Mikes Mega Mixes - Juice Reviews

[Wyvern]

Lol @Kuhlkatz - Thanks! It is good enough to drink and you really should try it - I'll buy and bring you a bottle at the next vape meet in exchange for the toot of 12 mg Qalactin Hypermint at the previous one. This is not even the bribe money speaking, as that was only for the review

I have to admit I want to drink this juice - I havent found a fruity vape that I actually liked... until now. . . . @Mike this might become an alternative to my Biscuit Dreams with the shot of mikespresso

 

[Silver]

Awesome review @Lingogrey !
Loved how you desribed the differences on the different setups

Certainly makes me want to order some of this juice from MMM

 

[Silver]

@Lingogrey are you available for hire as a juice tester? Fantastic write up man, excellent insight overall. Again, proving that you're a tip-top 5 star member. @Silver I think you have a finally have a review-rival

Thanks for the review, I'm very glad you've enjoyed it!

Lol @Mike
I am so happy about this -

It was indeed a great review by @Lingogrey

The more of these types of in depth reviews, the better for us all.

Then we can keep up with all the amazing new juices coming out....

 

[rogue zombie]

@Lingogrey - brilliant review!

I was already sold. I've never had MMM I didn't like, even the ones that aren't to my taste. But your review would've sold me if I wasn't already.

 

[Andre]

Mike's Mega Mixes Berrynade (3 mg Nicotine, 70 VG / 30 PG):
Price: R 125 / 30 ml (prices vary according to nicotine levels);
Product URL: http://mmmixes.com/products/berry-nade

DISCLAIMER (I will attempt to keep it slightly shorter than the rest of the review combined): I will not even try to appear completely objective / neutral, since I tend to lean towards honesty and I don't underestimate the intelligence of anyone here. I have been a huge fan of Mike's Mega Mixes since shortly after the start of my vaping journey (my very first post in this forum was in the MMM retailer reviews). I have also since become friends with Mike. However, there's a case to be made that objectivity is impossible anyway and that the best we can do for right now is to acknowledge our biases. In that case, at least I can try to move it aside for the moment as best I can, and others can decide how seriously they want to take my impressions (which is, of course, only my subjective experience of this juice in any case).

Gear used: OBS Crius RTA with 0.24 SS 316L dual coils (26 AWG, 2.5 mm ID, 7 wraps each) wicked with organic cotton, Wismec Indestructible RDA with 0.48 ohms Kanthal Clapton dual coils (26 / 32 AWG, 3 mm ID, 7 wraps each) wicked with organic cotton, Goblin Mini RTA with 0.85 Kanthal single coil (26 AWG, 2.5 mm ID, 8 wraps) wicked with organic cotton (Mods – RX200, Evic VTC Mini and Mini Volt)

Website description: “The most authentic lemon out there, down to the rind, garnished with a delectable sweet raspberry. Refreshing and tart, packed with flavour, perfect for a hot summer's day. Juice may be cloudy due to organic extracts.”

Packaging: Very hard black PET bottles with a thin-tipped dropper (easy to fill most tanks and, of course, RDAs. As with all other droppers bottles, I had to decant the juice into a needle tipped squeeze bottle to fill the Goblin Mini). Dark pink, yellow, black and white label (for this specific juice). Label indicates name of liquid, ingredients, nicotine level and a warning to not sell to under 18's

Reviewer Impressions: This is not a particularly complex juice, so I will summarise my general impressions before going into a bit more detail of impressions at different wattages and devices. This juice does not resemble lemonade in the sense of the Sprite clones called “Lemonade” found at supermarkets. Rather, it's primary flavor is that of old school home-made lemonade. Real zesty lemon with a bit of rind and sugar that blends with the tang to 'resolve' the sour without actually making it sweet, rather creating that lip-smacking taste which we call tart. Add to that as a secondary flavour, sweet and tart berries - more specifically raspberries. This is not a rooikoeldrank raspberry though. The closest analogy that I can think of would be the raspberries in the frozen berries that one can buy at WW, drizzled with a bit of the syrup. For me, this combination is absolutely delicious. I got this juice 9 days ago from Mike as a gift (another disclaimer; Not specifically for review purposes) and I vaped the first 18 ml within 2 days. I had a very hard time not touching the last 12 ml before I had time to specifically test it at different wattages / setups and write down my impressions. It perfectly fits my flavor profile and could very happily be an ADV for me.

A bit more specifically: At 39 – 47 W on the Crius I got a zesty lemon rind on the inhale, with a slightly softer lemon and a hint of sweet raspberry on exhale. On the Indestructible from 44 – 55 W I got a similar taste, but the zesty lemon rind was even more prominent on the inhale and the raspberry wasn't really noticeable (the Indestructible isn't really designed as a flavour RDA, but for me it has surprisingly good flavour with the adjustable top airflow closed completely – still very airy. I much preferred this juice on the Indestructible vs the Velocity Mini that I also tried it on at first – this might be down to the build though). From 48.5 – 56 W on the Crius the lemon started to soften somewhat on the inhale, but the raspberry now became more prominent and slightly tarter. Strangely enough, I got more lemon rind on the exhale in that range. On the Indestructible the tart raspberry started coming through on the inhale at 57 – 63 W, but the lemon was quite smooth, rather than zesty, on the exhale. From 57.5 – 61.5 W on the Crius both the lemon and the raspberry started to sweeten on the inhale and I got a creamier, less crisp lemon on the exhale. I didn't particularly like the creamy lemon as an element within the general flavor combination, nor did I really enjoy the 'fight' between the refreshing taste of the juice and the warm vape. For me, this is a juice that should be vaped at low to mid wattages / temps on a tank / some RDA's. Due to the quite open airflow on the Indestructible, the vape was still pleasantly coolish from 65.5 to 70 W and at these ranges the lemon and raspberry were both noticeably sweeter. I also got the slight creamy lemon flavor on the exhale, but did not mind it as much on the RDA as on the tank.

I really expected this juice to shine, being all crisp and tangy, in the Goblin Mini with a single coil build at higher ohms (with much more restricted airflow – my rudimentary attempt at MTL vaping), but I was quite disappointed. Whilst it still tasted pleasant from 16 – 21 W (no discernible flavor difference within this range), the flavor was more round and far less crisp and defined. I got lemon with some berriness, but not really the defined balance Raspberry Lemonade that I got on the Crius and the Indestructible. I have absolutely no idea why this would be the case, but I'm still a complete noob to the proper MTL, higher ohms, vaping. Perhaps one of the veterans could shine some light on this?

Despite my slight disappointment on higher ohms and lower wattages, this juice is certainly by far (I can say this despite the shortish time that I've spent with it up to now) one of my favourites and would be a personal recommendation for anyone that likes tarty and refreshing fruit vapes.

That was a lekka read. Thanks. Mine is on my vape desk, ready to be tested.

My experience re tart juices (which I love and wish we had more around) is that the tart really is most prominent at lower power. For me between 15 and 25 W on my builds. However, I also think that each vaper has a range of power, which for him/her is low power. This for one person might be between 12 and 22 W and for another between 32 and 42 W, etc. Obviously the gear one uses, wire gauge, build, wicking, air flow, etc also plays a role. I have noticed the same on the topic of a hot vape. For some a vape is too hot at 25 W, for others that is an extremely cool vape. For me, as soon as I leave my low power range on specific gear, the tart juice becomes sweeter and sweeter as the power increases. I think your review says the same. This might explain your experience on the Goblin Mini.

All we need now is a Grapefruit juice!

PS: @Mike's marketing philosophy is very simple: Every customer is my personal friend!

 

[Michael the Vapor]

Mike's Mega Mixes - Biscuit Dreams! Buttery goodness!

 

[Schnappie]

My 2 cents

I agree that it might be your palate or a similar taste you had before that put you off. For me this is the best tasting lemon around, not as artificial as similar offers from other vendors. I will only order 125ml of this in the future.

I find that if i had a bad experience with a certain flavour in the past( eg badly flavoured medicine, sunlight liquid in the mouth for swearing lol) if a vape only even slightly accents the flavour my mind makes the association and I cant appreciate the flavours for what they really are.

 

[Schnappie]

Oh my word the post i commented on above is missing

 

[rogue zombie]

Oh my word the post i commented on above is missing

Ya a bunch of posts dissapeared

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[Duffie12]

Ya a bunch of posts dissapeared

Sent from my HUAWEI Y221-U22 using Tapatalk

My previous post has been removed, I assume by a moderator, perhaps this thread isn't where it belongs or I inadvertently broke some rule?

 

[Mike]

My previous post has been removed, I assume by a moderator, perhaps this thread isn't where it belongs or I inadvertently broke some rule?

The original was

Not sure if this is the right place to ask this, apologies if it is not, but I have a question about others experience of BerryNade.

I just don't seem to be getting the taste / flavours described by various reviewers for this juice. Does anyone else find that this juice tastes soapy? Sort of like Sunlight liquid? Fair enough that Sunlight is lemon scented so maybe the association is affecting my sensation of this juice.

I've tried it in three different tanks, Ego One, Cubis and Target. Get the same taste in all three.

Please don't see this as a negative for the juice, taste is subjective and many have given great reviews for this juice, I was just wondering if I'm the only one who gets the sunlight liquid taste. Is something wrong with my palette? Or is this juice only really suitable for really high wattage tanks/drippers?

It's always tricky to reply to these threads. I will however speak to my own experience. I cannot vape anything fruitloops - all I taste is Vim. Citrus flavours always end up being difficult because of exactly your problem. Some people do taste soapiness - from different flavours. What's soapy for me, may not be for you and vice versa. I've had one customer (besides you) mention it to me so far. While I'm aware of it, I spent nigh on six months getting Berry Nade to where it is - small subtle tweaks and substitution attempts until I had something that most people do enjoy.

What I can recommend is possibly diluting the juice a little. It could be that your soapy-sensors are a little more sensitive than mine and the high flavour concentration might be making it unpleasant. Not a guarantee, it may end up just tasting diluted. But if you have some vg/pg, it's worth a shot IMO.


P.s. I can't delete other people's posts and if there were any more than Duffie's, I didn't see them as I only got that one via email.

 

[Andre]

Oh my word the post i commented on above is missing

My previous post has been removed, I assume by a moderator, perhaps this thread isn't where it belongs or I inadvertently broke some rule?

I think possibly some instability due to the forum migrating to other servers. I have noticed some weird stuff during the day - whole threads disappearing, reply function not working, etc.

 

[Duffie12]

Thanks for the feedback guys, and taste can be a funny thing, so guess it's just not for my palette. I was just wondering if I was nuts because everyone else loved it or maybe it just wasn't suited for (relatively) lower powered vaping.

As mentioned earlier definitely not faulting @Mike or his juice I was just baffled.

 

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks for the feedback guys, and taste can be a funny thing, so guess it's just not for my palette. I was just wondering if I was nuts because everyone else loved it or maybe it just wasn't suited for (relatively) lower powered vaping.

As mentioned earlier definitely not faulting @Mike or his juice I was just baffled.

You might be a 'super taster' or have a sensitivity to a flavour used. Basically some of us are sensitive to certain things. Like for me I cannot handle Ethyl Maltol it tastes like smoking a packet of sweetener even at .05 percent. To others it simply smooths a mix. Most sensitivity to flavour will manifest as a chemical or soapy taste. And yes, lemon is a bit washy. Not all of us gel with it in a vape. Same as strawberry and cinnamon, seems there are a very wide range of reactions to it from being enchanted to feeling toxic.

All part of the journey I guess. And yes the site was moved to a new server on Sunday so a few posts might have gone missing. BUT at least the site did not suffer the predicted down-time...

 

[Rob Fisher]

I think possibly some instability due to the forum migrating to other servers. I have noticed some weird stuff during the day - whole threads disappearing, reply function not working, etc.

@Andre is 100% correct... the forum moved last night at midnight and DNS updates took some time to propagate with the result that some people were seeing the old site and some the new site... all issues should now be over and personally I'm finding the forum really smooth and responsive.

 

[GreenyZA]

You might be a 'super taster' or have a sensitivity to a flavour used. Basically some of us are sensitive to certain things. Like for me I cannot handle Ethyl Maltol it tastes like smoking a packet of sweetener even at .05 percent. To others it simply smooths a mix. Most sensitivity to flavour will manifest as a chemical or soapy taste. And yes, lemon is a bit washy. Not all of us gel with it in a vape. Same as strawberry and cinnamon, seems there are a very wide range of reactions to it from being enchanted to feeling toxic.

All part of the journey I guess. And yes the site was moved to a new server on Sunday so a few posts might have gone missing. BUT at least the site did not suffer the predicted down-time...

I could not agree more. I like fruity stuff in general but put lemon in a juice and I just cant vape it. My wife one the other hand does not like fruity juices and prefers the rich deserty stuff but anything with lemon in she loves. Wierd but true?!

 

[WARMACHINE]

I just recently tried Lime Party. Now i love Lemon flavours, but was unsure with the addition of pineapple. As with a lot of new juices the initial flavours are interesting and appealing, but for me if i am going on to a third tank, then the juice becomes apart of my ADV rotation. I had the pleasure of testing my new Dripbox and Hastur RDA with Lime Party, this weekend, one 30ml down and I am very impressed. I hope Manny (Mike) makes 100ml bottles, cause this is really great. I have a certain addiction to a lemon creams juice, and I can't believe I haven't vaped it for nearly 4 days.

Well done Manny (Mike), love the juice, great ADV, lovely mixture of these 2 x complex flavours, that others get very wrong.

 

[Lingogrey]

I just recently tried Lime Party. Now i love Lemon flavours, but was unsure with the addition of pineapple. As with a lot of new juices the initial flavours are interesting and appealing, but for me if i am going on to a third tank, then the juice becomes apart of my ADV rotation. I had the pleasure of testing my new Dripbox and Hastur RDA with Lime Party, this weekend, one 30ml down and I am very impressed. I hope Manny (Mike) makes 100ml bottles, cause this is really great. I have a certain addiction to a lemon creams juice, and I can't believe I haven't vaped it for nearly 4 days.

Well done Manny (Mike), love the juice, great ADV, lovely mixture of these 2 x complex flavours, that others get very wrong.

Manny (@Pixstar) only (besides the 30 ml) does the 500 ml chubby cheek bottles. Mike used to do 125 ml bottles when he was still the owner. I would guess that as soon as he reclaims control of his empire again (which could be as soon as 2 April 2016), they would still be available (again).

 

[WARMACHINE]

Manny (@Pixstar) only (besides the 30 ml) does the 500 ml chubby cheek bottles. Mike used to do 125 ml bottles when he was still the owner. I would guess that as soon as he reclaims control of his empire again (which could be as soon as 2 April 2016), they would still be available (again).

Dammit, sorry, it was a typo, I only buy 1000ml bottles, Manny is going have to up his game - LOL

 

[Dane]

I just have to give a shout out to @Mike for producing such an awesome well balanced juice named "Lime Party". I picked up a bottle of this on Monday evening and I must say I am really enjoying it.

I had it in a couple of tanks at various levels of resistance (0.35 - 0.55) and power (30w - 45w) and it remains a great juice. The only way for me to describe it is with an image, it tastes exactly like Schweppes Dry Lemon to me, so refreshing! I will definitely be trying out some of your other juices in time.



It was great meeting you and thanks for the effort and time on the flavorah concentrates, I have mixed up a couple of recipes with it so hopefully they come out ok..

 

[Schnappie]

Quick review:Mikes Mega Mixes: The Mango

Website Blurb: Can't seem to load webpage, will update later

My Review:


As you can tell from above I am a massive fan of MMM. Which might may lead some to think I am biased or a fanboy but that's not the case. I just love a good vape, and I have a specific rotation to my adv's which have become staples by now. I have juices from other vendors as well in my rotation which are glorious in their own right, but Mike's juices make up the bulk of my adv's( aside from my suckerpunch diy clones) and for a very good reason. They are of an exceptional quality, and the prices on the 125ml makes it a steal compared to mainstream prices. He is in it for the love and the passion, has excellent customer relations and also doesnt burn holes in their pockets.

Because taste buds differ it means I dont like every single juice on the lineup, but to me ashybac is a tobacco that stands apart from others, Dragon Juice is my go to ADV and Berrynade is a massive treat.

On to the review of The Mango...



Gear used:
I have simplified my vaping gear over the last year or so, putting aside rda's and rdta's as I am way too much on the road. I use my I just S on the road with the new 0.18 coils, Melo 3 mini with ccells for the fruity menthols, and ultimo with claptons when i relax at home.

Juice nic: Ordered at 0mg and added 0.75mg nic afterwards. Nic makes my energy drop

Taste profile: For me in the ijustS on 0.18 I get a thick, pulpy mango taste on the inhale, and that beechie mango taste on the exhale as mentioned by another forum member.The taste and the smell of the Mango is incredibly authentic and full bodied and you can almost feel the texture of the mango on your tongue.
On the ultimo 0.5 claptons I get less of the beechie taste on the exhale but certainly also a strong mango taste with undertones of other fruit that my tastebuds are too novice to identify just yet. On a hot summer day like today this juice couldnt have arrived on a better day.

ADV material: Its summer, so hell yes!

Overall verdict: A really classy juice again from Mike, tasting as true to the real thing as vaping will allow. Another instant classic for me.

 

[Schnappie]

Just to add to my review above, havent tried this juice in a dripper yet, have it in the azeroth tonight, the Mango is sublime! @Mike I think you should give a fruity menthol juice a go, you are afterall one of the best mixologists