Updated: January 2024 by James Dunworth There are few things more frustrating than a “No Atomizer” or “Check Atomizer” message. Your vape tank is filled with e-liquid, your mod is charged, you press the button… and nothing happens. It’s happened to me a number of times and, chances are, it is happening to you right now! The good news is that.....
Nic salts. Freebase. Shortfills. High VG. Low VG. When it comes to buying vape juice, there’s a lot of choice - and it’s easy to get confused if you don’t know what the terms above mean. So in this guide, we’ll explain the different types of e-liquid you can buy. You’ll also find which e-liquids can be used in different devices -.....
Also see: 2021 Vape Predictions : Expert Roundup.What a year it’s been for the vaping industry. In the first half of the year it seemed nothing could stop vaping, with smokers switching from tobacco to electronic cigarettes in droves.Then an outbreak of serious respiratory illness broke out in the USA. While the illness was caused by the use.....
I have a little secret.First, understand that I get to try a lot of new vape devices.We constantly have new products passing through the office, and I get to try a lot of them.But, like a comfortable pair of shoes, I still find myself going back to the same products again and again.A personal favourite is the tried and tested.....
Updated: March 2021Vapes are literally designed to get hot.Your battery is there to supply energy to a coil, which turns a portion of that energy into heat and, as a result, send a stream of vapour up the mouthpiece for you to inhale.But when you’re new to vaping, it’s natural to be a bit uneasy if you notice excessive.....
What is spit-back?Spit-back, in vaping parlance, is when a coil spits a tiny amount of hot liquid into your mouth when you initially take a puff.How does spit-back occur?Imagine placing a frying pan on high heat without any liquid on and leaving it till it’s above one hundred degrees celsius. If you then flick water on it, it will spit.....
In interviews I’m often asked why, if vaping is 95% safer than smoking, there are so many negative stories around vaping.My answer is that vaping is a disruptive industry which threatens more than US$700 billion in tobacco revenues and US$250 billion in tax revenues. It’s inevitable there’s going to be opposition to vaping.But I’m always uneasy this may.....
It’s official - electronic cigarettes are now the most popular way to quit. And when electronic cigarettes are combined with advice and support from stop smoking services, incredible quit rates are achieved.Unfortunately, the most effective way to quit smoking is highly underused. In 2016/17 just 4% of people using stop smoking services were also using electronic cigarettes.That could be about.....
Updated: May 2022Burnt coils. Spilt e-liquid. Leaking tanks.It’s easy to make a mistake when starting to vape – and after 14 years of vaping I think I’ve seen or made most of the mistakes here!But don’t be put off – over those 14 years vape devices have become ever easier to use, and with new beginner devices it’s getting easier.....
I still vividly remember vaping Voop Juice for April Fools ’ Day in 2015. I’d never considered vaping cheese and onion or garlic e-liquid before, and – probably unsurprisingly – I never have since. It was an affront to every one of my senses and I doubt I’ve ever been the same since.But the world of bizarre e-liquid.....
Updated: April 2024 by James DunworthOne of the key reasons some smokers fail to switch to vaping is not using the right inhale technique.While both cigarettes and vapes (usually) deliver nicotine, the inhale style is quite different. It’s important to learn these differences, as well as the correct ways to inhale, as failing to inhale a vape correctly can.....
Want to find out what's going to happen next year? See: 2021 Vape Predictions : Expert Roundup.For the last seven years, we’ve been publishing expert predictions on the future of vaping.The aim is to get a range of perspectives that stretches across geography and interest groups. This year we’ve stretched further around the globe featuring experts from the UK,.....
While the UK was close to banning vaping in 2010, since then it’s slowly come to have one of the most vape friendly attitudes in the world - at least, as far it can under EU tobacco laws.Now the United Kingdom has taken another step forward by, finally, allowing health claims to be made.The announcement has come from the
Updated: March 2021Coils are one of the areas of vaping where evolution seems relentless. I remember briefly feeling like I understood coils, and then I started to notice a lot of chatter about Clapton coils.That’s OK, I thought, learning what Clapton coils were and trying them out. Then the permutations came: fused Claptons, staged Claptons and on and on. They’re.....
I remember the time I first picked up an e-cigarette. It was all very simple. It was a little cigarette-sized device with an in-built battery, and to charge it you just had to screw it into a USB charger and wait for the light at the end to turn green. It was foolproof.Little did I know that several years later.....