Flavour profile
Black Mamba is a house name rather than a fruit. Descriptions give it as mixed dark berries with subtle grape undertones, a mild cooling sensation, and a smooth,h sweet finish, a darker, deeper blend. It is also described as dark berry with cool menthol, and called the most complex of the cooled profiles in the range.
Dark berry with grape is a coherent idea rather than an arbitrary one. Grape has the deepest, roundest sweetness of any common vape fruit and almost no acidity, so it sits underneath a berry blend as a base instead of competing with it. The mild cooling stops the whole thing from becoming syrupy.
Device and performance
Layered dark fruits lose their subtler components first as a coil ages. If the blend starts reading as plain grape, that is the berries fading rather than a fault, and it is the usual sign a sealed device is past its best.
Who it suits
Vapers who want depth rather than brightness. This is the darkest flavour in the range and the closest thing here to a rich, evening profile. When it is spent, keep the device aside with your other electronics instead of binning it. The lithium cell inside is the reason.
The mild cooling makes it more sessionable than an uncooled dark berry would be.
Nicotine and strength
One strength: 50mg/ml, 5%, as nicotine salt. Deep sweetness masks the nicotine well, and the cooling is described as mild, so this sits comfortably at 50mg.
Charging
USB Type-C. Several charges across the life of a 24ml device are expected.
Practical notes
On knowing when it is genuinely finished. The liquid indicator emptying is the real signal; a flat battery is not. If the display shows liquid but the device will not fire, charge it. If it shows empty and tastes burnt, it is done, and no amount of charging will change that.
How it compares in the range
One of two house-named blends here. Red Mamba Ice Tugboat T12000 takes the same naming idea in the opposite direction, sweet red fruits with a candy edge rather than dark berries with grape.
For a dark fruit blend where the components are actually named, Blackcurrant Lychee Tugboat T12000 is the transparent alternative. Note that Black Ice Tugboat T12000, despite the name, is not a dark fruit at all.
Buying and delivery
Buy it as an evening device alongside something lighter for the day. Same-daydelivery inside Nairobi and the towns around it from Vapesoko Nairobi, and 1 to 2 business days to every other county.
The rest of the Tugboat range
Dark, deep flavours are a small group here and worth comparing side by side. Not sure which flavour? The whole Tugboat T12000 range sits alongside Tugboat Evo Pro 15000, the tier above it in this catalogue, with refillable pod kits and nicotine salt e-liquids beside them, same-day Nairobi delivery, courier dispatch across Kenya.
Best for
- Depth rather than brightness
- An evening flavour
- Mild cooling
- Comfortable at 50mg
- The darkest flavour in the range
Specifications
- Category: Disposable Vapes
- Flavour profile: Mixed dark berries with grape undertones
- Cooling: Yes, mild
- Puff count: Up to 12,000 (manufacturer rating)
- E-liquid capacity: 24ml, pre-filled
- Nicotine strength: 50mg/ml (5%)
- Nicotine type: Nicotine salt
- Battery capacity: 600mAh
- Rechargeable: Yes
- Charging port: USB Type-C
- Coil type: Single mesh
- Coil resistance: 1.0Ω
- Power modes: Two, Normal and Power
- Display: Yes, battery level and e-liquid level
- Activation: Draw-activated, with a button for the power modes
- Airflow: Not published by the manufacturer
- Dimensions: Not published by the manufacturer
- Refillable: No, sealed device
- Manufacturer: Fuumy Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Guangdong, China. Designed in the USA, made in China (carton)
