How to Choose A Vape Kit: A Beginner Guide (Plus Pro Tips)

Choosing a vape kit can be quite confusing as there are many of them out there with almost the same features and price tags. If you’ve been vaping before now, it could be a little bit easy for you to choose a new kit since you already have specifics of what to look out for.

But if this would be your first time, it’s truly going to be challenging. Well, that’s why we’re putting this guide here for choosing a vape kit, whether you’re just starting to vape or an enthusiast.

Firstly, you should understand that there are generally two common types of vapes: disposable vapes and pod kits (which are refillable). This comprehensive guide navigates the various types of vape kits and factors to consider when looking out for the “best” one to buy. It’s going to be a straight-to-the-point article – a guaranteed interesting read, c’mon!

What Is a Vape Kit?

A vape kit is a package that contains a vaping device along with a couple of accessories needed to start vaping with the vape device. These included accessories vary depending on the type of vape kit you purchased, but majorly include the following:

• The vape device
• A charging cable
• Pods/Cartridges (for vape pods)
• A lanyard (not in all cases)
• A user manual

Types of Vape Kits

There are about five types of vape kits. These vape kits are distinctive and come with totally different items in the package.

Vape kits can be reused as many times as you desire; the pods (cartridges) have a refill port where you can refill your e-juice. But the thing is, vape pods offer much fewer puffs than disposable vapes – just that you can always refill the pods and continue, while for disposable vapes, once the juice is done with, you need a new one.

Vape Pen Kits

A vape pen is a tiny but long vaping device. Depending on the one you bought, a vape pen may come with a removable e-liquid tank or a fixed tank with a detachable mouthpiece for refills. The main aim of vape pens is to mimic e-cigrattes in terms of appearance and design; they typically consist of a battery, a tank or cartridge, and a heating coil.

Vape Pod Kits

Vape pod kits are compact devices that use disposable or refillable pods instead of tanks. This vape kit come in a package that contains the primary vape pod device, usually two (2) detachable or disposable pods of varying resistance ratings, then a charging cable, and a user manual. These vapes are slender and long like vape pens – just a bit bigger, and you can switch between different flavors quickly when you use a vape pod kit.

Pod Mod Kits

Pod mod kits stand in-between vape pod kits and more advanced box mods. The offer a mix of pod kits and mod kits, hence the name, Pod Mod Kits. This vape kits offer the compact size of pod systems but with more advanced features like adjustable wattage and more powerful batteries. Being versatile, these vapes can cater to both beginners and experienced vapers.

Box Mod Kits

These are much bigger vape mods, and usually offer more advanced features and bugger batteries. Box kod kits also offer extensive customization options; they flaunt a boxy shape, hence the name, and are designed for more experienced vapers who want to control every aspect of their vaping experience.

Squonk Mod Kits

Squonk mod kits are specialized vaping devices built for experience vapers who prefer rebuildable atomizers (RDAs) but want the convenience of a tank. These vape kits feature a built-in squeeze bottle where the e-liquid stores and passes to meet the atomizer, so there becomes no need for the e-liquid to drip manually.

How to Choose a Vape Kit | Things to Look Out For

Having known the two different vape kits that exist, let’s walk you through some of the things to look out for when trying to purchase a new kit.

1. Identify Your Vaping Style

There are two major vaping techniques, MTL (Mouth-to-Lung) and RDL (Restricted-Direct-to-Lung). MTL is where you take a puff and then hold it for some seconds to let the puff get to your lungs, then you exhale the clouds, while RDL is where the puff goes directly to your lungs (just like when you smoke a shisha).

MTL vaping requires low power (wattage) while RDL or simply DTL (Direct-to-Lung) vaping requires high power (from 20W). So, if you’re the RDL type, you need a vape kit that supports up to 25W power or even 30W; while if you’re the MTL (usually beginners), right about any vape can give you a decent MTL experience.

2. Vape Type

You need to identify which vape type is best for you – for some, it’s pod vapes, and for others, it’s disposable vapes. Both vape types are cool, but disposable vapes are bigger and offer more puffs for long-term vaping than vape pods. For example, there are disposable vapes that offer up to 40,000 puffs per device without any refill needed.

The maximum number of puffs a vape pod could offer is 1000 – 1500 per refill, which means you have to refill the cartridge after every 1500 puffs, while a disposable vape keeps you going all the way to 20k, 30k, or even 40k puffs without any refill. But then, once the disposable vape content is exhausted, you must dispose of the device, whereas with vape pods, you can always refill and refill each time the pod content is exhausted, and if a particular pod (cartridge) has reached its end-of-life, you can replace it with another compatible pod and continue your vaping while the vape device still remains.

3. Vape Features

The truth is, disposable vapes come with more features than vape pods. For example, there are disposable vapes that come with smartphone features like social media integration, camera, weather notifications, fitness tracker, and a lot more, but you will not find a vape pod kit with such features. This doesn’t mean there are no advanced vape pods with really impressive features; it’s just that disposable vapes tend to offer more in that aspect.

But far from those smartphone-like features, other important features to look out for in a vape kit include airflow adjustment, power/operational modes, battery level and e-juice level indicator (to keep you in the know), an intuitive user interface or LED screen, and activation mechanism (draw activation or button press).

4. Activation Mechanism

There are two wants to activate a vape device: draw activation and button-press activation. In draw activation, you have to fake an initial first draw so that the device now powers on and starts heating the e-juice to produce the flavor taste of your e-juice, but in button-press activation, you only need to press a button to get started. Interestingly, some vapes (both disposable vapes and vape kits) come with these two activation mechanisms at once, and of course, there are vape kits that offer only one of these.

5. Nicotine Levels

While a majority of vapes follow the 5% nicotine concentration standard, some cape models have zero nicotine concentration. So, you should check to know if you want a nicotine-infused vape or a fruity vape with zero nicotine in its flavors. For vapes with nicotine concentration, the maximum is usually 5%.

6. Everything Else You Consider Necessary

For a veteran looking to make a switch, certainly, you will want a vape with possibly a bigger battery, more flavor options, and perhaps, more puffs. When choosing a new vape kit, your personal preferences cannot be overridden – there could be specific features or add-ons you may be looking out for, including the vape’s physical appearance (compact design). Then again, your budget here is important; you don’t want to shop above your budget. Put all of these into consideration and there you have your perfect vape kit!

Conclusion

There are at 5 types of vape kits: vape pens, vape pod kits, mod/box vapes, pod mod kits, and customizable squonk mod kits. But the most commonly used kits are vape pod kits and pod mod kits, thanks to their miniature design and advanced features. When you consider all these factors we made above, you will definitely end up with the most suitable vape kit that satisfies your vaping needs.

FAQs

How Do I Choose My First Vape?

Firstly, you have to find your preferred vaping style: MTL or RDL/DTL. Well, for a beginner, you have to start with MTL and there are many vapes that offer outstanding MTL experience since the vaping style doesn’t require high power (wattage). When choosing your first vape, there are actually many things to consider and those factors are explained above in the article.

What Vape Should I Buy For Beginners?

Depending on your budget and lifestyle, vape pens (pod vapes) are usually the best-recommended vape type for beginners. Notwithstanding, most disposable vapes are built to be beginner-friendly, so first-timers to vaping could still use them.

What Do Vape Kits Contain?

There is not much actually, just the vape device, a charging cable, a lanyard (for some models), and usually dual pods (for pod vapes). Oh, of course, there’s going to be a user manual inside the package to walk you through the special features of functions integrated into your chosen vape device.

What Type of Vape is the Best?

This is quite subjective; different persons have their unique “best” type of vape; it all depends on what you want in a vape device. There are so many good vape devices out there with impressive features, you could get lost finding the “best” choice – just pick the one that seems to appeal to you and try it out, then if it doesn’t give you what you want, you can try other, and just that way, you will end up with one vape that would be the “best” for you.