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Vlad'sThe Raspberry Blast Vlad's VG 10ml 3mg by Vlad's in Raspberry Blast at 20mg. Free UK delivery over £20, same-day dispatch on weekday orders before 4pm.
Vlad's VG 10ml 3mg Raspberry Blast is a nicotine e-liquid for refillable vape tanks, supplied in a 10ml bottle at a nicotine strength of 3mg/ml (0.3%). The name gives you two useful clues before you open the cap. First, the brand sits at the vegetable glycerine (VG) heavy end of the market, which means a thicker liquid, a softer throat feel and generous vapour. Second, the flavour is built around raspberry, and the word Blast points to a bright, juicy, slightly tart fruit note rather than a subtle dessert profile.
This is a freebase nicotine liquid, not a nicotine salt. That distinction matters because freebase nicotine at a low strength is the traditional pairing for sub-ohm tanks and open-style devices, where you take a long, relaxed inhale and produce plenty of vapour. At 3mg/ml the throat hit is gentle, which suits ex-smokers who have already stepped their nicotine down and now want a smooth, flavour-led daily vape rather than a sharp, cigarette-like kick.
In the UK, nicotine e-liquid is sold in bottles of no more than 10ml, with a maximum strength of 20mg/ml and a child-resistant, tamper-evident closure. The same 20mg/ml ceiling applies to nicotine salt liquids and to the pod and disposable-style products people often compare against. At 3mg/ml, this bottle delivers a small fraction of that cap, and it follows the standard UK retail format: a 10ml bottle designed to be decanted into a tank, never vaped from directly. Since single-use disposable vapes were banned from sale across the UK on 1 June 2025, refillable setups using bottled liquid like this have become the mainstream route for adult smokers who want to switch.
This guide walks through the product honestly: what it tastes like, which devices suit it, how long a bottle is likely to last, what can go wrong and how it compares with other raspberry liquids on the UK market. Nothing here is a promise of a particular experience, because vaping is personal, but the figures and reasoning are grounded in how 10ml VG-dominant liquids behave in real tanks.
Before getting into the detail, here are the working specifications you should know when buying and using this liquid. Where the product page or bottle label gives a figure, that figure always wins over any general reasoning in this guide, so treat the VG/PG ratio in particular as something to confirm on the label you receive.
It helps to translate those numbers into practical terms. Ten millilitres is not a lot of liquid when you vape on a sub-ohm device. A typical sub-ohm user runs somewhere between 2ml and 5ml a day, depending on wattage, coil size and how often they vape. That puts this bottle at roughly two to five days for a regular daily user, and considerably longer for someone who vapes lightly or only in certain situations. A lower-powered, tighter-draw setup uses less liquid per puff, so the same bottle will stretch further.
The 3mg/ml strength is also worth putting into context. In UK terms this is a low strength: the shelf runs from 0mg up to the 20mg/ml cap, and many freebase bottles are sold at 3mg, 6mg and 12mg. Because sub-ohm vaping delivers a large volume of vapour per puff, the total nicotine you absorb at 3mg is often comparable to what you might take in from a tighter draw at a noticeably higher strength. That is why 3mg is a common daily choice on sub-ohm kits, and why a vaper who goes straight from a 20mg pod device to 3mg on a sub-ohm tank can find the change large and sometimes unsatisfying. The nicotine strength section below deals with that in more detail.
Finally, remember that every figure about longevity in this guide is an estimate. Coil resistance, wattage, airflow setting, how deeply you inhale and how frequently you vape all change consumption. Use the numbers as a planning guide and adjust once you see how your own setup behaves.
Raspberry is a flavour that e-liquid makers approach in two broad ways. Some lean into a candy-style raspberry, closer to sherbet or a boiled sweet, with plenty of sweetness and a rounded finish. Others aim for a fresher, fruit-forward raspberry that keeps a little tartness to stop the sweetness becoming heavy. The Blast label suggests the second direction: a punchy raspberry that announces itself on the inhale and carries through to the exhale without turning into a generic red berry blend.
On the inhale, expect a clear raspberry note with a slightly sharp, juicy edge. The tartness is what keeps this style of liquid from tasting flat, and it tends to be most noticeable on the first few puffs of a fresh fill. On the exhale, the sweetness comes forward and the flavour softens into a rounded, jam-like finish. Because the base is VG-dominant, the flavour tends to feel smooth and slightly sweet in the mouth, since VG has its own mild sweetness and a thick, soft texture.
What you should not expect is a cooling effect. Unless a liquid is explicitly sold as an ice or menthol variant, there is no added cooling agent, so this one sits in the straight fruit category. If you like your fruit liquids with a chill on the exhale, you would be better served by an ice-flavoured alternative. If you prefer a warm, plain fruit vape, the lack of cooling is a benefit.
Several things influence how the flavour comes across in your own tank:
Sweetness is the main thing to consider if you are new to fruit liquids. A raspberry liquid with a sweetener-heavy build can feel sticky if you vape it for hours. The practical advice is to try a tank fill over a day and see whether the flavour stays enjoyable, rather than judging from the first three puffs. Many vapers rotate two or three flavours through the week to avoid flavour fatigue, and a raspberry liquid works well as one of those, sitting comfortably alongside a tobacco or a mint option.
With a bottled e-liquid there is no fixed puff count in the way there is with a sealed pod product, so any figure for puff delivery has to be reasoned from consumption rather than quoted from a spec sheet. The honest approach is to work from millilitres per puff, which depends on the device you pair the liquid with.
On a sub-ohm mesh tank running at around 40W to 60W, a single puff typically uses somewhere in the region of 0.008ml to 0.012ml of liquid. At that rate a 10ml bottle gives roughly 800 to 1,250 puffs. On a tighter, lower-power setup, such as a 0.8 to 1.0 ohm coil at 15W to 25W, each puff uses closer to 0.003ml to 0.005ml, which stretches a bottle to somewhere between 2,000 and 3,300 puffs. These are estimates, not guarantees, but they give a realistic planning range and show why the same bottle can last a weekend for one person and a fortnight for another.
A few practical points about how this liquid performs:
It is worth being clear about the limits. VG-dominant liquid is thicker, and thicker liquid can struggle in very small coils with tiny wicking holes. A coil designed for thin, high-PG liquid, such as the tight-draw coils in many starter pen kits, may starve for liquid and give dry, harsh puffs when fed a thick VG liquid. If your device came with a 1.0 ohm or higher resistance coil and the instructions specifically mention 50/50 or high-PG liquid, this is not the right match. Sub-ohm and wide-wicking mesh coils exist precisely to handle VG-heavy liquids, and that is where this bottle performs as intended.
For the typical sub-ohm user, performance can be summed up as dense vapour, smooth inhale and a flavour that carries cleanly for the life of a coil. If you find the vapour too warm at higher wattages, drop the power by 5W to 10W and open the airflow slightly. This brings the temperature down and often improves the raspberry taste at the same time.
E-liquid is a consumable, so the design question is really about the bottle: how it pours, how it seals, how legible the labelling is and whether the packaging protects the contents. UK rules shape most of this. Nicotine-containing liquid must come in a bottle of no more than 10ml, with a child-resistant and tamper-evident closure, a leak-resistant design, and a label carrying the mandatory health warning, ingredient list, nicotine strength and batch details.
A 10ml bottle in this format is normally a unicorn-style plastic dropper with a long, thin nozzle that fits into the fill port of most tanks without spilling. The thin nozzle is more important than it sounds: wide-nozzle bottles overflow the fill port of a small tank, and spilled liquid is the number one cause of sticky hands and tank leaks. The soft plastic wall lets you squeeze gently for control rather than glugging the liquid out.
Points to check when your bottle arrives:
Storage matters for the liquid itself. Keep the bottle upright, cap tightly closed, out of direct sunlight and away from heat. Light and warmth degrade flavour and darken the liquid over time. A cupboard or drawer at room temperature is ideal. Nicotine liquid must always be stored out of reach of children and pets, and it should never be left in a hot car. Skin contact is best avoided; if liquid gets on your skin, wash it off with soap and water.
Disposal is straightforward but worth doing properly. A fully empty plastic bottle can usually go in your household plastic recycling, though it is worth checking with your local council because rules differ. Empty the bottle fully, leave it with the cap off for a short while so any residue evaporates, and then follow your council's guidance. Never pour liquid down a drain. For anything that has a battery, such as the device itself, use a proper electrical recycling point rather than household bins. The battery section covers where those are.
The liquid itself has no battery, so the battery question is really about the device you pair it with. Getting this match right affects both safety and how the liquid tastes, because wattage and battery performance are what drive the coil.
Sub-ohm tanks that suit a VG-dominant 3mg liquid are normally paired with one of the following:
As a rough guide, a 3,000mAh battery running a 0.3 ohm mesh coil at 50W gives most people a full working day of moderate use. A 1,500mAh pen kit at 25W will often need a top-up mid-afternoon.
Charging safety is not optional. Follow these rules every time:
When a device or battery reaches the end of its life, do not put it in household bins or general recycling. Lithium cells are a fire risk in refuse lorries and waste centres. UK vape retailers have take-back obligations for vape devices and batteries, and many household waste recycling centres accept small electricals. The Recycle Your Electricals postcode finder is a straightforward way to locate your nearest drop-off point. Vape recycling bins are also a common sight in supermarkets and specialist vape shops. Tape over the terminals of loose batteries before dropping them off.
Finally, match wattage to the coil's printed range. Running a coil far above its range burns the liquid, ruins the raspberry flavour and shortens coil life, and running it far below produces weak, lukewarm vapour. The coil head is normally marked with a wattage window, so start at the lower-middle of that range and increase in small steps.
Coil choice is the biggest single factor in how this e-liquid performs. VG-dominant liquid is thick, and thick liquid needs a coil that can wick quickly and hold enough surface area to heat evenly. That is exactly what modern mesh coils were designed for.
A mesh coil replaces the traditional round wire wrapped around cotton with a flat sheet of finely woven metal, usually stainless steel or a nickel-chromium alloy, that lies against an organic cotton pad. Because the mesh has a much larger heating surface than a single wire, it warms the liquid more evenly, which gives a faster ramp-up and a flavour that stays consistent from the first puff to the last. It also pulls thick liquid in efficiently across a wide area, which is why mesh is the usual recommendation for VG-heavy juices.
These are the coil types you are likely to meet and how they suit Raspberry Blast:
Priming a new coil properly is the most valuable habit you can build. Before the first puff, drip a few drops of liquid directly onto the cotton through the wicking holes, fill the tank, and wait at least five minutes with the device switched off. Then take two or three short puffs at low power without firing the coil for long, and bring the wattage up gradually. Skipping this step is the main cause of burnt cotton on VG-heavy liquids, because a dry coil fired at full power scorches instantly.
Coil life depends on how sweet your liquid is and how hard you drive the coil. With a sweet fruit liquid like this one, a coil typically lasts one to two weeks of regular use before the flavour dulls. Signs it is time to swap include a muted raspberry taste, a slightly burnt or sweet-and-sour aftertaste, and gurgling or spitting. Do not try to extend a dying coil: the extra cost of a fresh one is small compared with putting up with poor flavour.
Choosing a nicotine strength is the decision that most affects whether a vape actually works for you. Too low and you may find yourself vaping constantly without feeling satisfied, and too high and you will get harsh throat hit, dizziness or nausea. This liquid is 3mg/ml, which is a low strength on the UK scale that runs from 0mg up to the 20mg/ml legal cap.
A sensible way to think about it is to match strength to both your smoking history and your device:
Several rules of thumb help. The more vapour you produce per puff, the less nicotine strength you need per millilitre, because you take in more liquid with each draw. A 0.2 ohm coil at 60W moves several times the liquid of a 1.0 ohm coil at 15W, so the same 3mg bottle delivers very different nicotine totals in the two setups. If you find yourself chain-vaping through the day and still craving, the strength is probably too low. If you feel light-headed, queasy or get a strong throat scratch, it is probably too high.
It is also worth being honest about who should not use nicotine at all. If you do not currently smoke or vape, do not start. Nicotine is addictive. This product is intended for adult smokers looking for an alternative to tobacco. It is illegal to sell nicotine vapes to anyone under 18 in the UK. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, have a heart condition or are taking medication, speak to a doctor or pharmacist before using any nicotine product. Free NHS stop-smoking support is available if you want help quitting entirely.
If you decide later that 3mg is not working, changing strength is simple because the same flavour is normally offered at other strengths. Keep notes of how many millilitres you use per day and how you feel, and adjust by one step at a time rather than making large jumps.
Every vape liquid suits some people better than others, and the right match depends on device, experience and what you want from the product. This section gives a straight answer on where Raspberry Blast fits.
It is a good fit for:
It is probably not the right choice for:
There is also a middle group worth mentioning: vapers who are mid-switch and not sure of their ideal setup. If that is you, buy one bottle, fill a fresh coil, and use it for a few days before ordering in bulk. Some people find that the tart raspberry character is exactly what they want, while others discover that they prefer something fuller and more dessert-like. A single 10ml bottle is a low-risk way to find out.
Finally, if you are helping someone else choose, avoid buying nicotine products as gifts for people who do not already vape. Nicotine liquid should only be bought for adults who already use it and who have chosen their strength themselves.
Using bottled e-liquid is simple once you have done it a couple of times, but a few steps are worth getting right from the start. Follow this routine for a clean, leak-free experience.
A few habits improve the whole experience:
Chain-vaping is a common mistake with sub-ohm devices. The coil does not get a chance to re-saturate between puffs, so the flavour drops and the cotton can scorch. Pause for 20 to 30 seconds between long sessions, particularly at higher wattages.
For first-time sub-ohm users there is also a step-change in volume: you will exhale far more vapour than you did with a cigarette or a small pod device. Be considerate in enclosed public spaces and follow local venue rules, as many indoor areas have their own restrictions on vaping. Do not vape while driving, and keep spare liquid and batteries somewhere safe and out of reach of children.
Most problems with a VG-dominant liquid come down to the coil, the fill technique or the wattage. This list of fixes covers the issues that crop up most often.
If you have tried these fixes and the problem continues, the issue may be the device rather than the liquid. Try a fresh coil in a different tank where possible, because that quickly shows whether the fault sits with the liquid or the hardware.
For a bottle that arrives damaged, leaking or with a broken tamper seal, do not use it. Photograph the issue, keep the packaging, and contact the seller as soon as possible. Under UK consumer law, goods must be of satisfactory quality, and a leaking or visibly tampered bottle clearly falls short of that.
Value in e-liquid is best measured as cost per millilitre, matched to how long the liquid lasts in your own device. A 10ml bottle at 3mg is priced like other 10ml nicotine liquids in the UK, and the correct comparison is against similar freebase fruit liquids rather than against 100ml shortfills, which are sold without nicotine and priced differently.
Where Raspberry Blast sits well on value:
Where it is less economical: sub-ohm vaping uses liquid quickly, so a heavy user may go through a 10ml bottle in two to three days. For that kind of consumption, buying multiple bottles together, or using a 50ml or 100ml shortfill with nicotine shots, often costs less per millilitre. Shortfills require you to mix in a nicotine shot yourself to reach 3mg, which suits experienced vapers but adds a step for beginners.
On comparisons, it helps to be fair rather than promotional. Many established UK brands sell raspberry or blue raspberry options, including well-known names such as Dinner Lady, IVG and Nasty Juice, as well as supermarket-style fruit ranges in 10ml bottles. Differences tend to come down to four things:
The fair summary is that Raspberry Blast is a sensible option for sub-ohm users who want a straightforward, tart-sweet raspberry at a low strength without paying a premium. It is not a specialist or dessert-style liquid, and it will not suit pod-kit users. If the match with your device is right, the value is sound. If it is not, a different format will serve you better regardless of price.
| Brand | Vlad's |
|---|---|
| Product type | E-Liquid |
| Nicotine strength | 20mg |
| Available flavours | 1 (Raspberry Blast) |
| Price | £0.99 |
| Availability | In stock — same-day dispatch |
| Compliance | UK TPD-compliant, MHRA-registered |
Vlad's nicotine pouches sit in the strong-to-extra-strong category with bold fruit and menthol builds.
3mg/ml is a low strength that suits sub-ohm tanks, light smokers and people already stepping down. If you are moving from around 10 to 15 cigarettes a day to a sub-ohm kit, you may prefer 6mg to start with. The UK cap is 20mg/ml, and 3mg is a small fraction of that.
The liquid has no battery, so charging depends on your device. Use the cable supplied or a reputable USB-C cable, charge on a hard surface, do not leave it charging unattended or overnight, and stop using any battery that is dented, swollen or hot when idle.
Mixing finished liquids is not recommended, because it changes the ratio and can make flavours muddy. The Vlad's VG range is sold in other flavours and in other strengths, so check the product listing for alternatives. Flush and dry your tank before switching flavours to avoid ghosting.
On a sub-ohm tank at 40W to 60W, expect roughly two to five days of regular use, or around 800 to 1,250 puffs. On a lower-power, tighter-draw setup it can stretch to 2,000 puffs or more. Your wattage, coil and vaping habits are the deciding factors.
For sub-ohm users who want a low-strength raspberry without mixing anything, it offers sound value, especially compared with the ongoing cost of single-use devices. Heavy users may save more per millilitre with a shortfill and nicotine shots, but that takes a little more effort.
It is intended for adult smokers and existing vapers using a sub-ohm or wide-bore refillable device. It is not for non-smokers, anyone under 18, or those who are pregnant or have heart conditions without medical advice. Owners of tight-draw nicotine salt pod kits should choose a different product.
Probably not well. Pod kits with coils of 1.0 ohm or above are usually built for thin, high-PG liquid or nicotine salts, and a thick VG-dominant freebase liquid can starve the coil and give dry hits. Check your device manual for its recommended VG/PG range before filling.
No steeping is needed. After filling a tank or fitting a new coil, wait around five minutes with the device off so the cotton saturates fully. That short pause prevents the burnt first puffs that VG-heavy liquids can cause on a dry coil.
Orders are dispatched within the UK, and you will see the available delivery methods and costs at checkout. Nicotine products are age-restricted, so you will need to confirm you are 18 or over when ordering, and an adult may need to be present to receive the parcel.
E-liquid is a consumable, so there is no warranty in the way there is for a device, but your statutory rights for faulty, damaged or incorrectly supplied goods still apply under UK law. For safety reasons, bottles that have been opened cannot normally be returned, so contact the shop promptly with photos if your bottle arrives leaking or with a broken seal.
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Delivery was super fast and the product is genuine. I've had fakes before so this was a relief.
Pleasantly surprised. Was expecting it to be average but it's actually really nice. Recommended.
Really nice flavour — not too sweet, not too harsh. Perfect in the middle. Second order already placed.
Easy to use, straight out the pack and working. No fiddling about with anything. Great for beginners too.
Solid purchase. Has become part of my routine now. Will continue ordering from here.
Battery lasts me a full day easily. Charging is quick. Overall very pleased with the purchase.
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