IVG XL 35K Prefilled Pods

Volume, plus a coil that lasts. The bit you vape on is a 2ml prefilled pod with a 1.1ohm dual mesh coil. Feeding it are two 10ml refill containers, so a single set holds 22ml of liquid in total. That is the figure behind the 35,000-puff rating, far more than any sealed disposable.

Because the XL 35K device recharges, the pod always runs right down to empty rather than a battery quitting half way. You are only ever replacing the liquid and coil, never the device, which is what makes the cost per puff so low. Give a fresh pod a few seconds to soak before the first pull.

The dual mesh coil matters at this size. Spreading the heat across two mesh strips keeps the flavour even from the first puff of a 22ml set to the last, where a lesser coil would fade or scorch long before the liquid ran out. Both the pod and its refill containers are tinted but see-through, so you can read the level at a glance and know when a set is genuinely spent rather than guessing.

Swapping a spent set takes under a minute, and the liquid never touches your hands.

The XL 35K pods are 20mg (2%) nic salt across every flavour, the UK legal maximum and the strength most people use when they first leave cigarettes. Salt nicotine sits smooth in the throat, so 20mg satisfies without the scratch of old freebase liquid.

There is no lower-strength XL 35K pod, which is worth bearing in mind before you commit to a five-set box at one strength. If you want to step down over time, a refillable pod kit you fill yourself lets you choose the strength, and IVG's own 50/50 freebase comes as low as 3mg for when you are ready to taper right down.

A very long time per set. At up to 35,000 puffs a single XL 35K pod set is roughly the equivalent of dozens of old disposables, so a moderate vaper can run one for weeks before it is spent. The two 10ml refill containers feed the pod automatically, so you are not topping anything up; you vape until the 22ml is gone, then swap the lot.

On cost it is one of the lowest per-puff options going. Five sets for £34.99 is about £7 a set for up to 35,000 puffs, which works out a tiny fraction of a penny per puff once you own the device. Even against other refillable kits that is keen, because you are buying liquid in bulk rather than little 2ml pods. The device is the one-off; the pod sets are where the long-run saving sits.

Most XL 35K pod niggles come down to one of a few things. Worth a run-through before you write a set off.

All three are IVG prefilled refills at very different scales. The XL 35K set is the long-haul one, buying liquid by the bucket. Quick version:

Yes, easily. That is the whole point of the XL 35K being a kit: you buy the device once, then only ever the pods. At 5 sets for £34.99 that is about £7 a set for roughly 35,000 puffs each, which is very hard to beat per puff, and your charged device just keeps going.

Once you own the kit, buying pods is the cheaper, lower-waste way to carry on: no new battery, no new charger, just a fresh flavour. Not got the device yet? Start with the IVG XL 35K kit and come back here for refills.