An RPM coil is physically smaller than an RPM 2 coil. If yours will not seat properly, that is why; if it is the other way around, you want SMOK RPM Replacement Coils.
- Fits
- SMOK RPM 2 and RPM 2S
- SMOK IPX 80, through the SMOK IPX 80 Empty RPM 2 Pods
- SMOK Nord 4 and Nord X, through their RPM 2 pods
- SMOK Thallo and Thallo S
- SMOK SCAR-P3 and SCAR-P5
- SMOK G-Priv Pod and G-Priv Pro Pod
- SMOK RPM 85 and RPM 100, through their RPM 2 pods. Both devices are sold with a pod for each coil family
- SMOK Nord C and RPM C, though SMOK do not confirm it. Does not fit ✕ Any RPM pod, on any device, including the same devices listed above ✕ The SMOK Nord 5 Pod Mod Kit 2000mAh 80W and the SMOK Novo 5 Pod Kit 900mAh 30W ✕ The original Nord, Nord 2, Nord Pro and Nord AIO ✕ RPM40, RPM80, RPM Lite, Fetch Mini, Fetch Pro, Alike, Pozz X and Morph Pod-40
Not sure it is the right one? Message us on WhatsApp with a photo of the coil you are replacing rather than of the device, and we will tell you which family it belongs to before you order. The resistance is printed on the side of the coil itself. On most of these platforms, it is the pod that decides which coil fits, not the name on the model.
The generation SMOK built for higher power
RPM 2 is a shorter family than the original, three coils rather than seven, and it exists because the devices got more powerful. Where an RPM coil topped out around twenty-five watts, the 0.16 ohm mesh here will take fifty, and the pods that hold it are larger.
It is a narrower range with a clearer purpose. Two direct-lung coils, one mouth-to-lung coil, and no attempt to cover everything in between. If you own an IPX 80 or a Thallo in Kenya, this is your family.
Three coils and a clean split
The 0.16 ohm mesh is the one to fit if you want the device at its full output. Twenty-five to fifty watts, a wide draw, and the shortest life of the three by some margin.
The 0.25 ohm dual coil covers similar power in a slightly tighter draw and holds up better. It is the sensible everyday choice on an IPX 80 or a Thallo.
The 0.6 ohm is the odd one out and the reason this family is not only for cloud vaping. Twelve to twenty-five watts, a proper mouth-to-lung draw, and the coil to fit if you want the device to behave like a pod kit rather than a mod.
Two further resistances circulate at retail, a 0.23 ohm and a 0.3 ohm mesh, both listed by independent sellers who agree with each other. Neither appears in SMOK’s own compatibility documentation, which makes them either regional versions or discontinued ones. They are left out of the table on that basis: three coils is what SMOK will stand behind.
The pods that accept it
Every device in the list takes this coil through a pod specifically made for it. The IPX 80, Nord 4, Nord X, Thallo, SCAR-P3 and SCAR-P5 were all sold with an RPM pod as well, and that pod takes SMOK RPM Replacement Coils instead.
The one-sentence version of why this goes wrong
The coil bases are different sizes. That is the whole explanation, and it is better said baldly because the marketing around these families never does.
An RPM coil is physically smaller than an RPM 2 coil. Put the wrong one in and it either will not go in at all or will sit loose enough to leak and to lose contact. Neither is repairable. It is simply the wrong part.
On a device sold with two pods, the safest habit is to keep the pods labelled. Once both have been used a few times, they look very similar, and the difference only becomes obvious when a coil will not seat.
First fill
Wet the cotton through the side openings, seat the coil firmly in the pod, fill, and give it five minutes standing. The 0.16 ohm mesh wants closer to ten. It holds more cotton than the other two, and the extra weight is the difference between a coil that lasts a fortnight and one that tastes scorched from the first draw.
Start at the bottom of the band and work up over the first tank.
How long before it needs changing
SMOK publish nothing here either. The wattage bands do give you a useful proxy, though: the further into the top of a band you run a coil, the shorter its life. A 0.16 ohm coil at fifty watts is working considerably harder than the same coil at thirty.
Sweetened liquids will take days off any of the three. The 0.6 ohm suffers least because it is moving the least liquid.
Filling a pod that holds five and a half millilitres
The 0.16 and 0.25 ohm coils want a 70/30 freebase at three milligrams. On a large pod at forty watts, anything stronger stops being pleasant quickly; the Nasty Juice 60ml and Doozy 100ml ranges are the right shelf.
The 0.6 ohm reverses it: a 50/50 nicotine salt at twenty milligrams, which is what most people arriving from a disposable want.
If you are replacing the device rather than the coil, the SMOK Nord 5 Pod Mod Kit 2000mAh 80W is the nearest current equivalent, the same eighty-watt class, on the RPM 3 platform.
Dispatch from Vapesoko Nairobi is same-day for Nairobi and the towns around it; courier delivery elsewhere in Kenya typically lands within 1 to 2 business days.
Best for
- IPX 80, Thallo, SCAR and RPM 2 owners
- The RPM 2 pod on a Nord 4 or Nord X
- Fifty watts from a pod device
- A mouth-to-lung option at 0.6 ohm on a high-power platform
- Anyone whose RPM coil will not seat in the pod
Specifications
- Category: Accessories
- Consumable type: Replacement coils
- Brand: SMOK
- Platform: RPM 2, a different coil base from RPM and from RPM 3
- Resistances: Three: 0.16, 0.25 and 0.6 ohm
- Fitting: Press fit into an empty RPM 2 pod
- Wattage bands published by SMOK: None published by the manufacturer. The figures above are the commonly listed bands
- Coil life published by SMOK: None in any unit
- Pack: Five coils
- Primary device: None. Supported here for owners of earlier SMOK hardware
- Who it is for: Adult smokers and vapers, 18+. Not suitable for non-smokers or for anyone who has never used nicotine.
- Delivery: Same day in Nairobi and nearby towns on an early dispatch; typically 1 to 2 business days elsewhere in Kenya
FAQs
Why will my RPM coil not fit an RPM 2 pod?
The coil bases are physically different sizes. An RPM coil is smaller than an RPM 2 coil, so it either won’t seat or sits loose enough to leak. It’s a sizing difference rather than a fault, and there is no adapter.
My IPX 80 came with two pods. Which coils do I need?
Both pods are five and a half millilitres, and they look similar, but one takes RPM coils, and the other takes RPM 2. Check which pod is fitted before ordering, and mark them once you have worked it out.
Which RPM 2 coil lasts longest?
The 0.6 ohm, comfortably. It runs at twelve to twenty-five watts and moves far less liquid than the two sub-ohm coils, so less heat and less residue is passing through it.
Does a Nord 5 take RPM 2 coils?
No. The Nord 5 runs RPM 3, which is a third and separate family again. Nothing on this page will seat in a Nord 5 pod.
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