Flavour profile
Described as ripe mango sweetness paired with tangy passion fruit, delivering a vibrant tropical flavour with a smooth, refreshing finish: sweet ripe mango dominating, with a subtle citrus tang from the passion fruit and a smooth throat hit. It is also described as sharper and more tart than the melon pairing, resetting the palate puff to puff.
Passion fruit is one of the few tropical fruits with real acidity, which is exactly why it works against mango. Mango coats; passion fruit cuts. That is the whole design of the blend, and it is what makes this the more sessionable of the two uncooled mango options here.
Device and performance
Acidic fruits sharpen rather than fade when a coil runs hot, so Normal mode is the better setting if you want the tang to stay pleasant across the tank. The passion fruit is the half that changes character with heat; the mango barely moves.
Who it suits
Tropical fruit vapers who find mango on its own too heavy but do not want menthol. The tartness does the job cooling would otherwise do.
A strong all-day option for the same reason. A palate-resetting flavour lasts better over hours than a purely sweet one.
Nicotine and strength
One strength: 50mg/ml, 5%, nicotine salt. The passion fruit acidity adds a little throat hit on top of the nicotine, so this is firmer than the sweeter mango blends here, though the throat hit is generally described as smooth.
Charging
USB Type-C, using whatever phone charger you already own. Recharging repeatedly across 24ml is the design, not a fault.
Practical notes
On draw style: a device like this is used mouth-to-lung (MTL, the same way you would draw on a cigarette) into the mouth first, then inhale. Pulling it straight to the lungs at 50mg will be unpleasant. If you are switching from cigarettes, the familiar action is the right one.
How it compares in the range
One of six mango flavours and the tart one. Mango Melon Tugboat T12000 is the smooth alternative, and Mango Ice Tugboat T12000 the cooled one.
The only passion fruit here. If tartness is the appeal, Cranberry Grape Tugboat T12000 is the sharpest flavour in the collection.
Buying and delivery
The most sessionable mango here, and the one to buy if a device has to last you a working day. Vapesoko Nairobi delivers same-day inside Nairobi and to the towns around it on an early dispatch, and reaches the rest of Kenya in 1 to 2 business days.
The rest of the Tugboat range
Tart tropical is a small corner of this range and worth knowing your way around. Trying the wider range? Browse the full Tugboat T12000 range, step up to Tugboat Evo Pro 15000, or move to a refillable pod kit with nicotine salt e-liquids, all with same-day delivery across Nairobi and nationwide shipping throughout Kenya.
Best for
- Tropical fruit with tartness
- All-day vaping
- No menthol
- Normal mode over Power mode
- The only passion fruit here
Specifications
- Category: Disposable Vapes
- Flavour profile: Sweet mango with tangy passion fruit
- Cooling: No
- 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)
