IVG SAVR Big Puff Device

A 650mAh battery sits inside, enough to see most people through a day, and it tops up over USB-C in about three quarters of an hour. An LED shows the charge level so you know when it is due, and because it recharges you are never throwing a working battery away.

The pod runs a 1.1ohm mesh coil, which keeps the flavour clean and the draw tight, a proper mouth-to-lung pull like a cigarette rather than a big airy lungful. It fires on the draw, so there is no button, and a 3-puff safety lock stops it going off in a pocket or bag.

For a compact device this charge-and-go cycle is the real upgrade over a disposable. You are not waiting hours for a top-up, and because the body holds its charge across pod after pod, the battery never becomes the thing you throw away. Keep a USB-C lead handy, since there is none in the box, and a SAVR rarely leaves you stuck mid-day.

Thirty flavours at 20mg, a big spread of cold fruits, sodas, menthols and a tobacco, so most palates are covered. The iced fruits are the usual bestsellers. A sample of what is on offer:

First run takes under a minute, with nothing to fill or prime by hand.

This is where it earns its keep against disposables. The device comes five to a box at £20.99, about £4.20 each, and each one ships with a pod ready to go. After that you only buy SAVR pods: a five-pack is around £14.99, roughly £3 a pod for another 3000 puffs. So once you own a device, a pod works out near 0.1p a puff.

Stack that against the old bars. A single-use disposable gave you maybe 600 puffs for a few pounds, and went in the bin; the SAVR does up to 3000 a pod and keeps the battery. IVG put it at about three times the value of a throwaway, and on the per-puff sum that holds up. The body lasts months of pods, so the only thing you replace is the flavour.

Most SAVR niggles are one of a few simple things. Worth a run-through before you assume it is faulty.

Three IVG rechargeables at very different scales. The SAVR is the small, cheap, disposable-shaped one. Quick version:

If you are coming off disposables and want the same feel for less money and less waste, yes. The SAVR keeps the small size and the easy draw, but the rechargeable body and cheap replacement pods mean the cost per puff drops well below a string of single-use bars. At 5 devices for £20.99 it is about £4.20 each before you even count the savings on pods.

It is not the kit for huge puff counts or low-strength vaping: it is 3000 puffs and 20mg only. If you want far longer between buys, the XL 35K does 35,000, and to vape below 20mg a refillable pod kit you fill yourself is the route. For a simple, cheap, disposable-style vape though, the SAVR nails it.