What am I doing wrong? No flavor

[Old Goat]

Well I picked up a few flavors to start mixing my own juice but I’ve noticed I’ve got no flavor at all .

Trying to mix a 70vg30pg ratio first was a stawberry kiwi

Tpa Double kiwi 8%
Tpa Strawberry ripe 10%
Tpa Dragonfruit 3%
Tbv sugar daddy sweetner 1%

This one had a good tart and sweet strawberry taste but after the first day the flavor wasn’t really there as strong so I went even more simple with a single flavor double kiwi at 5 % still not getting a nice full flavor. Tried shaking my concentrate before mixing after I read up alittle more made another bottle and that didn’t have a strong taste to it as well, from what I read was to much flavor it will mute flavor , sweetener can mute flavor so what could be causing me to not have that full flavor ? I’m mixing flavors , pg, nic(pg 100mg/ml), then vg give it a good shake and giving the e juice alittle warm steep.

I’m using a 1 c.c and a 10 c.c syringe to measure out everything as the recipes calls and following it to a tee but I can’t seem to get it right and I’m abit stumped on what to try next to get that stronger flavor taste

 

[Old Goat]

Welcome to the pasture, [smention u=91]MumbaiMixer[/smention] .

Here’s the thing: more flavor doesn’t equal more flavor. Piling on high percentages just tramples the mix until it tastes like damp hay.

Strawberry Ripe at 10% → way too high. Most folks run it around 3–6%. At 10%, it can mute itself.

Double Kiwi → better at 3–5% and usually needs a partner (dragonfruit or lime) to shine.

Sweetener → 1% might not sound like much, but fruits are delicate — too much and it dulls the whole mix.

Steeping → fruits can be shake-and-vape, but a few days of patience helps the flavors settle.

Here’s the shortcut: use the VC calculator (you’ll find the link right on our homepage). Pop your flavors in there and it’ll give you the recommended percentage ranges so you’re not flying blind. Saves a lot of wasted VG and head-scratching.

If you want a quick tester, try:
Strawberry Ripe 4% + Dragonfruit 2% → Shake it up, give it a vape, and see if the flavor pops.

You’re not messing up — you’re just at the “trial by goat” stage every mixer goes through. Keep notes, use the calculator, and you’ll hit that sweet spot soon enough.