Searching for Nord 5 coils, RPM 5 coils or Nord GT coils? SMOK make none of them. All three devices run RPM 3, which is what is on this page.
- Fits
- SMOK Nord 5 Pod Mod Kit 2000mAh 80W: this is the coil that device takes
- SMOK RPM 5 and RPM 5 Pro
- SMOK Nord GT
- SMOK RPM 85 and RPM 100, through their RPM 3 pods: those two devices are also sold with an RPM 2 pod, which takes SMOK RPM 2 Replacement Coils instead Does not fit ✕ The RPM 2 pod supplied with an RPM 85 or RPM 100: that one takes RPM 2 coils ✕ The original Nord, Nord 2, Nord 4, Nord 6 and Nord C ✕ The SMOK Novo 5 Pod Kit 900mAh 30W, where the coil is sealed into a SMOK Novo 5 Replacement Pods cartridge ✕ IPX 80, Thallo, SCAR-P3 and SCAR-P5
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 coil a Nord 5 owner is actually looking for
If you own a Nord 5 and have been searching for Nord 5 coils, this is the page. SMOK have never made a part called a Nord 5 coil. The device runs RPM 3, a two-coil family SMOK designed for the RPM 5 and then carried across their higher-powered pod mods.
The same is true of three other search terms. There is no such thing as an RPM 5 coil, a Nord GT coil or a Nord 6 coil. The first two are RPM 3; the third is a separate family SMOK calls RPM 4. Four device names, all of them shorthand for something else.
Two coils, and how to pick between them
The 0.15 ohm is the headline coil and the reason to own an eighty-watt pod mod. Forty to eighty watts, a wide-open draw, and enough vapour that the device empties a five-millilitre pod quickly.
The 0.23 ohm is the one most people end up running daily. Twenty to forty-five watts, a warmer and tighter draw, considerably longer coil life and appreciably better battery life. A Nord 5 kit ships with one of each, which is SMOK, giving you the comparison in the box.
Six devices, one current family
RPM 3 is a current SMOK platform rather than a legacy one, which matters when you are deciding whether to keep a device going. Coils are being made instead of run down, which is the difference between a device you can keep supplied in Kenya and one you cannot.
Where the SMOK naming falls apart
SMOK’s own compatibility documentation lists RPM 3 against the RPM 5 and RPM 5 Pro only. The Nord 5, Nord GT, RPM 85 and RPM 100 are all missing from it: not because they are incompatible, but because that page has not been updated since those devices launched.
That matters when you are checking a claim. An absence from SMOK’s list is silence, not a denial. Where the page does name a device, it is definitive; where it says nothing, the fit has to be established some other way, and on the Nord 5 it is not in doubt.
The practical version: your Nord 5 kit came with two RPM 3 coils fitted and spare. That is the strongest confirmation there is.
One more piece of SMOK naming needs untangling while we are here. A coil family called RPM 4 also exists, and it is not the next step up from this one; it serves the Nord 6, at 0.15 and 0.6 ohms. Meanwhile, a device called the RPM 4 kit runs original RPM coils and LP2 coils instead. Two unrelated things under one name, and neither of them goes anywhere near a Nord 5.
Priming a large mesh coil
Both of these hold a lot of cotton. Drip liquid into every wicking port until nothing more soaks in, seat the coil in the pod, fill, and then leave it ten minutes rather than five. The 0.15 ohm in particular is unforgiving of an early first puff.
Then start at forty watts even on the 0.15 ohm, and give it a full pod before taking it to seventy.
Getting a fortnight rather than three days
SMOK publish no life figure, here or anywhere. What genuinely changes the outcome is the wattage you settle at and the liquid you choose.
Run a 0.15 ohm coil at eighty watts on a sweet dessert flavour and three or four days is realistic. Run a 0.23 ohm at thirty on a menthol and a fortnight is not unusual. That is a four-fold difference from two settings, and it is entirely within your control.
A pod this size needs freebase.
Three milligrams in a 70/30 freebase, on both coils. At forty watts and up, a nicotine salt is genuinely unpleasant and there is no version of this device where it makes sense.
The Ultimate Puff 120ml and Nasty Juice 60ml ranges suit it well. Six milligrams is the ceiling if three feels light on the 0.23 ohm coil.
Nairobi orders and the towns around it go same day from Vapesoko Nairobi. The rest of Kenya arrives by courier, usually within 1 to 2 business days.
Best for
- Nord 5 owners: this is the correct coil
- RPM 5, RPM 5 Pro, Nord GT, RPM 85 and RPM 100
- Eighty watts from a pod mod on the 0.15 ohm
- A longer-lasting 0.23 ohm for everyday use
- Anyone who has been searching for a coil SMOK does not make
Specifications
- Category: Accessories
- Consumable type: Replacement coils
- Brand: SMOK
- Platform: RPM 3: current, and separate from RPM and RPM 2
- Resistances: Two: 0.15 and 0.23 ohm. SMOK make no others in this family
- Fitting: Press fit into a SMOK Nord 5 Replacement Pods pod or equivalent
- Wattage bands published by SMOK: None published by the manufacturer. The figures above are the bands commonly listed
- Coil life published by SMOK: None in any unit
- Pack: Five coils
- Primary device: SMOK Nord 5 Pod Mod Kit 2000mAh 80W
- 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
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