Juice Review: Queenside by Five Pawns

A while ago I was asked by James who runs the ashtray blog and ecigarettedirect.co.uk if I wanted to be a part of the "Halo Panel", which means helping them develop new juices. I thought it sounded kind of cool so of course I said yes, and from the samples we've tried out yet I'd say it looks promising. Anyway, the other day they got in touch and wanted to give their testers some free juice from Five Pawns that they've just added to their site and some discount codes for our friends. So I thought why not do a review of it, so here we go...

Queenside
Tested on: Kanger Subtank (RDA @ 0.4 ohm, 20-25 watts)

Queenside is part of Five Pawns' Signature series and their own description of the juice goes like this: "Delicate blood orange intensifies this citrus based flavor. Harmoniously blended with creamy French vanilla for a gentle and exquisite balance that will carry from one flavor to the next." Now blood orange isn't a flavour I've vaped a lot and to be honest I was a bit afraid it would be a bit on the bitter side for me. But smelling the juice you notice not only the orange but also a good deal of the vanilla they are talking about. Vaping it, of course, confirms this. There is some bitterness there but you get a lot of creamy vanilla to balance it out and you get a lot of that delicious orange flavour as well. It's a really well balanced juice again from Five Pawns that keeps on getting better. Kind of like the Absolute Pin I wrote about earlier, but still in another way. Cause the Queenside is not that complex, you don't discover new notes all the time, but in a way the flavours that are there just keeps getting better as you vape more of this. As I said, great juice again from Five Pawns, and even if it is quite expensive I think it's worth every penny.

UPDATE: Some of the Five Pawns juices contain quite high levels of Acetyl Propionyl. Please have a look here for more information.

 
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• All my reviews are my honest opinion even if I am affiliated with the company manufacturing or selling the product. 
• The juice was sent to me free of charge.
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Juice Review: Sweet lovin' tobacco by Cheshire Imperium

One of the things I love the most about vaping is the endless selection of flavours. When vapesandjuices.com contacted me and asked if I wanted to do some reviews, I hadn't even heard of the juices they wanted me to try out, so I actually also decided I wouldn't read any reviews or check them out much more before trying them out either, save reading the manufacturers own description, just to kind of dive into this without any idea what to expect. I've already written a review of Potion vape's Caramel Turtle, and now it's time for another one of these juices that I had not heard about, Sweet lovin' tobacco by Cheshire Imperium.

Sweet lovin' tobacco
Tested on: Kanger Subtank (RDA @ 0.4 ohm, 20-25 watts)

Cheshire Imperium describes this juice like this: "Most definitely an all-day tobacco vape!  It carries notes of nuttiness and hay, with a slightly sweet finish." The color of this juice is pretty pale so by looking at it and smelling it, I expect a pretty mild, sweet all day vape like they say... and they're right. It's pretty sweet, pretty nutty but the tobacco flavour still comes across nicely. It's most definitely an all day vape candidate, but also a juice that goes well with a cup of coffee in the morning... or in the evening. Now I haven't tried it with beer but I'm sure that will work too. A proper all-round juice I'd say. It's not that packed with flavour as I've gotten used to lately doing the Djinni range reviews, but it's rather mild and relaxing. All in all a juice I'd recommend trying out both for experienced vapers and beginners wanting a tobacco flavour to get them off the cigarettes.

 
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Norwegian Institute of Public Health completely missing the point

Per Schwarze, Department 
director for Air Pollution 
and Noise, Norwegian Institute 
of Public Health, who published,
the answer to Dr. Farsalinos

Last week the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) published their report on "Health risks associated with the use of electronic cigarettes". The biggest problem with the report is their focus on nicotine and their claims that since the amount of nicotine in the air in an e-cigarette users home and and a smokers home are statistically similar, we can expect that nicotine from passive vaping and passive smoking will cause similar harm. This in itself is actually true. It will cause the same amount of harm: NONE! It is not the nicotine in passive smoking that causes harm, and it does not cause bystanders to get addicted.

Dr. Farsalinos tried to explain this to NIPH last week, and yesterday NIPH published an answer to Dr. Farsalinos. As you can see they are completely missing (or ignoring) the point made by Dr. Farsalinos here, and keep focusing on how the data from different reports are different and that there is a chance that vaping exposes bystanders to similar amounts of nicotine as smoking does. They refuse to retract their report. But this is all completely irrelevant. Dr. Farsalinos did not want the NIPH to retract the whole report, but simply to retract the part where it says that this nicotine exposure causes harm.

I'm glad to see that Dr. Farsalinos does not give up, and that he published another answer to the NIPH on his blog. I think this one makes it pretty clear what he meant the first time, and I hope that the NIPH will have the guts to publicly admit that their focus on nicotine from passive vaping (and smoking) is in fact irrelevant and should not cause any worries. As I've said earlier, the rest of their report is pretty well balanced, even though I do think they use too much time and effort explaining possible harm from substances that they later conclude are probably present at levels so low that they will not cause any harm anyway. So in a way they have shown that they are reasonable people and acknowledge that one has to look at the levels of the substances when you consider the risks associated with them. Hopefully they will be able to see this when it comes to nicotine as well.

Let me make this very clear: There are studies indicating that passive vapers will absorb similar levels of nicotine to those absorbed by passive smokers, but that does not mean it will cause them any harm, or in fact affect them at all.

 
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Juice Review: Djinni Range from Decadent Vapors, Part 3

So I've emptied the 3 last bottles from the Djinni range, which means it's time for the 3rd and final part of this series of reviews. In part one I mentioned that there was one of the flavors I really didn't look that much forward to, and since I told you in part 2 that I'm not that fond of floral flavors it might not surprise anyone that Turkish Delight is the one I was talking about.

Frostbite 
Tested on: Aspire Nautilus (1.6 ohm, 15 watts)

Frostbite is the only menthol juice in the Djinni range. For some reason I haven't vaped menthol for quite some time now. Well actually I've not vaped that much menthol at all to be honest, which is kind of strange when I think about it, cause I really do like menthol. Anyway, with a name like this I expected this to be a really icy menthol, but actually it's not the hardest hitting menthol out there. It is a blend of peppermint and menthol, and I think the peppermint is kind of taking some of the edge off making the juice smoother, and I really think that's a good thing. I mean, even if I do like the really icy menthols as well I don't think I could vape those all day, but the Frostbite is more easy going and actually a menthol that could be an all day vape for me. It is still packed with flavour, as all the juices in this range are, and you get all the delicious menthol aftertaste you'd expect, but again Decadent Vapours have done some really nice balancing work giving this juice just the right amount of punch. As I said I haven't really vaped that many menthol juices, but this is definitely one of the best ones I've tried, if not the best.

Berry Crush
Tested on: Kanger Subtank (RDA @ 0.4 ohm, 20-25 watts)

Berry Crush was one of the juices in this range that I really looked forward too trying out. A blend of blackcurrant, raspberries and other berries sounds like something that I would like. The smell of the juice doesn't make it any less tempting either. And of course, again, it's a juice packed with flavour. It does taste a bit familiar but I can't really put my finger on where I've tasted this before, but it's great. Mixing blackcurrant and raspberries kind of creates a new flavour so I feel I couldn't really taste the individual flavours that much, but that doesn't really matter, cause the "new" flavour is so good. It does also have kind of a candy feeling about it. Definitely one of my favourites from the Djinni range.

Turkish Delight
Tested on: UD IGO-W8 RDA (Tripple-coil 0.6 ohm's, 30-50 watts)

Last but not least I tried out the juice that I had serious doubts about. You see I don't really like Turkish delight, in fact I find it kind of annoying. Cause they look so much better than they taste in my opinion. It's that rose water taste that I think messes the whole thing up. Nevertheless I decided to try it out on a dripper on high wattage, just to really get all the flavour out of it. And to my surprise, I actually don't hate it. Weird. Cause the rose flavour is still there, but not as pronounced as I feared. It's mixed with a bunch of citrus flavour that I kind of like, both on the inhale and on the exhale. I've tried Turkish delight several times, but always get disappointed, but this juice on the other hand was actually getting better and better as I vaped it. I don't think I can say I love it yet, and I'm not sure I'll ever do that, but I don't hate it like I thought I would. As I said, it has got a lot of flavour and I honestly believe that if you're one of those weirdos that like Turkish delight... this would be spot on for you.



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• All my reviews are my honest opinion even if I am affiliated with the company manufacturing or selling the product. 
• The juice was sent to me free of charge for the purpose of this review.
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Juice Review: Caramel Turtle by Potion Vape

I had not heard about Potion Vape before vapesandjuices.com contacted me a while ago and asked me if I wanted to do some juice reviews. And I have to admit, even though I love caramel, I've only tasted a few caramel e-juices that has actually managed to get this taste right. So what about Potion Vape... have they nailed it?

Caramel turtle
Tested on: Kanger Subtank (RDA @ 0.4 ohm, 20-25 watts)

The Caramel Turtle is not a pure caramel juice, but rather a blend of pecan and caramel. To me it seems like mixing caramel with some other flavours instead of trying to make a pure caramel juice is a good idea, cause the pure caramel juices I've tasted have usually been kind too much for me. This juice smells more of the nuts than caramel. Actually I don't get much caramel at all from the smell. When you vape it on the other hand, the caramel is most definitely there. It's actually very well balanced. I'm don't think I can say that any of the flavours are dominating. I'd say it's pretty much 50/50 pecan/caramel, maybe with the nuts a bit more pronounced on the inhale, and the other way around on the exhale. This makes the juice pretty smooth and easy to like... and it goes well with your morning coffee. For me this is more of a winter/cold weather kind of juice than a fresh summer juice. It's kind of... cozy if you see what I mean. Here in Norway we have quite a lot of winter and cold rainy days, so this is also a good candidate for an all day vape up here.

 
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