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Dark Turtle (Red Rock range) by Savourea
Dark Turtle (Red Rock range) by Savourea

Dark Turtle (Red Rock range) by Savourea

Characteristics of the juice tested

  • Sponsor having lent material for the review: Savourea
  • Price of the tested packaging: 11.90 Euros
  • Quantity: 20 Ml
  • Price per ml: 0.6 Euros
  • Price per liter: 600 Euros
  • Juice category according to the price per ml previously calculated: Entry level, up to 0.60 euro per ml
  • Nicotine dosage: 12 Mg / Ml
  • Proportion of Vegetable Glycerin: 45%

Packing

  • Presence of a box: No
  • Are the materials making up the box recyclable ?:
  • Presence of a tamper-evident seal: Yes
  • Bottle material: Glass, the packaging can only be used for filling if the stopper is fitted with a pipette
  • Cork equipment: Glass pipette
  • Tip characteristic: No tip, will require the use of a filling syringe if the cap is not fitted
  • Name of the juice wholesale on the label: Yes
  • Wholesale PG-VG proportions display on label: Yes
  • Wholesale nicotine dosage display on the label: Yes

Steamer note for packaging: 3.73 / 5 3.7 5 out of stars

Comments on the packaging

Small return on the Red Rock range of Savourea, a range representing the best of the manufacturer for a price finally very contained. The range revolves around piracy and takes us on a journey, through fruity liquids, around the planet as at the helm of a galleon.

The packaging is very clean with a colored glass bottle helping to slow down the oxidation of the liquid due to UV rays. The mentions necessary for consumer information are all present, like a row of guns and augur a transparency "à la française" which makes the vapology of our country one of the healthiest on the market. Savourea is thus positioned in the leading pool of responsible manufacturers.

Legal, security, sanitary, and religious compliance

  • Presence of child safety on the cap: Yes
  • Presence of clear pictograms on the label: Yes
  • Presence of raised marking for visually impaired persons on the label: No
  • 100% of the juice compounds are indicated on the label: Yes
  • Presence of alcohol: No
  • Presence of distilled water: Yes. Please note that the safety of distilled water has not yet been demonstrated
  • Presence of essential oils: No
  • Compliance HIDE: Do not know
  • HALAL compliance: Do not know
  • Indication of the name of the laboratory producing the juice: Yes
  • Presence of the contacts necessary to reach a consumer service on the label: Yes
  • Presence on the label of a batch number: Yes

Vapelier's note regarding the respect of various conformities (except religious): 4.13 / 5 4.1 5 out of stars

Comments on the security, legal, health and religious aspects

Okay, let's go first on the presence of water in the liquid, we have talked about it enough. This will only frighten freshwater sailors who avoid breathing in the fog or under their showers so as not to poison themselves. The others already know that the presence of water, as a fluidifier and generator, in a certain proportion, of steam, presents no danger.

More surprisingly, the absence of the triangle intended for the visually impaired. Indeed, this is a standard that we can recognize as being necessary in order to signal the toxicity of the product to our fellow citizens suffering from this handicap. It is all the more unfortunate to have missed this since the rest is a real credit to the brand which, in terms of safety, has done the maximum. Come on Savourea, another little effort, we are not far from faultless!

Appreciation of the packaging

  • Does the graphic design of the label and the product name agree ?: Yes
  • Global correspondence of the packaging with the product name: Yes
  • The packaging effort made is in accordance with the price category: Yes

Vapelier's note regarding packaging with regard to juice category: 5 / 5 5 5 out of stars

Comments on the packaging

The packaging is objectively well presented. The color of the bottle, its adequacy with the label, the pirate ship, everything converges to illustrate the theme and is very well done, between old iconography and modern graphic treatment. Personally, I appreciate that the range has a theme and that its graphics live up to it. Very pretty especially when you look at the price of the bottle, in the low range.

Sensory appreciations

  • Color and product name agree ?: Yes
  • Do the smell and the name of the product agree ?: Yes
  • Definition of smell: Fruity
  • Definition of taste: Fruit
  • The taste and the name of the product, do they agree ?: Yes
  • Did I like this juice ?: I won't splurge on it
  • This liquid reminds me of: The fruit of the dragon in its simplest device.

Vapelier's note on the sensory experience: 4.38/5 4.4 5 out of stars

Comments on the taste of the juice

First observation: the hit is quite present. As it is becoming more and more rare these days, it is important to point out. It is due in my opinion to the agent of freshness which I suppose to be the menthol that the recipe contains, menthol whose specific flavor is revealed surreptitiously. But beware, this is not an ultra-fresh e-liquid but a juice offering a small dose of freshness without distorting the other aromas.

This allows us to appreciate the inimitable flavor of the pitaya, a cactus also known as dragon fruit, whose very green taste is not sweetened here in any way. The flavor is therefore quite raw, very herbal, but still very much on point. However, it is obvious that the lack of sugar may not be suitable for the most greedy of vapers.

Personally, although I admit that dragon fruit is not my cup of tea, I nevertheless admit that the recipe is very accomplished, realistic and sufficiently refreshed to appeal to aficionados. And, in all seriousness, the liquid is pleasant to vape, even when you're not a fan of the fruit.

Tasting recommendations

  • Recommended power for optimal taste: 25 W
  • Type of vapor obtained at this power: Dense
  • Hit type obtained at this power: Strong
  • Atomizer used for the review: Igo-L, Cyclone AFC
  • Value of the resistance of the atomizer in question: 0.9
  • Materials used with the atomizer: Kanthal, Cotton

Comments and recommendations for an optimal tasting

To be vaped in warm / cold temperature in order to enjoy all the subtleties of the fruit. If you ramp up, don't forget to widen your airflow to cool the steam well. The Dark Turtle isn't really made for performance, so there is no point in pushing too much power. A half-tight, half-airy draw on a reconstructable voucher or a precise clearomizer will be perfect to balance out flavor and vapor. Too low a resistance will therefore be unnecessary.

Recommended Moments

  • Recommended times of the day: All afternoon during everyone's activities
  • Can this juice be recommended as an All Day Vape: No

Overall average (excluding packaging) of the Vapelier for this juice: 4.08 / 5 4.1 5 out of stars

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My mood ticket on this juice

If I liked dragon fruit, as a fruit I would love Dark Turtle because it doesn't lie about its contents. Its herbal flavor, a little harsh, prefers to play on realism than on a sweet adaptation. This is the whole point of this original juice, an interest that fans of this fruit will find in it and that will make others have the opportunity to discover its flavor or go their way.

Between the friendly packaging, the range theme and the contained price, there is therefore a common DNA to all the references: to go from one fruit to another by changing country, not to drop the sugar bowl in the cauldron and to offer Sober and efficient e-liquids whose “premium” quality seems more acquired by the realism of the aromas than by a gastronomic recipe. An interesting decision, sometimes risky, but which has the merit of offering original and devoid of artifice results, the antipodes of passing fashions which vapology does not save.

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About the Author

59 years old, 32 years of cigarettes, 12 years of vaping and happier than ever! I live in Gironde, I have four children of whom I am gaga and I like roast chicken, Pessac-Léognan, good e-liquids and I am a vape geek who takes responsibility!