XtaCy Vapez Reviews - Cannoli by Heinbuilds is Up!

Thanks for the reviews @XtaCy VapeZ

I have been doing juice reviews for quite a long time. Don’t worry if people don’t post comments.
The juice reviews add value and many folk likely read the review and benefit from it.

As an example, I enjoyed your latest review because I had never heard of this juice, so I learnt something.

Don’t forget that there are many viewers on the forum that are not members and not logged in. Ie they are “guests”. They can’t rate posts or reply if they are not logged in. But many of those guests read the reviews and most likely benefit from it. And there are also many members that just read and don’t post much.

Keep it up, you doing great. If you do it for the enjoyment of it then you are winning
 
XtaCy VapeZ I like your honesty e.g. pointing out that menthol stays in the coil. It's something which new vapers, or new to menthol vapers, might not have considered.
 
Its not a fact of people not liking the reviews or anything, just if you are logged in and take info from it, just show some gratitude to the reviewer, be it me, @Chanelr ( as an example as she is my "hero" in the review scene in SA being in the 'game' the longest) just to showing some appreciation to the reviewer for doing the work, be it good or bad in your eyes. it means more then you know to us, it pushes us to new limits to new boundaries (SA spelling may differ).

Some may not know but us reviewers work full day careers and we love an appreciate the vape community for what it is and what it has become even before we were reviewers, but the fact will always remain the same, our audience is the community itself and those in it, we need you, from vape advocacy all the way to our reviews, our audience helps the vape scene as a whole to project ourselves to a whole new level, we all need to stand together an push to new heights.

Im not just saying this as a reviewer but help all reviewers, all vape promoters on all social media platforms to extend our love and appreciation for this community beyond boundaries to push and extend what this community has done for you and what it continues to do for us to newcomers and may we all continue to stop people from smoking and moving to a new healthier alternative even if they do not believe it now but they do in the near future like myself and all of most of you on this forums.

As myself, I know Heinbuilds has done his best to make a flavour that is not on the market (Gwaai)[The taste of a cigarette] but to change those close to him from cigarettes to vaping for the health of themselves and their families.

This may be a rant but if you feel the same, support and have those close to you take a read and perhaps change their perceptions.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Regards,

XtaCy VapeZ,
A random 25 year old guy giving some of his mind at 2.21am :)
 
XtaCy VapeZ said:
Its not a fact of people not liking the reviews or anything, just if you are logged in and take info from it, just show some gratitude to the reviewer, be it me, @Chanelr ( as an example as she is my "hero" in the review scene in SA being in the 'game' the longest) just to showing some appreciation to the reviewer for doing the work, be it good or bad in your eyes. it means more then you know to us, it pushes us to new limits to new boundaries (SA spelling may differ).

Some may not know but us reviewers work full day careers and we love an appreciate the vape community for what it is and what it has become even before we were reviewers, but the fact will always remain the same, our audience is the community itself and those in it, we need you, from vape advocacy all the way to our reviews, our audience helps the vape scene as a whole to project ourselves to a whole new level, we all need to stand together an push to new heights.

Im not just saying this as a reviewer but help all reviewers, all vape promoters on all social media platforms to extend our love and appreciation for this community beyond boundaries to push and extend what this community has done for you and what it continues to do for us to newcomers and may we all continue to stop people from smoking and moving to a new healthier alternative even if they do not believe it now but they do in the near future like myself and all of most of you on this forums.

As myself, I know Heinbuilds has done his best to make a flavour that is not on the market (Gwaai)[The taste of a cigarette] but to change those close to him from cigarettes to vaping for the health of themselves and their families.

This may be a rant but if you feel the same, support and have those close to you take a read and perhaps change their perceptions.

Enjoy your Sunday.

Regards,

XtaCy VapeZ,
A random 25 year old guy giving some of his mind at 2.21am :)
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Well written and genuine
I do agree with you @XtaCy VapeZ

All I said above in my post was that you shouldn't feel upset if people don't comment or interact. Many dont. But believe me, many read the reviews and most likely benefit from them.

If you are doing it for the love of vaping and to share your views with others then you are winning!
 
In my opinion, there are many reasons why it is difficult to review juices.

Firstly, our individual ability to taste/smell has an impact on which juices we prefer. You may love a particular juice and I may hate it. If you haven't already done so, take an in-depth look at the research on taste/smell. A juice reviewer is not playing on a level field. It is almost impossible to find even one juice that everyone will like. A juice reviewer is almost certain to disappoint a percentage of viewers/readers who try a recommended juice.

Many vapers only use DIY juice. Some of them can't afford the high price of commercial juice, and others enjoy making juice and don't like being "ripped off". Many of these vapers never or seldom look at reviews.

Some vapers have already found their happy place wrt juice. Many have a handful of favourites and may only try a new juice from time to time. Some, like @Rob Fisher , have tried hundreds of juices but vape only one regularly. In his case Red Pill.

Your style of vaping also has an effect on taste. A MTL juice at low wattage may taste great, but might not be nice for DL at high wattage. Nic salts may make the juice taste different from "normal" nic.

When vaping first became popular there were tons of YouTube reviewers doing juice reviews. Take Vaping With Vic as an example. When he started five years ago he mainly concentrated on juice reviews. Today he only mentions juices from time to time and doesn't review them.

Some vapers prefer not to buy juice online. They are then limited to the juices available at their local B and M shop. Many of the reviewed juices may not be available to them.

The abovementioned "problems" with juice reviewing show just how difficult it is to attract viewers/readers to juice reviews.

I have read all of your reviews and think that they are very well presented. I appreciate the effort which must go into making them. I think that it takes a long time before a reviewer establishes a loyal following.

My only advice would be to hang in there. If people like it they will come. It is a pity that ecigssa doesn't show the number of views a review gets. I would like to believe that many members and guests view the reviews but never comment or show "likes".
 
XtaCy VapeZ

I can see that this is really bugging you and understand your need for a response of some kind, any kind, be it a comment or simply a "like" just to show that it has been read. I often feel that way with all my coffee reviews too. There are just a handful of people who respond and I'm grateful to them.

However, although it seems that I'm just throwing my reviews into a bottomless pit, it's not so. There are times when people ask for advice and then ... oh, then, I can refer them to the relevant reviews and info. And that makes is worthwhile for me.

As @Silver said, people read the reviews but don't respond most of the time and you can't change that. Don't let something which you can't change get to you.

My advice is that you need to decide now, before resentment builds up, the way forward.

a) Accept the things that you cannot change. Continue with your reviews knowing that you will not get the response which you would like.

b) If you feel that the above is not bringing you satisfaction, then stop doing it. You have to be happy with what you're doing.
 
Puff the Magic Dragon said:
In my opinion, there are many reasons why it is difficult to review juices.

Firstly, our individual ability to taste/smell has an impact on which juices we prefer. You may love a particular juice and I may hate it. If you haven't already done so, take an in-depth look at the research on taste/smell. A juice reviewer is not playing on a level field. It is almost impossible to find even one juice that everyone will like. A juice reviewer is almost certain to disappoint a percentage of viewers/readers who try a recommended juice.

Many vapers only use DIY juice. Some of them can't afford the high price of commercial juice, and others enjoy making juice and don't like being "ripped off". Many of these vapers never or seldom look at reviews.

Some vapers have already found their happy place wrt juice. Many have a handful of favourites and may only try a new juice from time to time. Some, like @Rob Fisher , have tried hundreds of juices but vape only one regularly. In his case Red Pill.

Your style of vaping also has an effect on taste. A MTL juice at low wattage may taste great, but might not be nice for DL at high wattage. Nic salts may make the juice taste different from "normal" nic.

When vaping first became popular there were tons of YouTube reviewers doing juice reviews. Take Vaping With Vic as an example. When he started five years ago he mainly concentrated on juice reviews. Today he only mentions juices from time to time and doesn't review them.

Some vapers prefer not to buy juice online. They are then limited to the juices available at their local B and M shop. Many of the reviewed juices may not be available to them.

The abovementioned "problems" with juice reviewing show just how difficult it is to attract viewers/readers to juice reviews.

I have read all of your reviews and think that they are very well presented. I appreciate the effort which must go into making them. I think that it takes a long time before a reviewer establishes a loyal following.

My only advice would be to hang in there. If people like it they will come. It is a pity that ecigssa doesn't show the number of views a review gets. I would like to believe that many members and guests view the reviews but never comment or show "likes".
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I read the reviews ,but as you said the vaping styles differ. I use single cell mods with ordinary round wire coils and max @60w.
then I tend to do mtl. And recently have been liking a warmer MTL @22w.
these reviews and the juices looks great but what is it worth to me if my setups don't compare to the reviewers.
so I just read and dont comment,but thanks @XtaCy VapeZ at least you bring awareness.
maybe add where to find it like you did in you lime and kiwi review and keep up the good work.
 
Spot on @Hooked
Very well said and explained

@XtaCy VapeZ , keep up the reviews. It’s great to see people sharing their views on all things vape.
 
I think I should add my 2 cents here too, as we had a few personal discussions.

Don't feel discouraged if you don't get the response you are looking for. Like @Puff the Magic Dragon says, it takes a while to build up a loyal following and it is hard believe me (lady the in the vape scene, let's leave that one there).

If we all had to give up, because we don't feel acknowledged I think many reviewers including myself will be out of "business" sooner than we can say vape. I have seen a few guys making a quick appearance on the review scene and then disappear, because everyone think it's easy.

I do however feel keep doing what you are doing. You have a different style of doing reviews and we all put a lot of hard work into what we do. And even though you don't get that response, I am sure the guys and girls here appreciate it.

But (me and but's)...
Like @Hooked says. If you don't find it satisfactory, I would sadly have to agree to step out now. There are always other ways to be known in the industry. But that is also not something I would like to see happen...

In my honest opinion, keep going.
I promise it gets better :LOVEYOUZ:
 
Chanelr said:
I think I should add my 2 cents here too, as we had a few personal discussions.

Don't feel discouraged if you don't get the response you are looking for. Like @Puff the Magic Dragon says, it takes a while to build up a loyal following and it is hard believe me (lady the in the vape scene, let's leave that one there).

If we all had to give up, because we don't feel acknowledged I think many reviewers including myself will be out of "business" sooner than we can say vape. I have seen a few guys making a quick appearance on the review scene and then disappear, because everyone think it's easy.

I do however feel keep doing what you are doing. You have a different style of doing reviews and we all put a lot of hard work into what we do. And even though you don't get that response, I am sure the guys and girls here appreciate it.

But (me and but's)...
Like @Hooked says. If you don't find it satisfactory, I would sadly have to agree to step out now. There are always other ways to be known in the industry. But that is also not something I would like to see happen...

In my honest opinion, keep going.
I promise it gets better :LOVEYOUZ:
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Thank you so much for this
I am going to push on. Got some great work planned.

Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
 
Agree to all above, Do it because YOU like doing it most importantly.

Yeah i sometimes feel the same if one put in the hard work and then only get 1 or 2 likes, But i dont do it for the likes in the end. I do it to provide feedback on a device, juice, or whatever im reviewing to provide information to the vape community to assist them in future when they are looking to possibly buy the juice or device and assist them by making a decision.
 
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*Please note the following product was sent to me for review purposes by Raaziq from Fresh E-Liquids and all my views are my own and honest opinions baring in mind that this will be subjective as all people differ. *


PRODUCT INFORMATION:

E-Liquid Name: Fresh Iced Mango

Juice Maker: Fresh E-Liquid

Flavour Profile: Mango on Ice

Product Packaging: 60ml Chubby Gorilla

Nic Strengths Available: 2mg

VG/PG Ratio: 70VG / 30PG

Vape Setup: Voopoo Drag 157 with a Drop Dead RDA (BOOM COILS – Alien 27 (3x27/36 at 0.147ohms) 3mm ID
Voopoo Drag 157 with Zeus X RTA (Nano Stapled Aliens - The Coil Company SA)

My Views:

Appearance:
A high quality foil label with the word "Fresh" across the front of the bottle with a little picture of a mango and ice above it, all warnings labels are present on the label and the design is simple but very effective and gets the flavour and point accross with all social media handles also displayed on the bottle which I find great in terms of marketing.

Smell Test:
A strong natural and authentic mango comes to the nose.

Taste Test:

65 Watts: (RTA ONLY) (My favourite)
Inhale: A smooth lush taste of sweet ripe mango.
Exhale: A full bodied ripe mango with a fantastic ice feeling in the mouth, the perfect balance of ice and mango.

80 Watts:
Inhale: A sweet and ripe authentic mango taste on the inhale.
Exhale: A lingering mango taste with a generous ice feel in the mouth.

100 Watts: (The sweet spot for an RDA)
Inhale: A very warm vape on my RDA of sweet but spot on flavour mango on the inhale.
Exhale: A natural mango taste with an almost mango skin taste in the body with the perfect balance of ice.

120 Watts: (Overpowering in my opinion)
Inhale: A very hot vape that brings across the mango taste but too strong and very sweet, overpowering for me at this high wattage.
Exhale: A rich mango taste as it leaves the mouth with mountains of ice, high wattage fruit vapers will love this.

Thoughts:
I have tried a multitude of mango e-liquids by now and many of them also being a mango on ice, but there is just something about this juice that is different, the taste is spot on, similar to the Flavair Mad Mango but the juice makers nailed the ice which is what pushes it to new heights for me, being a Capetonian, I love my ice.

Would I consider it an ADV:
Yes, I really do prefer it as an ADV on my RTA over my RDA, I feel lower wattages on my RTA are what make this flavour for me.

Coil Guncking:
I found no coil gunking with this juice even after days of use on the same coils.

Is it a cotton killer?
Not at all, a clean and clear juice that doesnt kill your cotton and could leave you without a rewick for days with full flavour still coming through, I also found changing to another flavour from this one is no problem at all.

Would I buy this again?
Definitely, I just need to get through the rest of the Fresh E-Liquid range which is all as delicious as this first ;)
 
Chanelr said:
I love a good Mango
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You need to give this a try then, its so well done and so well balanced :O
Next time I am at his shop if he has stock, I will grab a bottle for you and have it couriered over :)
 
XtaCy VapeZ said:
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*Please note the following product was sent to me for review purposes by Raaziq from Fresh E-Liquids and all my views are my own and honest opinions baring in mind that this will be subjective as all people differ. *


PRODUCT INFORMATION:

E-Liquid Name: Fresh Iced Mango

Juice Maker: Fresh E-Liquid

Flavour Profile: Mango on Ice

Product Packaging: 60ml Chubby Gorilla

Nic Strengths Available: 2mg

VG/PG Ratio: 70VG / 30PG

Vape Setup: Voopoo Drag 157 with a Drop Dead RDA (BOOM COILS – Alien 27 (3x27/36 at 0.147ohms) 3mm ID
Voopoo Drag 157 with Zeus X RTA (Nano Stapled Aliens - The Coil Company SA)

My Views:

Appearance:
A high quality foil label with the word "Fresh" across the front of the bottle with a little picture of a mango and ice above it, all warnings labels are present on the label and the design is simple but very effective and gets the flavour and point accross with all social media handles also displayed on the bottle which I find great in terms of marketing.

Smell Test:
A strong natural and authentic mango comes to the nose.

Taste Test:

65 Watts: (RTA ONLY) (My favourite)
Inhale: A smooth lush taste of sweet ripe mango.
Exhale: A full bodied ripe mango with a fantastic ice feeling in the mouth, the perfect balance of ice and mango.

80 Watts:
Inhale: A sweet and ripe authentic mango taste on the inhale.
Exhale: A lingering mango taste with a generous ice feel in the mouth.

100 Watts: (The sweet spot for an RDA)
Inhale: A very warm vape on my RDA of sweet but spot on flavour mango on the inhale.
Exhale: A natural mango taste with an almost mango skin taste in the body with the perfect balance of ice.

120 Watts: (Overpowering in my opinion)
Inhale: A very hot vape that brings across the mango taste but too strong and very sweet, overpowering for me at this high wattage.
Exhale: A rich mango taste as it leaves the mouth with mountains of ice, high wattage fruit vapers will love this.

Thoughts:
I have tried a multitude of mango e-liquids by now and many of them also being a mango on ice, but there is just something about this juice that is different, the taste is spot on, similar to the Flavair Mad Mango but the juice makers nailed the ice which is what pushes it to new heights for me, being a Capetonian, I love my ice.

Would I consider it an ADV:
Yes, I really do prefer it as an ADV on my RTA over my RDA, I feel lower wattages on my RTA are what make this flavour for me.

Coil Guncking:
I found no coil gunking with this juice even after days of use on the same coils.

Is it a cotton killer?
Not at all, a clean and clear juice that doesnt kill your cotton and could leave you without a rewick for days with full flavour still coming through, I also found changing to another flavour from this one is no problem at all.

Would I buy this again?
Definitely, I just need to get through the rest of the Fresh E-Liquid range which is all as delicious as this first ;)
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Cool review :) For DL I love any juice with ice in it.Will give this one a shot.
 
RainstormZA said:
Sadly I’m in the UK but I’ll ask my mom to get it and bring it up for me as I love iced mango juices.
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Eish, try your best to get some, best to go to Liq Kamva to get it. Or its disto by Seamless Vape Distro

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