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Coil & Pod Life Calculator

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Coil & Pod Life Calculator

How long will your coil or pod actually last? Pick your coil or pod, tell us what e-liquid you use and how much you vape, and get an estimate of its life, how many you'll need a month and the cost. All figures are estimates - coil life varies a lot.

Estimate your coil or pod life

1Your coil or pod

Start typing to pick your exact coil or pod - we'll use its live price and pack size. Or enter it by hand below.

2What e-liquid do you use?

Bar salts (disposable-style liquids like Elfliq and Maryliq) and sweet dessert flavours are packed with sweeteners that gunk up a coil fastest. A standard, less sweet 50-50 nic salt is the kindest to coils. Plain tobacco and menthol are gentle too (pick standard), but sweet tobacco blends like RY4, caramel or custard gunk faster (pick Sweet or Dessert).

3How much do you vape?

8 to 13 days

estimated life of this coil or pod

Coils/pods a month (approx)3.0
Cost per month (approx)£13.18
Cost per year (approx)£158.17

All figures are estimates - your real coil life depends on your device, wattage and habits.

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How long do vape coils last?

As a rule of thumb, a replaceable coil or pod lasts about 7 to 14 days for a typical all-day vaper. A light vaper can get up to two weeks or more; a heavy vaper at high power might only get 3 to 5 days. The single biggest factor is your e-liquid: sweet, dark and dessert flavours contain sweeteners that caramelise and gunk the coil, and can burn one out in just 2 to 3 days, while High-VG Shortfills gunk up faster than thinner 50-50 nic salt. Bar salts - the disposable-style e-liquids such as Elfliq and Maryliq - are also very sweet and eat coils just as fast. Higher wattage and heavier use both shorten life too. For the full detail see our guide to coil lifespan.

Signs your coil needs changing

  • A burnt or scorched taste, even after a rest and a top-up.
  • Flavour has gone weak, muted or just tastes off.
  • Less vapour than usual, or a gurgling or spitting sound.
  • The liquid in the tank or pod has gone dark quickly.
If you get a burnt taste from a brand-new coil, it usually was not primed. Always wet the wicking ports and let a new coil sit filled for 5 to 10 minutes before you vape it.

How to make coils last longer

  • Prime every new coil (soak the wick, wait 5 to 10 minutes) before first use.
  • Vape at the recommended wattage for the coil, not above it.
  • Keep the tank or pod topped up so the wick never runs dry (no dry hits).
  • Use lighter, less sweet e-liquids if you want coils to last; save the sweet dessert flavours for when you don't mind changing coils more often.
  • Take a breath between puffs so the wick can re-soak.

Coil life FAQs

About 7 to 14 days for a typical all-day vaper. Light use can stretch to two weeks or more; heavy use at high power might be 3 to 5 days. Sweet or Dessert e-liquids can cut it to 2 to 3 days.

Usually sweet or dark dessert e-liquid gunking the coil, vaping above the coil's wattage, chain-vaping without letting the wick re-soak, or running the tank low. Switching to a less sweet liquid and priming properly makes the biggest difference.

Yes. Sweeteners like sucralose caramelise on a hot coil and gunk the surface, so very sweet liquids - including bar salts (disposable-style liquids like Elfliq and Maryliq) and dessert flavours - can burn a coil out in a few days versus one to two weeks for a cleaner, less sweet liquid.

It depends on the type. Plain, unsweetened tobacco - and menthol - is one of the gentlest liquids on coils, so those last as long as a standard 50-50 nic salt. Sweet tobacco blends like RY4, caramel or custard tobacco contain sweeteners that gunk coils faster, so treat those the same as Sweet or Dessert flavours.

Change it when you get a burnt or scorched taste, the flavour goes weak or off, vapour drops, or it starts to gurgle. A quick prime and top-up rules out other causes first.

Similar. A refillable pod with a built-in coil lasts roughly the same one to two weeks, and the same things shorten it: sweet liquid, high power and heavy use.

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All coil life figures are rough estimates - real coil life varies a lot with your device, wattage, liquid and vaping style, so treat the numbers as a guide, not a promise. Vaping is substantially less harmful than smoking but not risk-free; if you don't smoke, don't vape.

Sources: UK vape retailer and manufacturer coil-lifespan guidance (typical 7 to 14 days; sweet e-liquids gunk coils fastest; high VG and high wattage shorten life). Estimates only.