eLiquid Review 432: Jelly Tip by Vaping Mad

Welcome back! Today I have the 2nd flavour from Vaping Mad up for review. The last one had us salivating over the sweet sweet dragonfruit and creamy sorbet tones, I thought that it was a pretty great flavour that you could vape pretty much 24/7 without getting tired of it.

That’s precisely what we are all looking for in a juice right? A great flavour that you can vape all day long without worry of it changing or getting tired of it too quickly. Something with a bit of impact, but not too much so you destroy your tastebuds, something a little more than just a one flavour mix, something tasty, and does what it says on the tin!

Let’s see how today’s flavour stacks up!

Today, I’ll be reviewing “Jelly Tip” from Vaping Mad

(This eliquid was supplied by the vendor for review.)

Flavour Description

If you remember this ice cream treat as a kid you’ll also remember that it was the bomb!

For those unfamiliar with the best ice-cream ever made, we’ve recreated the glory for you to experience in vape form.

Creamy vanilla ice cream with sweet raspberry jelly swirled through. Delicious!

Inhale: raspberry jelly

Exhale: creamy smooth vanilla ice cream, coolness

The Review:

Oh I remember this Ice Cream alright, it was one of my favourites, that sweet raspberry breaking up the vanilla ice cream, and every so often getting a hint of some raspberry sauce that added that little bit of richness to such a sweet dessert. It never lasted long in my house, and I’d wager that it didn’t last long in many other households as well!

Vaping Mad have done a pretty good job of replicating it, and I’d describe their rendition (Jelly Tip) of it as a “sweet fresh raspberry that intensifies to a sharp and tart berry with light musky florals, hints of jelly all layered over a gelato base that melts in your mouth”.

Individual Notes

The raspberry is quite a natural fruity raspberry, sharp and tart, with a brightness to it, very different to many raspberry eliquids. This sharpness cuts through the other flavours, and is absolutely the dominant note. At times I notice that it imparts a bit of a musky floral nuance, not exactly like it’s been overflavoured but that it’s at it’s optimum concentration.

I suspect that there is another fruit in here besides the raspberry, no raspberry I know of is as sharp and fresh as this. I’m guessing some strawberry or dragonfruit, perhaps even the smallest amount of cactus, to add that brightness and a little more moisture to the mix. Whichever it is, it adds a real bite to this flavour. It also creates that raspberry jelly feel that’s required from this profile. This is a real 1-2-3 flavour, (rasbperry-mystery flavour-cream).

The ice cream. Unfortunately this is not as strong as I would have hoped, it does a great job of adding a layer of thickness, and providing the base note, but for me the vanilla doesn’t shine through enough. Just that little bit more would have levelled this flavour out perfectly.

Inhale & Exhale

The inhale begins with the raspberry. Early on, you get the usual slightly more rounded raspberry mid tones, sweet yet full boded, before it very quickly develops into a sharper, tarter, and brighter fruit. The mystery fruit (strawberry most likely) lifts the raspberry progressively right up until the peak of the inhale where I notice that familiar raspberry jelly inference appear. It’s a pretty quick window that you’ll notice it, and it adds that extra level of complexity fulfilling the profile. At this point, I notice things thicken up slightly and a little cream comes through accompanied with a touch of menthol, it’s only a hint at this stage for both.

As you exhale, that sharp, tart fruit blended with the raspberry begins to taper off, and round itself out as it mixes with the intensifying cream. The fresh raspberry is still very much dominating and it cuts right through that intensifying cream, with a little acidity, developing a slight musk or floral feel to it.

The exhale then calms with the cream hitting it’s full intensity, managing to hold the raspberry’s sharpness from going too far, and you end up with a smooth yet slightly acidic raspberry cream, with hints of musk and raspberry florals with a slight cooling menthol.

Final thoughts

This raspberry is not your usual dull, rounded raspberry, it’s accentuated with another sharper fruit that creates quite a tart, and bright berry experience. It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting and I suspect this may throw many as well.

I can totally see what the mixer was going for with this one, and it is so close to the extra point on vape quality it just isn’t funny. Unfortunately that extra sharp fruit dominating the ice cream created a few vape quality issues for me, where a thicker, stronger ice cream with the raspberry peaking at times but then falling back to a more manageable, sweeter profile, would have worked better for me.

Despite, in my opinion, needing some extra ice cream, this is a great little flavour, and I was very happy to vape it, enjoying constantly looking for that jelly hit that would rise through the raspberry and ice cream!

I can’t wait to try these other flavours!

Where to Buy:

You can purchase this flavour as well as all of their other “Mad Mixes” directly from the Vaping Mad online store!

Colour:

Honey colour / Yellowish Tint

Aroma:

Sweet Raspberry and cream

Coil and wick damage:

Minimal damage to wicks and coils

PG/VG Ratio:

70%VG / 30%PG

Texture:

Thick and creamy yet sweet and fruity

Steeping:

A short steep might help the creaminess settle and the fruit blend. It’s great straight away though!

Presentation:

I received 120ml smokey grey plastic bottles with long pointy tips and leak proof screw caps. The labels are fairly basic, being matt white paper labels, but there is a tonne of awesome information on them, such as “Best By” date, contact information for Vaping Mad, Ingredients, as well as a large Vaping Mad logo and name of the flavour underneath.

I really like these caps, because they seem to not leak very much, unlike other bottles, and the nozzle is small enough to fill a tank or squonk bottle really quickly without giving yourself RSI from having to squeeze too hard!

Test rigs:

Haku with slam cap running a single 0.17 framed staple coil on a mech mod.

OBS Engine RTA with a 0.2ohm Stainless coil running @ approx 50-80 watts.

Rating overview Flavour Accuracy 8/10

Vape Quality 6/10

Personal rating 8/10

Flavour Intensity 8/10 Total score Excellent 7.5