Cape Clouds South Africa: Bubble Trouble & Popsikl Longfills (2026)
Cape Clouds is a local South African e-liquid house with two ranges worth knowing: Bubble Trouble, the bubblegum line it built its name on, and Popsikl, a fruitier, ice-lolly-flavoured sibling. Both are sold as 120ml longfills, which is where most first-time buyers get caught out. Here is exactly what you are buying and what you need alongside it — everything below is on the shelf on the Cape Clouds brand page.
A 120ml “flavour shot” is not 120ml of e-liquid
This is the important part. A Cape Clouds 120ml bottle contains 30ml of concentrated flavour base in a 120ml bottle. The rest of the bottle is empty on purpose. To finish it you add roughly 80ml of VG and a 10ml freebase nic shot, cap it, and shake — and you end up with 120ml of finished, ready-to-vape e-liquid.
Buy the bottle on its own and you cannot vape it. Buy the bottle with VG and a nic shot and you have made 120ml of liquid for around R250 all-in, which is roughly R2 per millilitre. A ready-mixed 120ml from anywhere else will cost you noticeably more.
Bubble Trouble vs Popsikl
Bubble Trouble is the bubblegum line: sweet, unmistakably confectionery, and finished with a cold hit that stops it cloying. Wobble Gum is the straight-down-the-middle version; Extra Ice is the same idea with the menthol turned up hard.
Popsikl is the fruit line — closer to a frozen lolly than a sweet, and generally lighter on the palate. It is the range to take if you find bubblegum flavours exhausting after half a tank.
Both are mixed for direct-lung devices at the VG ratio Cape Clouds specifies. They are not designed for a tight MTL pod, and with a 10ml freebase shot in 120ml you will land at a low strength anyway — which is correct for a sub-ohm tank and wrong for a pod.
Best-selling Cape Clouds flavours at ADVapes
Bubble Trouble Wobble Gum — 120ml Longfill
R200
The original and still the best seller. Classic pink bubblegum with a light chill — this is the flavour that made Cape Clouds.
Bubble Trouble Extra Ice — 120ml Longfill
R200
Same bubblegum, considerably more menthol. Genuinely cold rather than merely cool — take this one if Wobble Gum reads as too sweet.
Popsikl Mango Strawberry — 120ml Longfill
R180
The fruit alternative, and cheaper. Mango and strawberry mixed like a frozen lolly — lighter than the bubblegum line and easier over a long session.
What you need in the basket
Three things, every time: the flavour shot, roughly 80ml of VG, and a 10ml freebase nic shot if you want nicotine in it. Leave the nic shot out and you have made a perfectly good 0mg liquid — which is a legitimate choice, and one a fair number of Cape Clouds customers make.
Mix it, then leave it alone for a day or two if you can. Longfills reward a short steep: the flavour rounds out and the harshness drops off. It is not mandatory, but it is the difference between a good mix and a great one.
First longfill? Ask us
If this is your first mix, tell us at checkout and we will make sure the VG and the nic shot quantities match the bottle you have chosen. It takes thirty seconds and saves a wasted R200.
Cape Clouds longfills from R180
Bubble Trouble and Popsikl 120ml flavour shots, locally made — in stock with fast nationwide delivery.
Browse Cape Clouds →You must be 18 or older to purchase. Nicotine-containing products contain nicotine, which is an addictive substance. Not for use by non-smokers, pregnant or breastfeeding women.
