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Vape Kits

Most people land here with one of three questions: what is the cheapest kit actually worth buying, which kit feels closest to a cigarette, and whether a bigger mod is worth the extra money.A vape kit is a device, a pod or tank and a coil, sold together and ready to use once you add e-liquid. Kits here start at £2.99. If you are switching from cigarettes, start with an MTL pod kit. If you are replacing a disposable, a prefilled pod kit keeps the same swap-when-empty routine. If you already vape and want more power, go to the sub-ohm kits, or to vape mods for a bare mod with no tank.

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Which Vape Kit Should You Buy?

Three things decide it: how you want to draw, what you want to spend, and whether you would rather refill from a bottle or swap in a pod that arrives already filled. The sections below take those in order, and every type links through to the full range.

Cheap Vape Kits Under £20

Cheap does not have to mean disappointing. Kits start at £2.99, and from around £12 you get a refillable pod device with a battery that lasts a day and coils you can replace for a couple of pounds instead of buying the whole device again.

The saving is in the refills, not the kit. A £15 pod kit paired with 10ml bottles costs less over a month than buying prefilled or single-use devices, which is the main reason people move across.

What to look for under £20:

Replaceable coils. If the coil is sealed in, the whole device is throwaway within a month.
800mAh or more if you vape through the day, or you will be charging it at lunchtime.
Pods you can still buy in six months. Stick to a brand with a range behind it.

Also worth a look: the sale and clearance range carries older models at lower prices, and the weekly deals page collects whatever is reduced right now.

Not for you if you want big clouds. Under £20 buys a sensible MTL pod kit, not a sub-ohm setup, and pushing a cheap kit to do that job just burns coils.

MTL Vape Kits for a Cigarette Draw

MTL stands for mouth to lung, and it is the draw that feels like a cigarette. You pull the vapour into your mouth first, then breathe it in. If you are switching from smoking, this is almost certainly what you want.

MTL kits use tight airflow and a coil above 0.8 ohm, and they work best with a nic salt at 10mg or 20mg. One 10ml bottle refills a 2ml pod five times. They use less liquid and less power than the alternative, so a small device will last you a full day.

If this is your first device, the beginner kits range narrows it to draw-activated devices with nothing to set up, and our guide to the best starter kits to quit smoking covers what to expect in the first fortnight.

Not for you if you want clouds. MTL is a quiet, discreet draw and it is meant to be.

E-Cigarette Starter Kits

E-cigarette and vape kit mean the same thing. The word changed, the product did not. If you searched for an e-cig starter kit and landed on a page full of pod kits, you are in the right place.

What has changed is the hardware. The cigalike that looked like a cigarette has gone, replaced by pod kits that recharge over USB-C, refill from a bottle and last for years rather than a week.

An e-cigarette starter kit today is four things: a device, a pod, a coil and a cable. You choose your own e-liquid strength, and for the closest thing to the old cigarette feel that is a 20mg nic salt.

Not for you if you are looking for a cigalike specifically. We do not stock them, and nobody makes a good one any more.

Vape Kit Types: Which One Is Yours

Five vape kit types side by side: MTL pod, prefilled pod, refillable pod, vape pen and sub-ohm kit, each with who it suits and the e-liquid it takes.

Five types cover almost everything here. Pick the type first and it rules out most of the catalogue.

Type	Choose it if	E-Liquid	Shop
Pod Kit (MTL)	You are switching from cigarettes and want a tight draw	Nic salt 10 or 20mg	Pod kits
Prefilled Pod Kit	You are coming off disposables and want the same swap-when-empty routine	Pods arrive filled at 20mg	Prefilled pod kits
Refillable Pod Kit	You already buy bottled e-liquid and want the cheapest way to vape it	Nic salt or 50/50	Refillable vape kits
Vape Pen	You want the slim pen shape and something that feels like a cigarette in the hand	Nic salt 10 or 20mg	Vape pens
Sub-Ohm Kit (DTL)	You want clouds and flavour on an open draw	70/30 shortfill, 0 or 3mg	Sub-ohm kits

Draw style decides the rest. MTL is a cigarette-style inhale into the mouth first, DTL is one open breath straight to the lungs, and RDL sits between the two.

Still not sure? Most people switching from cigarettes are better off starting with a pod kit and moving up later than starting with a sub-ohm kit and finding it too much. Our guide to choosing a kit walks through it, and if you are coming off disposables, switching from disposables to pod kits covers what changes.

Vape Mod Kits and Box Mods

A mod kit is the step up: a bigger battery, adjustable wattage and a tank rather than a pod. More vapour, more control and longer between charges, at the cost of size and a bit more to learn.

Box mods take removable batteries, usually one or two 18650 cells, so you can carry a charged spare instead of stopping to plug in. Internal battery mods are simpler and slimmer. For a complete kit with the tank included see the advanced kits range, for a bare mod with no tank see vape mods, and for the boutique end there are high end mods.

There is one more format worth knowing about. On a boro or AIO build the tank drops inside the device rather than sitting on top, which keeps it pocketable at higher power and lets you swap the whole tank in seconds. Those live in boro kits and AIO mods.

Not for you if you want something pocketable that just works. A mod is a bigger thing to carry and it expects you to know what wattage you like.

Vape Kit Prices

Kits here start at £2.99 and reach just under £370. Each band buys a different battery class and refill routine:

Under £10. Basic pod kit, 700 to 1,000mAh, auto-fire, single integrated coil.
£10 to £20. Refillable 2ml pod, USB-C, swappable coil, three-step wattage.
£20 to £40. Pod mod, variable wattage 30 to 50W, MTL and RDL coil options.
£40 to £80. Sub-ohm kit, 18650 or 21700 battery, 80 to 220W, sub-ohm tank fitted.
Over £80. Boutique and limited edition builds, mostly boro and AIO.

The newest releases land in just in as they arrive.

What's in the Box and What You Replace

Most kits include the device, a pod or tank, a fitted coil and sometimes a spare, a USB-C cable, a mouthpiece and spare seals. Exact contents are listed on each product page.

Budget for the consumables:

Coils: one to three weeks, depending how much you vape.
Refillable pods: a few coil cycles each.
Prefilled pods: single use.
Batteries: one to two years, and 18650 or 21700 cells are user replaceable.

Keep spare glass and O-rings on hand, and pair any kit with the right e-liquid for the draw.

Vape Kit FAQs

A refillable MTL pod kit with a 20mg nic salt. It is draw activated, so there is no button and nothing to set up, and the 2ml pod refills five times from a single 10ml bottle. Start there rather than a sub-ohm kit, which is more power than a new vaper wants.

An MTL pod kit with a 20mg nic salt. MTL means mouth to lung, the same two-stage inhale as a cigarette, and the tight airflow with a higher resistance coil gives the throat hit ex-smokers are looking for. A DTL sub-ohm kit feels nothing like a cigarette.

Kits start at £2.99, but from around £12 you get a refillable pod device with coils you can replace, which is where the real saving begins. Below that you are usually buying a prefilled device that gets replaced rather than refilled, so it costs more over a month.

Between £12 and £25 covers most people. That buys a refillable pod kit with swappable coils, USB-C charging and a battery that lasts a day. Spend more only if you want adjustable wattage, a tank instead of a pod, or removable batteries you can swap on the go.

MTL (mouth-to-lung) draws vapour into the mouth first, then the lungs, on tight airflow with nic salts - the closest to a cigarette and best for ex-smokers. DTL (direct-to-lung) pulls vapour straight into the lungs on open airflow with high VG shortfill, for bigger clouds. RDL sits in between the two.

A pod kit is compact, holds 2ml in a pod that clips on, and mostly has no settings. A vape mod is bigger, takes a tank rather than a pod and lets you set the wattage. Pod kits suit MTL and nic salts, mods suit DTL and shortfill.

Nothing. They are two words for the same product. E-cigarette is the older term from the cigalike era and vape kit is what the industry calls it now. If you searched for an e-cig starter kit, a refillable pod kit is the modern version of what you are looking for.

For most vapers, yes. A refillable vape kit charges over USB-C and takes replacement pods or coils, so it works out far cheaper over time and stays legal under the UK single-use vape ban. If you want the easy swap-when-empty feel of a disposable, a prefilled pod kit gives that without the single-use waste.

With a refillable kit, yes. The kit gives you the device, the pod or tank and a coil, and you choose the e-liquid: nic salt or 50/50 for an MTL pod kit, high VG shortfill for a sub-ohm kit. Prefilled pod kits are the exception, their pods arrive already filled.

The device lasts one to two years. The parts inside it do not: a coil lasts one to three weeks depending how much you vape, a refillable pod lasts a few coil cycles, and internal batteries lose capacity over time. Kits with removable 18650 or 21700 cells last longest.

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