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Tuesday, 20 October 2026Independent vape reviews, guides & culture

Things Your Vape Doesn’t Need

RGB lighting, touchscreens, a companion app, a game. Please. We're begging.

The Editors1 min read
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Illustrative photo: Paul Bill / Unsplash

Every year the spec sheets get longer and the devices get more confused about what they are. So here is a list, offered with love, of things your vape does not need.

RGB lighting

Nobody has ever finished a coil and thought, “I wish that had been more colourful.” The device doesn’t need another RGB light. It needs to work.

A touchscreen

Touchscreens are great on phones, which you hold with clean, dry hands and look at deliberately. Vapes live in pockets, next to keys, in the rain.

A companion app

See our extended thoughts on pods with apps. Short version: no.

A built-in game

This exists. We have seen it. We wish we hadn’t.

What it does need

A cartridge that doesn’t leak. A battery that lasts the day. A port that isn’t hidden behind a rubber flap. Get those right and you can add lights to the box it comes in.

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