I was contacted recently by Steve from
Pure E-Liquids, he offered to send me liquids from his
Platinum collection to try. These liquids are PG heavy in make up so if you can't vape PG heavy liquids due to allergies then these will not be for you. However you will not be left out as their
ECOpure is 100% VG so you can still purchase liquid from the site should you wish. As I'm sure most of you will be aware PG heavy liquids are not going to give you massive clouds of vapour, this for me isn't really an issue. I like a few things from my liquids, I don't want to be ripped off, I want it to taste as it's supposed to and i want good customer service from the vendor. They are my main considerations when buying liquids. There's nothing worse than spending your hard earned on a liquid to find it doesn't even resemble the flavour it's supposed too. Right enough waffling here's my thoughts and take on these liquids.....
Green Tea Menthol
I really like a good menthol and I like tea, alot truth be told. I've never had a liquid that combines the two before though, I've never been tempted to try a liquid with a Green Tea flavour at all. If I were looking through a flavour menu and saw it listed I wouldn't have chosen a flavour with Tea in it, now though I would definitely be tempted to give it a go. So I opened the box, and filled the tank and had a vape. It's good, the menthol is not overpowering at all and the green tea compliments it really well. This liquid is actually really good I've used this in a fair few tanks so far and it just works so well. The two flavour components are easily distinguishable and it smells just like you'd expect Green Tea and Menthol to smell. This is one of those liquids that everyone should have in their collection, I've found menthols to be either really over bearing or even weak and somewhat flavourless. This one for me is just right, I've found myself returning to this flavour most evenings, I've found it to be very refreshing.
Grape
This is another flavour I wouldn't ordinarily have chosen, I'm not going to lie this is definitely not a true grape flavour in my opinion. It's more a grape juice type flavour, it's quite sweet but not sickly so. It smells good and I have to say it's another I quite liked, I had people around me after asking what the smell was give it a toot and it certainly seemed to be the general consensus that it was a good grape juice type flavour and all but a few loved the sweet lingering smell it gave off. My daughter even mentioned it reminded her of a grape scented bouncing ball she had from a school fayre a few years back. I even quite liked using this one in a dripper, I know what your thinking. Why would you put it in a dripper when your going to get so little vapour production? I'll tell you, a mesh slug in a dripper really brings out the flavour in any liquid. Flavour is far more important than clouds for me so it didn't bother me at all and bring out the flavour it did. If you've not tried it before, give it a go you'll not be disappointed.
Vanilla
Now this one is a strange one, for me it did taste like Vanilla. However I think Vanilla as a flavour is far better suited to being mated with another flavour. If you like Vanilla as a single flavour, then I'm fairly confident you'll like this one. Now is this down to me only having liquids where the Vanilla is not the main flavour? Possibly, I have tried this liquid with different configurations, ( different resistance coils and different wicking materials) it doesn't get any better or worse. It still tastes like Vanilla, it just doesn't do anything for me at all. I may try adding this liquid to another flavour and see how it goes. There really isn't much else I can think to say on this flavour so I'll leave it there.
Cherry
This one I had quite high hopes for, I do like cherry flavour liquids. I opened the bottle and gave it a sniff and I have to say I instantly got a whiff of cherry. When I gave it a vape though it was a little different. I wouldn't say I didn't like it, I would say I was a little disappointed that it didn't taste as it smelled. It tasted more like a cherry sweet than an actual cherry. Am I being unrealistic? Is an actual cherry flavour achievable? All the ones I've tried end up tasting like those gummy cherry sweets, this isn't the end of the world by any means I quite like them. This liquid for me is a good representation of a cherry sweet, in that it tastes just like the gummy sweets I mentioned. I liked it quite a bit, I just hoped it was going to taste more like a proper cherry.
Coffee
This one I really, really liked. It's a toss up between this one and the Green Tea one for my favourite of the lot. It's not an overly bitter coffee flavour, it's quite smooth. At first it reminded me of the coffee ones in a bag of Revels only without the chocolate outer coating. But the more I vaped this one, the more the coffee flavour won me over. I found myself wanting to eat Biscotti whilst vaping it. I'm not a huge coffee drinker but I appreciate good coffee and I was more than happy to vape this flavour on and off throughout the day. The smell from the bottle is just the same as the smell you get from well known coffee shops when you walk through the door. I really didn't expect to like this one as much as I did, I wouldn't go as far to say it shocked me but I was pleasantly surprised. If you like your coffee flavours then I would certainly suggest you give this one a go. I am tempted to perhaps add a dash of the vanilla to this liquid to see if it works, Vanilla and coffee go fairly well together so it might work out just fine.
Something that Pure E-Liquids do that not all companies do is, they are very open about their ingredients and the fact that they lab test every batch of liquid they make. If you decide to purchase liquid from them, you can go
here where you will be asked for the batch number information from your bottle. Once you have done so, you will have instant access to the lab report for your batch numbered bottle to look up and check on. Here's an excerpt from one such batch test.
All the bottles have Child Safety Caps as we have now come to expect, these little bottles remind me of the bottles you see at the posh cosmetics counters in big department stores. I like them a lot, they each have a dropper affair built into the cap which make it nice and easy to fill your tanks. Now comes one of the most important bits, the cost. How much is this liquid going to set you back? It'll cost you £13.45 for a 25 ml bottle. This equates to a £5.38 for 10ml, as a bonus at the time of publishing this, the liquids are on sale at £12.99 so you'll save a little if your quick. All things considered, with the cost of the batch testing (can't imagine that's cheap), the nice child safe posh looking bottles, the speedy dispatch times. I don't think this liquid is expensive at all, I've paid over a fiver for liquids before and they were absolutly terrible. I did get these free for the purpose of review, however I wouldn't have an issue with parting with my own money for the Green Tea Menthol, the Grape or the Coffee liquids. If your not too sure you could always dip your toe in so to speak with a sampler pack, these have three 10ml bottles for £19.99. These are also on sale at the moment for £18.99, saving you £1. Shipping will cost you £3 for tracked mail unless your spend exceeds £60 then it's free. You can also buy
devices to vape the liquids with from them aswell should you want, good for a beginner looking for a one stop shop aswell as someone looking at maybe upgrading what they have already or wanting a second
device. If you do nothing else, have a browse through the site. If you think liquids from this company are for you, give them a try I'm sure you won't be disappointed. You can find the site here
www.pure-eliquids.com. They claim to have the best E-liquids available, It's for you to judge give them a go.
* What is written above are my personal thoughts and opinions only, everyone's tastes are different and because I have liked or disliked a particular liquid shouldn't and doesn't mean you will too. Please take my opinion as it was intended, not as a reason to purchase or avoid, but rather to help you make your own decision based on your own research, budget and requirements.
