Good evening gents and gals, need some advice pls, ive been mixing for about 1.5 yrs, would like to give mixing via weight(scale) a try, only been mixing using syringes, need to know what scale to get that can mix up to 120 ml bottles, will a 200g scale suffice? blck vapor has them for fairly cheap but why would the calibration weights cost more than the scale itself?
I used to have that 200g scale and it was awesome plus I never used the calibration weights (my bad)
Mixes always turned out super consistent.
I would suggest getting the bigger 500g one just so you can make larger batches as you progress.
Mixes always turned out super consistent.
I would suggest getting the bigger 500g one just so you can make larger batches as you progress.
120 is the largest i will ever go, i like variety so wont b making 500ml of a single juice in 1 go
A 200g scale should do unless you’re planning to throw in some mercury to spice it up
Might just add somw jet fuel to the mix lol, ok so 200g scale should suffice for 120ml batches, now to google the holy hell how to mix by weight and off to blck tommorow to buy a scaleA 200g scale should do unless you’re planning to throw in some mercury to spice it up
The R240 Blck scale will work, I've had mine for a few years now and it's reliable and solid. 120ml of VG weighs well under 200g so you won't ever push the scale past its limit.
Mixing by scale is ridiculously easy. Just input the correct weights into your recipe app and it will give you the weight amounts to add for each ingredient. The way I do it is:
* put bottle onto scale and switch scale on. It will auto-tare and the display will read 0.00g.
* add nicotine to the correct weight, press T to tare the scale back to 0.00
* add PG to the correct weight. Tare again.
* add each concentrate. You can tare in between or just add them up mentally as you go. If the first flavour is 0.6g, the second 1.2g and the third 0.5g, you add the first concentrate until it reads 0.60, then the second until it reads 1.80, then the third until it reads 2.30, and so on.
* tare after your flavours are added, and swirl to mix all the PG-based ingredients together.
* finally add VG.
* cap, label, shake and put it away to steep. There is no washing up as you have used no pipettes or syringes, everything goes straight into the bottle.
Mixing by scale is ridiculously easy. Just input the correct weights into your recipe app and it will give you the weight amounts to add for each ingredient. The way I do it is:
* put bottle onto scale and switch scale on. It will auto-tare and the display will read 0.00g.
* add nicotine to the correct weight, press T to tare the scale back to 0.00
* add PG to the correct weight. Tare again.
* add each concentrate. You can tare in between or just add them up mentally as you go. If the first flavour is 0.6g, the second 1.2g and the third 0.5g, you add the first concentrate until it reads 0.60, then the second until it reads 1.80, then the third until it reads 2.30, and so on.
* tare after your flavours are added, and swirl to mix all the PG-based ingredients together.
* finally add VG.
* cap, label, shake and put it away to steep. There is no washing up as you have used no pipettes or syringes, everything goes straight into the bottle.
Much appreciated bud
I see you're in CPT. If you go to Blck Vapour for the scale Mashri will give you some pointers on how to use it and he might even do a demo for you.
I was mixing with syringes for over a year and a half like you and ever since I changed over to mixing by weight I'll never go back. I got the 500g scale as I sometimes do mixes of over 200ml batches. If you're absolutely certain you'll never go above 120ml then the 200g scale will work fine but I'd still suggest the 500g scale just in case - you never know how your mixing volumes will change in future and if it does it will be nice to have a scale that can accommodate larger batches.
Im popping in by him later so il have a chat with him
Changing to mixing by weight will be one of the best moves you have ever made, Trust me! You will ask yourself why you did not change 1.5 years back! Makes mixing super easy and much much quicker!
Lol, im making 2 batches, 1 with syringe and 1 with a scale, would like to see the difference
Doubt you will really taste the difference that much if any, its just way easier than having to work with syringes.
Also most DIY Suppliers now send the concentrates in the little bottles with the pipettes so now you need to remove that from the bottle to get the syringe in to extract...what a mission
Took the 500g one as the 200g was sold out
Still a good buy. My 500g scale from them has served me well over the years.
Agree, it used to be such a mission to mix before using the scale that i sometimes didnt feel like DIYing anymore. Since using the scale i completely changed and mixing is such a pleasure!
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