How many flavors in your flavor stash?

[Pro_Vapes]

TBH I’ve had to check myself quite a few times.

[worm1]

I know to caps it but i believe that I dont hold the shift key long enuff iam not the greatest typing anyways so I just say screw it

[Pro_Vapes]

@worm1

I know to caps it

It ain’t that. We are counting the amount of times he says “I”. aka The Donald Trump Syndrone.

[SessionDrummer]

@robin

I have a little over 500 and probably use only 20 of them on a regular basis. I think I may need a 12 step group for flavor hoarders.

I’m in the exact same boat as @robin.

[d_fabes]

In my 3+ years of DIY, I’ve amassed a grand total of (drum roll) 43 flavors.

How low can you go?!

[Mamoto]

Wow! I though I had a problem with 160 flavors! You give me hope I’ve used about 80% of those and probably just about 30% of those on a regular basis. The problem is that i always seem to need new flavors You can start organizing the 12 step program and I’ll join when its time:laughing:

[SunnyT]

I have 200, of which I only use about a third of them regularly…however, I still use most of them occasionally, and I’m afraid that if I get rid of any of them, it will be then that I need it for a new recipe idea, or maybe a new recipe posted by someone else that intrigues me…

Kinda like a car warranty, nothing happens when you still have it, but the second its gone the transmission goes, or something similar happens

[SessionDrummer]

@SunnyT

and I’m afraid that if I get rid of any of them, it will be then that I need it for a new recipe idea, or maybe a new recipe posted by someone else that intrigues me…

@SunnyT

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[Ronni]

I currently got 149 in my stash and use maybe 50 regularly. Then i have another 40 or so that i use once in a while. Then i have maybe 30 that i never got around to really give a chance. Then maybe 15 that i dont like enough to really use and another 15 or so that i really dislike.

Yes i know the above doesn’t add up but for the simplicity of things i made up a non existing flavor.

I actually liked when my stash size was somewhere between 70 and 99, above that i create too much waste and also easily get overwhelmed when i want to get creative and make a freestyle mix, so when i do i usually just stick to those i like and trust.

[Morfeeus]

Currently sitting at 283.

[TorturedZen]

@Pro_Vapes

I lost a lot of nearly full bottles once I bought certain MF flavors.

Which flavors, if I may ask?

[Pro_Vapes]

@TorturedZen

Which flavors, if I may ask?

Actually not lost, but replaced because I no longer had a need for several older, weaker and less accurate concentrates… If you want, I can compile a list, but several of those got trimmed when I 1st reduced my stash.

For example… every chocolate I had before I got Dark Chocolate MF… that’ll be 5 or 6 right there.

[robin]

I knew I had a problem when I placed a new order with NR. I ordered11 flavors and 6 of them I already had. I need to figure out an efficient way to keep track of what i have. Sometimes having this many flavors can be overwhelming. I plan on paying some forward when we do our traveling box again. How do you organize your flavors? Do you organize by flavor profile or manufacturer?

[Laura5]

I have maybe 40. I use them all regularly. I have had a lot more but my palate is better suited to fruits, so that’s what I stock.
I would get so overwhelmed with more than what I have!
BUT, I will be placing a “new flavors” flavorah order and that will jump my stash exponentially (to maybe 55 hahaha)

[Plunderdrum]

I’m at 134 and just counted 16 I don’t use. Not all i do use are in heavy rotation, probably 40% are. The other 60% are on-call, ready to jump in a bottle and take action! Tasty, delicious action

[PAFLICK]

This is the post I put in the “Storing and organizing…” thread:

@PAFLICK

I opted on re-packaging my flavors in standardized containers to allow me to more readily locate and access them, and to minimize the amount of space they take up. I’ve shared some of this on other topics but wanted to expand on it with the hope that it might be useful to other mixers.

I use 30ml amber ‘Boston Round’ glass bottles to store the flavors that I mix from, and acquired a small organizing unit fairly cheap to hold them. IIRC, the bottles were only about a quarter each when bought by the case. The flavors I use are stored in them with a unique number associated to the flavor and applied to each each bottle using an oil-based paint marker. I then use a spreadsheet to track them, including my purchase date, size of bottle, price, manufacturer and vendor/reseller. When I want to create a recipe, I can then filter the spreadsheet on any of the attributes I track in it.

Here are some pictures of what I work out of:

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When the 30ml bottles run low, I typically top them off from the larger bottles if I have them, or add them to my shopping list if I do not.

I’ve found there is no leakage even though I store the bottles sideways, but it may be necessary to use phenolic caps (coned) to maintain a proper seal. That may not be required, but it’s what I use and I’ve experienced no issues.

There is nothing special about the spreadsheet:

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I admit that I did create a little personal database with forms for recipes, etc. I seldom used it though, because the spreadsheet was so much more convenient for me - go figure.

[Mamoto]

That has happened to me too! I have at least 3 duplicates! It usually happens when I put a flavor on the shopping list and then when I go shopping I end up buying from another manufacturer because they did not have the one I wanted (I live in Mexico and our selection is somewhat more limited, nobody has INAWERA for example.). As for the organizing I have them in boxes separated by profile; One for tobaccos, coffee, nuts, another for vanillas, creams, cookies, number 3 for fruits and a last one for sweeteners, additives and the. But it is true I am still overwhelmed

[Stabber]

You people have a serious problem, lol. Several hundred flavors is crazy. I have 16. I’m not real adventurous with my flavors. I mix a few different flavors that I enjoy. I must admit that I am suffering from flavor envy now. As overwhelming as it would be I would like to have so many flavors to experiment with

[Chrispdx]

There is no wrong way to mix. Yes. I would mentally struggle with 17, yeah. But how freakin cool that you only need to manage 17.

To be honest. I could probably survive with just 50. But for me it’s a hobby and have slowed way down on buying now that I’m at/above the 200 mark. But I still add 3-5 every holiday.

[fidalgo_vapes]

if you do decide to start buying more flaves buy 10ml bottles and wait for sales , every friday @ecigexpress has some kind of sale which makes the cost easier to handle