Explained: How To Know How Many Puffs Are Left In A Disposable Vape?
There is a reason why these smart vape brands integrate an LED display in their products to show the users how much of stuff they’ve got left inside their device. Knowing how much puffs you have left is really important; the information can be digested in many ways, depending on the vape user.
It is important to monitor various statistics when you vape, including the e-liquid level, battery level, and probably any other information that could be tracked (depending on the vape you’ve got). Well, this article shares how to monitor your puffs and see what’s left after a long day or holiday.
How to Know How Many Puffs are Left in a Disposable Vape?
Who does the counting? Who validated it? Well, certainly, you won’t go about counting how many puffs you’ve got left in your vape – you certainly can’t keep count of how many puffs you’ve done so far while using a vape. The most reliable way many people know how many puffs they’ve got left is by looking at the e-liquid level indicator that shows on their vape’s screen.
So, with the e-liquid level, and judging by the estimated number of puffs their vape is advertised to offer, vapers can conclude on a presumed number of puffs as what they have left, and then, maybe, plan ahead to get a new vape (if their presumed remaining puff is low). Of course, puff counts are not 100% accurate as every vaper doesn’t have the same draw technique as the other.
Why Is Puff Count Important?
The reason is simple, when you can decipher the number of puffs you have left in your vape, it helps you to start planning or saving to get another one, so you don’t get caught up suddenly. So, this is important for enthusiast vapers who wouldn’t want to run out of vape in the middle of “nowhere.” Well, that’s for the users – for vape brands, the importance of puff count is totally different.
For manufacturers, puff counts are used to identify the bigger product and the smaller one. Apparently, the more puffs a disposable vape has, the more attractive it’d be to hardcore vapers and budget customers looking for long-lasting vapes that would give them a run for their money. In essence, puff counts are important to both vape manufacturers and the end-users (vapers).
How Are Vape Puffs Calculated?
Apparently, the numbers are derived from tests, but of course, these tests are not done by humans but by machines. In disposable vape production plants, there are test machines that help to determine the maximum number of puffs each vape is able to produce (considering its prefilled liquid capacity).
These machines have preset settings that the manufacturers believe to “generally” mimic the draw actions of the end-users (vapers). So, the machines are set to draw from the “test” vape until the e-liquid is completely exhausted, after which the machine shows how many puffs it was able to get out of the vape.
Vape brands take the number of puffs shown on their test machines and round it up to the nearest thousand. So, if the machine gives an end result of around 5,789, the vape brand would round it up to 6,000, most likely – in that order, the puff counts of vapes are determined by vape brands.
Now comes the big deal. These machines are set to use seeming “short” draws to run their tests, while actual vapers may practice longer draws. In reality, the number of puffs you get from a vape is dependent on the vaper – based on multiple factors such as the draw length, airflow level, and draw frequency.
Factors That Affect Puff Counts
There are different factors that can affect the actual number of puffs one can get from a disposable vape. These factors are not static, but variable depending on the vaper.
- Draw Length: Longer draw lengths would give you fewer puffs than estimated, while shorter draws will give you more puffs. So, if a vape is estimated to deliver 20k puffs, longer draws will give you much less than that, let’s say 15k puffs (or even less); while, with shorter draws, you will get close to 18k (probably more or less).
- Vape Mode: Of course, for vapes with multiple modes, the mode you choose determines how much puff you will be getting. Usually, the NORM (normal) mode gives you the most puffs possible, while the TURBO or BOOST mode gives you fewer puffs. If NORM mode gives you up to 12k puffs, the TURBO mode would give less of that – roughly 6k puffs.
- E-liquid Reserve Capacity: This is simple mathematics; the bigger the e-liquid reserve tank, the more puffs you’d likely get from a vape. So, apparently, vapes with bigger e-liquid capacity tend to offer more puffs than vapes with smaller reserve tanks. Yes, you may see vapes with quite smaller e-liquid capacity and still advertised to offer a high number of puffs; remember, puff counts are majorly an advertising tool for these brands, and you’d most likely not get up that number of puffs as advertised.
How Long Does 16ml Vape Juice Last?
Honestly, it’s hard to calculate, and then again, we must consider the factors discussed just right above. However, a 16ml vape could last for a pretty long while; if you vape every day, it should keep you going for about two weeks – that’s 14 days, literally – but not to forget that it could last fewer than that duration if you vape in TURBO or BOOST mode.
Then again, your draws are important; longer draws, shorter durations, and shorter draws, longer durations. Also, disposable vapes on their own have a shelf life, but this is not something to worry about as the estimated shelf life is quite long – up to 18 months; that’s long enough for you to finish one vape, regardless of how frequently you vape.
Are "Puff Counts" Accurate? Or Are They False Advertising?
Well, you can’t entirely dismiss them as false advertising because there’s a chance you can get the exact number of puff counts advertised by a vape brand (or even more). It all depends on the length of your draws and the preset draw length used by the vape manufacturer to test the vape puff count in their facilities.
So, no, they are not false advertising, but you most likely won’t be getting up those numbers you see on the vape’s pack, simply because you’re human, and your draw length per time can’t be static (unlike a machine that would stick to a particular draw length from start to finish). You understand that? You should.
How to Get More Puffs Out of a Disposable Vape?
It’s quite simple, make your draws shorter. When you draw for a seemingly longer time, you consume more vape juice, and the faster the vape juice decreases, the less number of puffs you have left. Also, if you’re always using TURBO mode, maybe you should stick to the NORM mode since you’re looking for more puff (and not necessarily “intensity”). Certainly, if you go for more intensity, you’ll have less puffs.
Conclusion
Puff counts are not really false advertising, but they are not 100% accurate. If you’re looking to get exactly 25k puffs from a vape just because that’s what’s written on the vape’s pack, I’m sorry, you probably may not even get up to 20k puffs in reality. But how would you even know? Were you noting down each puff you made? Definitely not, but just know that’s how it works.
FAQs
Are there any visual indicators on the disposable vape that show the remaining puff count?
Not really per se, but modern disposable vapes show e-liquid levels, and by mere understanding, the more e-liquid you’ve got left, the more puffs that await you; on the flip side, if your vape’s e-liquid level is low, definitely, you’ve got only but a few puffs away.
Do disposable vapes with digital screens provide accurate puff count information?
No, they just display an “estimated” number based on the amount of e-liquid you have left. If you make longer draws for a lengthy vaping session, you will notice that the e-liquid level dropped drastically and so did the number of puffs (if you vape does show number of puffs).
Can the battery level of a disposable vape affect the number of remaining puffs?
No, you can’t say that for sure. What determines the number of puffs is the vape juice level. If your vape’s battery runs down, you can always recharge the battery and start from where you stopped last. Violaaa!
