First I will thank you for taking the time to read this wall of text, it turned out a little longer than I expected.
Now for the reason I am posting here, I am looking for replies from anyone who has tried the following RF SC flavours. Kiwi, Raspberry, Cherry, Lemon, Watermelon, Graham cracker, Soda Base, and did these flavours seem particularly weak?
After reading all the positive reviews online for products in the range I decided to order a number of samples from a company here in the UK that rebottles these concentrates for sale. I will not name the company as it is not my intention to start mud slinging on the forums.
However, the samples I received were extremely weak, all were mixed at 70/30 with 3mg nic and around 1%-2% concentrate as a starting point. As I usually do with new mixes/concentrates, after an initial 2 week steep, each mix was tested using a dripper with fresh cotton. And in every instance there was little or no flavour, at that point, based on initial testing, I increased the percentage of each concentrate to around 6-8% and left them to steep for another week before testing again.
Sadly, the results were much the same very weak flavour profiles, so to double check I asked several others to try the mixes but they all reported the same experience with the mixes as me. At this point I resorted to trying several of the concentrates neat on the tongue, and was shocked at how little taste there was from concentrates with a suggested starting point of 1%-2.5%. They were more typical of concentrates like Solub Arome which require 10%-20%, the Graham cracker in particular had barely any flavour at all neat.
To say I was disappointed would be an understatement, as I was really keen to start mixes with flavours from this range. I know some flavours require more than the suggested starting point, however, these samples seemed so far off the mark I can only assume something is wrong with them, I would need to vape some like the Graham cracker neat to taste anything.
I contacted the vendor to let them know there was a problem with the concentrates, not asking for a refund or replacements, simply to let them know there was potentially an issue. To say that they were dismissive would be an understatement, insisting they had numerous emails about how good these flavours were.
At this point I am now second guessing my results and is one of the reasons for reaching out here for others experiences with the same flavours. The other is that I am still keen to continue with mixes from this range, albeit from a different vendor should others suggest good results from these particular flavours.