JNR Gorilla X – Ripe Raspberry

JNR Gorilla X Raspberry Blackberry: what you receive

The device, a pod already primed with 2 ml of e-liquid, two 10 ml JNR bottles in the same flavour. The JNR Gorilla X Raspberry Blackberry demands no assembly, no settings, and no intermediate step between opening the box and taking the first draw.

The pod ships pre-primed, so the cotton has already absorbed. You skip the dry opening puffs that smell of warm cardboard and unfairly condemn a device from its first minute of service.

The rest is more structural: the coil lives in the pod, not in the body. When it wears out you change the cartridge and the battery stays. That is the whole difference between a consumable and a device.

The aromatic profile, plainly

Raspberry opens, tart and clean, in a version leaning towards fresh fruit rather than jelly. It sets the tone immediately: this will not be a sweet flavour that takes you by the hand.

Blackberry sits underneath, darker, denser, with that faintly earthy roundness that is its signature. It thickens the whole without slowing it down. The pairing works because the two fruits operate in different registers: one brings acidity, the other brings body.

No menthol, no added coolness. It is a deliberate choice that makes the flavour more tiring for some and more honest for others. If you want cold on a dark fruit base, the Iced Forest Fruits cover that ground.

The 43,000 puffs, decoded

The 43,000 puff figure describes the device's total potential across its working life, successive refills and pod replacement included. It is not what one tank holds, and nobody has ever argued otherwise with a straight face.

Practical translation: the 2 ml in place and the two 10 ml bottles supplied cover several weeks of regular use, more if you vape less. When the pod reaches the end of its life, you fit a new one and the counter restarts.

A pod that gets replaced, a battery that stays

On a standard rechargeable puff the coil is built into the body and its wear drags the device down with it. You throw away a perfectly functional battery because a piece of cotton gave up. The reasoning never stood up, it simply became habit.

Here you buy a replacement pod at 7.90 euros and carry on. One reference covers all twenty one flavours, so there is no compatibility to check before ordering.

Use and upkeep

Charging over USB-C, cable not supplied. The high resolution screen shows charge percentage continuously, letting you recharge before the outage rather than after it.

Top filling: you open, pour in a bottle, close. After a full fill, a minute's wait lets the cotton soak. The absolute rule that goes with it: never vape on an empty tank, dry firing burns the cotton permanently.

Store upright by preference, which limits liquid creeping into the airflow channel. Keep the bottles away from light and heat, otherwise the liquid darkens and the flavour degrades before anything else does.

What the Dual Mesh brings here

The Dual Mesh coil uses two meshes instead of one, widening the heating surface and making the temperature rise more even. On a flavour built in two layers like this one, where blackberry has to stay perceptible under raspberry, that is what stops the deeper note being crushed by the brighter one.

Nicotine salts: 20 mg

One concentration only, 20 mg per millilitre in nicotine salts. Salts travel more gently on the throat than freebase nicotine at equivalent strength, which is the reason for their presence on this format.

High strength aimed at people already settled into nicotine use. If you neither smoke nor vape, this product does not concern you. Adults only, not advised for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Where it sits in the range

Within the dark fruit family, the Forest Fruits widen the blend to more berries, and the Iced Forest Fruits add the cold. The Blueberry Raspberry swaps blackberry for blueberry and lands sweeter.

The Blueberry Blue Raspberry heads towards a confectionery register, and the Mixed Berries offers the assorted version. To leave the berries behind, the Iced Cherry changes direction entirely. Full catalogue in the rechargeable puffs category.

Frequently asked about this flavour

Is it a sweet flavour?

Less so than the average red fruit blend on the market. Raspberry brings clear acidity and blackberry a dark roundness rather than sugary softness. Coming from a confectionery flavour, the first contact can feel dry; that is usually exactly why it does not wear out its welcome.

Can the two supplied bottles be mixed with another liquid?

Nothing technically forbids it, but the result becomes unpredictable and you lose the balance the manufacturer worked on. If you want variety, keeping a second pod dedicated to another flavour is simpler.

Does it work for all day use?

Yes, and that is its home ground. The absence of coolness and the restrained sweetness avoid the saturation that arrives quickly with menthol or dessert flavours. This is the kind of reference you keep in rotation rather than reach for as an occasional treat.

Does the flavour change as the pod ages?

Slightly, yes. As the coil approaches the end of its life the darker note flattens first, which on this blend means the blackberry fades before the raspberry does. If the profile starts feeling thin, that is usually the signal rather than a problem with the liquid.

Technical specifications

1000 mAh battery, USB-C charging, cable not supplied. High resolution screen. Dual Mesh coil built into the replaceable pod. 15 ml pod delivered primed with 2 ml. Two 10 ml JNR bottles at 20 mg nicotine salts included. Up to 43,000 puffs. 23.90 euros. Shipped from France.