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Let us start with the part that stings, because that is always where things are decided: money. When you vape every day, the price tag of a device matters less than what it will have cost you a few months down the line. The JNR Gorilla X was designed by people who asked themselves the second question, and their answer fits in two words: replaceable pod.
Rated for up to 43,000 puffs over its lifetime, priced at €23.90 and available in 21 flavours, the Gorilla X 43000 rests on one simple idea: the part that wears out should be replaceable on its own. The rest of the device, battery and screen included, carries on.
The JNR Gorilla X replaceable pod: how it works
On the Gorilla X, the coil is not fixed to the body of the device: it is housed in the cartridge, the pod itself. As the puffs pile up, the coil is what tires first, as on any e-cigarette. The difference lies in what happens next: you take out the worn pod, fit a replacement pod, and the battery is off for another round.
Time for the maths, since that is why you came. The complete device costs €23.90, the pod €7.90. Replacing the part that wears out therefore costs a third of the device price, a €16 difference every single time. Over a year of daily vaping, with several pod changes along the way, the sum reads perfectly well without a calculator.
An honest footnote, because a calculation that cheats is worthless: a new device ships with two bottles of e-liquid, which this comparison leaves out. What is being compared here is the cost of the part that wears, not the contents of two different boxes. There is also a quieter advantage: there is only one pod reference, compatible with all 21 flavours. No compatibility chart to study, no risk of ordering the wrong one.
JNR Gorilla X 43K: technical specifications
For readers who enjoy spec sheets as much as spreadsheets: the Gorilla X packs a 1000 mAh battery charged over USB-C, cable not included. A high-resolution screen displays the charge as a percentage, with no blinking light to decipher. Heating is handled by a Dual Mesh Coil housed in the pod.
The 15 ml cartridge arrives pre-primed with 2 ml of liquid, and the box adds two JNR bottles of 10 ml matching the flavour you picked. Filling is done from the top. The whole range contains 20 mg nicotine salts.
43,000 puffs over the device's whole lifetime
A manufacturer's figure reads like the mileage in a car brochure: accurate on the test bench, optimistic on a motorway with a headwind. The 43,000 puffs quoted for the Gorilla X are no exception: a maximum, measured in ideal conditions.
More importantly, that total does not apply to a single pod. It covers the lifetime of the device, successive pods included. In other words, the battery carries the figure while the cartridges take turns. How many puffs per pod? That depends on your pace and the flavour you use, since the sweetest ones tend to wear a coil out faster.
Gorilla X or Falcon X: which range for which vaper?
JNR also makes a simpler range, the Falcon X, and the two are not rivals: they answer two different questions.
The Falcon X is for people who want a one-piece device, ready to go, with no parts to manage, at an entry price of €19.90. It even shares some flavours with its sibling, such as the Falcon X Fraise Kiwi or the Falcon X Cerise Glacée. The Gorilla X speaks to a different profile: someone who vapes daily, thinks in months rather than weeks, and finds it logical to renew only what wears out.
To settle it: if simplicity is what you are after, the Falcon X does the job perfectly. If you keep an eye on your spending and vaping is part of your daily routine, the Gorilla X was made with you in mind.
The 21 JNR Gorilla X flavours by family
Twenty-one flavours, spread across five families. The pod, meanwhile, stays the same for every one of them.
Cherry: five options
Cola Cerise reverses the usual order: cola leads, cherry follows and softens the edges. Cerise Framboise Bleue pairs a real fruit with a flavour that has never grown anywhere, blue raspberry, a pure confectioner's invention; the result leans openly towards slushies. Cerise Framboise Myrtille arranges its three fruits methodically, with raspberry refereeing between blueberry and cherry. Cerise Glacée puts ripe fruit up front and measures out its chill with restraint. As for Cerise Myrtille Cranberry, it owes its backbone to cranberry, whose dry sharpness keeps the sugar in check.
Strawberry: five options
Fraise Glacée respects the pecking order: ripe strawberry first, cold afterwards, never the other way round. Fraise Kiwi relies on the kiwi's slightly green tang to liven up the exhale. Fraise Myrtille Framboise brings three red fruits together in the same puff, for people who cannot make up their minds. Fraise Pastèque Glacée is the summer trio par excellence, balanced to the point where you can no longer tell which of the three is leading. Finally, Énergie Fraise pairs strawberry with the flavour profile of an energy drink. Worth spelling out: energy describes a taste here, not an effect.
Berries and forest fruits: six options
Mixed Berries blends four berries and ends on a tart note. Framboise Mûre does without any chill at all: crisp raspberry on the attack, darker blackberry underneath. Fruits des Bois offers the most classic berry mix, with no added coolness, while Fruits des Bois Glacés adds a chill for people who vape for long stretches. Watch out for the near-namesakes: Myrtille Framboise Bleue uses the confectioner's blue raspberry and aims squarely at sweet, whereas Myrtille Framboise sticks to a real raspberry, tarter and far less sugary.
Cool and mint: three options
Menthe Fraîche is the only flavour in the entire range without a trace of fruit, for those who feel fruit is fine, just not from morning to night. Pastèque Glacée plays the fresh-fruit card rather than the candy one, with a chill that draws it out. Pêche Glacée pairs a soft peach with a clean, sharp chill, a combination rarer than you might think.
Exotic: two options
Agrumes Fruits de la Passion leaves red-fruit territory behind for a tart profile, less sweet than average, with a touch of bitterness at the end of the puff. Fruit du Dragon Noir Glacé serves a discreet, floral fruit, lifted by the cold. Nobody really knows what dragon fruit is supposed to taste like, which at least spares it any unflattering comparison.
Choosing your Gorilla X flavour
On the Gorilla X, a new pod is also a chance to try another flavour. Because the Gorilla X pod is identical across all 21 references, you can move from one taste to the next with every renewal, without mixing flavours in the same cartridge.
Beyond that, two questions will do. Do you like it cold? Eight of the twenty-one flavours play on coolness, mint included; the other thirteen let the fruit speak for itself. Fruit or confectionery? The two blue raspberry flavours in the range are unapologetic candy profiles, whereas Framboise Mûre or Fruits des Bois stay firmly on the fruit side.
The last criterion is the most accountant-friendly: the sweetest flavours have a reputation for tiring a coil more quickly. On the Gorilla X, the consequence is counted in pods, and therefore in euros. Nothing dramatic, but if you vape a lot, a less sugary flavour will space out your renewals a little.
The Gorilla X day to day
Day to day, the Gorilla X asks very little of you. It charges over USB-C, using the cable you already own, since none is supplied. The screen tells you where the battery stands, and the cartridge fills from the top.
One habit worth adopting: after filling a new pod, give it a few minutes to soak before the first puff. A dry hit is unforgiving, and one is enough to remember it for a long time. The rest is routine: charge when the percentage drops, and refill before the cartridge runs dry.
JNR Gorilla X FAQ
What is a replaceable pod puff?
It is a rechargeable e-cigarette whose coil is built into a removable cartridge, the pod. When the coil wears out, you replace only the cartridge and hold on to the battery. The Gorilla X works on exactly this principle.
Does the Gorilla X pod work with every flavour?
Yes. A single pod reference, sold at €7.90, fits all 21 flavours in the range, so there is nothing to double-check when you order.
How many puffs does a Gorilla X pod last?
The 43,000 puffs quoted cover the lifetime of the device, successive pods included, not one single cartridge. How long a pod lasts varies with your vaping pace and the flavour you use.
How do you know when to change the pod?
A flavour losing its edge, or a burnt taste that lingers even though the cartridge is full: these are the two classic signs of a worn coil. A fresh pod solves the problem without touching the rest of the device.
What nicotine strength is the JNR Gorilla X?
Every flavour comes in 20 mg nicotine salts. That high strength is aimed at adults who already use nicotine and nobody else; women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not use it.
JNR Gorilla X review: the bottom line
The Gorilla X does not sell you a dream, it sells you logic, which is rarer and far less disappointing. Its replaceable pod genuinely changes the equation for daily vapers, its 21 flavours cover just about every taste, and its screen spares you nasty surprises. On the downside, the cable is not included and, as with any rechargeable puff, you will need e-liquid once the bottles in the box run out.
If you are the kind of person who thinks long term, this is the device that fits you. Just keep a spare pod in a drawer: the day the coil gives up the ghost, you will be the only one at the party not hunting for a corner shop still open at 11pm. And to compare it with the rest of the catalogue, all our rechargeable puffs are gathered in one place.
