Flavour profile
Described as a balanced mix of strawberry, blueberry and raspberry with a light icy finish, offering sweetness, freshness and smooth vapour production.
The three berries do different jobs. Strawberry supplies the sweetness and the recognisable top note; blueberry supplies depth and a little tartness; raspberry supplies sharpness on the finish. Blended, they read as a general berry rather than as three identifiable fruits, which is the point of a mixed-berry flavour and why picking out individual components is difficult.
Device and performance
A layered blend is the type of flavour most affected by a tiring coil. As the coil ages, the subtler components fade first, so a three-berry mix tends to collapse towards its sweetest note, usually the strawberry. If it starts reading as a plain strawberry, that is the coil rather than the blend.
Who it suits
Berry vapers who find single-fruit flavours monotonous. The light cooling keeps it refreshing without turning it into a menthol flavour.
Also a reasonable choice for sharing, since mixed berry is one of the least polarising profiles in vaping.
Nicotine and strength
One strength: 50mg/ml, 5%, nicotine salt. Berry sweetness masks the nicotine well, and the cooling is described as light, so this is one of the more comfortable 50mg options in the range.
Charging
USB Type-C. Several charges across the device's life are expected, since 600mAh will not carry 24ml on its own.
Practical notes
If the flavour starts tasting scorched, stop and let the device rest for a few minutes rather than chain-pulling through it. A hot coil on a nearly dry wick is what produces a burnt taste, and giving the wick time to re-saturate usually recovers it. Persistent burning with liquid still showing means the coil has gone, and on a sealed device that is the end of it.
How it compares in the range
The only three-fruit berry blend here. Blueberry Ice Tugboat T12000 isolates one of its components; Red Mamba Ice Tugboat T12000 is the other mixed-berry option but leans candy-sweet, whereas this leans fresh.
Buying and delivery
The blend to buy if you are ordering two and want one that nobody will object to. Order from Vapesoko Nairobi for same-day delivery in Nairobi and nearby towns, with 1 to 2 business days to the rest of Kenya.
The rest of the Tugboat range
If a blend suits you better than a single fruit, most of this range is built that way. Everything Tugboat in one place: the Tugboat T12000 range and Tugboat Evo Pro 15000, plus the refillable pod kits and nicotine salt e-liquids most people move to eventually, same-day Nairobi delivery, nationwide across Kenya.
Best for
- Mixed berry rather than a single fruit
- Light cooling
- A widely liked profile
- Comfortable at 50mg
- Three berries in one device
Specifications
- Category: Disposable Vapes
- Flavour profile: Strawberry, blueberry and raspberry with a light ice finish
- Cooling: Yes, light
- 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)
