Banana Mango (Gold Edition) Bar Series 100ml Shortfill E-Liquid

Overview

The Banana Mango (Gold Edition) Bar Series 100ml Shortfill E-Liquid by Bar Series in Banana Mango (Gold Edition) at 0mg. Free UK delivery over £20, same-day dispatch on weekday orders before 4pm.

Bar Series Banana Mango Gold Edition in brief

Bar Series 100ml Shortfill E-Liquid Banana Mango (Gold Edition) is a nicotine-free fruit e-liquid supplied in a 100ml bottle at £11.99. It is a shortfill, which means the liquid inside is flavoured, set at 0mg, and ready to use in refillable hardware as it comes. Any nicotine is an optional extra that you add yourself. That makes the bottle suitable for refillable tanks, sub-ohm kits and refillable pods, and unsuitable for sealed disposables or prefilled pods, which have no way of taking a refill from a bottle.

The flavour is banana and mango, a pairing that sits comfortably in the sweet, tropical corner of the fruit range. Bar Series built its name on bright fruit combinations that people already knew from disposable bars, and this bottle carries the same thinking into a format designed for refilling at home. Our Bar Series collection lists 59 products, spanning 10ml nic salts, Kika prefilled pod kits and a long run of 100ml bottles, so there is plenty to explore if you decide to rotate flavours later.

Who is it for? Mainly adults who already own a refillable device and want a large, economical bottle of a fruit flavour, or who prefer to set their own nicotine level rather than accept whatever a ready-made bottle offers. The short version is that a 100ml shortfill is the high-volume, low-cost route. The price per millilitre is far lower than in small bottles, and the trade-off is a little more effort at the start if you want nicotine, because choosing a strength means mixing it yourself.

The rest of this page covers the format, the flavour, the numbers, the device requirements, mixing, troubleshooting, storage and delivery, in that order, so you can judge whether the bottle fits what you already own. If you want to compare before you buy, the wider shortfill e-liquids collection has every brand in one place. Everything we sell is strictly for adults aged 18+.

What a 100ml shortfill actually is

Shortfill is a UK answer to a UK rule. Under the Tobacco Products Directive regulations, e-liquid containing nicotine has to be sold in bottles of no more than 10ml, at no more than 20mg per millilitre. A bottle with no nicotine in it is not caught by that size limit, so brands can sell flavoured liquid in far bigger volumes. The 100ml bottle on this page is the result: a large helping of Banana Mango flavour at 0mg, for people who would rather buy volume than juggle ten small bottles.

The word short refers to empty space. A 100ml shortfill is normally supplied in a bottle larger than the liquid it holds, which leaves room for one or two 10ml nicotine shots. Add them, shake the bottle, and you have a mixed batch at a strength of your choosing. Check the bottle you receive for the actual headroom and the instructions printed on the label, and never force more into it than it was designed to take.

Nothing about the format changes how the liquid behaves in your device. Banana Mango Gold Edition is ordinary e-liquid made of a base and flavouring, and the practical differences from a 10ml bottle are volume, price per millilitre and the fact that nicotine becomes a separate decision. If you vape nicotine-free anyway, the bottle is ready as supplied and there is nothing to add. Our nicotine-free e-liquids page gathers the whole 0mg category, from fruit to dessert to menthol, if you want to compare options.

Keeping strength and flavour apart also makes shortfills handy for trying things out. Buy a bottle, taste it at 0mg, and only then decide whether shots are worth adding. Some people settle on a light strength after a few days, others stay at zero, and the format accommodates both without another purchase of the flavour itself.

One firm limit applies. A shortfill is only for devices you refill yourself. Sealed disposables and prefilled pods cannot take a bottle, so if your hardware is a closed system, you would be looking at a prefilled alternative rather than this.

Banana and mango: what to expect on the inhale

Tasting notes are personal, and a written description can only point in a direction, so treat what follows as a guide rather than a promise. Banana mango is a familiar pairing in fruit e-liquid, and the broad character tends to be consistent across brands: banana contributes a rounded, slightly creamy sweetness, while mango brings the brighter, juicier tropical top note. Together they usually land closer to a fruit smoothie than to a sharp, tangy sweet.

On the inhale, expect the mango to announce itself first, because bright fruit notes tend to register quickly. The banana then fills in behind it, giving the vapour a softer middle and a lingering, candy-like finish on the exhale. The name carries no ice or menthol wording, so do not expect a deliberate cooling hit. If you want a chilled edge on a mango flavour, the same range has a Mango Ice bottle at the same price, which would be the better match.

Sweetness is the defining feature. This is not a dry or subtle profile, and people who prefer sharper, more acidic fruit such as lemon, lime or sour berries may find it rounder and softer than they like. Those who enjoy dessert-leaning or tropical flavours generally find banana mango easy to live with across a whole bottle, which matters when you are buying 100ml of a single flavour.

Power and airflow alter how any flavour presents. At lower wattage, fruit liquids tend to taste warmer and softer, with the banana more apparent. At higher wattage the vapour turns cooler and larger, and the fruit notes sharpen. These are general behaviours of fruit liquids rather than measured properties of this specific bottle, so adjust in small steps and trust your own palate.

Because the bottle is large, it pays to be sure you enjoy sweet, creamy fruit before committing. Flavour fatigue is a real thing with any single liquid over several weeks, and many people keep a second, sharper bottle alongside for variety. That is not a criticism of this flavour, just a practical habit that makes a large bottle easier to finish.

Where the Gold Edition label sits in the range

Bar Series is not a one-product brand. Across the range we stock you will find 10ml nic salt bottles, Kika prefilled pod kits and replacement pods, Gold Edition nic salt packs of ten, and a large selection of 100ml shortfills at £11.99. The shortfills are the biggest group, with 36 of them listed in our shortfill collection alone.

Gold Edition is the name given to one slice of that lineup. On the 100ml side there are ten Gold Edition flavours: Apple Watermelon, Banana Mango, Berry Blast, Blueberry Kiwi, Fizzy White Grape, Grape Raspberry, Honeydew Melon, Lime Raspberry Cherry, Pineapple Peach Watermelon and Strawberry Lime. They sit at exactly the same £11.99 as the standard flavours, so choosing between them is purely about taste rather than budget.

Banana Mango also exists in the Gold Edition nic salt format, as a pack of ten 10ml bottles at £19.99 in 10mg and 20mg strengths. That is useful if you ever want the same flavour in a low-power pod device. Nic salts are a different formulation, made for small devices and a smoother nicotine delivery at higher strengths, so high-strength salts are not meant for a high-power sub-ohm tank, and a shortfill will not behave like a salt in a pod kit built around them. Our nicotine salt e-liquids collection explains the category in more detail and shows what else is on offer.

The standard, non-Gold 100ml bottles include Mango Ice, Watermelon Ice, Cola Ice, Cherry Fizz, Grape, Spearmint and Sweet Strawberry, among others. If you like this bottle and want variety, picking another flavour from the same family keeps everything familiar: the same bottle design, the same headroom, the same mixing routine and the same price.

Where the brand does not publish technical detail, we do not invent any. What we can confirm is price, volume, strength and flavour, and those are covered on this page. We make no claims about how Gold Edition recipes differ from the standard ones beyond what the label itself says.

The numbers: volume, strength and cost per millilitre

Specifications come first, because they are short.

• Product: Bar Series 100ml Shortfill E-Liquid Banana Mango (Gold Edition)
• Format: shortfill e-liquid bottle
• Volume: 100ml of e-liquid
• Nicotine strength: 0mg as supplied
• Flavour: banana and mango
• Price: £11.99

We have not listed a VG to PG ratio, because we would rather you read it from the label on the bottle in front of you than take a figure from a web page. It matters for wicking and vapour density, so check it before you pair the liquid with a coil.

Cost per millilitre is where the format earns its place. At £11.99 for 100ml, the flavoured liquid works out at just under 12p per millilitre. For comparison, bottles in our 5 for £10 e-liquids deal come to £2 each, which is 20p per millilitre, so ten of those would cost £20 for the same volume. Those are nic salts, a different product at a different strength, so the comparison is about volume pricing rather than a like-for-like swap. Nicotine shots, if you want them, are priced separately on top.

The mixing sums are simple. Taking a typical 18mg shot as the example, two 10ml shots add 360mg of nicotine to a finished bottle of about 120ml, which comes to roughly 3mg per millilitre. A single shot in about 110ml gives roughly 1.6mg. These figures assume the full 100ml of liquid plus the shots and nothing else, so check the strength printed on the shots you buy.

As for how long 100ml lasts, very roughly, a light user on a low-power device might get through 1 to 2ml a day, which stretches a bottle across weeks. Heavier sub-ohm use at 4ml a day or more finishes it in under a month. Treat those as ballpark figures, since your own habit, wattage and coil condition decide the real number.

Which devices and coils suit this bottle

The question to settle before buying is what you intend to fill. A shortfill is made for refillable hardware, and the options split into two broad camps. Sub-ohm tanks, with low-resistance coils and wide airflow, are the traditional home of 100ml bottles, because they use a lot of liquid and reward a large, inexpensive supply. Refillable pod devices are the second camp, and they use liquid far more slowly.

Many shortfills lean towards a high proportion of VG, which makes for thicker liquid and denser vapour. Whether yours does is printed on the bottle label, and it is worth reading, because thick liquid needs coils with generous wicking holes while a thinner, more PG-heavy liquid suits smaller coils and tighter draws. Match the coil to the liquid and you avoid most of the problems covered later on this page.

If you are shopping for hardware at the same time, our vape kits range includes refillable starter sets that handle a bottle like this without fuss. Anyone leaning towards a slimmer device should look at refillable vape pods, which accept liquid from a bottle and suit low-power vaping. Do check the pod or coil specification first, since some small coils struggle with very thick liquid.

One structural detail catches newcomers out. In the UK, tanks are limited to 2ml of capacity, so a 100ml bottle is never poured in one go. You will refill the tank many times from the bottle, which is exactly what the large format is designed for, but it does mean keeping the bottle to hand and the cap clean. A narrow-tip bottle, or a small decanter with a precision nozzle, makes filling less messy.

Finally, pay attention to the power range printed on the coil. Start near the bottom of that range with a fruit liquid like this one, taste it, and move up in small steps. Sweet liquids can taste harsh and scorched when pushed too hard, and the bottle is too large to waste on a bad first impression.

Mixing and filling, step by step

Wash your hands, clear a clean surface and read the label on the bottle before you start. If you are keeping the liquid at 0mg, skip straight to the filling steps, because nothing needs adding. If you want nicotine, work through the full list below in order.

• Settle the bottle. Give it a gentle shake and let any bubbles rise, so you can see the true liquid level.
• Open it. Remove the cap and, where the bottle has one, the nozzle or tip. Different bottles open differently, so follow the instructions printed on yours.
• Add the shots. Squeeze the contents of the nicotine shot or shots into the bottle slowly, stopping if the level approaches the neck. Do not exceed the headroom the bottle provides.
• Close and shake. Refit the nozzle and cap firmly, then shake for around thirty seconds so the nicotine mixes evenly through the liquid.
• Rest it if you like. Some people leave a freshly mixed bottle for a few hours or overnight. This is optional and largely habit, but it does no harm.
• Fill the tank. Stop below the maximum line, avoid covering the central airflow tube, and wipe away any spills before closing the tank.
• Prime the coil. Wait five to ten minutes before the first puff, so the cotton can soak up the liquid properly. Vaping a dry coil is the quickest way to ruin it.

A few housekeeping habits are worth building from the start. Write the date and the strength on the bottle with a marker once nicotine has been added, because a mixed bottle looks identical to an unmixed one. Wipe the bottle neck after each fill so the thread does not turn sticky. Keep shots and mixed bottles somewhere children and pets cannot reach them, and wash your hands if any liquid touches your skin.

If anything about the bottle design is unclear, read the printed instructions on the label first. Bottle necks, nozzles and caps differ from one batch to another, and the label is always the final word on how a particular bottle is meant to be opened and resealed.

Choosing a nicotine strength with a shortfill

Strength is the decision a shortfill hands back to you. Zero is a perfectly legitimate choice, since banana mango is a flavour-led liquid and plenty of people vape nicotine-free out of habit or for the taste alone. If you do want nicotine, shots give you a short ladder to climb. Using typical 18mg shots, one shot gives roughly 1.6mg per millilitre and two shots give about 3mg in the finished bottle.

Those figures sit at the low end of the scale for a reason. A shortfill is a high-volume liquid for devices that produce big, warm vapour, and large puffs deliver more per draw than the tight, cool puffs of a small pod. Smaller pod devices are the reason nic salts exist, because the salt form is smoother at the 10mg and 20mg strengths those devices use. That is a separate product from this bottle, and not one you should try to recreate by loading a shortfill with several shots.

If you are unsure, take the conservative route. Mix one shot first, use the bottle for a few days, and see how it feels before deciding whether the next bottle should get two. Two shots use up the full headroom in a typical bottle, and once they are in you cannot go back down without buying more nicotine-free liquid to dilute it. Starting low is almost always the cheaper mistake to make.

Feel also changes with strength. At 0mg the vapour is smooth with no throat hit at all, which some people love and others find slightly hollow. A little nicotine adds a mild scratch at the back of the throat. If the hit feels harsh, that is the strength talking, not the flavour, and the fix is to dilute or move down a step.

One firm note. Nicotine is addictive, and nicotine products are not suitable for non-smokers, under-18s, or anyone pregnant or breastfeeding. If you do not currently use nicotine, you have no need to start, and the bottle as supplied contains none. For those who do use it, this is simply a way to set the level that suits your device and your habit, nothing more.

Why flavour fades and what to do about it

Why does a bottle that tasted bright on day one seem flat by day ten? Most of the time the liquid is fine and the coil is the culprit. Sweet, fruity e-liquids like banana mango tend to leave residue on the coil as they vaporise, and once that film builds up, flavour dulls and the vapour can turn slightly burnt. With regular use a coil often needs replacing every week or two, though this varies with power, airflow and how sweet the liquid is. Fresh replacement coils are the first thing to try before blaming the bottle.

Use the list below as a quick diagnostic.

• Burnt or scorched taste: the coil may be dry, the tank may be nearly empty, the wattage may be too high, or you may be taking long back-to-back puffs. Refill, prime the coil and reduce the power.
• Flat flavour on a fresh coil: your palate may simply be tired of the flavour. Switch to something different for a day, such as a menthol or a tobacco profile, and come back to it.
• Gurgling or spitting: the coil is flooded. Turn the device off, wipe the drip tip, and try a more open airflow or a lower fill level.
• Leaking from the tank: usually overfilling, a loose seal or a change in air pressure. Fill to below the line, tighten the base and carry the tank upright.
• Liquid not wicking: thick liquid in a coil with small wicking holes. Check the VG ratio on the bottle against the coil specification.

If problems continue after a coil change, rinse the tank in warm water, dry it completely and refill. Residue left in the tank can affect a new coil from the first puff. A clean, dry tank and a freshly primed coil resolve most flavour complaints about a liquid that is perfectly good in the bottle.

Storing a large bottle sensibly

A 100ml bottle will often last a month or more, so how you store it matters. Heat, light and air are the three things that age e-liquid quickest. Keep the bottle somewhere cool and dark, such as a drawer or cupboard, away from windowsills, radiators and cars parked in the sun. Store it upright with the cap pushed on firmly, and wipe the neck after use so the thread does not seal itself shut.

Every bottle should carry a best before date, and that date is the reference to follow. As e-liquid ages it can darken, which is a normal change particularly once nicotine has been added, and darkening alone is not a reason to throw it away. A sharp, off or sour smell is a different matter, and a bottle that smells wrong should not be used.

Mixed bottles need extra care. Once shots have been added the bottle contains nicotine, so label it clearly with the strength and the date, and keep it out of reach of children and pets. Nicotine-containing liquid can be harmful if swallowed, and it can irritate skin, so rinse any spill from your hands promptly and wipe surfaces. The unmixed 0mg bottle contains no nicotine, but it is sensible to treat every bottle the same way.

For carrying, avoid putting a full 100ml bottle in a pocket or bag. Decant a few days' worth into a small bottle with a precision tip, and leave the main bottle at home. Pressure changes on flights can push liquid out of a loosely sealed tank, so fill the tank after you land, or travel with it empty and upright.

Finally, think about disposal. Empty bottles and spent shots are plastic, and local recycling rules differ on bottles that held nicotine liquid. Check your council's guidance rather than assuming. If you have further questions about handling or storing e-liquid, our FAQ page is the place to look first.

Strengths, weaknesses and alternatives

Every format has trade-offs, and a 100ml shortfill is no exception. Here is the honest picture, starting with what works in its favour.

• Low cost per millilitre, at just under 12p for the flavoured liquid.
• Nicotine-free as supplied, with strength left entirely to your choice.
• One flavour that lasts, so you are not restocking small bottles every week.
• The same price as every other Bar Series 100ml shortfill, so flavour is the only decision to make.
• Works across a wide range of refillable tanks and pods, subject to the coil matching the liquid.

And now what counts against it.

• It needs a refillable device, and it cannot be used in sealed disposables or prefilled pods.
• Choosing nicotine means mixing, which is a step some people dislike.
• A hundred millilitres is a lot of one flavour if banana mango turns out not to suit you.
• The profile is sweet, with no cooling element in the name, which will not appeal to everyone.
• The bottle is not pocket-sized, so you will need a smaller one for the day.
• Sweet liquids tend to need coils replacing a little more often.

If you read the second list and thought that sounds like more work than you want, a closed system may fit better. Disposable vapes need no refilling and no mixing, though they cost more per millilitre of liquid. Bar Series also makes Kika prefilled pod kits, with Triple Mango among the flavours, for anyone who likes the fruit but not the hobby side of refillables. Neither route is better in absolute terms. It comes down to whether you value the lower running cost of a bottle over the convenience of a sealed unit, and that is a personal call.

Delivery, returns and buying with confidence

At £11.99 a single bottle sits just under our free delivery threshold. Standard delivery is free on orders over £20 and arrives in two to three working days, so two bottles at £23.98 qualify, as does one bottle plus anything else that lifts the basket past that mark. Below £20, standard delivery is £2.99, and next-day delivery is £4.99 when you order before 4pm, Monday to Friday. The full details are on the shipping page, which is worth a read before you order if you need the bottle by a particular day.

Everything we stock is 100% genuine, and the price on the product page is the price that applies at checkout.

Vaping products are strictly for adults, so you must be 18+ to buy. Every order is verified electronically, and where a check is inconclusive we may ask for ID before dispatch. Our age verification page explains the process. The check applies to every product we sell, nicotine-free liquids included.

For hygiene and safety reasons we cannot accept returns on opened e-liquids, so do not open or mix the bottle until you are sure it is what you ordered. Faulty items can be returned within 30 days for a replacement or refund. On arrival, check the cap seal, the label and the bottle for damage, and contact our team with your order details if anything looks wrong.

If this is your first shortfill, an inexpensive way to start is to pair this bottle with a refillable kit and a spare set of coils, vape it at 0mg for a few days, and only then decide whether to try nicotine shots on your next order. That order of operations keeps the first purchase simple, keeps the cost low and lets you judge the flavour on its merits before adding any variables.