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Genuine Coil Replacements for Vapes & E-Cigs
Shop a broad range of replacement vape coils, carefully selected for their quality and performance. Find the right coil for your vape, with most brands offering a coil that has been specifically designed for use with specific tanks or kits.
Coils should be regularly replaced to make sure you continue to get the full flavour of your e-liquid. If your e-liquid begins to taste slightly burnt or metallic, this could be an indicator your coil is ready to be replaced. Our coil range includes a range of resistances, including sub ohm, allowing you to tailor your vaping experience to your own requirements.
Aspire Cyber X Pod Coils (TSX)
Twin-packs of Aspire TSX pod refills with inbuilt coils for the Aspire Cyber X pod kit. These MTL (mouth-to-lung) vape pods feature high-performance Aspire mesh coils for maximum flavour and enhanced coil life.
VooPoo PnP Coils
5 packs of genuine VooPoo PnP VM mesh coils, between 0.15Ω and 0.6Ω resistance for DTL and sub ohm vaping. Featuring options between 20W – 80W of power output and feature a plug and play design, taking only seconds to replace the coil.
Aspire Atlantis SE Coils
5 packs of Aspire Atlantis SE vape coils, designed to fit the Aspire Atlantis GT vape tank. Available in balanced 0.3 Ω or 0.18 Ω resistance options, these Aspire mesh coils provide incredible flavour and dense vapour production.
Aspire Nautilus Coils
5 packs of Aspire Nautilus coils vape coils, designed to fit a range of Aspire tanks. Available in in resistances between 0.4 Ω or 1.8 Ω these mesh coils provide great options that balance flavour and vapour production.
Types of Vape Coils
Pre-made coils: These coils come ready to use, usually in packs. They come in variety of types including mesh and coil wire. They’re convenient for beginners as they require no assembly or knowledge of coil-building. Just screw them into your tank and you’re ready to vape. They come in various resistances and materials.
- Benefits: Convenience, no need for coil-building skills.
- Drawbacks: Limited customisation, may be more expensive in the long run.
- Best for: Beginner vapers who want hassle-free vaping.
Pod coils: These coils are specifically designed for pod systems, which are compact, user-friendly devices. Pod coils are often fixed inside the pod and some cannot be changed, although some pod systems such as the Drag E60 have replaceable coils.
- Benefits: Easy to use, compact, often produce decent flavour.
- Drawbacks: Limited power and airflow options, may not provide as much flavour or vapour production as other coils, not always replaceable inside the pod.
- Best for: Beginners or vapers looking for a portable, simple setup.
DIY coils: These coils are made by vapers themselves using wire and tools. It requires knowledge of Ohm’s law, coil-building techniques, and safety precautions.
- Benefits: Customisation, cost-effectiveness, satisfaction of building your own coils.
- Drawbacks: Requires knowledge and practice, time-consuming, potential safety risks if not done correctly.
- Best for: Experienced vapers who enjoy tinkering and want to tailor their vaping experience.
Types of Coil Design
Mesh coils: Mesh coils use a mesh-like metal sheet instead of a traditional wire coil. They can be premade, used in pod coils or as DIY coils. They offer larger surface area and can heat e-liquid more evenly, resulting in better flavour and vapour production.
- Benefits: Great flavour, excellent vapour production, longer coil life.
- Drawbacks: May require higher wattage, slightly more expensive.
- Best for: Intermediate to experienced vapers who value flavour and vapour production.
Coil wire: This is the material used to build coils, typically made of Kanthal, stainless steel, nickel, or titanium. Each material has its own properties affecting resistance, flavour, and temperature control.
- Benefits: Different materials offer different vaping experiences, allows for customization.
- Drawbacks: Requires knowledge of wire properties, some materials can be tricky to work with.
- Best for: Intermediate to experienced vapers who want to fine-tune their vaping experience.
Sub-ohm coils: These coils have a resistance of less than 1 ohm. They’re designed for high-wattage vaping, producing large clouds and intense flavour.
- Benefits: Huge clouds, intense flavour, suitable for direct lung inhales.
- Drawbacks: High power consumption, may require more frequent e-liquid refills.
- Best for: Experienced vapers who enjoy cloud chasing and intense flavour.
Vape Coil FAQ
No. Different vape devices require different coils to work properly. For example, vape mods with high wattage should not use a high resistance coil, as this will over heat and can quickly burn out. Instead, a sub-ohm coil (less than 1ohm resistance) should be used.
You should read the manufacturer’s leaflet and product information (which should also be available on the manufacturer’s website) to check which coils are compatible with your e-cig or vape device.
Vape coil wire is used in DIY vaping to make your own vape coils. If you’re a regular vaper, coil wire is a great way to save money compared to premade coils. A single pack of coil wire can last months and only costs around £7, which is much cheaper than regularly buying single premade coils.
There are different types of coil wire, including Clapton wire and Fused Clapton wire, which come in different thicknesses and resistances.
Sub ohm coils describe vape coils with less resistance than 1 ohm. They have become popular over recent years as vaping devices have become more powerful and have higher wattage. Ohms are the measurement units used to describe electrical resistance.
High resistance coils heat up quicker than low resistance coils when a current is passed through. This means that if you have a high wattage device, like a mod, then combine it with a high resistance coil, it is likely to overheat and burn out the coil straight away.
Sub ohm coils are designed to fix this problem by reducing the resistance of the coil (often to around 0.15 or 0.25 ohm). This allows a more powerful current to pass through the coil without it burning out. More current leads to higher temperatures, which can allow for bigger vapour clouds and better tasting flavour from your e-liquid.
If you have a vape or e-cig with a smaller, low wattage battery, then a higher resistance coil should be fine for your device. It will likely not have enough power output to produce the heat required to vapourise the e-liquid if you use a sub ohm coil.
If you have a more powerful vaping device, like a mod, we recommend a sub ohm coil that can tolerate the power output and produce the correct amount of heat to properly evaporate the e-liquid.
Take care not to combine a high wattage device with a high resistance coil, as this will lead to overheating and will burn out the coil quickly.
Mesh coils have holes in the metal that increases the overall surface area of the coil and reduces its overall volume and weight. The increased surface area allows for better contact with e-liquid, leading to a better tasting vape and thicker clouds.
Wire coils are the standard coils usually found in less powerful pod devices and disposable e-cigs. They can still provide great flavour and dense clouds, but are larger and can’t compete with the taste and efficiency of a mesh coil.
We have a beginner’s guide to cleaning your vape coil which you can find on our blog. Cleaning your coil is not necessary if you have a premade or disposable coil.
Usually, RDAs (rebuildable dripping atomisers) and RTAs (rebuildable tank atomisers) have DIY coils which should be cleaned as they start to blacken and burn over time. If your coil is really burned, it’s probably better to just swap out the coil with a new one and dispose of the old coil.
How to Clean Your Tank and Coil
A clean vape is the simplest way to get optimal performance. Although the ingredients of vape juice will generally not stain your equipment, residue will accumulate, and the buildup will eventually affect the performance of your favorite vape. Vegetable glycerin and some darker e-juice flavorings are notorious for gunking up coils, as are most of the sweeteners used in e-liquid manufacturing.
A gunked-up coil will have lower flavor and vapor production and make the vape taste burnt. We all know that it’s very easy to burn your coil and end up having to replace it every other week, if you clean your coil regularly you will potentially get a longer lifespan out of it saving yourself money in the long run.
Even if you get just a couple more days out of your coil, it will add up and save you money as you aren’t replacing your coil as often.
If you are cleaning your coil, you might as well clean your tank at the same time. You might want to do this when you are changing flavours as to not combine the two so that you receive the flavour that you actually want. The good news is it is very simple to clean your tank!
Here’s how:
Remove the tank from your mod and remove the coil from your tank. Pay close attention to how things fit together, and make a mental note of what goes where. Keep it all organized and don’t lose any pieces. Every Tank is different so make sure you know how yours fits together so you don’t have any trouble when you are trying to reassemble it.
One by one, rinse every part of the tank under warm water, drying with a paper towel and then letting them air dry. If your tank is relatively clean already this should do the trick, cleaning your tank is very simple as you are effectively just rinsing off any of the leftover liquid.
There is no hard and fast rule as to when to change a vape coil. It depends on how often it is used, the resistance of the coil and how much wattage the device is passing through the coil. It usually takes between 1-2 weeks before you need to replace a vape coil.
In any case, you’ll quickly know when it is time to swap it out as you’ll notice a burnt, slightly metallic taste when you take a vape.
It’s an awful taste that you’ll want to get rid of straight away as it ruins the taste of your e-liquid. If you’re using an RDA, you could also consider cleaning the coil, though this will be less effective than swapping it out for a new one.
If you’re using a high wattage device, it can take less time for the coil to burn out as it will be regularly heated at a higher temperature. Again, this will depend on the type of coil used (such as mesh coils), the resistance and how often you use your vape.
Coils last different amounts of time depending on the resistance, material of the wire, type of coil, the power of the device and how often it is used.
Premade coils, with average use, typically last between one and two weeks. DIY coils vary in their performance, so it is harder to give a rough idea of how long they last. Once you start to notice that dreaded burning/metallic taste, you’ll know it’s time to swap out the coil for a new one.
Priming a coil is easy with most vapes and e cigs. It’s important to prime your coil as this will prevent the coil or cotton from burning and provides a smooth, great tasting vape from the first hit. Before you fit the coils and start vaping, make sure you add e-liquid directly to the cotton (into the holes on a premade coil).
Make sure to saturate the cotton so it’s soaking with liquid, repeating the process several times until you’re certain there is no dry cotton remaining. Then fit your coil and fill up the tank with e-liquid and leave it to rest for a few minutes to really make sure there are no dry spots (that’s what causes the burning taste and ruins the coil).
If your device is an RDA, make sure the cotton and the coil itself are fully saturated with e-liquid. It can help to very quickly and lightly fire the coil on a low power setting once you’ve applied liquid, then continue adding more until you’re satisfied there are no dry bits remaining.
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