The Ultimate Guide To Vape Juice

Freebase 50-50 vape juice is where most new vapers start their journey. Their balance between flavour and vapour make them more accessible while still adjusting to vaping as opposed to smoking.

Their 50-50 PG/VG ratio accommodates the widest range of nicotine strengths (3mg, 6mg, 12mg & 18mg), giving you plenty of options when finding the right level to manage your cravings.

Freebase nicotine is known for delivering a throat hit comparable to the heat of smoking tobacco, which can make it a good choice for those transitioning from smoking without relapse.

Unlike modern nicotine salts, freebase 50-50 vape flavours are less concentrated but still perfectly defined, appealing to a wider range of vapers. Some find double-concentrated flavours too sweet or intense. This makes freebase 50-50 vape juice even more accessible for beginners, who are simply looking to experiment until they find their ideal vape flavour type.

Nic salt vape juice has unique benefits that suit both new and experienced vapers depending on their preference. Particularly, vapers who have only ever used disposable vapes like Elf Bars will find modern nic salts like EDGE LIQ the perfect like-for-like vape juice to pair with a refillable pod kit once single-use vapes are banned this year (2025).

If you have tried freebase e-liquid, and required higher nicotine strengths to meet your cravings, then you may have found the throat hit to be too intense. If this is the case, then nic salts are a great way to experience high-nicotine satisfaction without any significant throat hit at all.

Nic salts are designed to be incredibly smooth, regardless of the strength you choose. this means that 5mg, 10mg, 15mg and 20mg all vape very similarly. This means their double-concentrated flavours shine through undiluted by the flavour of nicotine, which also makes them a great choice for those who love vaping for flavour.

HVG e-liquids are a much more niche option than freebase 50-50 or nic salts, and are much less popular today than they were a few years ago. Despite this there is still a loyal following of vaping enthusiasts and more experienced vapers who value bigger clouds and the sub-ohm vape kits needed to get the most out of this thicker e-liquid.

They are less suitable for new vapers looking to manage cravings because their high Vg content means they rarely exceed 3mg in strength, which is the lowest strength typically available in any type of e-liquid.

They also require a little more investment into advanced vape kits, which also means you will need a little more technical know-how to use them properly.

Non of these factors should put you off from trying them however, plenty of vapours love the thick clouds and bold flavours they offer, as well as the option of shortfill HVGs. These allow you to buy larger volumes of vape juice than 10ml, and can be combined with nic shots to create your perfect nicotine level.

Suitable for the widest variety of vape kits, 50/50 freebase e-liquids like EDGE Core are best paired with a device with a coil rated at 1.0ohm or higher - they may be described as suitable for MTL (mouth-to-lung) style vaping, which is the preferred inhale style for 50-50 freebase vape juice.

This means the vast majority of AIO (All-in-One) vape pens and pod kits are more than capable of supporting freebase 50-50 e-liquid, without exposing newer users to complex features such as variable wattage.

Plenty of advanced vape kits can be set up to use 50-50 freebase vape liquid too, provided they offer coil options in an appropriate resistance. For most new vapers however, their advanced features may be a little complex; conversely, this works to the advantage of experienced vapers who want a tailored experience while still using freebase 50-50 e-liquids.

Using an HVG e-liquid in this kind of vape kit can lead to reduced performance. The thicker vape juice cannot properly absorb through the smaller wicking ports in the coil, increasing the risk of dry-burn (when dry wicking material burns as the coil is heated due to not having absorbed the e-liquid properly, causing a very bad taste and potentially destroying the coil).

Nic salts are best paired with kits that also support other 50/50 vape juice, using coils rated above 1 ohm, described as supporting MTL (mouth-to-lung), or RDTL (restricted-direct-to-lung) vaping styles. The latter being the newer, typical inhale style enjoyed by disposable vapers.

There are now many excellent pod kits available that feature RDTL pods with a sub-ohm rating but smaller wicking holes, such as the Xros Pro 0.4ohm coil, making them suitable for thinner 50/50 nic salt vape juice. These are the ideal choice for nic salt vapers, delivering enhanced double-concentrated flavour and a very smooth, airy inhale similar to disposable vapes.

Any device with a coil rated around 0.6-1.2 ohms will work fine for most nic salt e-liquids. Look out for the term 'Mesh' as this is a newer style of vape coil ideal for nic salts as they deliver heat more evenly, making the most of their rich flavour profiles.

With disposable vapes set to be banned in June this year (2025), time is running out to choose the best vape kit to continue your journey. Thankfully, here at EDGE we have plenty of amazing options to suit all budgets, which pair perfectly with our EDGE LIQ 10ml nic salts range.

Sub-ohm vape kits are the only suitable option for HVG e-liquid, including mods and pod mods with high-resistance coils ranging from 0.8 to as low as 0.12 ohms.

These advanced kits come with extra features that new users might find daunting, but experienced vapers will appreciate, as they allow for greater customisation of the vaping experience to suit their preferred vape juice and personal preferences.

As long as the kit uses a coil rated at 0.8 ohms or below, it will handle HVG vape juice effectively. These coils feature larger wicking ports that allow the extra-thick HVG vape liquid to efficiently absorb, paired with the higher wattage output of an advanced vape kit needed to heat the high-resistance sub-ohm vape coil.

Attempting to use thinner 50-50 freebase or nic salt e-liquid in this kind of device will likely lead to over-absorption. This means the vape coil can flood, negatively impacting your vaping experience. Equally, higher strength freebase or even salt vape juice can taste very harsh when vaped at the wattage levels needed for sub-ohm vaping.

Every time a new e-liquid recipe is created, we can't just send it out to market. First, we must submit extensive information breaking down every component, in every ingredient, down to the tiniest decimal to the Medicines and Healthcare Product Regulatory Agency.

This includes strict emissions tests to ensure that nothing changes when our mixtures are heated and inhaled. Unless the MHRA approves these submissions, the e-liquid cannot be legally sold.

While not always the easiest to navigate, you can view all EDGE Vaping products on the MHRA's public database, along with products from every other legitimate vaping brand operating in the UK.

In 2016 the UK introduced the Tobacco Products Directive or TPD, later succeeded by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations or TRPR.

These are the strict rules of our industry that must be followed to the letter, and ensure a general standard of quality and safety is upheld across all legal vaping products.

From the 10ml bottle size and 2ml tank capacity restrictions, to a cap on nicotine strength at 20mg/ml - these rules are enforced by law and any breaches are met with harsh punishments.

You can view more about UK Vape Regulations here.

At EDGE Vaping, we carry out strict batch-tests on everything we produce so we can be sure every last drop of e-liquid is the highest possible quality.

Carried out in our analytical laboratory using approved methodologies, we ensure that everything from flavour concentration to nicotine dilution are accurately tested and up to standard before a batch is released for sale.

We also retain samples of every batch, so if a customer reports an issue, we can re-test the samples to identify any discrepancies and confirm that they conform to standards.

Lear more about why UK vapers trust EDGE here.

in addition to finished batches, we test every raw ingredient we use, from nicotine and PG to VG and flavourings, to ensure they are of an acceptably high standard of quality before we even begin to mix them.

As we now create our own flavour concentrates and nicotine dilutions in-house, we have even greater control over this quality than ever before.

If a raw material fails a quality check, even by a fine margin, it is rejected and replaced with materials that do comply with our rigid quality checks.

Explore our full EDGE compliance and safety processes here.