Red Bull-ion - February 2009

[Goffski]

Reviews coming soon.

[Goffski]

Don't need to say much about this one really apart from wow - what a vape! Now go a buy a bottle and thanks for reading...

Ok, i'll go into a little more detail... Tested with both the SuperMini (dripping) and the EVO (cart) and both produced excellent results.

First of the smell, when you open the bottle straight away you get that sweet smell of Red Bull and it really does smell of Red Bull, surly this is too good to be true and it can't actually taste as good as it smells? Well it doesn't, to me it tastes better, a really nice vape. The flavour is spot on, the best i've had so far in the way it does taste like the name suggests, it really does taste like Red Bull if not better than Red Bull. The colour of the liquid is very nice too, a nice TW Red rather than the light yellow kind of colours of the other liquids, deffinatly nothing like the colour of Red Bull.

Vapour wise again it's really good and seems to produce plenty of vapour that even smells like Red Bull. Throat hit is good too, its not too harsh like some of the other 36mg 's i've tried its just about right.

Not too sure what else i can say about this one, the name of it sums it up perfectly plus i don't think its possible to mention the words 'Red' & 'Bull' anymore in the review. It get's full marks from me but my only dilemma is what strength to buy. This is defiantly going to be a good all day vape so i don't want to be buying the 36mg, i think the 18mg will go down really well.

Highly recommended - now go get a bottle before it runs out.

Flavour: 10/10
Flavour Strength: 10/10
Vapour: 10/10
Throat Hit: 10/10

If you still not convinced, watch this video and you will be! Well found Spiraller, it sure is  belter!

Right, from Red Bull to Red Army, it's time i got ready to go and watch the Mighty Reds!

[Silk]

Red Bull-ion
I’ve got to say, I had no idea what to expect here. I don’t drink these kinds of drinks (except original lucozade on rare occasions, and even then I moan cos it isn’t what it was). 

Equiptment:
TW Platinum, Evo on fresh batts, and Black 4 hole Pen atomiser with usb passthorough 

Liquid
Pale red, possibly a little thicker than the others. Quite sweet smelling. No mistaking what you have in your cart here.

Odour
Smells like someone around you is chewing bubblegum.

Vapour 9/10
Quite thick, heavy and sweet. Going by the colour of the liquid I was kinda hoping for red vapour (would've been a neat party trick) was disapointed though.

Hit – 7/10
Bloody hell!
Do not attempt a long slow hard draw on this one in a smoke stack, which is the temptation to due to the taste. If you do, you’ll be picking your lungs up from the kitchen floor. Smaller shorter vapes, taking less down but mouthing more seems to work better.
I found it best in the mini, not too bad in the evo, but a bit heavy in the pen. (understatement of the month)

Taste 6/10
Sorry, its too sweet for me, kind of like smoking Bazooka Joes, again there is a very slight fizzing on the tip of the tongue from (I’m guessing) a very small amount of citric acid.
I guess if this is your thing, it’s great. If not…..

Would I buy it?
No – Sorry.

Will I finish the sample? I might chuck it in with some of my other liquid (i.e. leftovers from reg carts) as an attempt to make that more vapable

Overall
7/10 I can’t fault it on what it is I, and it’s certainly a smoker with a kick. It’s just too sweet for my taste. 

[igetcha]

as per the usual standards of TW liquid, its nice and clear with no debris floating about and is a very bright pink colour. the smell is extremely close to red bull........and it smells pretty strong of it too!

so, with a fully loaded 801 cart and a couple of drops on the atomiser for good luck, i take a nice long drag and waited for the delightfull taste of a fruity red bull to explode on my tongue..........waiting..........still waiting........gonna be here any minute now........cmon, where tha fook are ya!!!

a couple of hits more should do the trick................nada, zilch, zero 

all im getting from it is a decent throat hit and a throat that feels like im swallowing sandpaper due to the harshness of the 36mg liquid. plenty of vapour is produced though which allow me to do nice thick smoke rings that linger in the air. to make sure the harshness was not caused from the 801 i swapped to a Npro, but still got the same results.

in order to try and reduce the harshness i then cut the remaining juice 50/50 with glycerine. cleaned out the atomiser, washed out the cart and started all over again. still pretty harsh, but at least i can taste the flavour now. yes, its definitely got that distinct taste of red bull, including that slightly bitter after taste you get when drinking it. but i must admit that i have my own home brew made with lori ann flavours that looks the same colour and tastes almost exactly the same........im not going to mention the flavour im referring too as its not the purpose of the review to disect the juice and work out its ingredients, but spiraller im sure will agree with me. BUT remember that i cut it 50/50 with glycerine so that will change the original flavour slightly.

so in summary:-

a nice tasting juice (when cut to be able to taste it) that produces a good amount of vapour, has a very good throat hit but is also very harsh. but nothing to write home about in my opinion.

taste: 6 out of 10
vapour production: 7 out of 10
throat hit: 7 out of 10

total score: 6.5 out of 10

[spiraller]

Red Bull-ion. Comes as a bright funky red colour, so it's certainly been hit by the artificial colourings . I really quite liked having a coloured juice, it makes a novel difference from the thousand shades of brown we're used to.

The first major difference between this ejuice and the drink 'Red Bull' is the immediate lack of Taurine odour. When I read Goffski's review, I expected to smell something which hit the nail on the head as being undoubtably 'Red Bull', but I'm not sure that this is the case, but purely because of that missing signature note. I asked several people to smell the sample and all commented that it smelled fruity, but no one guessed it as Red Bull.

The flavour on vaping is like a cheap energy drink in essence, but again lacking that taurine kick. I vaped it whilst out driving yesterday; I always drink Red Bull in the car so I compared taste. There isn't a great deal of difference between the fruit signature flavour on the palate, so I have to say that this juice comes close to mimicking the flavour. It is also really sweet, and I agree with Silk that there is a citric acidity left in the mouth.

I vaped this during my lunchbreak and two colleagues commented it left a very sweet fruity smell in the air, which they said was strong enough to linger for a few seconds (granted, I was using the Titan which has massive vapour production).

I have used this as my daytime vape for two days now and by early evening I'm finding I've had enough of the taste. It's a little too sweet and strong for me as an all-day vape. Having said that, I do really like it for its fruitiness, and have enjoyed it, just perhaps in smaller doses in future.

Also in agreement with Scott, there is a Lorann flavour which, when cut with another e-juice flavour, comes very close to Red Bullion.

Overall then... If you like red bull then you'll probably really enjoy this flavour, but I'd personally say, don't buy it for a constant vape, more of a 'speciality' one!!!

Key flavours: Red Bull drink (minus the strong taurine scent and flavour), highly sweet, sharply acidic aftertaste, and strong mixed fruit flavours.

[womblebad]

TW Red Bull-ion 36mg

E-cigs used were the Titan and 901 with USB Passthrough, fresh atomizer

This is a subtle change in liquid appearence, bright red but zero impurities once held upto a strong light, medium viscosity.

I must admit i was looking foreward to this one, the smell of the liquid is very very fruity, it's not quite red bull, it does have a strawberry bubblegum smell to it as well, everyone i asked to smell this one and guess what it was got it wrong, and when i told them what it was they said "ahh yes you can tell it's red bull!" so it is in there somewhere.

I dripped this with a 901 and the throat hit is very strong, not as silly as the ginseng but it does kick hard, vapour production was very good, you can do your thomas the tank engine impression with this one no problem, the taste is quite prounounced but is it red bull? nope i don't think so, it is very fruity and quite pleasant, but i vaped it for 24 hours exclusively and i soon tired of the taste.

I filled an empty cart for the Titan next and the flavour took another level, the Titan has its problems but it does carry taste better than any e-cig i know, again the fruit is very pronounced and vapour fantastic, throat hit was a bit harsher with the Titan but i did expect that as the atomizer runs so much hotter than the 901.

To sum up i would recommend this to anyone who likes the fruity flavours over the tobacco, I don't think they have come that close to red bull flavour with this one, vapour production and throat hit were both excellent, does it give you wings? i'm afraid not.

Vapour       9/10

Throat Hit   9/10

Flavour       6/10