By Tracey Jackson – In any e cig review when comparing or looking for the best e cigarette brand there are a number of key factors that need to be considered, including the quality, price of the e cigarette starter kit, the ongoing price of the refills, battery options, accessory options and also what is in your e-liquid. There are a number of other factors to compare. Below we show a ratings comparison chart table for you to be able to easily rate and compare e cigarette brands in our simple clear guide to e cigarettes. Compare E-cigs.
Get the best E-Liquids
There are not many e-liquid stockists who have the capabilities to produce quality exclusive e-liquids and most are not aware of the regulatory or safety requirements. The majority of e-liquid sellers import or resell diluted, generic flavoured low grade e-liquids – Many stores, on line shops and market traders simply re-sell untested e-liquids. What are you inhaling?
blu e cig, Vype, Logic Vapes, Nicolites, VIP e cig etc all have different costs and can tick certain boxes – below we review some of the more important aspects of some well marketed or better known e cigarettes. What is the best rated e cigarette?
The e-Cigarette Comparison Table
Each brand has its own e cig kit with various options as shown. Some have 1 battery and 5 refills whereas some have 2 batteries and 2 refills. To standardise each kit so they are all similar, prices below reflect a kit that contains at least 2 batteries and 5 refills. In this way you can compare like with like.
As an example the basic blu PLUS kit has has 2 batteries but only 2 refill cartridges so 2 additional pack containing 2 refills each is added to the kit. (£6.99 for 2 refills, £13.98 for 4 refills) So £13.98 is added to the basic kit price. £29.99 (kit) + 2x£6.99(to get to minimum 5 refills) = £43.97 as shown in the table. The same process has been applied to all the e cig brands.
V2 | blu | Green Smoke | Logic Vapes | Vype | VIP | |
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Starter Kit Inc. 5 Refills 2 batteries* Total | £19.99+£16.25 £36.24 | £29.99+£13.98 £43.97 | £39.97 | 2X£14.99+£7.99 £37.97 | 2X£17.99 £35.98 | £11+£7.50+£9.50 £28 |
Entry Level Kit Name | Classic Starter | Plus | Express | Curv | Vype e Pen | Compact |
Batteries in Kit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
20 Pack of Cigs equivalent cost* | £1.80 | £4.66 | £2.26 | £3.99 | £2.74 | £2.53 |
One Refill/Cart Equals | 20 cigs approx. | 15 cigs approx. | 18 cigs approx. | 20 cigs approx | 17 cigs approx | 15 cigs approx |
Live Customer Service Chat | ||||||
Portable Charging Case | ||||||
Large Accessory Selection | ||||||
Manual Battery Choice | ||||||
Shisha Pen + E Liquid | ||||||
Full Ingredients Listed on Site? | ||||||
Batch Testing on Site | ||||||
Kit Choices (rechargeable) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Battery Colors | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Battery Lengths | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Flavour Choices | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Customer Forum | ||||||
SFATA Member |
V2 Comes out on top: Visit the V2 Site or read the full V2 Review
Summary
The above ratings table makes interesting reading and demonstrates why the majority of e cigarette review sites highlight “certain” e cigs as the best e cigarettes out there. Whilst the likes of Vype e cigs design the Vype refills so you can only use the Vype e-liquid brand, if you dont like the Vype e-liquid taste then Vype ePen is not an option ie. it is a closed system – unlike say V2 Cigs who also offer vaporisers that are open system devices so you can use any e-liquid brand. You can also refill the V2 cartridges after use. Some e cigarettes just do not live up to the competition.
One interesting aspect is that by far the vast majority of e cigarette “sellers” in the UK either buy product from China and re-brand similar or identical e cigarettes for sale in the UK or outsource manufacturing to third party factories in China. This can not be the best practice. According to Quality E-Cigs there are only two e cigarette companies (& to my knowledge) that own their manufacturing factories or have dedicated production plants as an integral part of their business – this is clearly an advantage as this ensures end-to-end control of the supply chain and product integrity, it also facilitates “hands-on” innovation and product improvement.
The advent of TPD regulation now ensures basic minimum requirements for e cigarette and e liquid manufacturing so over time the devices and the e liquid should become safer.
Now check out the e-liquid comparison chart table – what are you inhaling? Or view the e-cig size comparison review to see e cigarette size difference.
Vype Vs Blu Cigs Vs V2 Cigs Vs Vype Vs VIP: See who comes out on top: e-Cigs Grudge Match
Edited by Tracey Jackson e-cigarette reviews UK.
*The prices above were taken directly from the respective company’s web-sites. There will be sales from time to time. Prices subject to change.
Starter kits have to contain at least 2 batteries, 1 USB charger and minimum of 5 refills/carts. To compare like with like where less than 5 carts included in the kit additional cart price added to achieve 5 carts. Refill/cart prices are the best prices achievable on the respective sites – see best eliquid page. Some sites have e liquid ingredients listed but this may be a generic list – at this time only V2 offers batch testing for every e liquid real-time. All puff test results and conditions shown here. See the Jenson Cig-like e-cigs review. Thanks to best quality e-cigs for their input.
E Liquid refill Cost Calculations:
Example. Green Smoke
Green Smoke (GS) refills are $26.90 for 10 = GBP20.42 at 26 September 2018
Each GS refill is equivalent to 18 cigarettes – see puff test on best e liquid page
So A box of 10 refills = 10 X 18 cigarettes equivalent
= 180 cigarettes for £20.42
=>Pack of 20 Cigarettes equivalent costs £2.27