How Much Should You Order? Planning Your Supply Between Deliveries

When you buy from a shop, running out is a short walk. When you order online, it is a few days' wait. The fix is not to buy a huge amount — it is to know roughly how long your supply lasts and order before it gets low. This guide gives you a simple way to work that out.

Step 1: Estimate your daily use

For disposables, the useful number is puffs per day. Most people have no idea what theirs is, and that is fine — a rough figure is enough. Two ways to get one:

• Work backwards. Note the date you start a new device and the date it runs out. Divide the puff rating by the number of days. A 6,000-puff device that lasts three weeks is roughly 285 puffs a day.
• Use a benchmark. Our product pages use two reference points: 150 puffs a day for lighter use and 400 a day for heavier use. Pick whichever sounds closer to you.

Puff ratings are measured in a lab with a short, standard draw. Longer or harder draws use more liquid per puff, so most people get somewhat fewer puffs than the rating. If you're estimating from the rating, plan for a little less.

Step 2: Work out how long one unit lasts

Divide the puff rating by your daily puffs:

• 3,500 puffs at 150 a day: about 23 days. At 400 a day: about 9 days.
• 6,000 puffs at 150 a day: about 40 days. At 400 a day: about 15 days.
• 15,000 puffs at 150 a day: about 100 days. At 400 a day: about 37 days.

For nicotine pouches, count pouches per day against the number in the tin. For e-liquids, note how many days a bottle lasts you once, and use that.

Step 3: Decide how long the order needs to cover

An order needs to last until the next order arrives. That is:

• the time until you plan to order again, plus
• dispatch (within one business day of payment being confirmed), plus
• transit to your state — see delivery times by state, plus
• a buffer for weekends, holidays and delays. A week is sensible; more if you are regional.

A worked example

Sam uses about 300 puffs a day and lives in Brisbane, where our estimate is 2–6 business days. Sam would like to order roughly once a month.

1. Coverage needed: about 30 days until the next order, plus about 10 days for dispatch, transit and buffer — around 40 days.
2. Puffs needed: 40 days × 300 puffs = 12,000 puffs.
3. That is two 6,000-puff devices, or one 12,000-puff device, or a mix.

Then Sam reorders when there is about 10 days' supply left, not when the last device runs out.

Working with the order minimum

Orders start at $250, and delivery is free from $300. For many people, a month or more of supply clears the minimum naturally. If yours doesn't, ordering every six to eight weeks instead of monthly often does — and means fewer parcels to wait for.

Store what you are not using yet

• Keep devices, e-liquids and pouches somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sun.
• Don't leave devices in a hot car — heat is hard on batteries.
• Keep everything out of reach of children and pets. E-liquids and pouches contain nicotine.
• Leave items sealed until you need them. Unopened products can be returned within 30 days; opened ones can't unless they are faulty.

Keep reading

• Ordering from regional and remote Australia
• Ordering step by step
• Disposable vapes

For adults 18+ only. Nicotine is an addictive chemical. General information only, not health advice.