Hi Ecigssa members, In this E-liquid review i share my opinions on a nic salts range from France (manfacturer Fuu). The MiNiMAL Salts range of e-liquids were kindly supplied for the purpose of this review by Neil from District F5VE.
https://www.districtf5ve.com/
District F5VE's site is well worth a look, they have many quality products of their own brand including RDA's and mechanical mods, but also stock other quality products including e-liquids. Their site isn't loaded with page after page of products, their is definitely a concentration on quality rather than quantity!
The MiniMAL Salts range come in 30ml Gorilla bottles and are available in 20mg and 40mg, the range consists of the following flavours:
BERRY LEMONADE
CLASSIC (TOBACCO)
FRUIT MEDLEY
MINT
VANILLA
Before i crack on with my thoughts on the MiNiMAL range below is more about District F5VE:
About Us
District Five, the creators of the #compseries Drip Caps and premiere store providing you international premium lines of e-liquids/juices and mechanical devices in the Northern Virginia area. We provide custom professional services and expertise on custom building and rebuilding atomizers, polishing, and patina for mechanical Mods and derivatives.
Nic Saits
I don't use nic salts under normal circumstances, in fact i vape using 3mg. However i have had a couple of nic salts ranges to test and have started to see the benefits of them even for a vaper like me. I do find myself in circumstances when during the day i am not going to get many opportunities to have a vape and when i do it will only be 3 of 4 draws a few times throughout the day and that's it. When i am in situations like this rather than DL i MTL and do up the mg but find i can't go too high as it's just far too harsh so getting the nic fix i need on these days is a struggle. While testing the ranges of nic salts i have been sent i have had situations like this but the high mg without the harshness has been a Godsend and a few vapes and i have been satisfied.
Testing Equipment
I recieved the 40mg strength of the MiNiMAL range and have used them over a period of time while testing various devices suitable for nic salts so not all flavours where tried using the same devices so i then tried all 5 flavours on 2 devices, the Aspire Nautilus Pod device and the Innokin EQ.
BERRY LEMONADE
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...y-lemonade
This e-liquid on the inhale is Blackcurrant dominant with a dash of lime some inhales detects spearmint but it teases very much in the background. The description of this e-liquid did make me think this would be far too sweet but instead the sweetness just has it's own private battle with the tart and citrus. The exhale does see that the sweet won the battle but it's still not too sweet, just enough to leave a sweet pleasant aftertaste. The exhale also see's the spearmint get more evident and is also present in the aftertaste.
SCORE: 8.5/10
CLASSIC (TOBACCO)
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...al-classic
This e-liquid has a very authentic aroma with a freshly opened pouch of rolling tobacco smell. The MiNiMAL range are French but the taste of this e-liquid in my opinion is very similar to the British blended rolling tobacco Old Holborn. Inhale and Exhale with this e-liquid is consistent with a bit of sweetness coming through right at the end leaving a sweet tobacco aftertaste.
SCORE 9/10
MINT
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...nimal-mint
This e-liquid stays almost the same on inhale and exhale with just more coolant evident on exhale. the flavour here isn't authentic mint but more of a herbal boiled sweet flavour which is rather nice but although those that like there e-liquids with coolant for me just too much coolant evident especially on the exhale.
SCORE 7.5/10
FRUIT MEDLEY
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...uit-medley
I thought this e-liquid would just be fruity merged flavour so finding it hard to taste individual fruits. From the aroma when smelling the e-liquid i could make out a hint of Mango but then as expected just a merged fruity mass but Fruit Medley comes alive when vaping and is a layered well crafted e-liquid. The first layer in the background is the merged fruit flavour i was expecting, then we have over the top of that Mango which is evident throughout. The final top foremost layer changes with each vape as flavours pop out from the background and seem to almost leapfrog the Mango to come to the fore, 2 or 3 different flavours can be detected with each vape but constantly change, Strawberry, Lemon, Raspberry, Banana and Kiwi are amongst the flavours i was able to identify. The exhale is less complex with fruit staying mostly in the background and mango keeping it at bay. No more different fruits coming to the fore just Banana and Kiwi evident even if on that particular inhale they were not present, the aftertaste see's Mango at last come to the fore. This e-liquid is excellent.
SCORE 9.5/10
VANILLA
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...al-vanilla
This e-liquid is very uncomplicated and is consistent on both inhale and exhale, a strong Vanilla aroma when smelling the liquid but the flavour that comes through when vaping is understated which in my opinion is the way to go as i find Vanilla in the foreground can be quite rich and sickly. Here it's going solo but is a nice mellow vape.
SCORE 8/10
Final thoughts
A very nice range of nicotine salts e-liquid, Classic Tobacco and Berry Lemonade were very nice but the standout flavour was the well crafted Fruit Medley.
I would once again like to thank Neil from District F5VE for supplying the MiNiMAL Salt E-Liquid range for the purpose of this review.
https://www.districtf5ve.com/
https://www.districtf5ve.com/
District F5VE's site is well worth a look, they have many quality products of their own brand including RDA's and mechanical mods, but also stock other quality products including e-liquids. Their site isn't loaded with page after page of products, their is definitely a concentration on quality rather than quantity!
The MiniMAL Salts range come in 30ml Gorilla bottles and are available in 20mg and 40mg, the range consists of the following flavours:
BERRY LEMONADE
CLASSIC (TOBACCO)
FRUIT MEDLEY
MINT
VANILLA
Before i crack on with my thoughts on the MiNiMAL range below is more about District F5VE:
About Us
District Five, the creators of the #compseries Drip Caps and premiere store providing you international premium lines of e-liquids/juices and mechanical devices in the Northern Virginia area. We provide custom professional services and expertise on custom building and rebuilding atomizers, polishing, and patina for mechanical Mods and derivatives.
Nic Saits
I don't use nic salts under normal circumstances, in fact i vape using 3mg. However i have had a couple of nic salts ranges to test and have started to see the benefits of them even for a vaper like me. I do find myself in circumstances when during the day i am not going to get many opportunities to have a vape and when i do it will only be 3 of 4 draws a few times throughout the day and that's it. When i am in situations like this rather than DL i MTL and do up the mg but find i can't go too high as it's just far too harsh so getting the nic fix i need on these days is a struggle. While testing the ranges of nic salts i have been sent i have had situations like this but the high mg without the harshness has been a Godsend and a few vapes and i have been satisfied.
Testing Equipment
I recieved the 40mg strength of the MiNiMAL range and have used them over a period of time while testing various devices suitable for nic salts so not all flavours where tried using the same devices so i then tried all 5 flavours on 2 devices, the Aspire Nautilus Pod device and the Innokin EQ.
BERRY LEMONADE
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...y-lemonade
This e-liquid on the inhale is Blackcurrant dominant with a dash of lime some inhales detects spearmint but it teases very much in the background. The description of this e-liquid did make me think this would be far too sweet but instead the sweetness just has it's own private battle with the tart and citrus. The exhale does see that the sweet won the battle but it's still not too sweet, just enough to leave a sweet pleasant aftertaste. The exhale also see's the spearmint get more evident and is also present in the aftertaste.
SCORE: 8.5/10
CLASSIC (TOBACCO)
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...al-classic
This e-liquid has a very authentic aroma with a freshly opened pouch of rolling tobacco smell. The MiNiMAL range are French but the taste of this e-liquid in my opinion is very similar to the British blended rolling tobacco Old Holborn. Inhale and Exhale with this e-liquid is consistent with a bit of sweetness coming through right at the end leaving a sweet tobacco aftertaste.
SCORE 9/10
MINT
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...nimal-mint
This e-liquid stays almost the same on inhale and exhale with just more coolant evident on exhale. the flavour here isn't authentic mint but more of a herbal boiled sweet flavour which is rather nice but although those that like there e-liquids with coolant for me just too much coolant evident especially on the exhale.
SCORE 7.5/10
FRUIT MEDLEY
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...uit-medley
I thought this e-liquid would just be fruity merged flavour so finding it hard to taste individual fruits. From the aroma when smelling the e-liquid i could make out a hint of Mango but then as expected just a merged fruity mass but Fruit Medley comes alive when vaping and is a layered well crafted e-liquid. The first layer in the background is the merged fruit flavour i was expecting, then we have over the top of that Mango which is evident throughout. The final top foremost layer changes with each vape as flavours pop out from the background and seem to almost leapfrog the Mango to come to the fore, 2 or 3 different flavours can be detected with each vape but constantly change, Strawberry, Lemon, Raspberry, Banana and Kiwi are amongst the flavours i was able to identify. The exhale is less complex with fruit staying mostly in the background and mango keeping it at bay. No more different fruits coming to the fore just Banana and Kiwi evident even if on that particular inhale they were not present, the aftertaste see's Mango at last come to the fore. This e-liquid is excellent.
SCORE 9.5/10
VANILLA
https://www.districtf5ve.com/collections...al-vanilla
This e-liquid is very uncomplicated and is consistent on both inhale and exhale, a strong Vanilla aroma when smelling the liquid but the flavour that comes through when vaping is understated which in my opinion is the way to go as i find Vanilla in the foreground can be quite rich and sickly. Here it's going solo but is a nice mellow vape.
SCORE 8/10
Final thoughts
A very nice range of nicotine salts e-liquid, Classic Tobacco and Berry Lemonade were very nice but the standout flavour was the well crafted Fruit Medley.
I would once again like to thank Neil from District F5VE for supplying the MiNiMAL Salt E-Liquid range for the purpose of this review.
https://www.districtf5ve.com/
