IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid

IVG Nic Salt E-Liquid is the brand's core refillable range, sold in 10ml bottles at 50/50 VG/PG with a nicotine salt base. It's built for pod kits and mouth-to-lung tanks rather than sub-ohm setups, and the line runs to 13 flavours, from soft fruit blends to menthol-forward coolers. If you've tried IVG's disposables or pod kits and liked the flavour work, this is the same house style poured into a bottle you top up yourself, at a fraction of the cost per ml.

The flavour line-up, and where each one earns its place

Thirteen flavours sounds like a lot until you actually line them up, and it becomes clear IVG has avoided just stacking near-identical fruit mixes. A handful stand out for different reasons.

• Aloe Grape pairs a mellow, slightly savoury aloe note against sweet grape, cooler and less sugary than most grape vapes on the market.
• Coco Lush leans creamy and tropical rather than fruity, a coconut-forward all-day vape for anyone who finds fruit lines fatiguing after a few bottles.
• Fresh Mango is a straight, ripe mango with no menthol behind it, good for people who want ripe fruit without a cold finish.
• Frozen Mango takes that same mango base and adds a genuine icy exhale, worth trying if Fresh Mango is too warm for your taste but you don't want to jump to a full menthol flavour.
• Mango Peach softens the mango with peach for a rounder, less sharp fruit hit than either mango option alone.
• Iced Melonade and Passion Twist cover the lighter, drink-inspired end of the range, closer to a fizzy soft drink than a straight fruit vape.

The wider range also takes in Blue Ice, Blueberg Burst, Ice Menthol, Pink Lemonade, Sparkling Guava and Strawberry Sensation, which between them cover the harder menthol end and the candy-sweet end of the line, so once you've settled on a favourite there's always a second direction worth exploring.

Getting the flavour right, not muted or burnt

Nic salt e-liquid can taste flat or catch a burnt note fast if the setup around it is wrong, and it's rarely the liquid itself at fault. A few habits make the difference:

• Drip it into a fresh or recently primed coil and give the wick 2-3 minutes to fully saturate before the first puff, dry hits on an unprimed coil are the most common cause of a burnt taste with any nic salt.
• Keep it on a low-wattage pod device or MTL tank. Nic salt is formulated for a tight, restricted draw, and pushing it through a high-wattage sub-ohm setup tends to mute the flavour rather than intensify it, along with using nicotine far faster than intended.
• Avoid chain vaping. Nic salts hit faster and harder than freebase e-liquid, so back-to-back puffs without a pause tend to overheat the coil and flatten the taste well before the coil is actually worn out.
• If a flavour that used to taste vivid starts tasting dull or slightly acrid, it's almost always the coil rather than the bottle. Swap it before assuming the e-liquid has gone off.

Get those basics right and the flavour comes through clean from the first puff to the last, which matters more with nic salts than most other formats because the throat hit can mask a dulling flavour if you're not paying attention.

Filling itself is straightforward but worth doing carefully. Open the pod or tank's fill port, tip the bottle at an angle so the liquid runs down the inside wall rather than straight onto the coil, and stop just below the max fill line to leave room for air. Wipe away any spill before closing it up, e-liquid left around the fill port can seep into places it shouldn't over time. Pop the pod or tank back in, wait for the wick to soak through, and you're ready to vape.

Who this suits, and who it doesn't

This is aimed squarely at pod kit and MTL tank users, particularly anyone who switched from smoking and wants a fast, smooth nicotine delivery close to a cigarette's hit rather than a slow build-up. It also suits vapers who've been buying disposables and want to keep the same flavour category while switching to a refillable device, since the flavour profiles sit close to what disposable ranges offer, just without the single-use packaging and at a much lower ongoing cost.

It's not the right pick for sub-ohm or cloud-chasing setups. Nic salt at these strengths isn't designed for high-wattage, high-VG vaping, and running it through that kind of device will feel harsh rather than smooth. If big clouds are the goal, a high-VG shortfill in 0mg or 3mg with separate nic shots is the better route.

How it compares to other options

Against shortfill e-liquids, the main difference is nicotine delivery. Shortfills are almost always freebase nicotine at lower strengths, built for sub-ohm devices and bigger vapour, while this range is nic salt built for a discreet, cigarette-like hit on a small device. Neither is objectively better, they're built for different kit and different goals.

Against pre-filled disposable pods and vapes, the appeal here is cost and control. A 10ml bottle refills a pod tank many times over compared with a single-use pod, and buying in the mix-and-match bundle brings the per-bottle price down further. The trade-off is that you need a compatible refillable device rather than something ready out of the box, and refilling a small pod does take a minute of care compared with opening a disposable.

Within the nic salt category specifically, IVG's range sits in the mainstream fruit-and-menthol space rather than pushing into unusual or dessert-heavy flavours, which makes it a reliable starting point if you're new to nic salts and not sure which flavour family you'll prefer. Buying a few different flavours together under the mix-and-match bundle is also a cheap way to test the range before committing to a full box of one flavour, useful given how differently the mango, coconut and menthol options land depending on personal taste.

Choosing your nicotine strength

This range is available in 10mg and 20mg, both nicotine salt formulations. UK regulations cap nic salt e-liquid at 20mg/ml, so 20mg is the strongest legal strength you'll find in this or any TPD-compliant nic salt on the UK market.

• 10mg suits lighter or occasional smokers, or anyone already vaping who finds 20mg too sharp on the throat.
• 20mg suits heavier or long-term smokers who need a stronger, faster hit to feel satisfied, particularly in the first weeks after quitting cigarettes.

If you're unsure, it's easier to start on 20mg and step down to 10mg once cravings settle than to start too low and go back to smoking because vaping doesn't feel like enough. There's no 0mg option in this particular range, so if you want a nicotine-free version of a similar flavour, you'll need to look at IVG's freebase or shortfill lines instead.

Storing and looking after your bottles

E-liquid is sensitive to heat and direct light more than most people expect. Keep bottles upright, at room temperature, and out of direct sunlight, a windowsill, car dashboard or anywhere near a radiator will affect both the nicotine and the flavour over time. A drawer or cupboard is ideal. Once opened, try to use a bottle within a reasonable window rather than letting it sit half-full for months, flavour does fade gradually with air exposure even when stored correctly. As with any nicotine product, keep bottles firmly capped and well out of reach of children and pets.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use this in any vape device? It's built for pod kits and MTL tanks running at low wattage. It will work in other refillable devices, but you'll get the smoothest, most accurate flavour on kit designed for a tighter draw.

Why does my nic salt taste burnt after a few days? Almost always a coil issue rather than the liquid. Coils used with nic salts tend to need replacing sooner than with freebase e-liquid because of how often they're used, so if the taste turns harsh, swap the coil first.

Is 20mg too strong for a beginner? Not if you're coming straight from smoking, where 20mg often feels closer to what you're used to. If you're more of a light or social smoker, 10mg is usually the more comfortable starting point.

Do the flavours actually taste different from each other, or are they all similar fruit mixes? They're genuinely distinct. The mango-based flavours alone (Fresh Mango, Frozen Mango, Mango Peach) are built around the same fruit but land quite differently depending on whether menthol or a second fruit is added, and the range moves well beyond fruit with options like Coco Lush.

Is this e-liquid TPD compliant for the UK? Yes, it's sold in the UK in TPD-compliant 10ml bottles at legal nicotine salt strengths, and it's strictly for adults aged 18 and over.