SKE Crystal 600 Pro Prefilled Pods – Berry Ice

The Cold Open

Berry Ice starts with the ice, not the berry. The first pull is a rush of cold menthol across the tongue, sharp and clean, the sort of hit that wakes you up rather than easing you in gently. It's not an overpowering ice, more the level you'd get from a proper mint sweet than an eye watering blast, but it's the first thing you notice every time.

That opening chill also does a job most fruit ice vapes struggle with, it clears whatever taste was in your mouth beforehand. Coffee, food, another flavour entirely, the ice wipes the slate fairly clean before the berries get their turn to speak.

The Berry Layer

Underneath the cold sits a mix of dark berries rather than one single fruit, blackberry and blueberry mostly, with a touch of raspberry adding a lighter, sharper note on top. None of them shout individually, it's more a blended berry jam feel that comes through once the initial ice has settled, rounded rather than tart, and a shade darker and less sugary than a typical mixed berry vape.

As you keep vaping, the balance between the two elements shifts slightly. The cold stays fairly constant pull to pull, while the berry depth builds a little the longer the session goes on, as though your palate needs a moment to catch what's happening under the menthol.

The Exhale

On the way out, the ice cools the throat rather than the mouth, that classic frosty finish menthol fans chase, while the berry lingers as a faint sweetness at the back of the palate. It's a genuinely refreshing exhale rather than a heavy one, closer to biting into a frozen berry than drinking a berry cordial.

Who This Flavour Suits

Berry Ice is built for vapers who want fruit but find straight fruit flavours a bit soft or samey after a while. If menthol and ice vapes are already your thing, this gives you a fruitier alternative without losing the cooling hit you're used to. It also suits anyone who came to vaping from menthol cigarettes and wants something with more character than plain mint, while still getting that familiar cold throat sensation.

It's less of a fit if you dislike menthol altogether, no amount of berry underneath changes the fact that ice is the lead flavour here, not a background note.

It also tends to suit vapers who get through flavours quickly and want something with two distinct layers rather than one flat note, since there's genuinely more to notice here on the tenth pull than on a straightforward single fruit vape.

When It's Best

This is a flavour that earns its keep in warm weather and busy days, the kind of vape that feels like relief rather than indulgence. Plenty of vapers reach for something like Berry Ice specifically after a workout, in hot weather, or any time a cold drink would be the first thing on their mind. It's less suited to first thing in the morning for some, when a milder flavour can feel easier on a fresh palate, though that really comes down to personal preference.

Comparisons and What to Rotate It With

Against a plain menthol, Berry Ice has far more going on, the fruit gives it a body that straight mint lacks, so it reads as more of a flavour than a sensation. Compared with a non iced berry blend, it's obviously colder and less sweet, trading some of the fruit's natural sugariness for that refreshing chill.

Because strong menthol and ice flavours can start to numb your sense of taste if vaped constantly, it's worth keeping a non iced flavour in rotation too:

• A warm fruit flavour with no ice, to let your palate properly reset
• A dessert or custard flavour for evenings, since ice flavours tend to suit daytime more
• A different berry blend without menthol, to compare how much the ice is really doing here

A Couple of Practical Notes

Ice and menthol flavours tend to taste sharpest and most vivid on a fresh pod and a clean palate, so this is a good one to open first in a session rather than partway through, after your tongue has already adjusted to something else. As with any prefilled pod, the flavour is at its truest in the first half of the pod's life, so if the cooling hit starts to feel weaker toward the end, that's simply the pod nearing empty rather than anything being wrong with it.

Berry Ice FAQ

How strong is the menthol in Berry Ice?

It's a noticeable, proper ice hit rather than a faint hint, closer to a strong mint sweet than a subtle coolness. If you prefer only a whisper of menthol, this leans stronger than that.

What berries does Berry Ice actually taste like?

Mostly blackberry and blueberry, with a lighter raspberry note running through it, rather than any single berry standing out on its own. It reads as a blended, jammy mixed berry rather than one specific fruit.

Is Berry Ice a good choice for someone switching from menthol cigarettes?

It can be, since it keeps that familiar cold throat sensation while adding a fruitier flavour underneath, which some ex smokers find makes the switch feel less clinical than plain menthol alone.