PICCO STAR 40000 Puffs Disposable Vape Blackberry Ice
The fastest way to misjudge this taste is to assume it works like the other iced fruit in the range. It does not, and the reason is in the fruit itself. A blackberry is built almost entirely out of that outer layer and very little out of sugar, so a cold layer has nothing sweet to flatten. It ends up doing something different here than it does on a mango or a watermelon.
What that means in practice is that this is a tart, dark, faintly winey vape that ends cool and dry, rather than a sweet fruit that has been chilled. If you have bought iced disposables before and found them pleasantly sweet, this one is a different proposition and worth reading the rest of this page before you commit to a fill.
Below is what the fruit is actually made of, where the cold lands as a result, the one thing this blend gives up in exchange for that cold finish, and how to set the airflow on a profile that is already on the dry side.
What This Taste Is Built On
| Part | Detail |
|---|---|
| Draw rating | Up to 40000, a maker’s laboratory number |
| Reservoir | 28 ml filled during production and sealed |
| Cell | 1150 mAh with a Type-C charging point |
| Element | Quad Mesh, 0.8 ohm |
| Air | Single slider beneath the base, moved by hand |
| Readout | Remaining charge shown with remaining fill |
| Inscription | PICCO-STAR on the body |
| Selection | 18 options run on this chassis |
Why This Berry Is Not Like the Others Here
A blackberry is not a single piece of fruit with nectar inside it. It is a cluster of small beads packed around a pale core, and every bead has its own tight outer coat. Nearly all of the colour, a large share of the sharp aroma and the drying quality people describe as tannic live in those coats rather than in the soft material between them.
That arrangement is the reason a blackberry tastes the way it does. The flesh alone would be close to bland. What makes the fruit interesting is the contrast between the plain interior and the assertive outside of each bead, and that is also why the fruit is regularly compared to a young red wine rather than to a berry cordial. It is dry, it is dark, and it tightens rather than loosening.
Compare that with a strawberry, where the aroma and the sugar are in the same soft flesh, or a mango, where the flesh is itself the taste. Blackberry is the odd one out on this list, and that is why it behaves differently when you put ice in it.
Why this berry behaves nothing like the others on the list
A blackberry is not a single succulent fruit. It is a cluster of small round beads, each one wrapped in its own tough outer coat, packed around a pale core, and that arrangement is most of its taste.
Those outer coats are where the colour, most of the sharp aroma and the drying tannin sit. The flesh between them is comparatively plain. That is why the fruit reads as winey rather than as nectar.
No other fruit in this range behaves that way. Give a strawberry a cold layer and the cold sits in front of it. Give a blackberry one and there is almost no sugar to shade, so the cold goes to the end of the draw and dries it instead.
Where the Cold Actually Lands
On most chilled fruit, the cold layer works from the front. It hits the palate first, it takes the edge off the sugar, and the fruit sits behind it. That is what makes a chilled mango or a chilled melon read as a cold drink with fruit in it rather than as fruit.
There is almost no sugar here to work against. So the cold does not move to the front, and it cannot flatten anything, because there is very little sweetness in the profile to flatten. What it does instead is tighten the finish and leave a drying cooling note on the exhale. The fruit holds the front of the draw, and the cold closes the mouth.
This is why the taste suits a long device better than most iced profiles. A cold-first vape can start to feel heavy over weeks, because the drink-like quality accumulates. Here the fruit is at the front for the whole fill and the cold stays at the back, which is a much easier thing to live with across something rated at 40000 puffs.
What the Cold Gives Up
It is worth being direct about the trade rather than describing only the good side. The clearest, most perfumed top notes of a blackberry are the first thing a heavy cold load flattens, and if the perfumed top of the fruit is the part of blackberry you actually enjoy, an unchilled version of it will serve you better.
This blend is built with that limit in mind rather than ignoring it. The cold is proportioned so the fruit still reads clearly from the opening draw, which is a narrower, more deliberate reading of an iced blackberry than the heavy chilled versions that are common at this price. Buyers who want the cold to dominate are looking for a different product and will find it in the plain mint on this same platform.
There is no setting on this device that moves the balance. The coil runs at a fixed resistance and the only adjustment is air, which changes how the notes arrive rather than how strong each one is.
Setting the Airflow on a Dry Profile
Because this taste is already on the dry side, the slider does not balance two opposing things here. It moves the profile further along one direction. Opening the air up lets the darker, sharper notes forward and dries the finish further, which is the setting to use if the fruit feels too restrained. Closing it down concentrates the vapour and holds the cold on the back of the tongue for longer, which suits a buyer who wants more chill from the same fill.
Neither position changes the reservoir level or the battery, since the slider moves air rather than power. The mesh element at 0.8 ohm spreads heat across a broad surface, which keeps the temperature even and stops a heavy sweet fill scorching, though on this profile it matters less than it does on the sweet blends because there is less sugar here to burn in the first place.
A sensible order of operations is to start open, take a few draws to read the fruit on its own, and only then close it down if the profile needs more weight. Doing it in that order avoids the common mistake of deciding a taste is weak when the only problem was that the air was shut off.
Where Blackberry Ice Sits in the PICCO STAR 40000 Line
This is the least sweet and most grown-up tasting profile on the platform, and it will appeal to a buyer who has already worked through the sweeter options. The comparisons below set it against the blends most often weighed against it.
| Blend | Construction | Buyer it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Blackberry Ice (this blend) | A dark tart bramble fruit with no sugar to speak of and a cold close that dries. | For a buyer who wants fruit character over sweetness. |
| Banana Ice | One very sweet fruit with a cold layer supplying all the structure. | When the sweet side of cold fruit is what you are after. |
| Blueberry Lemon Ice | A berry lifted by citrus and closed hard with cold. | If you want brightness at the front as well as a cold finish. |
| Blueberry Raspberry | Two dark berries kept entirely unchilled. | For the berry taste with no cooling at all. |
| Grape Ice | A sweet full fruit where cold holds back an otherwise heavy sweetness. | If sugar is the part you want the cold working against. |
Questions About the PICCO STAR 40000 Blackberry Ice
Is this a sweet taste?
No, and that is the honest answer for anyone deciding quickly. Blackberry has very little sugar in it to begin with, so this reads as a dark, tart, slightly winey vape with a cold finish rather than as a sweet one. If you want a sweet berry vape, take the two berry blend in this range instead and leave the cooling off.
Why does the cold only show up at the end?
Because there is no sweetness in this fruit for it to cover. Cold works on a sweet vape by flattening the sugar and pushing the fruit back. Here it has almost nothing to flatten, so what it does is tighten the finish and leave a drying, cooling note on the exhale rather than a cold drink in the middle.
Does the cold ruin the fruit?
It costs something, and it is worth knowing what before committing to a fill. The clearest top notes of a blackberry are delicate, and a heavy cold load will flatten them. This blend is built with that in mind, so the fruit reads clearly at the front, but a buyer who cares most about the perfumed top of the berry would do better with an unchilled version of it.
What does the airflow slider change here?
This profile is already on the dry side, so the slider moves it further in one direction rather than balancing two things. More open air gives the darker, sharper notes and dries the finish more. Closing it down concentrates the vapour and keeps the cold sitting on the back of the tongue for longer. Neither setting changes how fast the tank empties.
What do I need to start using it?
A Type-C cable. The tank is filled and closed at the factory so there is no refilling and no coil changing at any point, but the 1150 mAh battery needs several charges to see a full 28 ml through. The display shows charge and fill at the same time, which makes it easy to see which one is running down first.
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Blackberry rewards a buyer who knows what they want and this is not the taste to buy by accident. There is no real sweetness to hide behind, the fruit holds the front of every draw, and the cold closes the mouth dry and cool rather than arriving as a chilled drink. Buyers who find that sharp and winey are the ones who will finish a 28 ml fill of it, and buyers who want sweetness with cold should look at the banana or the watermelon in the same range instead.
Why SmokeOZ?
Tastes that are not straightforward are the ones worth describing carefully, so each listing here sets out what a draw actually tastes like, where the cooling sits, and what the device lets you change about it.
IGET, BIMO, ALIBARBAR, PICCO and ARVO are kept in one place, which means a tart iced berry, a plain iced berry and a sweet iced fruit can be compared directly instead of being hunted for across separate websites.
A single unit is an ordinary order with no account to open and no minimum above one. Stock is held in Australia, orders leave from an Australian warehouse, and the low pricing comes from a supply chain that is already established rather than from a short term promotion.
