Hayati E-Liquids

What the bottled Hayati range actually covers

Most people arrive at a Hayati collection page having used one of the prefilled ranges first. The bottled liquid is a different proposition: instead of a sealed pod with a fixed flavour and a fixed strength, you are buying a liquid that you decide where to put. That flexibility is the whole point, and it is also why the range splits into three clearly separated formats rather than one catch-all list.

The first format is the 10ml nicotine salt bottle. There are 50 of them, they are all blended at a 50:50 ratio of vegetable glycerine to propylene glycol, they are all labelled 10mg, and they all sit at £2.49 with the single exception of the Banana Ice bottle listed as Hayati Pro Max Nic Salts E-Liquid at £2.79. These are ready to use straight out of the box: unscrew, fill, go.

The second and third formats are shortfills. Both are 120ml bottles supplied with zero nicotine, both are priced at £6.99, and both carry the same twenty flavours. The difference is the base: one is blended 50:50, the other 70:30 in favour of vegetable glycerine. A shortfill is not a finished product in the way a 10ml salt is. It is a large bottle of flavoured base with headroom left in the neck, designed so that you add nicotine shots yourself if you want nicotine in the final mix.

The three formats side by side

Format	Bottle	Nicotine as sold	VG:PG	Price	Built for
Pro Max Nic Salts	10ml	10mg nicotine salt	50:50	£2.49	Refillable pod kits, MTL
Pro Max 50/50 Shortfill	120ml	0mg	50:50	£6.99	MTL pods and tanks, bulk mixing
Pro Max 70/30 Shortfill	120ml	0mg	70:30	£6.99	Sub-ohm and DTL hardware

If you only remember one thing from this page, remember that the bottle size tells you about nicotine and the ratio tells you about hardware. Ten millilitres means it can legally contain nicotine. One hundred and twenty millilitres means it cannot, as sold. Fifty-fifty means thin liquid for small coils. Seventy-thirty means thicker liquid for big coils.

Nicotine salts and freebase nicotine, explained without the chemistry lecture

The phrase "nicotine salt" confuses people because it sounds like something has been added to make the liquid salty. Nothing has. The word salt is being used in its chemical sense, meaning a compound formed when an acid and a base react together.

Freebase nicotine

Freebase nicotine is nicotine in its unmodified, alkaline form. It has been the default in e-liquid since the products first appeared, and it is still what you will find in most nicotine shots and in most large-format liquids intended for sub-ohm use. Because it is alkaline, freebase nicotine is more aggressive on the throat as the concentration climbs. At 3mg per millilitre in a high-VG liquid that is barely noticeable. At 18mg or 20mg through a small coil it becomes harsh enough that most people simply will not tolerate it.

Nicotine salt

A nicotine salt is made by reacting freebase nicotine with a weak acid, most commonly benzoic acid. The reaction produces a more stable, less alkaline compound. Two things follow from that. First, the same milligram figure is markedly smoother through the throat, which is why 10mg and 20mg salt liquids are comfortable in devices where 18mg freebase would not be. Second, the protonated form is absorbed more readily, so the nicotine in a salt liquid tends to register faster than the equivalent freebase strength.

What that means when you are choosing a bottle

Every bottle in Pro Max Nic Salts is a salt liquid at 10mg. That combination exists for one reason: it is designed to be used in a small, low-power pod device, where a freebase liquid at the same strength would be unpleasant. The shortfills are the opposite case. They arrive at 0mg, and the nicotine you add later is your choice of format, which we cover in the shortfill section below.

Which one do you actually want?

• You use a pod kit, you want a cigarette-like draw, and you want the nicotine to arrive quickly: a salt liquid.
• You use a sub-ohm tank or a high-power pod, you want a lot of vapour, and you use low nicotine: a 70/30 shortfill with freebase shots.
• You use a pod kit but you go through a lot of liquid and want to cut the cost per millilitre: a 50/50 shortfill with salt shots.
• You have stopped using nicotine but still want the flavour and the ritual: a shortfill with nothing added, used as supplied.

VG and PG: what the two numbers change

Every e-liquid is mostly two ingredients by volume. Flavour concentrate and nicotine make up a small percentage; the rest is a blend of vegetable glycerine and propylene glycol. The ratio between those two is printed on every bottle and it is the most practically useful number on the label.

Propylene glycol

PG is thin, almost watery. It carries flavour compounds efficiently, it wicks into cotton quickly, and it produces the sharper sensation at the back of the throat that many people transferring from cigarettes are looking for. It produces relatively little visible vapour. A high-PG liquid in a small coil will taste vivid and travel through the wick without hesitation.

Vegetable glycerine

VG is thick and faintly sweet. It produces far more visible vapour, it rounds off the throat sensation, and it slightly mutes sharp top notes because the flavouring has to work through a heavier carrier. Its viscosity is the practical constraint: a thick liquid cannot wick quickly through the narrow channels of a small pod coil, which is how dry hits happen.

Reading a ratio in practice

VG:PG	Texture	Throat	Vapour	Typical hardware	In this range
50:50	Thin, wicks fast	Pronounced	Modest	1.0 to 1.2 ohm pods, MTL tanks	Nic salts and 50/50 shortfills
60:40	Medium	Moderate	Moderate	0.6 to 0.8 ohm pods, RDL	Achievable by blending the two shortfills
70:30	Noticeably thick	Soft	High	Sub-ohm tanks under 0.6 ohm	70/30 shortfills
80:20 and above	Very thick	Minimal	Very high	Rebuildables, high-airflow tanks	Not stocked

One useful consequence of stocking both ratios in the same twenty flavours: you can mix them. Equal parts of a 50/50 and a 70/30 bottle of the same flavour gives you a 60/40 base, which is exactly what a restricted direct-lung pod tends to want. Because the flavour profiles are identical across the two ranges, blending does not muddy anything.

A note on PG sensitivity

A minority of people find that higher-PG liquids produce a dry or scratchy feeling in the mouth and throat. If that describes you, the 70/30 bottles will be more comfortable than the 50/50 ones, and you should be choosing hardware that can wick a thicker liquid. This is a question of personal tolerance, and we make no claims either way about the ingredients themselves.

Matching liquid to device

Hardware dictates liquid. Not the other way around. Work out what your device wants and then choose from what fits.

Mouth-to-lung pod kits

MTL means you draw the vapour into your mouth first and then inhale it, the way a cigarette is smoked. The hardware that supports it uses tight airflow, coils typically between 0.8 and 1.2 ohms, and low power, often under 15 watts. The wicking ports are small. This is the environment that 50:50 liquid was designed for, and it is where the 10ml salts and the 50/50 shortfills belong. The Hayati refillable pod kits sit squarely in this category.

Sub-ohm and direct-to-lung hardware

DTL means you inhale straight into the lungs in one motion. The hardware runs open airflow, coils below 0.6 ohms, and considerably more power. Large wicking ports mean thick liquid is not a problem; in fact thin liquid can leak straight through them. This is the home of the 70/30 shortfills. Do not put a 10mg salt in a sub-ohm coil. The combination of high nicotine and high vapour output is unpleasant and entirely avoidable.

Restricted direct-lung

RDL sits between the two: a direct inhale, but through tightened airflow, usually on coils around 0.6 to 0.8 ohms at 18 to 25 watts. A 60/40 base suits it best, which is the blend you get by combining the two shortfill ratios in equal parts.

Coil, power and liquid pairing

• 1.2 ohm and above at 8 to 12 watts: a tight mouth-to-lung draw on a 50:50 base, comfortable at 10mg or 20mg in salt form.
• 0.8 to 1.1 ohm at 12 to 18 watts: standard mouth-to-lung on a 50:50 base, which is where a 10mg salt belongs.
• 0.6 to 0.8 ohm at 18 to 25 watts: restricted direct-lung, best on a 60:40 base with 5 to 10mg salt or around 6mg freebase.
• 0.3 to 0.5 ohm at 25 to 45 watts: direct-to-lung on a 70:30 base, with freebase nicotine around 3mg.
• Below 0.3 ohm at 45 watts and up: wide-open direct-to-lung on a 70:30 base or thicker, at 3mg freebase or no nicotine at all.

Nicotine strength: 10mg, 20mg and 0mg

What the law allows

In the UK, nicotine-containing e-liquid is capped at 20mg per millilitre. A bottle that contains nicotine may not exceed 10ml. Tanks and pods may not exceed 2ml in capacity. Those three numbers are fixed by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations, which implement the European Tobacco Products Directive into UK law, and every compliant product in this shop respects them. Anything larger than 10ml on this site, including all 40 shortfills, is sold at 0mg for that reason.

Choosing a strength

There is no formula, but there is a reasonable starting point. If you are coming from a prefilled Hayati device, you have almost certainly been using 20mg, because that is what the sealed pods across Pro Max Plus Pods and Pro Ultra Plus Pods are filled with. Moving to a 10mg bottled salt in a similar device will feel lighter, and some people compensate by taking more draws. If you were a light user of prefilled devices, 10mg will feel about right immediately.

Why the bottled salts here are 10mg

All 65 bottles in the Pro Max Nic Salts range are labelled 10mg. That is a deliberate range decision rather than an omission: 10mg in a salt base through a 1.0 ohm coil delivers a throat sensation comparable to a higher freebase strength without the harshness, and it gives room to increase consumption slightly without the total nicotine intake climbing as steeply as a 20mg bottle would allow.

Zero nicotine

Every shortfill in the range is 0mg as supplied. Used as they come, with nothing added, they are simply flavoured vapour with no nicotine in the bottle at all. The prefilled side of the catalogue also has zero-nicotine options in Pro Max Plus Pods Zero Nicotine and the matching zero-nicotine kit. These remain age-restricted products and we sell them to over-18s only.

Shortfill maths, done properly

Why shortfills exist at all

The 10ml cap on nicotine-containing bottles makes buying large volumes of nicotine liquid impractical. The shortfill is the industry's answer. A large bottle is filled short of its capacity with 0mg flavoured base. The gap in the neck is exactly sized for one or more 10ml nicotine shots, which are sold separately as compliant 10ml nicotine-containing bottles. You combine them yourself, and the finished mix sits at a low nicotine strength.

The arithmetic

The calculation is a straightforward dilution. Multiply the strength of the shot by the volume of shot you are adding, then divide by the total finished volume. A single 10ml shot at 18mg added to 50ml of base gives 180 divided by 60, which is 3mg per millilitre in the finished 60ml.

Before you mix, check your own bottle. Shortfill bottles are named for their total capacity, not for the volume of liquid inside them, and the label states how much 0mg base has been supplied. Work from the figure printed on the bottle in front of you rather than from a number you half-remember.

Worked examples

Base supplied	Shots added	Shot strength	Finished volume	Finished strength
100ml	2 x 10ml	18mg	120ml	3.0mg/ml
100ml	2 x 10ml	20mg	120ml	3.3mg/ml
50ml	1 x 10ml	18mg	60ml	3.0mg/ml
30ml	1 x 10ml	20mg	40ml	5.0mg/ml
100ml	4 x 10ml	20mg	140ml	5.7mg/ml

The last row is a reminder that you are not limited to filling the neck. If you want a stronger finished liquid you can decant part of the base into a separate empty bottle and add more shots to what remains, accepting a larger total volume across two containers.

Freebase shots or salt shots?

Nicotine shots come in both forms and the choice changes the character of the finished liquid. A freebase shot at 18mg is the conventional option for a 70/30 mix destined for sub-ohm use: at a finished 3mg the throat sensation is mild. A nicotine salt shot at 20mg is the better option for a 50/50 mix going into a pod, because it keeps the smoothness of a salt liquid at the finished strength. Most shots are blended at 50:50 or higher PG, so adding two of them to a 70/30 base pulls the finished ratio down by roughly three or four points. That is not enough to matter in a sub-ohm coil.

Mixing technique

• Work over a sink or a tray. Shortfill necks are full and the first pour is the one that spills.
• Add the shot slowly, then cap the bottle firmly before you do anything else.
• Shake hard for a minute. Inverting the bottle a few times is not mixing; nicotine and base need agitation to combine evenly.
• Leave it to stand for an hour before filling a tank so the bubbles clear. Thick liquid holds air, and air in a coil is a dry hit waiting to happen.
• Write the date and the finished strength on the bottle. In six weeks you will not remember.

The flavour map across the whole bottled range

The three formats do not carry identical flavour lists. The salts range is far broader at 65 flavours; the two shortfill ranges share the same twenty. Here is how the profiles group, with real bottles named so you can find them.

Berry and red fruit

The largest family. In the salts: Blueberry Raspberry, Blueberry Raspberry Lemon, Blueberry Cherry Cranberry, Blue Sour Raspberry, Blue Razz Cherry, Blue Razz Lemonade, Blue Fusion, Mad Blue, Red Berry Ice, Strawberry Raspberry Blueberry, Strawberry Raspberry Ice, Strawberry Watermelon, Strawberry Kiwi and Strawberry Mojito. The shortfills carry Blueberry Raspberry, Blueberry Cherry Cranberry, Blue Sour Raspberry, Blue Razz Cherry and Strawberry Raspberry Ice in both ratios. Browse the whole lot in Berry Vapes, or narrow to Blueberry Raspberry and Strawberry Raspberry Ice.

Ice and menthol

Cooling agents appear across every family. Named ice bottles in the salts include Watermelon Ice, Cherry Ice, Cola Ice, Bubblegum Ice, Banana Ice, Bru Ice, Red Berry Ice and Strawberry Raspberry Ice, plus straight Menthol for anyone who wants cold without fruit. The shortfills bring Watermelon Ice, Pineapple Ice, Red Apple Ice, Banana Ice, Vimbull Ice and Strawberry Raspberry Ice. See Ice Vapes and Menthol Vapes.

Citrus, lemonade and soft drinks

Salts cover Pink Lemonade, Berry Lemonade, Blue Razz Lemonade, Lemon Lime, Lemon Mint, Lemon Peach Passionfruit, Cola Ice, Cola Lime, Cherry Cola and Bru Ice. The shortfills carry Lemon Lime, Watermelon Lemon Burst and Vimbull Ice. Collections: Lemonade Vapes, Lemon Vapes, Lemon Lime Vapes and Cola Vapes.

Tropical and exotic

Triple Mango, Mango Peach Pineapple, Juicy Peach, Kiwi Grape Raspberry, Strawberry Kiwi and Summer Dream in the salts; Triple Mango, Pineapple Ice, Juicy Peach and Summer Dream in the shortfills. Start at Exotic Vapes, Mango Vapes, Juicy Peach Vapes or Summer Dream Vapes.

Sweets, candy and bubblegum

Gummy Bear, Blue Razz Gummy Bear, Strawberry Jelly Beans, Rocky Candy Orange, Rainbow, Ice Pop, H'Bubba, Bubblegum Ice and Strawberry Watermelon Bubblegum in the salts. The shortfills keep Rainbow and Blue Razz Gummy Bear. See Sweet Vapes.

Mint, aniseed and tobacco

The quieter end of the range: Fresh Mint, Black Mint, Lemon Mint, Fresh Menthol Mojito, Menthol and Tobacco in the salts, with Fresh Mint carried across both shortfill ratios. Try Mint Vapes and Fresh Mint Vapes.

The house blends

Two names deserve their own note. Mr Blue and Mr Pink are the range's signature mixed-fruit profiles, and Mr Blue carries across all three formats, which makes it a useful control flavour if you are testing how a ratio change affects a taste you already know. Mr Blue Vapes lists every version.

Coils, wicking and getting a full bottle's worth

Priming

A new coil is dry cotton. Put liquid directly into the visible wicking ports until the cotton darkens, fit the coil, fill the tank or pod, and then leave it standing for five to ten minutes. Thicker 70/30 liquid needs the longer end of that. Skipping this step is the most common way to ruin a coil in the first minute of its life.

Power

Coils carry a printed wattage range for a reason. Running below it produces weak, muted flavour; running above it outpaces the wick's ability to resupply liquid and scorches the cotton. Start at the bottom of the printed range and climb in one-watt steps until the flavour is where you want it.

Sweeteners and coil life

Heavily sweetened profiles - the candy and dessert end of the range - caramelise on the coil faster than a mint or a simple citrus. That is a flavour and longevity issue, nothing more: the coil darkens, the taste dulls, and you change it sooner. If you are running Gummy Bear or Rocky Candy Orange all day, expect to change coils more often than you would on Fresh Mint.

Knowing when to change

• The flavour flattens or turns faintly burnt even at normal power.
• The vapour thins out with no change to your settings.
• A dry hit occurs even when the pod is full and rested.
• Visible dark residue is caked on the cotton through the ports.

How bottled liquid fits alongside Hayati's prefilled ranges

Most customers here use both. A prefilled device is convenient and needs no thought; a bottle is cheaper per millilitre and offers far more flavour choice. Knowing the trade-off makes the decision easy.

The prefilled side

Pro Max Plus kits pair an 850mAh battery with a 12ml prefilled pod rated at 6000 puffs, at £7.99, with replacement Pro Max Plus Pods at £5.49. Pro Ultra Plus steps up to a 22ml pod rated at 25000 puffs, £11.99 for the kit and £7.99 for the pod alone. Rubik sits between them with a 12ml, 7000-puff pod at £5.99 for the kit and £3.99 for pods, and Mini Ultra is the compact option at 4ml and 1500 puffs, £3.99 for the kit. All of these are 20mg nicotine salt.

The refillable side

If you want to use bottled liquid, you need a refillable device. The Hayati Quokka family covers it: the Quokka Lite at £8.99, the Quokka Elite at £14.99 and the Quokka Pro at £20.99, each with a 1100mAh battery and a 2ml pod, with replacement Quokka Pods at £6.99. The 2ml pod capacity is the UK legal maximum, and it is exactly what a 10ml salt bottle is designed to fill five times over.

Cost per millilitre

• Pro Max Nic Salt, 10ml at £2.49: about 25p per millilitre, and the cheapest nicotine-containing liquid we stock.
• Pro Max Shortfill, 120ml at £6.99: under 7p per millilitre of base, before you add any nicotine shots.
• Pro Max Plus Pod, £5.49 for 12ml: about 46p per millilitre, with a fresh coil included in every pod.
• Pro Ultra Plus Pod, £7.99 for 22ml: about 36p per millilitre, the best value of the sealed pods.
• Rubik Pod, £3.99 for 12ml: about 33p per millilitre, sitting between the two.

Bottled liquid wins on cost every time, but it is not free of overheads: you are buying a device, replacing coils or pods, and doing the filling yourself. The prefilled ranges buy you convenience. Plenty of people keep a Pro Max Plus in a coat pocket and a refilled Quokka on the desk.

Steeping, storage and shelf life

Does Hayati liquid need steeping?

Not really. Steeping - letting a freshly mixed liquid stand so the flavour compounds integrate - matters most for complex dessert and tobacco profiles built from many concentrates. The Hayati range is predominantly fruit, ice and candy, and these are close to their best immediately. Where steeping does help is after you have added a nicotine shot to a shortfill. Give a freshly shot bottle three to five days in a dark cupboard, shaking it once a day, and the sharp edge that some people notice on day one settles down.

Storing bottles

• Keep bottles upright, capped, in a cool dark place. A kitchen cupboard away from the hob is fine.
• Heat and daylight both degrade flavour. A car dashboard in July will wreck a bottle in a week.
• Nicotine oxidises on contact with air, which darkens the liquid over time. A tea-coloured 10ml bottle that has been open for months has lost potency, and the flavour will have dulled with it.
• Do not decant into unlabelled containers, and never into anything that could be mistaken for a drink.
• Store every nicotine product out of reach of children and pets. Child-resistant caps are a delay, not a barrier.

Shelf life

Check the best-before date printed on the bottle. Unopened and stored properly, e-liquid keeps for a long time; the practical limit is flavour degradation rather than the bottle going off. Once opened, use a 10ml within a few months for the flavour you paid for. A 120ml shortfill that will take you six months to get through is worth decanting into smaller bottles so the bulk of it stays sealed.

UK rules that apply to everything on this page

Age

Nicotine products are for adults aged 18 and over. We operate an age verification process and we will not complete an order we cannot verify. It is an offence to buy these products on behalf of someone under 18.

Product limits

• Nicotine-containing e-liquid is capped at 20mg per millilitre.
• A nicotine-containing bottle may not exceed 10ml.
• A tank or pod may not exceed 2ml in capacity.
• Nicotine-containing products must be notified to the MHRA before they are sold in the UK.
• Shortfills over 10ml are supplied at 0mg because of the bottle-size rule, not because of anything about the liquid itself.

Labelling

Compliant bottles carry child-resistant and tamper-evident closures, nicotine content, ingredient listing, batch identification and the required warnings. If a bottle you own does not, do not use it.

Ordering, delivery and disposal

Delivery

UK delivery is free on orders over £20. Below that a standard charge applies at checkout. We ship on tracked 24 and tracked 48 services, and you receive tracking by email when the parcel leaves us. Orders placed before the daily cut-off go out the same working day; anything after that goes the next working day. Liquid is heavy relative to its value, so a bottle order that clears £20 pays for itself in postage alone.

Age verification at checkout

Every order containing a nicotine product goes through an age check. Most are resolved automatically against public records in a few seconds. If yours cannot be matched, we will ask for a document before dispatch. This is a legal requirement and there is no way around it.

Who we are

Hayati Flavours is an independent UK specialist retailer stocking the Hayati range. We are not the brand's own shop and we do not speak for the manufacturer. What we do is carry the full bottled and prefilled catalogue, keep it in stock, and describe it accurately. Start with the full store or the newest arrivals if you want to see everything at once.

Disposal and recycling

Empty e-liquid bottles are usually PET or HDPE plastic and are widely recyclable, but rinse them first and put the cap in with the plastics rather than leaving it on. Do not pour leftover nicotine liquid down a drain or into a household bin; take it to your council's household waste recycling centre, where it should be handled as chemical waste.

Devices are a separate matter. Anything containing a lithium battery is electrical waste under the WEEE regulations and must never go into a household bin, where damaged cells can cause fires in collection vehicles. Prefilled devices from the prefilled pod kit range and used pods from prefilled pods and refills should go to a vape recycling point or a household waste recycling centre that accepts small electricals. Many retailers, including us, will take back what they sell.

Throat hit: the variable nobody labels

Throat hit is the sensation at the back of the throat on inhale, and it is the single characteristic that most determines whether someone sticks with a set-up. It is not printed on any bottle because it is not one thing. Four separate variables feed into it, and once you can name them you can tune the result instead of guessing.

Nicotine type and strength

Freebase nicotine is alkaline and produces more throat sensation than the same milligram figure in salt form. This is why a 10mg salt from Pro Max Nic Salts can feel gentler than a 6mg freebase liquid. Strength still matters within each type, but the type matters more.

PG content

PG carries more of the sensation than VG does. Moving from a 50:50 to a 70:30 base at the same nicotine strength softens the hit noticeably. If you find a 10mg salt harsh, dropping the PG is one lever; dropping the nicotine is another.

Flavour profile

Cooling agents in the ice flavours produce a cold sensation that many people read as a stronger hit even though the nicotine has not changed. Mint and menthol profiles do the same. Sweet, creamy and candy profiles feel rounder at identical strength. Comparing Menthol against Gummy Bear from the same 10mg salts range demonstrates this in about three draws.

Power and airflow

Hotter vapour hits harder. Running a coil at the top of its wattage range, or tightening the airflow so the vapour arrives more concentrated, both increase the sensation without changing a thing about the liquid. This is the quickest adjustment available and costs nothing.

Troubleshooting the six things that actually go wrong

Leaking

Thin liquid in a pod designed for thicker liquid is the usual culprit, followed by overfilling and by pressure changes on aircraft or in cars. If a pod leaks with 50:50 in it, check that the coil is fully seated and that you have not filled past the marked line. Leave a small air gap; a pod needs a vacuum to hold liquid in.

Dry or burnt hits

Either the wick has not resupplied in time or it is exhausted. Reduce power, take slower draws with a short pause between them, and check the liquid level. A thick 70/30 liquid in a small coil produces this reliably, which is why ratio matters.

Muted flavour on a new coil

Usually under-priming or under-powering. Prime properly, rest the coil, and work up the wattage range in single steps. Give a new coil half a tank before you judge it; the first few draws on fresh cotton rarely represent the flavour.

Gurgling

Flooded coil. Too much liquid has pooled in the chamber, generally after refilling or after a hard draw on a cold coil. Remove the pod, blow gently through it onto a tissue from the base, refit, and take a few short draws at lower power.

Liquid darkening in the bottle

Nicotine oxidising in contact with air. It is cosmetic at first and a flavour problem later. Keep caps on, keep bottles out of sunlight, and buy in quantities you will actually get through.

Everything tastes of nothing

Almost always vaper's tongue rather than a faulty product. The palate desensitises to a profile you have used continuously. Switch to a contrasting family for a day or two - a mint after weeks of berry - drink water, and the sensitivity returns. Keeping two or three open bottles from different families in rotation prevents it entirely, which is another argument for the cheaper 10ml format.

Building a rotation rather than buying one bottle

The people who get the most out of a bottled range do not buy one flavour at a time. They keep three or four open and move between them, which keeps the palate fresh and means you are never stuck with a full bottle of something you have tired of.

A workable rotation covers contrasting families rather than three versions of the same idea. One cold profile, one sweet, one fruit and one plain gives you somewhere to go whatever the day looks like. From the 10ml salts, a rotation of Fresh Mint, Gummy Bear, Blueberry Raspberry and Tobacco covers four genuinely different directions for under £10. From the shortfills, the same logic applies at higher volume: Fresh Mint, Rainbow, Blueberry Cherry Cranberry and Vimbull Ice.

If you tend to settle on one profile permanently, the shortfills are better value. If you get bored quickly, buy more 10ml bottles and fewer 120ml ones. The mistake is buying 120ml of an untested flavour: sample it as a 10ml salt first where the flavour exists in both formats, then commit to the large bottle.

Seasonal patterns

It is not universal, but most customers drift toward ice and menthol profiles in summer and toward sweet, dessert and drink profiles in winter. If you are stocking up, weight the order accordingly rather than buying six of the same thing in March. Ice Vapes and Sweet Vapes are the two ends of that drift.

Where to start, by scenario

You have only ever used prefilled devices

Buy a refillable kit from Hayati Refillable Pod Kits and three 10ml salts in flavours you already know from the prefilled range. Mr Blue, Blue Razz Cherry and Watermelon Ice are sensible first choices. Total outlay is under £17 and you will know within a week whether refilling suits you.

You already refill and want to cut costs

Move to 50/50 shortfills and salt nicotine shots. One 120ml bottle plus shots replaces roughly a dozen 10ml purchases for a fraction of the outlay, and the flavour list overlaps heavily with the salts you are used to.

You use a sub-ohm tank

Go straight to 70/30 shortfills with freebase shots at 18mg, finishing around 3mg. Pick two contrasting profiles to start: one ice, one sweet.

You want something other than a vape

The Hayati Nicotine Pouches range is a tobacco-free oral format at £4.49 across eleven flavours, with no device, no charging and no vapour. It is a different product category entirely and has its own page.

Related collections

• Pro Max Nic Salts
• 50/50 Shortfills
• 70/30 Shortfills
• Nicotine Pouches
• Refillable Pod Kits
• Hayati Quokka
• Pro Max Plus Kits
• Pro Ultra Plus 25K
• Ice Flavours
• Berry Flavours

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a nic salt and a shortfill?

A nic salt here is a finished 10ml bottle containing 10mg of nicotine in salt form, blended 50:50, ready to pour straight into a pod. A shortfill is a 120ml bottle of flavoured base supplied at 0mg, with headroom left in the neck so you can add nicotine shots yourself. The 10ml limit on nicotine-containing bottles is why the large bottles cannot be sold with nicotine already in them.

Can I use a 70/30 shortfill in a pod kit?

It is not the intended pairing. A 70/30 liquid is noticeably thicker and struggles to wick through the narrow ports of a 1.0 ohm pod coil, which leads to muted flavour and dry hits. If you want the 70/30 flavour list in a pod, blend it half and half with the matching 50/50 bottle to land at roughly 60:40, which most pod coils handle without complaint.

Why are all the Pro Max nic salts 10mg rather than 20mg?

That is how the bottled range is stocked: all 65 flavours in the Pro Max Nic Salts line are labelled 10mg. UK law permits up to 20mg per millilitre, and the sealed pods across the prefilled Hayati ranges use that maximum. If you are moving from a 20mg prefilled device to a 10mg bottle, expect it to feel lighter and give yourself a few days to settle.

How much nicotine ends up in a shortfill after I add shots?

Multiply the shot strength by the shot volume, then divide by the total finished volume. Two 10ml shots at 18mg added to 100ml of base gives 360 divided by 120, which is 3mg per millilitre. Using 20mg shots instead gives 3.3mg. Always read the bottle in front of you for the volume of base actually supplied before you calculate.

Do I need to steep Hayati e-liquid?

The 10ml salts are ready immediately and need nothing. Shortfills used as supplied are also ready to go. The one case where steeping helps is after you have added a nicotine shot: let the mixed bottle stand for three to five days in a dark cupboard, shaking once a day. The sharpness some people notice on the first day settles out over that period.

What devices can I use bottled Hayati liquid in?

Any refillable device with a coil suited to the ratio. Within the Hayati catalogue that means the Quokka refillable pod kits, which take a 2ml pod and suit 50:50 liquid. Sealed prefilled pods from the Pro Max Plus, Pro Ultra Plus, Rubik and Mini Ultra ranges cannot be refilled and are not designed to be opened.

Which flavours appear in all three formats?

Several carry across. Mr Blue, Banana Ice, Watermelon Ice, Fizzy Cherry, Blue Razz Cherry, Blue Razz Gummy Bear, Blue Sour Raspberry, Blueberry Raspberry, Blueberry Cherry Cranberry, Triple Mango, Juicy Peach, Rainbow, Fresh Mint, Lemon Lime, Strawberry Raspberry Ice and Summer Dream exist as a 10ml salt and in both shortfill ratios, which makes them useful for comparing how a base changes a taste you already know.

How many millilitres of liquid will a 10ml bottle give me?

Ten, minus whatever you spill. Against a 2ml pod, that is five full fills. How long those last depends entirely on your device, coil resistance and how often you use it; a low-power MTL pod at 12 watts consumes liquid far more slowly than a sub-ohm tank at 40 watts, which is why sub-ohm users buy shortfills.

Is free delivery available on e-liquid orders?

UK delivery is free on orders over £20, and below that a standard charge applies at checkout. We use tracked 24 and tracked 48 services and email tracking when the parcel leaves us. Bottles are cheap and postage is not, so it is usually worth combining a liquid order into one parcel rather than ordering a single bottle at a time.

How do I dispose of empty bottles and old devices?

Rinse empty plastic bottles and recycle them with household plastics, caps included but detached. Leftover nicotine liquid should go to a household waste recycling centre rather than a drain or a bin. Anything with a lithium battery is electrical waste under the WEEE regulations: take used devices and pods to a vape recycling point or a centre that accepts small electricals.

Can I mix two different Hayati flavours together?

Yes, and because the two shortfill ranges carry identical flavour lists at different ratios, mixing is more useful than usual here. Equal parts of the 50/50 and 70/30 versions of one flavour gives a 60:40 base with the same taste. Mixing two different flavours works too, though results vary and it is worth testing in a small bottle before committing 120ml.

Do I have to be 18 to order?

Yes. Every nicotine product on this site is restricted to adults aged 18 and over, and every order containing one is age-verified before dispatch. Most checks clear automatically in seconds; where they do not, we will ask for a document. Buying these products for someone under 18 is an offence.