JNR Gorilla X Blueberry Blue Raspberry: pack contents
The JNR Gorilla X Blueberry Blue Raspberry ships with the device, a pre-primed 2 ml pod and two 10 ml JNR bottles in the same flavour. No assembly, no settings, no preparatory handling.
Pre-priming ensures the cotton absorbed liquid before dispatch. Without it the opening puffs run dry and deliver a warm cardboard taste that distorts any assessment of the product from its first minute of service.
Decisive architectural point: the coil is built into the pod, not the body of the device. The consequence is economic and gets its own section below.
Clearing up blue raspberry
A precision that heads off misunderstandings: blue raspberry is not a fruit. It names an aromatic profile born in American confectionery, built to accompany a blue colouring, and it has never had a botanical equivalent. The taste is that of the sweet, not of a berry.
That is not a flaw, it is a category in its own right. But if you were expecting a fresh raspberry you will be surprised: the result is markedly sweeter and rounder than a standard raspberry, and deliberately distant from the fruit.
Aromatic profile
Blue raspberry opens, sweet and enveloping, with that immediately identifiable confectionery character. It fills the puff without aggression and without the acidity a real raspberry would bring.
Blueberry steps in as support and provides the depth that would otherwise be missing. Its faintly earthy side counterweights the sugar and stops the whole going flat. It is blueberry that makes the reference sustainable over several days rather than the length of a curiosity.
No added coolness. For a fruitier, less sweet reading of the same pairing, the Blueberry Raspberry swaps blue raspberry for the real one.
Dual Mesh Coil: the benefit on a sweet flavour
The Dual Mesh coil employs two meshes: wider heating surface, more even temperature, denser vapour at equal power. On a sweet flavour that evenness has a useful side effect. Liquids rich in sweet aromas foul the cotton faster, and uneven heating accelerates the process by creating localised hot spots. Uniform distribution limits that premature ageing.
Autonomy: breaking down the 43,000 puffs
The 43,000 puffs quoted correspond to the device's total potential across its working life, successive refills and pod replacement included. It is not the yield of a single tank.
Calculation base: 2 ml pre-filled, plus two 10 ml bottles supplied. Regular use covers several weeks, spaced out use several months. The worn pod is then replaced and the cycle restarts.
Pod architecture: practical consequences
On a device with the coil built into the body, cotton wear condemns the whole unit. A functional lithium battery is thrown away because a consumable reached its limit. Commercial convention, never technical necessity.
The Gorilla X separates the two. A replacement pod at 7.90 euros restores a device to new. Single reference for all twenty one flavours, no compatibility check.
Filling, charging, maintenance
Charging over USB-C, cable not supplied. The high resolution screen shows remaining percentage, usable data where an indicator light only warns at the last moment.
Top filling: open, pour, close. Allow a minute after a full fill before drawing. The system's single constraint: never vape on an empty tank, since dry firing degrades the cotton irreversibly.
Upright storage recommended to limit liquid creeping into the airflow channel. Keep bottles away from light and heat, as prolonged exposure alters the flavour before any other effect.
Nicotine salt concentration
Single concentration, 20 mg per millilitre in nicotine salts. Faster absorption and a gentler throat impact than freebase nicotine at identical strength, hence their systematic use on this device format.
High strength, intended for users already settled into nicotine use. Of no relevance to non-smokers and non-vapers. Adults only, not advised for pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Positioning in the range
The Blueberry Raspberry offers the fruit version of the same pairing. The Raspberry Blackberry drops into darker and markedly less sweet fruit.
The Forest Fruits and the Mixed Berries widen to several berries. In the same confectionery register but on a cherry base, the Cherry Blue Raspberry covers neighbouring ground. Full catalogue in the rechargeable puffs category.
Frequent technical questions
Does this flavour foul the pod faster?
Sweet liquids generally mark the cotton faster than tart profiles. The gap stays moderate under normal use, but it exists. If you alternate, keep the older pod for this flavour rather than the other way round.
Can it be recommended to someone who dislikes sweetness?
No, and it is better said plainly. This is an unapologetically confectionery reference. A tart profile such as the Cherry Blueberry Cranberry will suit considerably better.
Does the taste change between the start and end of a fill?
Slightly. Over the last few millilitres, aromatic residue concentrates in the cotton and the result becomes a little denser. That is normal and harmless, provided the tank never runs to dry.
Is it like the blue liquids from other brands?
Same register, different formulation. Blue raspberry aromas vary widely between manufacturers, from a very candied reading to a sharper one. This sits somewhere in the middle, with blueberry bringing a depth you will not find on the simplest versions.
Technical sheet
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.