Pink lemonade is one of my favorite summer drinks, so I was glad to have Fire Man eJuice by One Hit Wonder on the review desk. The flavor is described as fresh-squeezed lemonade with a hint of cranberry. It is also the first One Hit Wonder juice I have reviewed that is not a dessert flavor, and I wanted to see how it stacked up against the brand’s creams and custards. This review goes through the packaging, filling the tank, and then the taste.
About One Hit Wonder
Several One Hit Wonder e-liquids have been reviewed here before, with varying degrees of success. Most of the range is dessert-centric: custards, creams and sweets. Fire Man goes a different way and imitates a fruit drink.
Every One Hit Wonder e-liquid is made with nicotine salts and TruNic 2.0, which puzzled me until I read up on it. The brand uses nicotine salts for a firmer throat hit, the idea being that one hit is enough. Whatever strength you buy, this juice is meant for sub-ohm tanks. Do not put it in a pod device built for actual nic-salt vape juice.
Box and bottle
Fire Man ships in a 100mL chubby gorilla bottle inside a thin paper box. Box and label share a playful design of wavy cotton-candy pink and chrome yellow, with a large “Fire Man” symbol and lettering in the center.
- Front of label: the One Hit Wonder name in bold across the top, with “Top Shelf E-liquid” and “Nicotine Salts” near the lower edge.
- Back of label: the flavor name again (spelled Fireman here) and small silhouettes carrying the details. A fire extinguisher shows the bottle size (100mL), a fire hydrant shows the nicotine content (3mg), and the VG/PG ratio is given simply as 80/20.
- Warnings: keep away from children, sale and age restrictions, and the manufacturer’s information are all clearly printed.
- Ingredients: nicotine content, VG/PG ratio and flavoring content are marked. That is where I learned flavoring makes up 20% of the liquid.
- Underside: expiration date and batch number, so you can check the recommended shelf life.
Two things are printed on the box only. The official flavor description sits on its right side but not on the bottle, and I would have liked it on both in case the box gets lost or damaged. Still, it was good that the company printed a description at all. The required warning that the product contains nicotine, an addictive chemical, is likewise in a text block on the box and missing from the bottle label.
Filling the tank
The childproof cap is black and adults will find it easy to unscrew. Under it is a very thin fill tip that makes refilling quick. The bottle took some force to squeeze, though, so go gently. I have squeezed a bottle too hard before, popped the whole tip off, and sprayed juice everywhere.
The rest of the bottle is clear, and the label edges stop short of each other, leaving a gap where you can see how much juice remains along with its color and thickness. At 3mg the liquid is a light yellow, much like real lemonade. Its consistency sits between thick and watery, close to One Hit Wonder’s dessert juices. That surprised me, because fruit e-liquids usually run thinner (think Naked 100).
With the cap off I held the bottle under my nose. The smell was intensely sweet: pure cane sugar, sweet lemons and pink taffy candy all at once. The longer I sniffed, the more I wanted a real glass of pink lemonade. A reminder: never swallow raw e-liquid or let it touch your skin.
How it tastes
I have had reasonable luck with lemonade juices before, including Pink No. 1 by Twist eLiquids, its menthol version Pink 0° eJuice by Twist eLiquids, and Peach Lemonade eJuice by Vapetasia. Fire Man is the first pink lemonade I have tried that advertises cranberry.
- Inhale: warm, light fruit with a faint pink sweetness.
- Exhale: tart lemon, very close to the pink lemonade I make from CountryTime powder. The cranberry adds its own tartness and a fruity sweetness.
- Re-inhaling the cloud: more lemonade than the exhale itself.
- Throat hit: smooth, with no harsh kick and no dizziness.
- Aftertaste: none that was sour or stale.
I am not normally a fan of lemon e-liquids, but this lemon was smooth, tart and refreshing without turning overly sour. The flavor came through cleanly on every hit, and I kept vaping it steadily for about 4 days.
How much I liked it caught me off guard. Pink lemonade is a lightly flavored drink, which makes it hard to copy in a juice without ending up bland or watery. One Hit Wonder got it right, and this is now my favorite lemonade vape juice of any I have tried. Taste in e-liquid is highly subjective, which is what makes reviews tricky to write, so your experience may differ.
Verdict: 10 out of 10
I could not find a fault with the flavor. It tasted exactly like pink lemonade, the cranberry brought tart, fruity sweetness, and the taste was strong and long lasting. I could have named the flavor without reading the description. The throat hit, which comes from the TruNic 2.0 nicotine salts, was satisfying. Between the taste, the scent and the professional packaging, this became an all-day juice for me. I tried it in December and can easily picture reaching for it in summer too.
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