Wake & Vape Melon Bubblegum Nic Salt

Melon Bubblegum leads with the melon: a soft, juicy, slightly watery sweetness, more honeydew than sharp watermelon, which gives the blend a gentle, rounded top note. It is the part that keeps the flavour from feeling like pure candy, adding a fruity freshness on the inhale.

Underneath sits the bubblegum, and it is the classic pink kind: sweet, chewy and nostalgic, the taste of a gumball rather than a subtle fruit. On the exhale it comes forward and ties the whole thing together into a proper sweet-shop flavour. The two work well because the melon stops the bubblegum becoming sickly, while the bubblegum gives the melon some body.

In a 50/50 nic salt the flavour stays clear and consistent, which suits a sweet blend like this. Pod kits are known for flavour clarity, and Melon Bubblegum uses it to keep both halves distinct rather than blurring into generic sweetness. It is an easy, comforting all-day vape if you like your flavours on the sweeter side.

Wake & Vape Melon Bubblegum comes in 10mg and 20mg, and which suits you depends on how much you smoked or vaped before. 20mg (2%) is the UK legal maximum for nic salt and the strength most people pick coming straight off cigarettes or a strong disposable, since it satisfies a craving quickly. If you were a heavier smoker, start here.

The 10mg option is for lighter users, anyone who has already cut down, or those who find 20mg a touch strong in their device. Nic salt stays smooth, so 20mg rarely feels harsh, but a more open or higher-powered pod can deliver more nicotine per puff than you expect, and that is where 10mg comes in. Stepping from 20mg down to 10mg over time is a common way to cut your intake while keeping the flavour you like.

Both strengths share the same 50/50 blend and the same Melon Bubblegum flavour, so switching changes only the nicotine, not the taste or the draw. If in doubt, 20mg is the safer first choice for an ex-smoker, since an unsatisfying hit is the most common reason people drift back to cigarettes.

Melon Bubblegum is a 50/50 nic salt, and that fixes the kit it works with. It is built for low-power, mouth-to-lung vaping: refillable pod kits, AIO devices and MTL tanks running higher-resistance coils, usually above 1.0ohm. In that hardware the 50/50 ratio wicks cleanly, the throat hit is comfortable, and the nicotine arrives in the gentle, steady way salts are known for.

It is not for sub-ohm, direct-to-lung cloud chasing. A 20mg salt in a high-powered tank delivers far too much nicotine per puff, feels harsh, and wastes liquid. Big clouds are the job of a low-strength, high-VG shortfill. Match the juice to the device and the salt is smooth and satisfying; mismatch it and no e-liquid will feel right.

For anyone leaving disposables, this is the natural pairing: a small refillable pod kit and a 20mg Melon Bubblegum. It behaves much like the disposable you are used to, but you refill it from a 10ml bottle rather than binning a whole device, which is cheaper and far less wasteful. Browse the pod kit range if you still need the hardware.

Nic salts sell in packs of ten, and at 10 for £15.99 the per-bottle cost is low for a branded sweet-shop salt. A quick look at how it compares:

Getting the best from a nic salt is mostly about priming the coil and matching the device. The steps:

For a sweet pod-kit salt, Melon Bubblegum does the job well. The melon and bubblegum balance keeps it from being one-note, the 50/50 blend wicks cleanly, and the salt nicotine stays smooth at 20mg. For anyone switching from disposables who liked a melon or bubblegum flavour, it is an easy, low-cost match in a refillable bottle.

It is not for everyone. If you vape sub-ohm and chase clouds, a high-VG shortfill suits you far better, since salts in a powerful tank are harsh and wasteful. If you prefer fresh fruit, menthol or tobacco, this is firmly a sweet-shop flavour, so the appeal depends on a sweet tooth. And as always with nic salt, 20mg in an unfamiliar device can feel strong, so drop to 10mg if it does.

The honest niggle is that bubblegum blends are very sweet and can tire the palate over a long day, so some people keep this as a treat rather than their only flavour. For pod-kit users who want a fun, sweet, dependable salt at a fair price, though, it earns its place. Compare it with the other Wake & Vape flavours and the wider nic salts range before settling.