Flavour profile
Start with the part the listings leave out: blue razz is a manufactured flavour, not a fruit you can buy. It dates back to 1958, when it appeared as a snow-cone syrup in the United States, and it spread through slush drinks and ice lollies from the early 1970s. It is built from esters that belong to pineapple, banana and cherry, and the blue is a dye. A Pacific Northwest bramble is sometimes nicknamed the blue raspberry, but nothing on record connects the plant to the flavour. What you taste is sweet-tart confectionery.
On this device it comes with a cold finish written in, generally described as frosty, icy or minty on the exhale. Expect bright, sweet, sharp and cold, in that order.
The three dials on a sweet-shop flavour
Icy, sour and sweet are all adjustable, and a sweet-tart confection is the profile most transformed by them. Push the sour, and you have something close to a sour blue sweet; drop the icy, and the sweetness comes forward warm, which is not how anybody normally meets this flavour.
One of only two Trio names ELFBAR sell in both regions
ELFBAR run a European Trio range with an almost completely different flavour list: Peach Twist, Sakura Grape, Sour Apple Ice and so on. Two names appear on both lists, and the Middle East slates behind this shelf: this one, and the watermelon on the Sweet side. Everything else in the twenty is regional. That makes blue razz about as close to a flagship as this device has, and it is a useful thing to know before assuming a flavour you liked abroad will be here.
The same name on the Ice King 30000
The identical name appears one shelf over on Blue Razz Ice ELFBAR Ice King Disposable Vape 30000 Puffs. Nothing published states whether the liquid is the same, and the devices are not. That one has cooling levels and no sour or sweet control at all.
What ELFBAR publishes about the Trio
ELFBAR publish no coil, and the gap is worth naming because confident figures circulate anyway. Some say four mesh coils, some say three, and the three may simply be back-formed from the word Trio. No resistance figure is published anywhere. Nothing about the coil appears in the table below.
Practical notes
A confectionery flavour is the easiest thing on this shelf to buy by mistake in Kenya, where blue raspberry sweets are not the childhood reference they are in America. If you have never had one, think of a blue slush drink; nothing on a market stall will help you here.
Where it sits in the range
Two flavours on the Sour slate are sweets, and Watermelon Bubblegum ELFBAR Trio Sour Disposable Vape 40000 Puffs is the warmer of the pair. For a real berry instead of a sweet-shop one, Mix Berry ELFBAR Trio Sour Disposable Vape 40000 Puffs is the nearest thing here. See all twenty in the ELFBAR Trio 40000 range.
Buying considerations
For anyone who wants a sweet, not a fruit, and wants to decide how sharp it gets. Same day inside Nairobi and the towns bordering it from Vapesoko Nairobi, and 1 to 2 business days by courier for everywhere else in Kenya.
Best for
- A confectionery flavour, not a berry
- Cold written into the liquid already
- The sour dial pushes it towards a sour sweet
- One of only two Trio names sold in both regions
- Closer to a blue slush than to fruit
Specifications
- Category: Disposable Vapes
- Flavour family: Confectionery
- Cooling in the liquid: Yes, named in the flavour
- Base character: Sweet-tart confectionery, frosty on the exhale
- Same name elsewhere on the shelf: Yes, the Ice King 30000
- Suggested dial settings (our recommendation): Icy in the middle, sour low; the liquid is already sweet-tart
- Puff rating: Up to 40,000 (manufacturer rating)
- Nicotine strength: 50mg/ml (5%) nicotine salt, as declared on the carton
- Who it is for: Adult smokers and vapers, 18+. Not suitable for non-smokers.
- Rechargeable: Yes, via USB Type-C
- Battery capacity: 1000mAh (carton)
- Dimensions: 106.3 × 28.2 × 51.2 mm (carton)
- Turbo mode: Yes, marked on the device. ELFBAR publish no rating for it
- Ingredients: Vegetable glycerin, propylene glycol, natural and artificial flavours, nicotine
- Once opened: ELFBAR advise using the device within 15 days
- Adjustable dials: Three, at three levels each: sour, icy and sweet. This is the Sour edition
- Refillable: No, sealed device
- Figures ELFBAR do not publish: E-liquid capacity, coil type and resistance, charging time, charging input rating, weight, wattage, airflow adjustment, what the Turbo mode is rated at, and any description of any of the twenty flavours. Retailers widely list 20ml of liquid, but no ELFBAR source states a number.
- Display: A smart screen with a puff counter, per ELFBAR’s European storefront; absent from their global site
- Brand: ELFBAR
- Range: Trio 40000
- Sold as: A sealed international-market disposable. The format is not permitted for retail in the UK or the EU
