How Long Do Elf Bars Last?

The Elf Bar brand has been a mainstay on lists of the best vapes in the UK for a few years now. People love the friendly colours and simple operation of the devices – and more importantly, they really enjoy the ever-growing flavour selection. Without a doubt, a huge percentage of the people who are making the switch from vaping to smoking these days are choosing Elf Bars as their first vapes.

One of the first things you’ll discover when you make the switch, though, is that vaping is different from smoking in ways that may not be obvious to you until you’ve actually started vaping yourself. You most likely have friends who vape, for instance, and they’ve probably told you that vaping is infinitely better than smoking from a flavour standpoint. Until you actually start vaping yourself, though, it’s impossible to predict the broader effects that the improved flavour quality might have on you.

For instance, you might start vaping more than you used to smoke – and since your vaping device doesn’t burn out after a few puffs like a cigarette, you end up not even noticing how much you’re vaping until you’re looking at your blinking Elf Bar and thinking, “Didn’t I just buy this?”

In short, if you’re a new vaper and are wondering how long an Elf Bar should last, you’re definitely not the first – and in this guide, we’re going to shed some light on the subject.

How Long Should an Elf Bar Last?

Although there are a couple of exceptions that we’ll discuss at the end of the article, a standard Elf Bar disposable vape contains 40 mg of nicotine and lasts up to 600 puffs. For most people, that works out to about two or three days of full-time vaping.

We mention both the number of puffs and the number of days because there’s two ways to tackle the question of how long an Elf Bar lasts. There’s the number of puffs that you get out of the device – which is really more a matter of marketing than anything else – and there’s the number of days that the device lasts for you, which is really more important because that’s what ultimately determines how much you spend each day to vape.

Even if you only use an Elf Bar for one day before replacing it, you’re still saving a huge amount of money compared to smoking. By managing your consumption more carefully, though, you could save even more.

Before we get too far ahead of ourselves, though, let’s talk about how many puffs are really in an Elf Bar.

Not Getting 600 Puffs Out of Your Elf Bars?

If you’re concerned that your Elf Bars aren’t lasting as long as they should, maybe you’ve actually tried keeping track of how many puffs you get out of a device – and maybe you ultimately came up with a number much smaller than 600. Why would that be?

To truly understand how many puffs are in an Elf Bar, you must first understand what a disposable vape’s puff count actually means. It’s not a guarantee. Rather, it’s just an approximation of how many puffs the device can deliver under absolutely ideal circumstances. To approach 600 puffs with an Elf Bar or any other disposable vape, you’d need to puff on the device for just one second at a time. If your average puff is two seconds in length, you can expect an Elf Bar to last more like 300 puffs.

As you can see, there’s no way to guarantee that a disposable vape will deliver a certain number of puffs because your personal vaping style will strongly influence how many puffs you’ll actually get out of the device. What really matters is how long you’re able to use your Elf Bars before replacing them – and that’s what we’ll talk about next.

Not Getting 2-3 Days Out of Your Elf Bars?

As we mentioned at the beginning of the article, an Elf Bar should typically last about two or three days before you need to replace it – and there’s where the flavour quality of vaping and the lack of a self-limiting mechanism come into play. When you smoke a cigarette, you know that the session is over because the cigarette eventually burns out.

A vape, however, doesn’t have a built-in mechanism to let you know that you’re done.

Combine that with the fact that vapes taste great and don’t leave your lungs aching when you’ve had too much, and you’ve got the perfect recipe for overuse.

That’s exactly what happens with many new vapers; they enjoy the experience so much that their devices hardly ever leave their hands. If you’re only getting a day out of your Elf Bars before they run out, that’s probably what’s happening to you – and most likely, you’re consuming more nicotine than you actually need.

If you want your Elf Bars to last as long as they should, the strategy for making that happen is actually fairly simple – you should try to vape only when you actually need the nicotine and only when you would have previously smoked a cigarette. When you’re not vaping, don’t keep your Elf Bar in your hand – put it just out of reach, so you won’t feel compelled to vape reflexively. If you don’t vape more often than you previously smoked, you should have no trouble getting at least two days of use out of each Elf Bar.

Elf Bars Running Out of E-Liquid Too Quickly?

If you’re sure that you’re managing your nicotine intake as carefully as you can and are still finding that your Elf Bars aren’t lasting as long as they should, it’s possible that there’s actually a problem with the devices themselves. There are two possible scenarios here.

• It’s possible that disposable vapes either don’t contain enough e-liquid or don’t produce large enough vapour clouds to satisfy your nicotine requirements. In this case, you would probably be a good candidate for a refillable vape. Take a look at our roundup of the best vapes for heavy smokers.
• If you’re satisfied with your experience overall but believe that your Elf Bars simply aren’t lasting as long as advertised, it’s possible that you’re actually buying fake vapes. Counterfeit vapes are surprisingly common, and the manufacturers of fake products always make counterfeit versions of popular brands like Elf Bar. In addition to a plethora of potential safety issues, one of the biggest problems with buying fake vapes is that they’re probably underfilled and are unlikely to last as long as they should. The best way to avoid fake vapes is by buying from a reliable seller that only obtains its products through official sources. You’re taking a risk when you buy vapes from a gas station or corner store.

Some Elf Bars Last More than 600 Puffs

Although we’ve focused on the standard 600-puff Elf Bar models in this article, it’s worthwhile for you to know that some Elf Bar devices actually last significantly longer than that – and we’ve reviewed both of them on this site. Either one might be a good choice for you if you’re not quite ready to step up to a traditional refillable vape.

• The Elf Bar EV5000 is a refillable pod system that comes with a 10 ml bottle of e-liquid. You use the bottle to fill the device yourself. The non-replaceable pod is expected to last as long as the bottle of e-liquid, but you’re free to use it longer than that if you’re still happy with the flavour.
• The Elf Bar AF5000 also includes a separate bottle of e-liquid, but it works a bit more like a traditional disposable vape in that you don’t fill it manually. Instead, you attach the e-liquid container to the device, and the Elf Bar AF5000 uses air pressure and wicking action to fill itself.

Between the two devices, the Elf Bar AF5000 feels more like a traditional disposable vape since the device and the e-liquid container essentially function as a single self-contained package. It’s a bit larger than the Elf Bar EV5000, though, since the EV5000 doesn’t require you to connect the e-liquid container to the device.

Another benefit of the Elf Bar EV5000 is that it may potentially last longer than the AF5000 since you can continue refilling the device after the included bottle of e-liquid runs out as long as you’re still happy with the flavour. The fact that you’re filling the device yourself, though, does detract from the convenience that you expect when you buy disposable vapes. The Elf Bar EV5000 isn’t really that different from a traditional refillable pod system, which would last much longer since you’d have the ability to replace the pod.