Flavour profile
Described as juicy watermelon on the inhale with a sharp, icy menthol exhale, and sweet watermelon with a cooling menthol finish.
Lush Ice is worth explaining because the name is used across the whole industry rather than being a Tugboat invention. It always means the same thing: watermelon with menthol. The reason it is everywhere is that watermelon is mostly water and sugar with very little acidity, so a menthol layer gives it the definition it otherwise lacks. Tugboat version follows the standard recipe instead of reinterpreting it.
Device and performance
A light fruit with menthol is among the easier combinations on a coil, with less sweetener than a candy flavour, so the flavour tends to hold across the full tank. That matters more on a 24ml device than on a small one, because you are asking a single coil to last three times as long as a typical disposable does.
Who it suits
Warm-weather vaping, which in most of Kenya is the whole year. It is the most widely recognised disposable flavour in the world and the safest choice if you are buying for someone else.
Also a sensible first Tugboat: nothing about it is unusual, and if you do not like it, you probably do not like iced fruit. Draw it mouth-to-lung (MTL), the way you would a cigarette, into the mouth first, then inhale. At 50mg, a straight-to-lung pull is unpleasant, and that catches out people arriving from a sub-ohm setup.
Nicotine and strength
One strength: 50mg/ml, 5%, as nicotine salt. The watermelon’s sugar hides the nicotine fairly effectively, even if menthol then puts some bite back in.
Charging
USB Type-C. The 600mAh battery will not run 24ml on a single charge, so recharging through the device life is normal rather than a fault.
Practical notes
On value, plainly: 24ml at 50mg is a lot of nicotine in one sealed unit, and once it is finished, the whole device goes. If you are getting through one regularly, a UWELL Caliburn A3 with Ultimate Salts 30ml or Nasty Salts 30ml gives you the same strength with your own choice of flavour, in a device you keep. The disposable is paying for convenience, and that is a fair trade only if convenience is what you actually want.
How it compares in the range
Watermelon appears four times across the 27 flavours here. This is the iced version; Strawberry Watermelon Tugboat T12000 pairs it with berry and no cooling, Watermelon Bubblegum Tugboat T12000 treats it as a sweet, and Mango Peach Watermelon Tugboat T12000 folds it into a tropical blend.
If you like this and want it refillable, watermelon and ice is one of the most common profiles across our nicotine salt e-liquids at lower strengths.
Buying and delivery
If you are buying a first Tugboat, or buying for someone whose taste you do not know, this is the low-risk pick. Nairobi addresses see it the same day from Vapesoko Nairobi, nearby towns on an early dispatch, and the rest of Kenya in 1 to 2 business days.
The rest of the Tugboat range
Lush Ice is where most people start with Tugboat. Where you go next is the interesting part. Working out what suits you? Compare across the Tugboat T12000 range and the other puff tiers, or weigh a refillable pod kit against it with nicotine salt e-liquids to match. Same-day delivery inside Nairobi and nationwide shipping to the rest of Kenya.
Best for
- Hot weather
- A first Tugboat
- Buying for someone else
- Good flavour life across 24ml
- The most widely recognised disposable flavour there is
Specifications
- Category: Disposable Vapes
- Flavour profile: Sweet watermelon with a menthol exhale
- Cooling: Yes
- 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)
