not compatible with most countries’ regulation.
3. Seller. Buy from reputable and credible sources. For Nasty Juice just head to shop.nastyjuice.com
4. Ask your seller. If you’re unsure, ask the seller and test their product knowledge. They should know the origin of the products they sell.
5. Taste. Is it too powerful or ‘barely there’? Does it taste ‘funny’? Fake e-juice might be too strong, too ‘thin’ or just plain weird.
6. Packaging. Does it look cheap. Hold the box and the bottle. Do they have safety and security measures (hologram, safety cap etc)?
7. Side effect. Do you feel nauseous or sick?
Basically…
Use your common sense.
If the juice doesn’t look right, taste right, smell right or the label seems off or missing certification, chances are you’re having a fake e-juice of low quality stuff.
Do some background on any seller you are considering to buy from. Make sure they are selling authentic products.
“NEVER AGAIN! Tasted like if you mixed bleach dish soap hand sanitizer and some kind of aerosol citrus air spray and vaped it… Burned my throat like it too!
“Plus it leaked like a motherf**ker and when it leaked to the point of it spilling up a lil in my mouth it put this horrible taste in my mouth it’s indescribable. Def throwing this sh*t in the trash.”
~ Dielonn, US
Take a look at the video on their website regarding how to verify the authenticity of their Nasty Juice…Nasty Juice Fake E-Liquid identification
Cheers, Peegore
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