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Looks good to me jtc, if you try it and it needs to be a little more juicy could add a tiny amount of TPA Dragonfruit, or just .5% of Innawera Cactus, also I've heard it said that a drop of citric acid (lemon juice) can make fruit flavours zing - though I've never tried it.

If I were test mixing this I'd try it without the sour first, then add as needed.

The first time I tried this I was a bit surprised it turned out to be even vapable - now with a bit of tweaking it's become my current favourite:

It's based on the Zorro Cocktail, which is 2 cl coffee - 2 cl Sambuca, - 2 cl irish cream (bailey's), - 2 cl white creme de menthe, & 1.5oz whipped cream

4.00% Irish Cream - Capella (Capella)
3.00% Creme de Menthe II (The Flavour Apprentice)
2.00% Bavarian Cream (The Flavour Apprentice)
2.00% Sweet Cream (Capella)
2.00% Vanilla Custard V2 Capella (Capella)
1.00% Espresso (Flavour Arts)
1.00% Ethyl Maltol
1.00% Ouzo (Atmos Lab)
0.30% Koolada 5% (Perfumers Apprentice) - Koolada diluted by half.

It's broadly coffee with an undertone of a chilled creamy, minty flavour, and the Ouzo gives it a bit of aniseed bite.

Had some fun with a label, but, for some reason, it refused to upload!

Have been looking forward to this for some time and finally got it today - incredibly good value at 2Fdeal @ $11.99 (£9.15p)

Filled her up and got my Hussar on it just now - and I'm very impressed. It's almost identical in size to the boxer, and has, for me, some significant advantages over the other under $20 3d printed/plastic type squonkers I  have (The Boxer, Frankenskull  & Phenohm)

 



Things I like:

Nice shape, cant see it here but one back corner is rounded, also, a nice feel - the logo is nice 

The battery door is tight and actually stays on when I squonk with my thumb - all my other 3d print/plasic types have a bit of a tendency to come adrift if I'm not careful

The contact is really solid with lots of travel on the button, there is also a little contact protector provided that slides in between the contacts and is held in place by two magnets (bit of a faff for me, would prefer a locking button like the Boxer)

No internal leaks (yet!)

There is plenty of room for the squonk bottle and battery

It hits really hard

Things that may be cons for some:

A soft bottle -  best to remove the bottle and leave the feeder tube in when refilling, this leaves a few drips - but the bottle works fine. I will probably try other bottles in it but I'm in no rush.

Its a manually adjustable pin and you have to be careful when adjusting it as it can loosen the components below it - before I worked this out the contact plate came loose and suddenly increased the travel on the button - however, it does mean it will fit nearly all attys (I've tried four and got a contact on all)

You need to put something in with the battery to get a grip on it to take it out easily.

Overall it's a joy to use once set up. 

Pic of internals below:  

indebted to

latte

I have taken to using TFA Koolada diluted with PG by half at .25% - gives a realistic iced drink effect without any off aftertaste - but does depend a bit on what else is in the mix - keep meaning to experiment with other coolants but have not yet got around to it.