The Difference Between Vape E-Liquids

The Basic Ingredients (What's the Story with VG and PG?)

Any flavour is made up mainly of four important elements: nicotine, the additives that give the taste, and two base ingredients that carry the blend, VG and PG. Both are very safe and organic in origin, and have long been used in fields like cosmetics, food and even medicine.

Discover the Role of PG (Propylene Glycol)

This compound is a manufactured organic substance, very thin like water, with no colour and no smell. Its main job comes down to the following:

• Excellent flavour delivery: Because it is light, it blends the ingredients really well, and it is what delivers the flavour to your senses with strength and clarity.
• Throat hit: PG gives you that sweet feeling and the light kick in the chest, which is exactly what anyone who used to smoke wants, especially when they look to cigarette-style pod devices.
• Absorption speed: Because its density is low, the cotton inside the coil can soak it up very quickly.

The Hidden Side of VG (Vegetable Glycerin)

This is a natural extract taken from plant oils. It is very thick and sticky, like honey, and has a naturally light sweetness.

• The cloud maker: VG is the real hero behind the thick clouds coming out of your device. When it heats up, it produces very large amounts of vapour.
• Smooth to use: The vapour it produces is very gentle on the chest, which softens the harshness of the nicotine and gives you a very comfortable draw.
• Slower absorption: Because of its high viscosity, the cotton takes longer to soak it up, and it needs high power to vaporise properly.

How Do You Pick the Right Ratio for Your Device? (The Golden Rule)

Now that we know the role of each ingredient, we need to mix them in a way that fits your device's internal design. The biggest mistake is buying a flavour just because you liked its taste and forgetting that compatibility is required. In the market, you will always find two main ratios:

What's the Problem If You Pick the Wrong Ratio? (The Pitfalls You'll Face)

The physics inside vape devices leaves no room for guesswork! There has to be perfect harmony between the thickness of the flavour and the coil's openings for you to enjoy it. See what happens if you ignore this rule:

• The cotton burns on you: This problem happens when you fill a thick flavour (70VG/30PG) into small pods. Because the openings there are tiny, the heavy flavour cannot reach the cotton and wet it quickly. The result? When you draw, the device burns the dry cotton instead of vaporising for you.
• Leaking and flavour spitting: Here it is the opposite. Leaking happens when you put a very thin flavour (50VG/50PG) into a big vape mod tank. Because the mesh coil openings are wide, the thin flavour will flood everything and overflow, and you will find yourself swallowing hot drops coming out of the mouthpiece or leaking from the airflow holes.

Are There Other Blends Besides the Usual Ones?

It is true that 50/50 and 70/30 are the ones that dominate, but now and then you may come across rare ones:

• Very high VG ratio (80VG/20PG and up): These are for professionals who want huge clouds and use dripping devices that reach over 100 watts of firing power. These flavours are so thick that they clog the openings of any regular tank.
• High PG ratio (like 70PG/30VG): This was an old trend from the past and is not around much now. It gave a very strong hit in the chest with almost no vapour, and companies have now stopped making devices for it.

A Final Tip for Vape Lovers, and the Conclusion

Some people may feel a bit of dryness or a light cough because of PG. If you feel this while using 50/50 flavours, drink plenty of water because it draws moisture, or you could think about switching to a vape mod with 70/30 flavours, since it has less PG and the draw becomes much more comfortable.