Most people arrive here because something stopped working, and the question that matters is which part fits. This page is arranged to answer that first.
We stock replacement coils, replacement pods and cartridges, tanks, and 18650 and 21700 cells for devices that take them.
Coils, pods and tanks are three different things
Worth clearing up, because confusing them is what causes most wrong orders.
A coil is the heating element. On some devices, it is a separate part you push into a pod or tank. A pod or cartridge is the reservoir that holds the liquid, sometimes with the coil built in and sometimes not. A tank is a larger glass and steel reservoir that screws onto a mod.
If the coil is built into your pod, you replace the whole pod, and there is no coil to buy. If it is separate, you replace the coil and keep the cartridge.
Find your platform
Parts are tied to platforms, and nothing crosses between them, however similar it looks.
UWELL Caliburn. The GPP cartridge covers the widest set of current Caliburn devices and is the largest shared platform we carry. The Caliburn A3 pod is its own part and is not a GPP cartridge and not an A2 pod.
VOOPOO PnP X. The current VOOPOO platform, covering most of the range. Coils press into a cartridge, available as direct-lung or mouth-to-lung. Buy PnP X coils.
VOOPOO original PnP. The VM, TW and TR series. This fits the Drag H40 and nothing else in our current range. Buy original PnP coils. PnP and PnP X are not interchangeable, and the names are close enough to be easy to confuse.
SMOK. The Nord 5 takes RPM 3 coils. RPM and RPM 2 are different platforms for older devices. The Novo 5 pod and the Nord 5 pod are sealed units.
VAPORESSO. The XROS mesh pod covers the XROS line. The Armour Max takes GTi coils, which are not GTX and not GTL.
Tanks. The Uforce-X at 5.5ml and the PnP X pod tank at 5ml, both on the PnP X coil platform.
If you are not sure what your device takes, send us a photo of it on WhatsApp, and we will tell you which part it needs.
Resistance, and what to pick
The number in ohms tells you what the coil is for, not how good it is.
Below 1.0Ω is a warmer, looser, direct-to-lung draw at higher wattage, for 70/30 freebase e-liquid at 3mg or 6mg.
Above 1.0Ω is a tighter, cooler mouth-to-lung draw at low wattage, for nicotine salts.
Run a coil at the wattage printed on it, starting at the bottom of the range. Prime a new coil by filling it and waiting around ten minutes before the first draw, so the wick saturates. Drawing on a dry wick is a common cause of a coil tasting scorched from the outset.
Coil and pod life varies considerably with the liquid, the resistance, the wattage and how much you vape, so there is no useful average. Change it when flavour or vapour drops off, or when it starts to taste scorched.
Batteries
We stock 18650 and 21700 cells for vape mods and the pod mods that take removable batteries. Check which format your device takes: the two are not interchangeable without an adapter. Sealed devices, which is everything else on the site, have no user-replaceable cell.
Check the continuous discharge rating in amps, not just the capacity in milliamp-hours. A large-capacity cell with a low discharge rating can sag under load and may not sustain the wattage the screen shows. Capacity and discharge capability involve a trade-off, so choose cells against the specification your device requires rather than on capacity alone.
On the Armour Max, check the cell requirement before you buy. The VAPORESSO manual specifies high-rate cells of 25A or better, which is higher than the cells we currently stock are rated for. That figure is the manufacturer's minimum; running the mod at 220W draws about 38A from each cell. Ours suit lower-draw use and moderate-wattage running.
Buy cells in matched pairs for a two-cell mod, carry them in a plastic case rather than loose in a pocket where keys and coins can short them, and retire any cell whose wrap is torn. A damaged wrap is not cosmetic.
Delivery
Same day in Nairobi and the towns around it on an early dispatch, with many central orders arriving in roughly 15 to 90 minutes depending on traffic and rider availability. Next working day by courier to Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nakuru and Naivasha, and 1 to 2 business days elsewhere in Kenya. M-Pesa or cash on delivery, and free delivery in Nairobi on orders over KSh 2,000. Age verified before dispatch. Delivery policy.
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