Pod Mods vs. Vape Mods - What are the Differences?

Vaping has grown significantly and taken the world by storm over recent years, and more products have popped up in the market. With advancements in vaping technology, there are now two main types of vaping devices, which are pod mods and vape mods.

Knowing the difference between the two can help you decide where you should go next in your vaping journey. If you’re a vaping novice looking to understand the difference between a pod mod and a vape mod, then this guide should help you with the basics.

What Are the Differences Between Vape Mod and Pod Mod?

The most important distinction that you can see right away is the size. Both form factors are designed to fit the hand, but pod mods are also meant to fit in the pocket as well.

Vape mods nowadays are mostly designed for sub-ohm vaping, using eliquid with freebase nicotine with a higher vegetable glycerin (VG) content. It does mean the clouds produced by vape mods tend to be thicker and more voluminous.  Vape mods also use open system tanks that you need to refill (often). For more on sub ohm vaping - check out an earlier article we did on this topic 

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Pod mods are best used with nicotine salt eliquids, which come in higher nicotine strengths. That means pod mods are not as high-powered as vape mods and don't use sub-ohm coils, thus manufacturers are able to make them much more compact due to not needing that big of a battery.

Take note that it's not advisable to use nic salts with a sub-ohm vape mod as it would deliver too much nicotine way too fast, thus resulting in adverse side effects.

Pod Mods are Ideal for People Trying to Switch from Smoking to Vaping

Pod mods with nic salt eliquids are ideal for people trying to make the switch from smoking with vaping. While vape mods can be used for the same purpose, pod mods tend to be more inexpensive and the use of nicotine salts make for more effective and satisfying and better correspond with the same nicotine satisfaction of cigarette smoking.

Also, freebase nicotine eliquids used with conventional vape mods tend to not be as effective in delivering that level of nicotine without taking several hits. Combined with how thick the clouds from vape mods can be, especially with higher VG eliquids, and how much larger vape mods usually are, it may not be ideal to use vape mods in most cases, especially in public.

 

Vape Mods for People Getting Serious with Vaping

Many vapers can go on without getting into vape mods these days, unlike the olden days when they were the only viable option. Before, if you vaped to quit smoking and those little vape pens were unable to give you the same satisfaction as a cigarette, you had to switch over to a larger vape mod. But now with pod mods with nic salt eliquids, there’s no need to do that.

What vape mods are good for is being able to try out different devices, different atomizers, and different eliquid flavors. Since they’ve been around longer, you get a lot more variety of choices and can build your own device. They can even be collectible, so you can have more than one device with multiple tanks if you really get into vaping as a hobby.

Nowadays, vape mods are more for hobbyists who become deeply interested in vaping. It’s not to say you can’t use vape mods casually as plenty of vapers out there still do. But now that there are lots of excellent pod mods out there, those who don’t want to buy a full vape mod now have the choice not to.

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