IVG Smart Prefilled Pod Kit

Legal, and built for the rules as they are now. The single-use disposable ban of June 2025 took out the throwaway bars; the Smart Max is the rechargeable, refillable kind the law allows. The battery tops up over USB-C and the pod swaps out, with a 2ml pod keeping it inside TPD limits while the 10ml feed sits in a separate refill container.

So it is a proper pod kit that happens to last like a big disposable: grab-and-go convenience, none of the daily landfill. That is the whole reason kits like this replaced the bars on the shelf.

First run is quick, with nothing to fill or prime.

The 1000mAh battery is a sensible size for a 10,000-puff device, and it recharges fast over USB-C from any phone cable. The LED screen reads out the battery level, the live puff count and which mode you are in, so a flat battery never ambushes you with liquid still in the tank. A 5-puff lock means it will not fire in a pocket or bag by mistake.

That recharge is the whole case for a kit over a disposable: the cell keeps going across refill after refill, and nothing gets binned half-charged. At roughly 100mm tall it is chunkier than a slim bar but still pockets fine.

The Smart Max is 20mg (2%) nic salt across the full flavour range, the UK legal maximum and the strength most people use coming off cigarettes. A handful of the most popular flavours are also offered in 10mg (1%) for a lighter hit, names like Blue Raspberry Ice, Classic Menthol, Cola Ice and Fizzy Cherry, so check the flavour you want if 10mg matters to you.

If you want to taper below 10mg, that is a job for a refillable pod kit you fill with your own bottled nic salts rather than these sealed pods, since the lower strengths only cover part of the range.

There are around 25 flavours, the usual IVG spread: cold fruits, sodas, sharp berries and a couple of menthols. The ice-fruit blends do the heavy lifting. A few worth a punt:

Cheap, once the device is paid for. The kit lands at about £7.20 each in our box of five, and each one comes with a full 12ml pod ready to go. After that you only buy refills: a pack of IVG Smart refills gives another 12ml and roughly 10,000 puffs for less than a fresh kit, since you are not paying for a new battery and screen each time.

Spread across 10,000 puffs the running cost is a fraction of what the old single-use bars worked out at per puff, with far less plastic binned. A pod set lasts a moderate vaper around a week to ten days, so the monthly spend stays low. The device is the one-off; the refills are the cheap part.

Most Smart Max niggles are one of a few simple things. Worth a run-through before assuming it is faulty.

Yes, and it is one of the more thoughtfully specced 10K kits going. The dual modes are more than a gimmick, the LED screen with its live puff count is genuinely useful, and the three-puff mode switch keeps the body button-free. The 2ml-plus-10ml system means there is nothing to fill and the flavour holds up across the pod.

The honest catches are the usual ones. It is chunkier than a slim bar, you are tied to IVG Smart pods, most flavours are 20mg only, and there is no cable in the box. If you want four flavours at once, the IVG 2400 4-in-1 is the move; if you want a touchscreen, the Pro 2 has one; and to mix your own juice, a refillable from Vaporesso or OXVA is smarter. But for a long-lasting prefilled kit with real options, the Smart Max earns its keep.