The vape pen is arguably the most popular form factor for vaping hardware today. Vape pen starter kits are inexpensive, convenient and stylish. They straddle the line between performance and portability, offering a top-notch vaping experience in a package that fits in your pocket. In short, a vape pen is precisely the type of vaping device that you want if you’re looking for big vapor clouds and bold flavors but don’t want to buy a vape mod that’s too heavy to carry comfortably.
If there’s any problem with buying a vape pen starter kit, it’s the fact that there are so many choices available. It can sometimes be difficult to identify the factors that make the various vape pens different from one another. Here at Innokin alone, we have roughly a dozen different vape pens in production at any given time – so in this article, we’re going to help you choose the best vape pen for your needs.
First, though, let’s learn a bit more about the basics of vape pens. What, exactly, is a vape pen?
What Is a Vape Pen?
A vape pen is any vaping device that’s roughly cylindrical in shape and is around the same size as a ballpoint pen. Any vaping device significantly larger than a pen is usually called a vape mod. Vaping devices that look like tobacco cigarettes, on the other hand, are called cigalikes. A vape pen may use a semi-permanent glass or plastic tank for e-liquid storage, or it may use a disposable pod. The primary selling point of vape pens is that they offer an excellent balance between performance and portability. A vape pen is only slightly larger than a cigalike, but its performance and vapor production are much closer to what you’d get with a full-sized vape mod.
What’s the Difference Between a Nicotine Vape Pen and a CBD Vape Pen?
The term “vape pen” can have two different connotations. There are nicotine vape pens, and there are vaping pens for CBD vape oil. In this article, we’re going to focus on helping you find the best vape pen for nicotine e-liquid. If you need a versatile vape pen that can handle both nicotine e-liquid and CBD vape oil, we suggest the Innokin I.O.
To Choose the Best Vape Pen, Focus on the Inhaling Style
If you’re shopping for a vape pen starter kit, the most important part of your buying decision is that you should choose a vape pen designed for your desired inhaling style. Here at Innokin, we know that your inhaling style is the core of your vaping experience, so we go to great lengths to explain the intended inhaling styles for all of our products in the product descriptions. The three different inhaling styles are as follows.
- Mouth to lung (MTL): When you use this inhaling style, you’ll draw the vapor into your mouth before inhaling it into your lungs. The MTL inhaling style is what most new vapers prefer because it’s the same inhaling style that you use when smoking a cigarette. MTL vaping is for new vapers and anyone who enjoys high-nicotine e-liquids and a strong throat hit.
- Direct to lung (DTL): When you use this inhaling style, you’ll inhale deeply when vaping, directing the vapor straight to your lungs. Many experienced vapers enjoy the DTL inhaling style because it allows you to enjoy huge vapor clouds and rich, full flavors. DTL vaping is for people who enjoy lower-nicotine e-liquids and prefer a smoother vaping experience rather than a strong throat hit.
- Restricted direct lung (RDL): When you use this inhaling style, you’ll inhale the vapor directly to your lungs. Because an RDL vaping device has slight airflow resistance, though, you’ll feel a little throat hit when vaping. RDL vaping is for people who want bigger clouds but don’t want to vape in a way that eliminates throat hits entirely. RDL vape pens work best with low- and medium-strength e-liquids.
What Are the Differences Between Tank-Based and Pod-Based Vape Pens?
When you browse the selection of vaping devices that we manufacture here at Innokin, you’ll notice that we make traditional tank-based vape pens as well as pod systems. These are the primary differences between the two types of vape pens.
- A traditional vape pen stores its e-liquid in a cylindrical glass or plastic tank and tends to be slightly larger than a pod system. Since traditional vape pens are typically slightly larger than pod systems, they tend to offer a bit more e-liquid storage, battery life and vapor production. In many cases, the tank is a threaded component that can be removed and replaced with a different tank if desired.
- A pod system stores its e-liquid in an inexpensive plastic pod that you can replace when the pod is old and becomes too difficult to clean. Unlike the cylindrical tanks that traditional vape pens use, a vape pod is always purpose-made for a specific device. That means pod systems only work with the pods manufactured specifically for them, but it also means that pod systems are usually much smaller and sleeker than traditional vape pens.
What Are the Best MTL Vape Pen Starter Kits?
If you prefer the MTL vaping style, we think that you’ll love these three vape pen starter kits.
- Innokin EQ FLTR: With this device, we’ve done our best to straddle the line between pod systems and traditional vape pens. The EQ FLTR uses a pod for its e-liquid storage, but it’s more like a real cigarette than any other pod system on the market. Simply pop in the disposable soft filter tip and puff. No vaping device has ever felt more like smoking.
- Innokin I.O: As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, the key feature of the Innokin I.O is its versatility. The Innokin I.O is equally at home with traditional e-liquids and CBD vape oils, and it’s an unbelievably tiny device for its performance. Only slightly larger than a cigarette, the Innokin I.O is unbelievably sleek and is absolutely perfect for a beginning vaper.
- Innokin Jem Pen: Featuring a built-in tank and a power delivery of up to 13 watts, the Innokin Jem Pen is the perfect vape pen if you’re looking for something with a little more power than a small pod system. Since the Jem Pen has a manual fire button, you can preheat the coil before vaping and will enjoy some very impressive vapor clouds as a result.
What Are the Best RDL Vape Pen Starter Kits?
Are you ready to step up to something that offers a bit more vapor production but won’t force you to give up the throat hit you love? We think you’ll enjoy these RDL vape pen starter kits. Since all three of these devices have adjustable airflow, they’ll allow you to transition from MTL to RDL vaping at your own pace.
- Innokin Sceptre: The Innokin Sceptre is a vaping device that’s designed to grow with you. Simply by switching the atomizer coil and adjusting the airflow, the Sceptre is equally comfortable delivering excellent performance with both the MTL and RDL vaping paradigms. We’ve given this device a puff-activated firing mechanism as well as a manual fire button, so you’ll have no trouble finding a configuration that you love.
- Innokin Endura M18: Although we’ve put the Innokin Endura M18 into the RDL vape pen category of this article, we think that you’ll be completely comfortable with this vape pen even if you’re entirely new to vaping. The Endura M18 is unbelievably simple to use, and we’ve outfitted it to work with the same coils used by some of our most famous vape tanks. This is a wonderful vape pen to choose if you want to taste every nuance of your favorite e-liquid.
- Innokin Zlide Tube: The Innokin Zlide Tube is simply the greatest high-performance MTL and RDL vape pen on the market. It’s compatible with the full range of Innokin Z coils, and you can use it with both the Innokin Zlide and Innokin Zenith tanks. With its built-in 3,000 mAh battery, this is definitely a great device for all-day vaping.
What Are the Best DTL Vape Pen Starter Kits?
When you’re ready to experience the best performance that a vape pen has to offer, it’s time to step up to one of these DTL vape pens. Like throwing a sports car engine into a sedan, these devices deliver unbelievable power in an impressively tiny package.
- Innokin Plexar Plex: The Innokin Plexar Plex is simply one of the most powerful vape pens on the market. Using a single removable 20700 or 18650 battery, the Plexar Plex delivers up to 100 watts of power. Paired with our revolutionary new Plex3D vape coil, the Innokin Plexar Plex outperforms many traditional box mods – and it’ll still fit in your pocket.
- Innokin GoMax Tube: The Innokin GoMax Tube is a completely new vaping concept that strikes an unprecedented balance between convenience and performance. Featuring a multi-use disposable tank that costs about as much as a typical vape coil, the GoMax Tube has a built-in battery with an impressive capacity of 3,000 mAh. You’ll get some seriously flavorful clouds out of this device, and there’s no need to replace the coil when you’re no longer happy with the flavor. Just dispose of the tank and start using a new one!
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