e-Liquid stirring machine?

[DonSteve]

Hello peeps,
I've found a guy (here in Bulgaria, where I live atm) that's made a contraption for mixing while heating up the juice (up to 113F or 45C) .
Here's his video of the thingy:

The vid is in Bulgarian but you'll get the gist of it.
I want to hear your thoughts about it?
It's made to supposedly help speed up the juice ageing process.

 

[Heabob]

It's made to supposedly help speed up the juice ageing process.

Looks cool and all, but... not really needed unless making larger batches of Custard or certain Tobacco juices IMO.

Some do like using all the fancy stirring machines, crock pots, & ultrasonic cleaners, but I just think it's a waste of time, energy, & money.

If you make up enough juice ahead to last for 1 week, or slightly more, you can stay ahead of the steeping curve somewhat.

Most of the Fruit/Cream, Fruit/Ice Cream, Fruit/Yogurt, & Bakery types I make only need 24-36hrs time, but higher VG may take more time/effort.

Custards, Tobaccos, and a few others need a month so it's better to make up bigger batches to put away.

 

[Sibben]

I use a $3 battery powered milk foamer. Saves me some shaking.

 

[DonSteve]

That's the thing. This guy's got a shop is selling juice and I guess he needs it because he's making large quantities of liquid.
Personally, I don`t need it because I don`t mix my own juice but it looks like a good idea for automated stirring over extended periods of time - the thing he made can be set to work up to 99mins at a time.

 

[Angrygod50]

You can get a heated magnetic stirrer at any chemistry site. But nothing beats time in my opinion.

 

[Angrygod50]

You can get a heated magnetic stirrer at any chemistry or science supply site. But in my opinion nothing beats time.

 

[DonSteve]

You can get a heated magnetic stirrer at any chemistry or science supply site. But in my opinion nothing beats time.

True that. But have you seen their prices? The cheapest one I've seen is about 200 Euros (and it hasn`t got heating).
The machine he built will be sold at about 100-120 Euro (the big one) and about 60-80 euro for a smaller version with only one rotor.
Which I think is a bargain especially if you're lazy like me and can`t be bothered to make one yourself.
I imagine it can`t be that hard.

 

[Angrygod50]

The stirring part is easy you can find you tube videos using an old computer fan the heating part not so much

 

[Wylde_77]

Any one tried using airated mixer? Like a new fish tank compressor and run a tube to the bottom of a big batch and just let it bubble for a few hours?? I've often thought bout doing this

 

[Heabob]

Any one tried using airated mixer? Like a new fish tank compressor and run a tube to the bottom of a big batch and just let it bubble for a few hours?? I've often thought bout doing this

OK if you don't have any NIC mixed in yet.
Introducing more O2 with the bubbles will oxidize the NIC way faster IMO.

 

[Wylde_77]

That was my plan in the first place as I knew oxygen affects nic in a negative way

 

[Wylde_77]

OK if you don't have any NIC mixed in yet.
Introducing more O2 with the bubbles will oxidize the NIC way faster IMO.

That the only down side? I'm seriously thinking bout trying this on a fresh 120 ml

 

[Heabob]

That the only down side? I'm seriously thinking bout trying this on a fresh 120 ml

Just speculating... but you may loose a small amount of the flavor molecules with some evaporation.
May also depend on how long you run it.
I've heard fruit flavors are more prone to loosing flavor strength due to continued air exposure.
Never know for sure unless you try it yourself.

 

[pulsevape]

I built a magnetic stirer from what is called a cupcake fan...I use it ..I use it at very low speed to mix my nic base to make sure it's evenly distibuted as I usually use a VG base. I warm the bottle in hot water and give it a good stirring..I use it to mix my flavorings and base together before adding nicotine...when I use my stirrer with nicotine I make sure I fill the bottle up i'm using so that there is no air in the bottle at all then stir to help keep the nic from being oxidized, afterwards I fish out the stir bar. I stir at low speeds, because if you stir at high speeds to get what's called cavitation ...tiny bubbles around the stir bar, and from nic suppliers I've talked to cavitation oxidizes nicotine much faster.

 

[Wylde_77]

So with vg base nic u gotta shake like crazy? The first batch of juice I made was pretty harsh .. and it was supposed to be 3mg nic

 

[pulsevape]

So with vg base nic u gotta shake like crazy? The first batch of juice I made was pretty harsh .. and it was supposed to be 3mg nic

yeah from my experince which is hardly scientific VG base needs to be warmed and shaken more than PG bases. thus the magnetic stirer.

 

[MD_Boater]

I've found that I don't need to steep any of my juices if I mix the flavors for the recipe together in a bottle without the PG, VG, or nic. Let that sit for a day or two so that the flavors mix.

When I finally mix my juice, it is a single flavor shake and vape.

Steeping is just waiting for the flavors to blend together. If you pre mix the flavors without the dilutants, they blend together quite rapidly.