POD Systems vs. Nic Salt: Why Nicotine Salts Are So Popular?
Tomasz PłaskaPublished on 2021-02-08
Although POD systems and nicotine salt (nic salt) are relatively new to the market, they are becoming the choice of more and more vapers. Each year new brands are constantly being launched worldwide. While repeating the spectacular success of the Juul brand may not be easy, it is still worth trying to get a piece of this e-liquid cake on local markets. Why nic salt is so popular? There are a few reasons for their rapid success. Most of them are rooted in the chemical structure of e-liquids with nicotine salts. To understand this phenomenon better, let’s take a closer look at our subject matter: nicotine salts.
From the chemical perspective, nicotine salts are compounds of pure nicotine with some organic acid for example benzoic acid, or malic acid. In other words, nicotine salts are just another chemical form of nicotine to be blended with PG/VG. The difference, however, between nicotine salts and pure nicotine is not only the chemical structure but also the vaping experience of users.
Because of the lower pH level of nicotine salts (around 5) than traditional pure nicotine, nicotine salts are more biocompatible with the human organism. In other words, nicotine salts do not provide vapers with the harshness on the throat, so-called “throat hit”.
How are nic salt e-liquids different from the ordinary pure nicotine e-liquids?
Because of the less harshness on the throat, users of nicotine salts e-liquids can vape them with the higher nicotine strengths without uncomfortable, or unpleasant sensations. This leads to a greater nicotine fix which can be compared to the one after smoking an ordinary cigarette. For this reason, nicotine salts e-liquids are an ideal solution for people who would like to switch from or completely quit smoking.
Most of the traditional e-liquids with pure nicotine (not salts) are ideal for sub-ohm vapingwhich produces large vapor clouds. Nicotine salts, on the other hand, require different equipment.
What device do you need to vape nic salt? Can you use salt nic juice in a regular vape?
Nicotine salts vape juices are ideal for MTL devices, PODs, and low-power e-cigarettes. It is generally accepted that low power devices (POD systems) are specifically designed to preserve the chemical properties of nicotine salts. For example, let’s take a look at coils in POD systems. Resistance in POD coils is about 1-3 OHMs which is quite high when compared to traditional atomizers (0,15-0,5 OHMs). Higher resistance results in less cloud and a lower dose of nicotine during salt vaping. It is also a kind of protection because salt-based liquids are usually sold in the highest permissible strengths (18-20 mg/ml).
Since nicotine salts do not irritate the respiratory tract, users are automatically able to inhale larger amounts of vapors. A smaller cloud automatically protects us from absorbing too much nicotine into the body. As it would happen if someone would like to vape nicotine salts on a coil with lower resistance and providing big and dense clouds.
Do you want to create own products and brand? Be sure to read articles based on our experience:
POD systems nicotine salts – what makes them so popular?
Nic salts are a relatively new product that is quickly becoming a hit within the vaper community. Instead of using traditional liquid nicotine, many e-juice manufacturers prefer to buy nicotine salts which are more and more popular. One of the biggest reasons, unsurprisingly, is that you get a lot more nicotine per puff from salts e-juice. This makes nicotine salts the perfect transitioning tool. It is ideal for smokers who would like to switch to vaping but want high levels of nicotine.
Even if getting a fix isn’t your main priority, nicotine salts and PODs have several advantages over free-base nicotine:
Less liquid used to receive the same amount of nicotine
Less intense throat-hit
No need to re-fill the e-liquid container
POD systems are much more compact than most modern vaping devices
Easy to use and discrete
Chemnovatic NicSalt Bases
Chemnovatic offers the highest quality nicotine salt bases to e-liquid manufacturers at great prices and in a range of concentrations and ratios. Nicotine salt e-liquid provides a smoother, more delicate nicotine hit than recipes containing higher nicotine concentrations.
Discover the new generation of e-liquid bases – Nic&Salt Hybrid Bases
These are bases combining both types of nicotine–freebase nicotine and nicotine salt mixed in the highest quality PG / VG. This unusual mix was created in order to provide e-liquids users with an even longer and stronger nicotine effect.
The perfect solution for POD systems
Usually, vapers who use higher nicotine strengths of e-liquids vape in PODs. For this reason, and because of the two factors mentioned above, Nic&Salt Hybrid Baseswill perfectly work in POD systems.
If you want to know more about the possibilities that offer Nic&Salt Hybrid Bases, contact us at sales@chemnovatic.com.
Head of Marketing at Chemnovatic, with over 10 years of experience in regulated industries across B2B and B2C segments. At Chemnovatic, he is responsible for building the B2B brand in international markets, demand generation, and e-commerce sales. Previously, he gained experience in sectors including retail chains, analytics, and finance.
Let's grow your business together!
Subscribe to our newsletter and receive a free access to our e-mail course on raw materials for e-liquids production (and more!).
No spam, only valuable content we promise to send you.
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
3rd Party Cookies
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!