One of the most important aspects of shopping for a disposable vape is knowing how long you can expect the device to last before you’ll need to replace it – and if you’re in the market for a new vape, there’s a good chance that the famous Geek Bar brand is high on your list of candidates. We carry five different devices from Geek Bar at the time of writing, and all of them are among the best disposable vapes on the market today. In this guide, we’re going to help you budget for your vaping purchases more effectively by giving you a better idea of how long you can expect them to last.
The short answer is that you can expect a modern Geek Bar to last anywhere from several days to a few weeks – but as you’re about to learn, the true answer is a bit more complex than that.
Here's an overview of the five Geek Bar devices that we offer at VapeJuice.com at the time of writing.
- Geek Bar Meloso Max: Costs $11.69 and lasts up to 9,000 puffs.
- Geek Bar Pulse: Costs $11.45 and lasts up to 15,000 puffs.
- Geek Bar Digiflavor Lush: Costs $14.00 and lasts up to 20,000 puffs.
- Geek Bar Skyview: Costs $13.95 and lasts up to 25,000 puffs.
- Geek Bar Pulse X: Costs $13.75 and lasts up to 25,000 puffs.
As you’re about to learn, though, knowing how many puffs are in a Geek Bar is only half of the battle when it comes to knowing how long the device really lasts. That’s because a device only delivers the advertised number of puffs under very controlled conditions, and those conditions are unlikely to match what you’ll experience with the device in the real world.
So, how long do Geek Bars last? Let’s explore this question in more detail.
What Does a Geek Bar’s Puff Count Actually Mean?
A Geek Bar’s puff count is an approximation that you’re only likely to reach under controlled conditions.
We’ll begin by helping you understand what you’re actually looking at when you see a particular number of puffs on the box for a Geek Bar vape. The puff count that’s on the box isn’t a guarantee and doesn’t represent any kind of baseline for performance. Rather, it’s an approximation of the maximum number of puffs that the Geek Bar might deliver under absolutely ideal conditions.
There are two different methods that manufacturers like Geek Bar may use to determine the puff counts that they advertise.
- They may use an automatic smoking machine and count the number of puffs that the device produces before running out of e-liquid. In this case, the smoking machine is usually configured for a puff length of one second.
- They may simply guess based on the amount of vape juice the device contains. This is probably the method that the majority of manufacturers use.
You can compare a Geek Bar’s puff count to the number of puffs that you get out of a cigarette – about 10-15 puffs per cigarette or 200-300 puffs per pack of cigarettes – to get an approximation of how long the Geek Bar will last compared to smoking. As you can see from the above, though, the number that you get in this calculation could diverge wildly from what you actually experience in the real world.
Your calculation will also be further complicated by the fact that if you puff on a disposable vape for more than a second at a time, you definitely won’t get anywhere near the number advertised on the box. If your average puff length is two seconds, the expected number of puffs will be reduced by about half.
Also, don’t forget that if your device offers more than one vaping mode, using your Geek Bar at anything other than the lowest power level will also reduce the number of puffs that you get out of the device.
How Does the Nicotine in a Geek Bar Compare to Cigarettes?
Finding the total nicotine content can be helpful in understanding how long a Geek Bar will last.
Since puff counts aren’t reliable in determining how long you can expect a Geek Bar to last, let’s look at it in terms of the device’s nicotine content. That’s more of an apples-to-apples comparison; regardless of your puff length or your device’s power level, you’ll manage your own nicotine intake and will use your Geek Bar as much as necessary in order to reach your desired level of satisfaction.
So, how much nicotine is in a Geek Bar? To find that out, all that you need to do is multiply the nicotine strength of the device – which is usually 50 mg/ml – by the amount of vape juice it contains. The Geek Bar Pulse X, for instance, contains 18 ml of vape juice with a strength of 50 mg/ml for a total nicotine content of 900 mg.
To get something useful out of that calculation, you need to know how much nicotine is in a pack of cigarettes – and you’ll find that it’s hard to find a single authoritative answer to that question. In a 2012 study, researchers used liquid chromatography to find the nicotine content of a variety of cigarettes and determined that the amount of nicotine in one cigarette could range anywhere from 6.17 to 28.86 mg. That’s a huge level of variability, but it does give you a bit of a baseline. You can divide the total nicotine content of a Geek Bar by the amount of nicotine in a cigarette – ideally, in your preferred brand of cigarette – to determine approximately how many cigarettes are in the Geek Bar.
Putting It All Together: How Long Does a Geek Bar Really Last?
The only way to know for sure how long Geek Bars last is by tracking how long you use them under your personal usage conditions.
Regardless of which method you use to estimate how long a Geek Bar should last, you’ll find that trying to make an accurate estimate will be problematic. If you use the puff count as a guideline, you’re going to get a huge number suggesting that the device could last weeks – and if you use the nicotine content, you’ll get a tiny number suggesting that the device will only last a couple of days. In reality, the actual answer will be somewhere in between the two extremes. On average, people typically find that they get around a week at the very least out of today’s high-capacity Geek Bars.
With that in mind, here’s what you really want to know: You want to know how much Geek Bars cost for you, considering your own personal usage habits. To find that out, you need to start tracking how long you use each device before disposing of it. Some days, you might vape a little more, and other days, you might not need quite as much nicotine. Track how long you’re able to use a few devices, though, and you’ll come up with an average. Divide the price that you pay for the device by the average number of days it lasts, and you’ll find out how much you actually spend to vape. That’s the most important number because it can help you determine whether you’re spending a reasonable amount of money on vaping. It’ll also show you which Geek Bar devices are most economical for you to buy.
How Can You Make a Geek Bar Last Longer?
Track your vaping closely to ensure that you’re not using your Geek Bars more often than you would have smoked cigarettes.
Once you’ve tracked your usage for a while, you’ll have a concrete idea of how long Geek Bars last under your own real-world vaping conditions. Once you know that, the next step is to determine whether there’s an opportunity to save a little money by using your devices in a more economical way. You need to know these three things if you want to make your Geek Bars last as long as they can.
- Shorter puffs use less e-liquid than longer ones. If you want to get the most possible puffs out of a Geek Bar, you should try to keep your puffs as close to one second each as possible.
- Lower power levels use less e-liquid than longer ones. If your Geek Bar has Pulse Mode available, you should use it only when you really need a little extra nicotine because the higher power level will approximately double your device’s e-liquid consumption.
- Vaping mindlessly uses e-liquid at an extremely fast rate. If you’re in the habit of keeping your Geek Bar in your hand pretty much all of the time, you’re almost definitely using more nicotine than you actually need. Instead of vaping constantly because it tastes good and passes the time, try to only vape when you actually need the nicotine. You’ll find that your Geek Bars will end up lasting dramatically longer this way.
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