Nicotine salt is a different form of nicotine from freebase, not a different flavour of it. It is far smoother in the throat at high strength, which is why a 50mg salt is comfortable to draw on, and a 50mg freebase would not be. That smoothness is the entire reason the format exists.
Every bottle here is mixed at 50/50 VG/PG, thin enough to wick through a tight coil, and all of it belongs in a low-power pod kit rather than a sub-ohm tank.
Choosing a strength
Nic salt is sold across a wide range of concentrations, and the useful comparison is against the strength you already use rather than against a recommendation.
Two things are worth knowing when you compare. A sealed disposable and a refillable pod do not necessarily deliver the same amount at the same stated concentration, because delivery depends on the coil as well as the liquid. And higher concentrations are formulated for the lowest-powered pods, so strength and coil resistance need to be considered together rather than separately.
If you are unsure which concentration is appropriate for you, that is a question for a healthcare professional rather than for a retailer.
The strength ladder, and which range carries which
The ranges overlap less than a flat strength list suggests.
- 30mg: ELFLIQ Ice King Salts: 30ml
- 50mg, with 35mg on one flavour: Ultimate Salts: 30ml
Bottle size is a real decision rather than just a price. The 10ml bottles suit trying flavours and carrying a spare; the 30ml bottles are what you buy once you know what you like.
If you want to step down gradually, the ELFLIQ 10ml range is the only one here that goes as low as 10mg.
The thing that catches people out
Strength is only half of it. The pod is the other half.
Fit a lower-resistance pod and the same bottle delivers noticeably more nicotine per puff, because the coil is moving more liquid. If a salt that suited you last month suddenly bites, check what resistance pod you put in. The liquid did not change.
Higher-resistance pods run at lower power and generally use less liquid per puff, which is why the higher concentrations here are formulated for that kind of setup. There is no universal resistance threshold, because delivery also depends on power, airflow and draw length. Follow the resistance and wattage range recommended for your specific pod or coil.
Never in a sub-ohm tank
High-strength nicotine salts are designed for lower-powered devices. In a high-power sub-ohm setup, they can deliver far more nicotine per puff than the liquid was formulated around, which makes for an unpleasant draw and wastes an expensive bottle.
If you want a wide, airy, high-vapour draw, you want 70/30 freebase e-liquid at 3mg or 6mg in a vape mod instead. Our guide on salts versus freebase is the short version of the difference.
What you need to run them
A refillable mouth-to-lung pod kit, or a pod mod fitted with a mouth-to-lung cartridge and kept at the low end of its wattage range. Our refillable kits and pod systems collection covers the devices, and accessories keep them running. Common pods include the Caliburn A3 pod, Caliburn GPP cartridges and Novo 5 pods.
Delivery
Nairobi and the surrounding towns are same-day on an early dispatch, and many central Nairobi orders arrive within 15 to 90 minutes depending on location and traffic. 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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