IGET VAPE Australia · 2026-10-30 · Guides / Beginners

Buying Your First Disposable in Australia: The Guide I Wish I'd Had

I remember my first purchase clearly: I walked in, got shown a wall of forty flavours, panicked, and bought the one with the nicest packaging. It was fine. It was also completely wrong for me. This guide is everything I worked out the hard way, condensed so you can skip the mistakes.

Puff counts are a rough guide, not a promise

The industry quotes numbers like 9,000 / 12,000 / 28,000. Here's the honest translation: a light user (a few short puffs a day) will make a 12,000-rated device last well over two weeks. A heavy user burns through the same device in under a week. Your mileage will vary enormously depending on how you puff — long, slow draws get far more out of the tank than quick sharp ones. If a shop promises you'll get exactly the advertised count, they're guessing too.

Pick a flavour family, not a flavour

Forty flavours is genuinely paralysing, so narrow it down first. Almost everything falls into four families:

• Ice / menthol — cold and clean. Blue Razz Ice, Watermelon Ice. The safest first pick.
• Fruit-fruit — two fruits blended, usually sweet. Strawberry Coconut Watermelon is the current crowd favourite.
• Drink-inspired — cola, lemonade, energy drink. Fun, occasionally polarising.
• Dessert — richer, heavier, better as a second device than a first.

Start with ice or a fruit-fruit. You'll refine from there.

Screen or no screen?

Devices with battery/liquid displays (IGET One, SOEKE S9) cost a touch more and remove the guesswork about when the device is done. Devices without displays are simpler and lighter. Neither is better — it's whether you'd rather know or not care. If you're the type who checks your phone battery fifty times a day, buy the screen.

The questions worth asking before you pay

How long has the store been shipping? (Ours: every business day, 2–7 days standard Australia-wide.) What's the returns policy on a faulty unit? (We take unopened devices back within 30 days.) Is there a human you can message when something goes wrong? (WhatsApp beats a contact form every time.) A store that answers those three questions clearly will look after you after the sale, too.

Last thing

Your first device probably won't be your favourite — that's normal. Treat the first purchase as research, buy one not three, and take notes on what you'd change. By device two, you'll know exactly what you want. Most of our repeat customers settled on their daily driver within two orders.

IGET VAPE Australia ships from Sydney, standard delivery 2-7 business days Australia-wide. Questions? Message us on WhatsApp. 18+ only.