Blue Sour Raspberry IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid

Overview

The Blue Sour Raspberry IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid by IVG in Blue Sour Raspberry at 20mg. Pick up the BUY 5 FOR £10 multibuy — free UK delivery over £20 and same-day dispatch on weekday orders before 4pm.

IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid Blue Sour Raspberry: what this bottle is

IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid Blue Sour Raspberry is a 10ml bottle of nicotine salt e-liquid from IVG, listed here at £2.99 in 20mg strength. It is a refill liquid rather than a finished device, so it is aimed at adults who already own a pod kit, a pen-style vape or another refillable pod system and want a flavour to put in it. The profile is blue raspberry with a sharp, tangy edge. That is a familiar flavour family for UK vapers, but it is a less common choice in a nic salt bottle than the usual menthol and fruit-ice blends.

Because this is a bottled liquid, several of the things people normally ask about a vape, such as battery life, charging and coil type, depend on the device you pair it with rather than on the liquid itself. This page covers both halves honestly: what the liquid does, and what it needs from a device to work well. Where a figure is a general guide rather than a manufacturer specification, we say so, and where we have no published figure we do not invent one.

• Product: IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid, flavour Blue Sour Raspberry
• Type: nicotine salt e-liquid, bottled for refilling
• Bottle size: 10ml, the largest size UK rules allow for nicotine e-liquid
• Strength listed: 20mg/ml, the UK legal ceiling
• Nicotine per bottle: 200mg in total (10ml at 20mg/ml)
• Price: £2.99 per bottle, or 5 for £10 on the multibuy offer
• Puff rating: none published for this listing
• Sold to: over 18s only, age-verified at checkout

IVG is an established UK brand with a wide catalogue that runs from bottled liquids and shortfills through to prefilled pod systems. Its nic salt bottles sit at the value end of the market, which is why the £2.99 shelf price and the multibuy deal matter as much as the flavour does. If you are weighing this bottle against a prefilled pod from the same brand, the sections on value and on comparisons below work through the arithmetic.

It helps to know why salts exist at all. Nicotine salts bind nicotine to an acid, commonly benzoic acid, which lowers the pH of the liquid. The practical result is that 20mg of salt nicotine is noticeably smoother on the throat than 20mg of freebase nicotine would be. That smoothness is why salts dominate the low-power pod kit market, where people want a cigarette-like hit without a raw throat, and it is why freebase liquids intended for high-power devices are usually sold at far lower strengths.

Flavour profile: blue raspberry with a sour edge

Blue raspberry is a sweet-shop flavour, not a botanical one. It is closer to a frozen slush drink or a fizzy sweet than to a handful of fresh raspberries: a bright, slightly floral berry sweetness with a candy character. Blue Sour Raspberry adds a tart layer on top, similar to the citric dusting on sour sweets. Expect the sharpness to arrive first, at the front of the palate on the inhale, and the sweeter berry body to settle in on the exhale.

That sour-then-sweet pattern is a large part of the appeal. A flat, sugary fruit liquid tends to wear out your palate within a day or two, because the same sweetness hits every puff. A sour edge breaks that up, so the flavour often feels livelier for longer. It will not remove vaper's tongue entirely, since no single flavour does, but it tends to be easier to live with than a purely sweet profile.

The name carries no ice, mint or menthol wording, so you should not expect a cooling finish. If a chilled exhale is what you are after, the Blue Ice flavour in the same IVG Nic Salt range is the closer match. If you prefer to keep things simple, treat this one as an unchilled, fruit-forward liquid with a tangy lift.

• Inhale: tart, bright, slightly sherbet-like
• Exhale: sweet blue raspberry with a rounded berry body
• Cooling: none implied by the name
• Sweetness: moderate to high, balanced by the sour note

Taste is personal and we have not run a laboratory flavour analysis, so read the above as a guide, not a guarantee. What we can say with confidence is how heat affects this type of profile. Sour notes sharpen as the coil gets hotter, so pushing the power up to chase more flavour usually makes the tartness harsh rather than richer. At the modest power that suits nic salts, the balance between sour and sweet is easier to enjoy.

One practical point on sweet liquids generally: sweeteners can leave more residue on a coil than an unsweetened liquid does. That does not make this bottle unusual, but it does mean you should expect to change coils somewhat more often than you would on a dry tobacco or plain menthol liquid, and it is worth reading the troubleshooting section before your first refill.

Who is likely to enjoy it: people who like sour sweets, blue slush drinks, or raspberry flavours with an edge. Who may not: anyone who wants a dessert, tobacco, or menthol profile, or who finds sour flavours sharp on the throat. If you are unsure, buying one bottle first, before using the multibuy, is a low-cost way to find out.

Vapour delivery and nicotine performance

With a bottled liquid, performance is a joint effort between the e-liquid and the device. What the liquid contributes is nicotine strength, the type of nicotine, the VG/PG balance and the flavour. The device contributes the power, the airflow and the coil. This bottle is built for the low-power, mouth-to-lung style of vaping that most pod kits are designed around.

Nicotine salt formulations are generally made with a higher share of propylene glycol than the thick, cloud-chasing freebase liquids, because PG carries flavour well and gives a firmer throat hit. The exact VG/PG split is printed on the bottle label, so check it when your order arrives rather than relying on a general rule. The point to remember is that a thinner salt liquid wicks quickly through small coils, which is what low-power pod systems need.

On the nicotine side, salts are absorbed quickly and feel smooth even at the top legal strength. At 20mg/ml a 10ml bottle holds 200mg of nicotine in total. That is a useful number for context but not a measure of how much you will take in, because that depends on how many puffs you take, how long each one is, and how efficiently your device vaporises the liquid.

Vapour production is modest by design. Expect a light, tight cloud rather than the thick plumes associated with 70VG sub-ohm setups. If cloud size matters to you, a salt bottle like this is the wrong tool; if throat hit, discretion and a cigarette-like draw matter more, it is the right category.

We do not publish a puff rating for this listing, and we would rather say so than quote a made-up figure. Headline puff counts on disposables and prefilled systems come from laboratory machine testing, not real use, and a refill bottle has no single figure at all because the number of puffs depends on your device. A more honest framing uses fills:

• A 10ml bottle fills a typical 2ml pod about five times, before allowing for a little loss at priming.
• Someone who vapes steadily through the day might empty a 2ml pod in one to two days, so a bottle could last roughly a week or two.
• An occasional vaper might make a single pod last most of a week, stretching one bottle over a month or more.

Those ranges are illustrations, not promises. Your own pattern, the strength you choose, and the device you use will move the number either way, so track your first bottle and use that as your real baseline.

Bottle design, cap and build quality

The packaging matters more with nicotine e-liquid than with most consumer products, because UK rules shape it closely. Nicotine bottles are limited to 10ml, must be child-resistant and tamper-evident, and must carry a health warning, the ingredient list, the nicotine content and a batch number. This bottle follows that pattern: a small plastic bottle with a narrow filling nozzle and a child-resistant cap that you press and turn to open.

The squeezable plastic and fine nozzle are designed for refilling pod ports, which are often only a few millimetres wide. Squeeze gently and steadily rather than hard, because a hard squeeze sends a fast jet of liquid that can overfill the pod or flood the airflow channel. If your pod has an unusually small port, tilt the pod and let the liquid run down the inside wall rather than dropping it straight in.

When your order arrives, a thirty-second check is worth doing:

• Tamper seal: the cap ring should be intact and unbroken.
• Strength: the label should read 20mg/ml, matching the listing.
• Flavour: confirm it says Blue Sour Raspberry, particularly if you ordered several flavours together.
• Batch number and date: note them somewhere, so you can quote them if you ever need to raise an issue.
• Condition: no residue on the outside and no visible leak from the cap.

Build quality in this class of product is mostly about the cap and the seal. Caps that are over-tightened can crack over time, so close the bottle firmly but not with force. Wipe the nozzle after each fill, because a thin film of nicotine liquid left on the tip will gather dust and may mark surfaces.

Storage affects both the flavour and the safety of the liquid. Keep bottles upright, in a cool place, out of direct sunlight and away from radiators and cars on warm days. Heat degrades flavour and thins the liquid, and light darkens it over time. Keep bottles out of the reach of children and pets at all times; nicotine is toxic if swallowed and can be absorbed through the skin, so wipe up spills promptly and wash your hands after filling.

For disposal, empty bottles can go into household plastic recycling in many council areas, but the rules vary, so check with your local authority. Batteries and devices should never go in general waste. They belong at a recycling drop-off point such as a household waste recycling centre, or a retailer take-back scheme, where lithium cells are handled safely.

Devices, battery and charging: what the liquid needs from your kit

A bottle of e-liquid has no battery and no charging port. Everything related to power sits in the device you fill. That matters for choosing a compatible kit, because the same 20mg salt behaves very differently in a 12W pod system than in a 60W sub-ohm tank.

The devices that suit nic salts are low-power, mouth-to-lung pod kits and pen-style vapes. They usually have a small internal lithium battery, typically somewhere between about 400mAh and 1,500mAh, a USB-C charging port, and a fixed or lightly adjustable output in the region of 8W to 20W. Some fire automatically when you draw, others have a button. Either style works with this liquid.

It is possible to estimate what that battery gives you. A 1,000mAh cell stores around 3.7Wh of energy. At a steady 12W, that is roughly 18 minutes of coil firing in total. If an average puff lasts three seconds, that is on the order of 300 puffs before the battery needs a charge once you allow for real-world losses. A 500mAh device would manage about half of that, and a 1,500mAh device about half as much again. These are rough figures, but they explain why a small pod kit typically needs charging every day or two with steady use.

Charging sensibly protects both the battery and your property:

• Use the cable supplied with the device, or a good-quality USB-C cable, and a standard 5V charger.
• Do not charge on a bed, sofa or under a pillow, and do not leave a device charging unattended overnight.
• Stop using any device with a swollen, hot or damaged battery, and take it to a drop-off point for safe recycling.
• Keep loose spare batteries away from keys and coins in a pocket or bag.

If you are shopping for a device and not just the liquid, look for a refillable pod system with a top-fill or side-fill port, a pod capacity of 2ml (the UK maximum for tanks and pods), and a coil rated for salt nicotine. We list rechargeable pod kits alongside the e-liquids, and a kit with replaceable pods is the right pairing for this bottle.

Since single-use vapes were banned in Great Britain in June 2025, the market has shifted to rechargeable devices, so a refillable kit and a few bottles is now the standard low-cost route. The 20mg/ml nicotine ceiling that used to be quoted for disposables applies to every nicotine e-liquid sold in the UK, including this one.

Coils, mesh and pod compatibility

The coil is the part that turns liquid into vapour, and picking the wrong kind for a nic salt is the most common reason people are disappointed with a salt liquid. In short, nic salts are designed for higher-resistance coils at low power.

For this 20mg salt, the usual match is a coil between roughly 0.8 and 1.2 ohms, run at around 10W to 15W, in a mouth-to-lung device. Lower-resistance coils, in the region of 0.6 to 0.8 ohms, are also common in pod kits and can work well if the device is tuned for salts, but they produce warmer, denser vapour and use liquid faster.

Mesh coils use a flat sheet of woven metal instead of a round wire wrapped around cotton. The larger surface area heats the liquid more evenly, which tends to give quicker ramp-up and a more consistent flavour from the first puff to the last. Mesh coils are common in modern pod kits and suit this blue raspberry profile well, because sour notes can turn harsh on hot spots in a basic wire coil. Ceramic and cotton-wick coils also work. The wick matters less than the resistance and the power setting.

• Good match: 0.8 to 1.2 ohm coils, mouth-to-lung pod kits, 10W to 15W output.
• Workable: 0.6 to 0.8 ohm mesh pod coils, if the kit is built for salts.
• Poor match: sub-ohm coils below about 0.4 ohm, designed for 40W and above.

It is worth being clear about that last point. Putting 20mg salt into a sub-ohm tank at high power produces a harsh, hot, very large dose of nicotine in each puff, and it will empty a tank quickly. If you use a sub-ohm device, a lower-strength freebase liquid or shortfill is the sensible choice, not a 20mg salt.

As for compatibility, the bottle works with any refillable device that has a fill port and a suitable coil. That includes the familiar refillable pod families such as the Caliburn, Novo, Xlim and Vinci class of kits, plus IVG and other brands' own refillable pods. It does not work in sealed single-use vapes, which are not designed to be refilled and which are no longer legal to sell in Great Britain anyway. It also does not work in prefilled proprietary cartridges that cannot be opened, so check that your pod has a fill port before ordering.

Coil life depends on how you use it. A fresh coil on a sweet liquid typically lasts a week or two with steady use. Replace it when flavour fades, when the vapour tastes burnt, or when the liquid starts to leak or gurgle. Always prime a new coil, as described in the usage section, because dry-firing a fresh coil is the quickest way to ruin one.

Nicotine strength: is 20mg the right choice for you?

This listing is for the 20mg/ml strength. That is the highest nicotine strength permitted in the UK, so there is no stronger product available from any legitimate retailer. Whether it is right for you depends on how you smoke or vape now, and which device you use.

Salt nicotine at 20mg does not feel the same as 20mg freebase. It is smoother, so you do not get the same throat scrape, but it is absorbed quickly and delivers a noticeably satisfying hit. Many people describe 20mg salt as roughly comparable in satisfaction to a middle-to-high freebase strength with far less harshness.

• 20mg is a reasonable starting point if you smoke around ten or more cigarettes a day, or have just stopped, and you are using a low-power pod device.
• A lower strength, such as 10mg, is worth considering if you smoked lightly, have been vaping for a while, or find 20mg too much in a small device.
• Neither is suitable if you do not currently smoke or vape. Nicotine is addictive, and these products are for adults trying to move away from cigarettes.

Your body will tell you if the strength is wrong. If you feel dizzy, lightheaded, nauseous, get a headache or a racing heart, or find yourself chain-vaping, the strength is likely too high for you, or you are vaping too often. Stop, drink some water, sit down, and consider a lower strength. If you find yourself vaping constantly, still craving cigarettes, or drifting back to smoking, the strength may be too low.

A sensible plan for a former smoker is to start at a strength that stops cigarette cravings, stay there until your routine settles, and then step down gradually over several weeks if you want to reduce nicotine. Cutting too fast usually results in vaping more often, which can cancel out the saving. We would rather you buy the strength you actually need than dilute liquids at home, so if 20mg is too strong, choose a lower-strength listing instead.

On health, UK public health bodies take the position that vaping is far less harmful than smoking, but it is not risk-free. If you want to stop nicotine altogether, a local stop-smoking service can support you and often supplies vaping kits as part of the programme. If you are pregnant, have a heart condition, or have other health concerns, speak to a doctor or pharmacist before using any nicotine product.

How to fill and use it

Filling a pod takes a minute once you know the sequence. The steps below suit most top-fill and side-fill refillable pods, though you should follow your device's own instructions where they differ.

• Switch off and separate. Turn the device off if it has a switch, and remove the pod from the battery section.
• Open the fill port. Pull out the silicone bung or slide the cover aside, and keep the pod upright.
• Fill slowly. Squeeze the bottle gently and let the liquid run down the side wall. Stop just below the maximum line, and never cover the central airflow tube.
• Close and wipe. Seat the bung firmly, wipe the pod and mouthpiece, and wash your hands.
• Prime and wait. Leave the filled pod standing for five to ten minutes so the cotton wick saturates fully.
• Reconnect and start gently. Take a few slow draws at first to bring the coil up to temperature without dry-firing.

Use a slow, steady mouth-to-lung draw. Hold the vapour briefly in your mouth, then inhale it into your lungs. A draw of two to four seconds is typical. Short, sharp pulls waste liquid and can feel harsh, and very long pulls overheat small coils and can scorch the wick.

Pace yourself, especially if you are new to salts. Because 20mg salt is smooth, it is easy to vape more than you realise. A few puffs, a pause, and then a check on how you feel is a better habit than continuous vaping. It also helps to keep a second pod or a spare bottle to hand, so you are not tempted to run a nearly empty pod dry.

Refill when the liquid level drops to the height of the coil window or a little above. Running a pod dry is the main cause of burnt hits, and it is much easier to avoid than to fix. If you plan to switch flavours, rinse the pod with warm water, let it dry completely, and consider fitting a new coil, because the old flavour lingers in the wick.

Finally, handle spills with care. Nicotine can be absorbed through the skin, so if liquid gets on your hands, wash it off with cold water and soap. Wipe surfaces with a damp cloth. Never leave an open bottle within reach of children or pets.

Troubleshooting: burnt taste, leaks, weak flavour and gurgling

Most problems with a refill liquid come down to a handful of causes, and almost all of them are easy to fix once you know what to look for. Before blaming the liquid, check the coil, the fill level and how the device is stored.

• Burnt taste: usually a coil that was not primed, or a pod that ran low. Replace the coil, prime it by filling and waiting several minutes, and refill earlier. A burnt coil does not recover.
• Leaking: heat, pressure or overfilling are the usual causes. Keep the pod upright, never fill past the line, do not leave the device in a hot car, and be aware that cabin pressure on flights can push liquid out.
• Gurgling or spitting: too much condensation in the airflow path, or a coil flooded with liquid. Blow the airflow tube clear, wipe the base of the pod, and make sure the coil is seated properly.
• Weak or flat flavour: either the coil is worn, the pod is nearly empty, or your palate is tired. Swap the coil, refill, and try a different flavour for a day or two before returning.
• Harsh throat hit: the power may be too high for a 20mg salt, or you may be drawing too quickly. Lower the power if your device allows, slow the draw, and consider a lower strength.
• Sticky pod or gunked coil: typical of sweet liquids. Change the coil sooner, and rinse and dry the pod when you do.
• Device will not fire: usually a charging, connection or coil-contact issue, not a liquid fault. Charge fully, clean the contacts with a dry cloth, and reseat the pod.

Vaper's tongue deserves a mention, because it is the cause of many complaints that a flavour has gone missing. After a few days on one profile, the taste receptors dull and the same liquid seems weaker, even though nothing has changed. Rotating to a different flavour for a few days, or staying hydrated, usually clears it. It is also a sound reason to hold a second flavour in reserve, which the multibuy offer makes inexpensive.

If you have tried the fixes above and the liquid still seems wrong, such as a strange smell, unusual colour, or leaking from a sealed bottle, keep the bottle, note the batch number from the label, and contact us. Do not keep using a liquid you suspect is faulty. Where a genuine fault or picking error is confirmed, we resolve it without argument.

Value for money: cost per ml and the 5 for £10 offer

Price per millilitre is the fairest way to compare e-liquids, because bottle sizes, pod sizes and puff claims vary so much. At £2.99 for 10ml, this bottle costs about 29.9p per millilitre. On the multibuy offer of 5 for £10, each bottle works out at £2.00, or 20p per millilitre.

• Single bottle: £2.99, around 29.9p per ml.
• Five at full price: £14.95 in total.
• Five on the offer: £10.00, saving £4.95, roughly 33% off.
• Ten on the offer (two lots of five): £20.00 for 100ml, which is also the free-delivery threshold, so confirm the final basket total at checkout.

The offer applies across the qualifying range, so you can mix flavours inside a set of five. That makes it a cheap way to try a few profiles without committing to five of one, and to keep a reserve flavour for when your palate tires. Bear in mind that opened consumables are not returnable, so if you have never tried this flavour, one bottle first is a safer start than five.

For context, compare the bottle with a prefilled pod. UK rules cap a prefilled pod at 2ml. A 2ml prefilled pod priced at £4.99, purely as an illustration, would work out at roughly £2.50 per millilitre, which is more than eight times the standard per-millilitre price of this bottle. Prefilled pods charge for convenience: no filling, no spills, no handling nicotine liquid. Whether that is worth paying for is a personal call, but for someone using a vape every day, the saving from refilling adds up quickly.

Remember the running costs outside the liquid itself. Coils are a recurring expense, and sweet, sour-edged flavours may need changing a little more often. Pods wear out and eventually need replacing too. Add a coil every one to two weeks and a bottle every one to two weeks, and the weekly cost of a refillable system is still low compared to a smoking habit. It is also lower than most prefilled alternatives at equivalent usage, though how much lower depends on how heavily you vape.

The value case, in plain terms, is this: an established brand, a flavour with a bit of character, a strength that covers heavier former smokers, and a unit price that gets cheaper still when you take five. The weak spots to weigh are that it is only sold here at one strength, that it needs a compatible refillable device, and that sourness is not to everyone's taste.

How it compares with other nic salt, prefilled and shortfill options

Choosing a liquid is partly a question of price and partly a question of format. Here is a fair look at where this bottle sits against the alternatives you are likely to be weighing.

• Other flavours in the same IVG Nic Salt range: the line includes fruit, ice and menthol options, such as Blue Ice and others. If you like the idea of blue raspberry but want a cooling finish, Blue Ice is the closer match. If you want the sour edge, this is the one.
• IVG Intense Salts Blue Sour Raspberry: we also list this flavour in IVG's Intense Salts line. The names are similar, but they are separate products, so compare the listings for strength, format and price. We have not run the two side by side, so we will not claim one tastes better than the other.
• Aqua Salts and Hayati Crystal Pro Max nic salts: both are listed here in a Blue Sour Raspberry flavour too. These are other brands' takes on the same idea. Price, bottle format and strength vary, so check each listing before deciding.
• Prefilled pods: brands including IVG sell prefilled pod systems in this flavour family. They cost more per millilitre but remove filling altogether, and may suit people who do not want to handle liquid.
• Shortfills: larger 50ml and 100ml bottles are cheaper per millilitre, but they are freebase liquids, usually sold at 0mg for use with nicotine shots, and they are meant for sub-ohm devices, not for the kind of pod kit this salt suits.

Where a premium-priced salt brand may do better is in flavour layering and in range breadth. Some pricier brands put more development into complex or signature blends, and some people find that worth paying for. Where this bottle holds up is price, availability and the multibuy: at 20p to 30p per millilitre it is positioned for people who want an everyday liquid at a modest cost.

There is no single correct answer. If you are brand-agnostic and cost matters, this bottle makes sense. If you have a favourite brand you already trust and the price difference does not bother you, there is no strong reason to switch. If you are new to salts and unsure of the flavour, buying a single bottle of each of two or three candidates and comparing is cheaper than it sounds, particularly with a multibuy.

One more point of comparison is regulatory rather than commercial. Whatever brand or format you choose, UK law sets the same limits: 20mg/ml nicotine, 10ml bottles, and 2ml pods and tanks. Those limits are the reason the market looks the way it does, with small bottles bought often and rechargeable devices instead of single-use ones.

Who this suits, who it does not, and UK delivery and recycling

Blue Sour Raspberry is aimed at a fairly clear group of adults. It will probably suit you if you are a current or former smoker using a refillable pod kit, you like fruity or sweet-shop flavours with a tangy edge, you want a strength that covers heavier smoking habits, and you care about cost per millilitre.

It probably will not suit you if:

• You do not smoke or vape. Nicotine is addictive and these products are for adults who already use nicotine.
• You use a sub-ohm or high-power device, which needs a lower-strength liquid.
• You only have a sealed single-use or non-refillable device.
• You prefer menthol, tobacco or dessert flavours, or dislike sour notes.
• You need a lower nicotine strength than 20mg. This listing is for the top strength only.

Ordering is straightforward. Sales are strictly 18 and over, and every order is age-verified before dispatch. Weekday orders placed before 4pm are dispatched the same day, UK delivery is free once your basket reaches £20.00, and delivery options, including tracked services, are shown at checkout. If your order includes other products from the shop, they travel together unless a different dispatch time is shown.

Returns follow the standard rule for this category. Opened consumables are not returnable, but if your bottle arrives damaged, faulty, or the wrong item, contact us with the batch number and a photograph, and we will resolve it. Note the batch number on the label when the parcel arrives, since it makes any query quicker to settle. We source stock through UK distribution, so what you receive is genuine IVG product.

On the environment, the closing step of any vaping routine is disposal. Empty plastic bottles can often go into household recycling, but check your local council, because rules vary. Rechargeable devices, batteries and electrical parts should go to a recycling drop-off point, such as a household waste recycling centre or a retailer take-back scheme, never into general waste or kerbside recycling, because lithium batteries can cause fires in collection vehicles. Pod kits that can be refilled and recharged also produce far less waste than single-use vapes, which is one practical reason to move to a refillable system.

Finally, keep this liquid, like every nicotine product, locked away from children and pets. If you want to stop using nicotine, ask your local stop-smoking service or pharmacist for support.