SKE Crystal NIC Salt 10ml ( Box of 10 ) Strawberry Kiwi / 10MG

Overview

The SKE Crystal NIC Salt 10ml ( Box of 10 ) Strawberry Kiwi / 10MG by SKE in Strawberry Kiwi / 10MG at 0mg. Free UK delivery over £20, same-day dispatch on weekday orders before 4pm.

SKE Crystal NIC Salt 10ml (Box of 10) at a glance

SKE Crystal NIC Salt 10ml (Box of 10) is a multipack of ten 10ml bottles of nicotine salt e-liquid from SKE, the brand behind the Crystal range of vapes and pods that many UK vapers already recognise. It is a refill liquid, not a device. You pour it into an open, refillable pod kit or a low-powered tank and the hardware does the rest. The box is priced at £17.99 for 100ml in total, which works out at about £1.80 a bottle and roughly 18p per millilitre.

The range is sold in 17 flavours, and every flavour comes in two nicotine strengths, 10mg/ml and 20mg/ml. You choose both from the variant selector on this page, and the price is the same whichever combination you pick. A box of 10 is a single flavour at a single strength, so it is worth checking your selection before you add it to the basket, particularly if you have not tried that flavour before.

The liquid belongs to the nicotine salt category, and that matters for two reasons. First, nic salts are formulated so that a higher strength feels gentler in the throat than the same strength of traditional freebase nicotine, which is why 10mg and 20mg salts dominate the pod kit market. Second, they are designed for low-power hardware: small refillable pods and mouth-to-lung (MTL) tanks rather than high-wattage sub-ohm kits. If your device runs somewhere between 8 and 20 watts with a coil of roughly 0.6 to 1.2 ohms, this is the kind of liquid it was built around.

A little regulatory background shapes what you are buying. Under the UK Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, nicotine e-liquid is capped at 20mg/ml, refill bottles cannot exceed 10ml, and bottles must be child-resistant and tamper-evident with the required nicotine warning on the label. The 20mg ceiling is most familiar from disposable vapes, which were banned from sale in the UK from 1 June 2025, but it applies to every nicotine liquid and refill pod sold here, and it is the upper limit for this product too. You must be 18 or over to buy, and orders are age-checked before they ship.

The quick facts, so you can decide whether to read on:

• Format: ten sealed 10ml bottles, 100ml in total.
• Strengths: 10mg/ml (1 percent) or 20mg/ml (2 percent), chosen as a variant.
• Type: nicotine salt e-liquid for refillable pod and MTL devices.
• Flavours: 17, spanning fruit and ice blends, lemonade, cola, mango and menthol.
• Price: £17.99 per box, about £1.80 per bottle.
• Who can buy: adults aged 18+ only.

The rest of this page covers the bottle itself, each flavour group, how to choose a strength, what to expect in use, which devices suit the liquid, how to fill and prime, what to do when something tastes wrong, and how the box stacks up on value against other options. Where a detail depends on the variant you pick, or is simply not published on the listing, we say so rather than guess. The label on your bottle is always the final word.

What the box contains and how the bottles are built

The listing is for a box of ten 10ml bottles. Ten millilitres is the largest bottle size UK rules allow for a nicotine-containing refill, so nearly every brand ships in a very similar format: a soft, squeezable plastic body with a narrow nozzle that fits the small fill ports found on pod kits, topped by a child-resistant cap with a tamper-evident ring that breaks the first time you open it. That ring is your first quality check. If it is already broken on arrival, or the cap spins freely, do not use the bottle and contact us.

When the box arrives, it is worth a thirty-second check:

• Quantity and variant: ten bottles of the flavour and strength you ordered. Confirm the wording printed on one bottle before you fill anything.
• Seals: the tamper-evident ring should be intact on every bottle and every cap should be tight.
• Labelling: a compliant label shows the nicotine strength, ingredients, the standard nicotine warning, volume, a batch reference and a best-before date. Check the text is legible and the strength matches your order.
• Condition of the plastic: bottles should be clean without residue around the cap. A trace of liquid inside the nozzle is normal, but a sticky outer surface suggests a leak in transit.

Build quality for a liquid comes down mostly to the nozzle and the cap. A fine nozzle lets you fill a small pod port without flooding the central airflow tube, and a well-made bottle squeezes smoothly without glugging or spitting. The soft body also lets you squeeze out the last few drops, which matters when you reach the tenth bottle. If you have handled any other 10ml nic salt you will find these bottles familiar to use.

Two numbers are worth working out before your first fill. A 10mg/ml bottle holds 100mg of nicotine in total, and a 20mg/ml bottle holds 200mg. Across the box that is 1,000mg or 2,000mg respectively. Those figures are the reason for the child-resistant cap, and the reason the boxes should be stored well out of reach of children and pets. Nicotine liquid is toxic if swallowed or absorbed through the skin in quantity, so wipe up spills promptly and wash your hands after filling.

The listing does not publish a VG/PG ratio, so we do not quote one here. The ratio is printed on the bottle, and it is worth reading, because very thick liquid can wick slowly in tiny pods while very thin liquid can leak more readily. As category context, nic salts built for compact pod devices are usually balanced or lean towards PG so that they feed the coil quickly at low wattage.

Because this is a consumable rather than hardware, there is no manufacturer build warranty in the way there is on a device. A faulty, damaged or leaking bottle is still covered by your statutory rights, which we explain in the FAQs. Store the boxes upright in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight and heat sources such as radiators and car dashboards.

Flavour profile: 17 flavours and what to expect from each

The range covers 17 flavours: Blue Fusion, Blue Razz Lemonade, Blueberry Peach Ice, Blueberry Raspberries, Cola Ice, Fizzy Cherry, Fresh Mojito Menthol, Fruit Medley, Gami Rare, Menthol, Pineapple Peach Mango, Pink Lemonade, Strawberry Kiwi, Triple Mango, VMT Ice, Watermelon Ice and Watermelon Strawberry. We have not published tasting notes from the manufacturer, so the descriptions below come from the flavour names and the way these profiles are conventionally built in nic salts. Treat them as a guide to the direction of each flavour, not a promise about intensity.

• Blue Razz Lemonade: blue raspberry with a tart lemonade finish. Sweet on the inhale, with a citrus edge on the exhale that stops it feeling heavy.
• Pink Lemonade: a softer, rounder lemonade with berry sweetness in the background. A good pick if tart blue raspberry is not your thing.
• Triple Mango: a thick, tropical mango profile without a cooling agent, so the fruit sits at the front. A useful choice if you find ice flavours too cold.
• Watermelon Ice: juicy, lightly sweet watermelon with a cooling exhale. It is a familiar profile and a common starting point for anyone new to the brand.
• Cola Ice: a fizzy, caramel-edged cola with a cold finish. It is one of the more distinctive options in a fruit-heavy lineup.
• Fizzy Cherry: sweet cherry with a sherbet-style tang, closer to a sweet shop than a fruit bowl.
• Fresh Mojito Menthol: a mint and lime profile with a menthol backbone. It suits adults who want cooling without much sweetness.
• VMT Ice: reads as a mixed-berry and grape soda style, in the vein of a well-known British soft drink, with a cooling finish.

The remaining flavours follow the same patterns. Blueberry Peach Ice, Blueberry Raspberries, Strawberry Kiwi, Watermelon Strawberry and Pineapple Peach Mango are fruit blends where two or three fruits share the spotlight. Fruit Medley is a mixed-fruit profile, Blue Fusion is a blue-fruit blend, and Menthol is the straightforward cooling option with no fruit at all. Gami Rare is the one name that does not describe its taste, so read the product images and bottle label before committing to a full box of it.

Nicotine strength also shapes flavour. At 20mg/ml the throat hit is firmer and can mask delicate fruit notes, while at 10mg/ml the fruit tends to come through more clearly. The same liquid may therefore taste slightly different between the two strengths, even though the flavouring is identical.

Sweetness has a practical side effect. Sweeter profiles, especially candy, cola and dessert-leaning flavours, leave more residue on the coil and tend to shorten coil life compared with a mint or menthol liquid. If you notice a burnt edge after a few days, that is usually the cause and a fresh coil fixes it.

If you are unsure, pick a profile you already enjoy in another form, such as a lemonade, a fruit sweet or a soft drink, and choose a fruit and ice blend over a heavily sweetened one for a first box. Since a box is ten bottles of one flavour, it is a commitment. Flavour is personal and an opened consumable cannot be resold, so give some thought to the choice before ordering.

Choosing between 10mg and 20mg nicotine strength

Every flavour in this range is offered in two strengths, and picking the right one matters more than any other decision on this page. Both are expressed per millilitre: 10mg/ml is 1 percent nicotine and 20mg/ml is 2 percent. UK law caps nicotine at 20mg/ml, so the 20mg option is the highest strength available from any UK retailer.

The strengths in practice:

• 20mg/ml: the firmest throat hit and the highest nicotine delivery of the two. It is popular with adults who are switching from heavier smoking, typically around a pack a day, and who use a low-power pod. A small, tight-draw device at 20mg gives a quick, noticeable hit per puff.
• 10mg/ml: a milder, rounder hit. It suits adults who smoked fewer cigarettes, those stepping down from 20mg, and anyone who vapes heavily through the day, because the lower strength lets you vape more often without overdoing the nicotine.

A rough starting point, which is a guide rather than advice. If you smoked ten or more cigarettes a day and you use a compact pod with a tight draw, 20mg/ml is the usual place to start. If you smoked less than that, or you use a device with an airier draw, start at 10mg/ml. If you find yourself chain-vaping at 10mg and still wanting more, step up. If you feel lightheaded, queasy, jittery or get a headache, step down, take fewer puffs, or wait longer between sessions.

Nic salts behave differently from freebase liquid, and that affects how you choose. Because the nicotine is in a salt form, 20mg/ml feels far less harsh than 20mg of freebase would, and the nicotine reaches the bloodstream quickly. That is the point of the product, but it also means it is easy to take more nicotine than you intended. Take your first few sessions slowly.

Do not use nic salt in a high-powered sub-ohm device. A sub-ohm tank at 40 watts or more produces a large volume of vapour per puff and would deliver a very large nicotine dose at either strength here, as well as using the liquid up in a few days. If you vape that way, you want a much lower nicotine strength in a different style of liquid, not this one.

If you are already vaping at one strength in a similar nic salt, match it. If you are new to vaping, the lowest strength that stops you reaching for a cigarette is the sensible target, and you can always move up with your next box. Many adults also reduce strength gradually over time, and free NHS stop smoking support exists for anyone who wants to cut nicotine out altogether. This product is intended only for adults who already use nicotine, and nobody who does not currently use it should start.

Performance and how far the liquid goes

A liquid does not have a puff rating the way a disposable does, and no puff figure is published for this listing, so we do not quote one as fact. What we can do is give an honest estimate from first principles. In a typical MTL pod running at 10 to 15 watts, a 10ml bottle will usually give somewhere in the region of 1,000 to 2,500 puffs, depending on how long and how hard you draw and how much power the device uses. Across a box of ten that is roughly 10,000 to 25,000 puffs. This is an estimate, not a measured figure, and your own result may sit outside that range.

Days of use are easier to reason about than puffs. A moderate pod vaper often uses about 1 to 3ml of liquid a day. At 1ml a day, a single bottle lasts about ten days and the whole box lasts roughly 100 days. At 2ml a day a bottle lasts five days and the box lasts around 50 days. At 3ml a day you get about three days per bottle and a little over a month from the box.

In terms of how it feels to use, nic salt in a small pod gives a compact, restrained vapour cloud. The draw is tight and the throat hit comes from the nicotine strength you choose rather than from heat, which is why lower-wattage devices suit these liquids. You should expect modest vapour production compared with a sub-ohm tank, and a flavour that is concentrated rather than airy. If you are moving across from a larger device you may find the smaller cloud surprising at first.

Flavour consistency from the first fill to the last is mainly a matter of coil condition and device power rather than the liquid itself. A fresh coil with a freshly primed wick gives the clearest flavour. As a coil ages, especially with sweet liquids, the flavour flattens and a toasted note can creep in. Running the device at the lower end of its wattage range preserves flavour and extends coil life, and it also reduces the chance of hot, harsh puffs at 20mg/ml.

Nicotine delivery is quicker with salts than with freebase liquid, so many adults find they take fewer puffs per session. If you notice that your usage is lower than a similar-sized bottle of freebase would suggest, that is a normal pattern rather than a sign of weak liquid. Equally, if you take long, repeated draws, the bottle will empty faster and you will also get more nicotine than you may expect.

Finally, consider temperature and storage. Liquid kept in a hot car or on a sunny windowsill thins and can leak, and flavour can dull over time. Keep unused bottles upright and cool, and decant into your device only what you need for the day if you are carrying a bottle in a bag.

Coil, mesh and device matching

This liquid needs the right hardware, and the right hardware is an open, refillable pod kit or a mouth-to-lung tank with a fill port. The match is mainly about coil resistance and power. Nic salts work well with coils in the region of 0.6 to 1.2 ohms at roughly 8 to 20 watts. Coils at the lower end of that resistance range deliver more vapour and use liquid faster, while coils towards 1.0 ohm and above give a tighter, more cigarette-like draw.

The two coil constructions you will meet most often:

• Mesh coils: a flat mesh sheet gives a large heating surface and even heating, which usually means fuller flavour and fewer hot spots. Mesh coils around 0.8 to 1.0 ohm are a sensible pairing with sweet fruit and ice flavours.
• Standard wire and cotton coils: a round wire wrapped around a cotton wick. These are common in small pods and are fine for nic salt at low power, though flavour can be a touch less even than mesh.

Ceramic wicks are found in some pod systems and generally cope well with sweet liquids, as they resist the gunk that builds up on cotton. Whichever coil you use, new coils need priming, which we cover in the filling section.

What not to do matters as much as what to do. Do not try to refill a sealed disposable vape or a pre-filled pod that is not designed to be opened. Those products are made as closed systems, and refilling them is both unsafe and unreliable. Disposables were banned from sale in the UK from 1 June 2025 anyway, so the sensible route to a lower running cost is a proper refillable device. Do not use this liquid in a high-powered sub-ohm tank, either; the coils there are built for thicker, lower-nicotine liquid and a very different power range.

Check three things on your device before you buy a box. First, that it has a fill port or an open pod. Second, that the coil resistance and power range sit in the band above. Third, that the pod capacity suits you. UK rules limit the tank or pod capacity on nicotine vaping devices to 2ml, so a full 10ml bottle fills several pods or tanks, and you will refill often. That is normal, and it is the reason a bottle is sized the way it is.

Coil life depends heavily on the liquid. Expect a coil to last roughly one to two weeks with a sweet fruit or cola flavour, and longer with menthol or mint. Replace a coil as soon as you notice a burnt taste or a drop in vapour, rather than trying to push it. Keeping a spare coil or pod on hand avoids the situation where you run out of liquid and hardware at the same moment.

Battery and charging for the device you pair it with

The liquid itself has no battery, so there is no battery capacity or charging time to quote for this product. What matters is the battery in the device you choose, and the numbers below are general guidance for refillable pod kits rather than specifications of anything in this box.

Small refillable pod kits commonly carry batteries of roughly 400 to 1,000mAh. As a worked example, a 650mAh cell at 3.7 volts stores about 2.4 watt-hours. At a typical 12 watts that is around 12 minutes of firing time, or very roughly 200 to 250 three-second puffs after allowing for losses. A moderate vaper might therefore get through most of a day on one charge, while a heavy vaper would want a bigger battery or a spare device. Higher wattage drains the battery faster, so the settings you pick for flavour also determine how often you charge.

Good charging habits protect both the battery and your home:

• Use the cable supplied with the device, or a good quality USB cable and a standard phone-style charger. A cheap, unbranded charger is a common cause of problems.
• Do not leave a device charging overnight or when you are out of the house. Charge it where you can see it, on a hard, non-flammable surface and never on a bed or sofa.
• Do not charge a device that is damaged, swollen, hot to the touch or has been dropped and cracked.
• Unplug when the device shows full charge. Most modern pod kits stop charging by themselves, but it is still a good habit.
• Do not carry a loose device or spare battery in a pocket with keys or coins, which can short the contacts.

Pod kits with removable cells, such as the 18650 and 21700 formats, need a dedicated external charger and a proper battery case for storage. If your kit uses a replaceable cell, buy cells from a reputable seller and check the wraps for tears before every use.

Lithium batteries and vapes must not go in household bins or kerbside recycling. Taking them there is a fire risk for refuse vehicles and recycling plants. Instead, return a dead or unwanted device to a retailer that offers a take-back service, a household waste recycling centre, or one of the electrical recycling drop-off points found at many supermarkets and council sites. Many of these take small electricals and batteries free of charge, and many shops that sell vapes and other electricals offer a take-back service.

The bottles themselves are plastic. Once a bottle is empty, check your local council guidance on whether emptied nicotine bottles can go in household plastic recycling, as the rules differ between areas. If in doubt, a vape shop recycling point or household waste recycling centre is the sensible choice.

How to fill, prime and start using your first bottle

There is no activation step with a liquid. The device you use activates by button or by draw, and the liquid just needs to get into the pod or tank and onto the wick. The routine below works for most open pod kits, but your device manual takes priority if it says something different.

• Step 1, switch the device off. If it has a lock or a button that fires, make sure it cannot fire by accident while you handle it.
• Step 2, remove the pod or open the tank. Take it off the battery and hold it upright. Find the fill port, which is usually a small rubber or silicone plug on the side or top.
• Step 3, fill slowly. Place the bottle nozzle against the port and squeeze gently. Fill up to the maximum line and no further. Avoid the central tube, as liquid there floods the airflow.
• Step 4, close the port. Press the plug back in until it sits flush.
• Step 5, let it rest. Wait five to ten minutes before your first puff so that the wick can soak up the liquid. A dry wick burns and ruins the coil within a few puffs.
• Step 6, take gentle first draws. Take two or three slow puffs without firing for long. Then settle into normal use.

For a brand new coil, add a couple of extra minutes of soaking time, and put a few drops of liquid directly on the wick opening if your device allows it. Take the first few puffs at the lowest power setting, then raise it to your usual level. This is one of the more effective ways to extend coil life.

If you want to switch flavour in the same pod, empty the pod and rinse the outside, then refill. Some flavour carries over, particularly from strong menthol, so many vapers keep a dedicated pod per flavour. Two pods and two flavours let you rotate and keep both tasting fresh.

Housekeeping while you fill is worth the time. Work over a tissue or a tray, because nicotine liquid on skin is absorbed, and wipe up any spills at once. Close the cap fully after every use. Store the bottle upright in a cool place, out of reach of children and pets. Do not refill at the wheel of a car or on the move, and do not put the bottle in a hot pocket or leave it in sunlight.

The bottles carry a best-before date. Nic salt liquid stored properly keeps its flavour for a long time, but older liquid can darken, thicken or taste flat. A slightly darker colour is normal for some flavours, but a sour or off smell means it is time to dispose of the bottle. With ten bottles in a box, use the oldest first and keep the unopened ones sealed and cool.

Troubleshooting common problems

Most problems with refillable devices come down to a handful of causes. Work through the list before concluding that a bottle is faulty.

• Burnt or acrid taste: usually a dry or worn coil. Let the pod rest after filling, take shorter draws, and lower the wattage. If it persists, replace the coil or pod. Sweet flavours reach this point sooner than menthol.
• Flat or muted flavour: a coil nearing the end of its life, or vaper's tongue after vaping one flavour for a long time. Swap to a different flavour for a day or two, sip some water, and try a fresh coil.
• Gurgling or spitting: too much liquid in the pod or condensation in the airflow. Do not overfill, and blow gently back through the mouthpiece to clear it. Wipe any liquid from the mouthpiece.
• Leaking: overfilling, a poorly seated fill plug, a cracked pod, or temperature changes can all cause it. Fill to the line, check the plug sits flush, and avoid leaving the device in a hot place or travelling with a full pod, as heat and pressure changes can push liquid out. Replace any pod that is cracked.
• Harsh throat hit: the strength may be too high for your device or habits, or the wattage is too high. Try the 10mg strength, or lower the power, or take shorter puffs.
• Weak vapour: a nearly empty pod, a blocked airflow, or a coil at the end of its life. Refill, clear the airflow and check the coil.
• Dizziness, nausea or headache: too much nicotine too quickly. Stop vaping, get some fresh air, drink water, and use a lower strength or fewer puffs next time. If symptoms are severe or do not pass, seek medical advice.
• Liquid on your fingers: wipe it off at once and wash with soap and water. Nicotine can be absorbed through the skin.
• Bottle will not open or squeeze: child-resistant caps need the instructions printed on them to be followed. Press down and turn together. If the nozzle is blocked, remove the cap, clear it with a clean pin, and do not force it.

If a whole bottle is wrong, by which we mean the wrong flavour, the wrong strength, a broken seal on arrival or a visible defect, contact us with your order number and a photo. Faults and picking errors are resolved without argument, and a damaged or incorrect item is dealt with under your statutory rights. What we cannot do is take back or resell a bottle that has been opened, as it is a consumable product.

Keep a short note of the strength and flavour you use. If a new box seems different, the first thing to check is that the strength on the label matches your last one, because it is surprisingly easy to reorder the wrong variant when you are in a hurry.

Who this box suits and who should skip it

This product is for adults who already use nicotine and who use, or want to use, a refillable low-power vape. Within that group, a box suits several kinds of buyer.

• Daily pod vapers: if you go through a bottle every few days, buying ten at once cuts the number of orders and brings the per-bottle price below single-bottle prices.
• Adults switching from smoking: the 20mg/ml option is a popular starting point for adults moving away from cigarettes, and the 10mg/ml option suits lighter smokers or those stepping down.
• Households with more than one adult vaper: a single box covers a shared supply, as long as you are happy to share a flavour.
• Anyone who dislikes running out: a spare stock of your usual flavour means you are not stuck with a different, less-liked liquid when your reorder is late.
• People moving from disposables: with disposables no longer on sale, a refillable device and bottled salts is the natural next step, and the running cost is lower.

It is equally important to say who should skip it.

• Anyone under 18. It is illegal to sell nicotine products to under-18s, and we age-check orders.
• Non-smokers and people who do not already use nicotine. Nicotine is addictive, and vaping is not risk-free. This product is not for people who do not use nicotine.
• Pregnant or breastfeeding women, and anyone with a heart condition or other health concern. Speak to a doctor or pharmacist first.
• Sub-ohm or cloud-chasing vapers. The liquid is made for low-power use, and you would need a very different product.
• People who want a no-fuss, no-fill product. If you do not want to handle liquid, coils and charging, a ready-to-use kit with replaceable pods is a better fit than a refill liquid.
• Anyone who wants a very low nicotine level. The range offers 10mg and 20mg only, and there is no 3mg or 6mg option in this line.
• Anyone who has not yet settled on a flavour. A box is ten bottles of one flavour. If you are experimenting, buy a smaller pack first, or mix across the single-bottle listings.

Not everyone realises that a flavour they enjoyed in a disposable may taste different in a refillable device, since the coil, power and airflow all differ. If your first box leaves you wanting a slightly different taste, it is a normal part of finding your setup rather than a defect.

Value for money: the box against singles and multibuys

The box is priced at £17.99 for ten 10ml bottles. That is 100ml of liquid, or about £1.80 per bottle and 18p per millilitre. Every flavour and strength combination in the range costs the same, so the choice between them is a matter of taste and nicotine need rather than price.

To see what that means, compare it with the alternatives that currently sit in the shop. The single-bottle SKE Crystal nic salt listings are priced at roughly £2.59 to £2.99 per bottle, depending on the listing, so ten bottles bought one at a time would cost between £25.90 and £29.90. There is also a buy 5 for £10 multibuy on the single bottles, which brings the price to £2.00 per bottle, so ten bottles that way would cost £20.00. Against that, the box at £17.99 saves around £2.01 on the multibuy and between about £8 and £12 on singles. Prices and offers change, so check the live price on the page before you order.

Running cost per day gives a clearer picture. At 1ml a day, the box works out at about 18p a day. At 2ml a day it is about 36p, and at 3ml a day roughly 54p. For comparison, disposables, now banned from sale in the UK, typically cost several pounds for a 2ml device, which meant a running cost many times higher for the same amount of liquid. Even after allowing for the cost of a refillable kit and replacement coils, bottled liquid is the cheaper way to use nicotine in a vape.

Delivery is the other part of the sum. Free UK delivery applies once your basket passes £20.00, and a single box at £17.99 sits £2.01 short of that line. If you also need a coil, a spare pod or a second box, adding it will normally bring the basket over the threshold. Weekday orders placed before 4pm are dispatched the same day, and the delivery choices, including tracked services, appear at checkout.

A few points keep the value honest. A box is only good value if you finish the liquid while it is still in date, so do not buy more than you will use in the best-before window. Choose the flavour carefully, because ten bottles of something you dislike is poor value however low the per-bottle price. And remember that the value of any liquid depends on the hardware: a worn coil or a leaking pod wastes liquid, so budget a little for replacements.

In short, for a daily refillable-device user who is happy with one flavour, a box of ten is the lower-cost route in this range. For an occasional vaper, or someone still testing flavours, smaller packs or the multibuy on singles carry less risk.

How SKE Crystal compares with other box-of-10 nic salts

SKE Crystal sits in a crowded part of the market, so it helps to compare it fairly with the other 10ml nic salt boxes we stock. These comparisons are about positioning and price, and they are based on the current listings, not on blind taste tests.

• Elux Legend 10ml Box of 10: priced lower, at £12.99 per box, and with a much larger flavour list. If the lowest price per bottle is your priority, it is the cheaper box. SKE Crystal has a shorter, more curated range of 17 flavours.
• Crystal Prime 7000 10ml Box of 10: priced at £17.24 per box with 12 flavours, also in 10mg and 20mg. It is a close match to SKE Crystal on price and format, so the decision comes down to which flavours appeal to you.
• Hayati Pro Max 10ml Box of 10: priced at £18.99 per box. It is the dearest of the group, and it makes most sense if you already know and like the Hayati flavour profiles.

On technical grounds there is very little between them. They are all nicotine salts in 10ml bottles, offered in 10mg and 20mg strengths, built for low-power pod and MTL hardware, and subject to the same UK limits on strength and bottle size. The real differences are flavour tuning, sweetness, cooling level and price. SKE Crystal leans towards fruit, lemonade and ice profiles, with cola, mango and menthol as variety, and its flavours are generally sweet. If you prefer tobacco, nutty or dessert flavours, this range is not a natural fit, as it offers none of those.

Where SKE Crystal does well is familiarity and consistency. If you have used a SKE Crystal disposable or prefilled pod before, the liquid gives you a way to keep a flavour you know in a refillable device, with a similar flavour direction for the names that overlap, such as Blue Razz Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Watermelon Ice and Cola Ice. Where it falls short is range breadth, since 17 flavours is fewer than some competitors, and strength choice, since there is no low-nicotine option.

It is also worth comparing the format against other ways of buying nicotine for a vape:

• Freebase 10ml bottles in lower strengths: suit tank vapers who like a bigger cloud and a less concentrated nicotine hit, but they feel harsher at higher strengths.
• Pre-filled replacement pods: simpler, because there is no filling, but you are tied to one pod format and you generate more waste.
• Shortfills: larger bottles with no nicotine, intended for sub-ohm devices, with nicotine shots added separately. They are unsuited to low-power pod kits.

For most adults who already use a refillable pod device and want a straightforward fruit, ice or lemonade flavour at a reasonable price, SKE Crystal is a sensible, middle-of-the-road choice. It does not try to be a niche product, and that is a fair description rather than a criticism.