The world of vaping is interesting, but ultimately can be extremely confusing for newbies starting their vaping journey! Firstly, if you’re reading this one can assume that you are in fact new to vaping! Welcome and congratulations on the decision to quit smoking.
To put it as simply as possible a Shortfill E-liquid is a VG/PG mix of E-liquid in a bottle that can be topped up with a Nicotine Shot . Shortfill’s were created to combat a TPD regulation that stated bottles over 10ml in size cannot contain Nicotine. The image below shows how to add nicotine to your shortfill and explains it a bit better than us just babbling on:
What size ml do Shortfill’s come in?
There are a few options when it comes to the size of shortfill bottles, but here are the most common:
50ml – This contains 50ml of E-liquid in a 60ml bottle with space to add 1 x nic shot
100ml – This contains 100ml of E-liquid in a 120ml bottle with space to add 2 x nic shots
200ml – This contains 200ml of E-liquid in a 240ml bottle with space to add 4 x nic shots
How to Use Short Fill E Liquids
Remove the tamper-proof lid from your e liquid bottle
Remove the drip cap (the pointy bit) from the bottle.
Pour you nicotine shot into the bottle
Replace the drip cap and lid and shake the bottle to mix the E-liquid and Nic shot
Use the new mix of E-liquid to fill up your vape tank
Vape away!
Adding Nicotine Shots
When it comes to adding Nicotine shots to your E-liquid, the most common choice is a flavourless Nic shot or you can add a Cool Nic shot which adds an additional menthol kick to your E-liquid.
Working out what Nicotine strengths in your E-liquid can be confusing, but here’s a simple breakdown.
An 18mg 10ml Nic shot added to every 50ml of E-liquid will make 60ml of 3mg E-liquid.
Whats good about shortfill E-liquids?
Shortfill liquids work for a lot of vapers, and mainly because of these reasons:
They’re cheaper than buying 10ml Bottles of E-liquid
Easy to mix
Certain level of customisation available, e.g you can add a menthol Nic shot to add a cooling aftertaste to your E-liquid
When should I use Shortfill E-liquids?
If you’re new to the vaping world, it can take some time to adjust especially after just quitting smoke the same cigarettes for how ever many years! This is why we actually don’t recommend going for a big 50ml bottle of E-liquid straight away, it’s always a good idea to get a smaller, 10ml Bottle of the E-liquid first just to make sure you like the taste/flavour. This way you’ll get a better feel for certain brands, or different VG/PG ratios and which is your preferred style of vaping.
Once you’ve past your first month of so vaping, you’ll be more confident in what you’re doing and recognise which flavours/brands you like. When you get to this point, and are okay with lower Nicotine dosages; then shortfills will be ideal for you.
Do Nicotine Shots Dilute flavour in Shortfills?
To answer simply, yes they do. But some E-liquids account for the fact that customers will be diluting the liquid with 10ml of flavourless E-liquid; so they make the 50ml a stronger flavour to make sure the vape experience isn’t compromised.
It’s like adding water to squash, you know it’s going to weaken the flavour but it’s just something you have to do. It’s always worth remember most of the time you’re mixing 1 part nicotine to 5 parts E-liquid, so most of the time the difference in flavour goes unnoticed.
What Is Shortfill E-Liquid and How Do I Use It?
The world of vaping is interesting, but ultimately can be extremely confusing for newbies starting their vaping journey! Firstly, if you’re reading this one can assume that you are in fact new to vaping! Welcome and congratulations on the decision to quit smoking.
To put it as simply as possible a Shortfill E-liquid is a VG/PG mix of E-liquid in a bottle that can be topped up with a Nicotine Shot . Shortfill’s were created to combat a TPD regulation that stated bottles over 10ml in size cannot contain Nicotine. The image below shows how to add nicotine to your shortfill and explains it a bit better than us just babbling on:
What size ml do Shortfill’s come in?
There are a few options when it comes to the size of shortfill bottles, but here are the most common:
How to Use Short Fill E Liquids
Adding Nicotine Shots
When it comes to adding Nicotine shots to your E-liquid, the most common choice is a flavourless Nic shot or you can add a Cool Nic shot which adds an additional menthol kick to your E-liquid.
Working out what Nicotine strengths in your E-liquid can be confusing, but here’s a simple breakdown.
An 18mg 10ml Nic shot added to every 50ml of E-liquid will make 60ml of 3mg E-liquid.
Whats good about shortfill E-liquids?
Shortfill liquids work for a lot of vapers, and mainly because of these reasons:
When should I use Shortfill E-liquids?
If you’re new to the vaping world, it can take some time to adjust especially after just quitting smoke the same cigarettes for how ever many years! This is why we actually don’t recommend going for a big 50ml bottle of E-liquid straight away, it’s always a good idea to get a smaller, 10ml Bottle of the E-liquid first just to make sure you like the taste/flavour. This way you’ll get a better feel for certain brands, or different VG/PG ratios and which is your preferred style of vaping.
Once you’ve past your first month of so vaping, you’ll be more confident in what you’re doing and recognise which flavours/brands you like. When you get to this point, and are okay with lower Nicotine dosages; then shortfills will be ideal for you.
Do Nicotine Shots Dilute flavour in Shortfills?
To answer simply, yes they do. But some E-liquids account for the fact that customers will be diluting the liquid with 10ml of flavourless E-liquid; so they make the 50ml a stronger flavour to make sure the vape experience isn’t compromised.
It’s like adding water to squash, you know it’s going to weaken the flavour but it’s just something you have to do. It’s always worth remember most of the time you’re mixing 1 part nicotine to 5 parts E-liquid, so most of the time the difference in flavour goes unnoticed.