Geekvape Wenax Q2 Refillable Pod Kit

The Q2 uses Geekvape Q pods, refillable 2ml cartridges you fill yourself, with the coil built in. The kit comes with two: a 0.8ohm pod pre-installed for a tighter mouth-to-lung draw, best around 12 to 16W, and a 0.6ohm spare for a warmer, denser restricted-lung hit, happiest around 20 to 25W. The wider Q pod range runs from 0.4 up to 1.2ohm if you want to fine-tune further.

You fill these from the side, lift the stopper and drip your juice in, no removing the whole pod. When the flavour fades after a week or two, you do not bin the device, you just drop in a fresh pod. Stock up with the matching Geekvape Q pods.

You fill the pod with bottled e-liquid, and for a kit like this you want a 50/50 nic salt. Salts give a smooth hit even at higher strength, which is what you want off disposables, and the 50/50 mix wicks properly through these MTL coils. Anything in our nic salt range works: Hayati Pro, IVG Intense, MaryLiq, ELFLIQ, Doozy Infinity, OX Passion or Riot X. Prefer a bigger bottle you nicotine yourself? A 50/50 freebase like IVG 50/50 suits the higher-resistance pod, and you can top up with nic shots.

Filling takes seconds. Lift the pod's side stopper, drip your juice in to the 2ml line and close it. Give a fresh pod a few minutes for the coil to soak before the first vape, which avoids a dry, burnt first puff. After that, top up whenever it runs low.

All the popular refillable pods do the same core job, so it comes down to what you want for your money. The Q2 is the value pick that does not skimp on the basics: a colour screen, adjustable power and a puff counter for £16.99, in a build tougher than most. The trade is a slightly smaller battery and a button rather than a touchscreen.

If you want the touchscreen flagship with the biggest battery, that is the Caliburn G4 Pro. The XROS 5 is the sleek mid-range rival, the Xlim Pro 2 the coil-swapping all-rounder, and the Gotek X the cheapest, simplest no-screen starter. The Wenax Q2 is for the person who wants a screen and adjustable power without paying flagship money.

Buy the kit once and you are then only paying for pods and juice, far cheaper than a disposable habit. See how it stacks up against prefilled pod kits and full-size sub-ohm vapes.

The Wenax Q2 is built to undercut a disposable habit while still feeling like a proper device. The kit is £16.99 once, then your only outlay is pods and e-liquid. A Geekvape Q pod lasts a week or two and costs a couple of pounds, while a 10ml bottle of salt is a pound or two and refills the 2ml pod several times over. Against single-use bars, where each device is a few pounds and lasts a day or two, the Q2 typically pays for itself within a couple of weeks and saves steadily after that.

There is a waste saving as well. A disposable is a battery and a circuit board in the bin every couple of days, whereas the Q2 is one rechargeable, rugged device you keep for a long time, with only the small pod as a consumable. For anyone leaving bars behind on cost or conscience, the value-with-a-screen positioning makes it one of the easiest devices to justify.