Like most disposable vapes, every Geek Bar has a number on the package that’s supposed to represent the approximate number of puffs that you’ll get out of the device before it runs out of e-liquid. Depending on the device model you’re using, the number of puffs advertised on the box may be anywhere from 600 to 7,500 or even more. Whatever the advertised puff count of a particular device may be, it probably seems like an enormous number until you actually start to use the device. Then, seemingly after just a few days, your vape blinks or produces the telltale burnt flavor signifying that it’s out of e-liquid. Is it time to buy a new device again already? How long should a Geek Bar last?
As you’re about to learn, the puff counts on Geek Bars and other disposable vapes may not always mean as much as you might like them to. Although some companies do use empirical methods to figure out how long their devices should last, an advertised puff count should generally only serve as a rough guideline to help you understand approximately how long you’ll be able to use a device before you need to replace it. Reading this article, you’re going to learn why.
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Reminder: Many Modern Disposable Vapes Are Rechargeable
As you try to gain a better understanding of how long a Geek Bar disposable vape lasts, one of the most important things to know is that modern devices like the Geek Bar Pulse have rechargeable batteries. That’s true of most current disposable vapes because of the demand for longer-lasting devices. People want disposable vapes that last as long as possible because that makes the devices less expensive in the long run. Using a rechargeable battery allows a disposable vape to hold enough e-liquid for thousands of puffs while still being small, discreet and pocketable.
If the light on your Geek Bar begins blinking, it means that the battery is dead. In the old days, this meant that you’d need to dispose of the device and start using a new one. Today, though, that’s rarely the case because most of the disposable vapes on the market are now rechargeable. Unless your device tastes badly burnt, it’s probably not out of e-liquid. Check the device for a USB port and connect it to your computer to charge the battery.
What Does a Geek Bar’s Puff Count Mean?
To understand how long a Geek Bar should last, the first thing you need to know is what the puff count on the package actually means. When you look at a package that says “7,500 puffs,” it’s going to seem like an enormous number. It is a very large number – enough to potentially replace an entire carton of cigarettes or even more – but it’s important to know where that number actually comes from. Manufacturers of disposable vapes test their devices with automatic smoking machines to see how many puffs they deliver before running out of e-liquid. The testing protocol calls for a puff length of one second, which is shorter than the puffs that many people take when they vape. So, if you’re using Geek Bars or other disposable vapes and are certain that you’re not getting the advertised number of puffs out of them, the most likely reason is because your puffs are longer than one second. Even if you just puff on your device for two seconds at a time – which isn’t very long at all – you’ll reduce the device’s puff count by half.
How Many Cigarettes Are in a Geek Bar?
To gain a better understanding of how long a Geek Bar should last, it might be useful to discuss it in terms of cigarettes. How many cigarettes are in a Geek Bar, and how many days should you be able to use the device before you need to replace it?
If we talk about how many cigarettes are in a Geek Bar in terms of the number of puffs the device delivers, you can consider about 15 puffs to be the equivalent of a cigarette because you’d puff on a cigarette about that number of times before putting it out. In that sense, a Geek Bar that delivers 7,500 puffs is the equivalent of 500 cigarettes or about two and a half cartons.
It’s not realistic to expect that you’ll puff on your device for exactly one second each time you use it, though, so let’s think about it in a slightly different way. How many cigarettes are in a Geek Bar if you’re just thinking in terms of the nicotine content? The Geek Bar Pulse, for example, contains 16 ml of vape juice with a nicotine strength of 50 mg/ml. That’s 800 mg of nicotine in all. A Marlboro Red cigarette contains 12.1 mg of nicotine, and of that, about 0.92 mg is absorbed by the body.
If you think about it in terms of the total nicotine content, then, a 7,500-puff Geek Bar is roughly equal to 65 Marlboro Red cigarettes or about three packs. If you think about it in terms of the nicotine absorbed from smoking a Marlboro Red, a 7,500-puff Geek Bar is roughly equal to 869 cigarettes, or a little over four cartons. In practice, you’ll probably find that how long a Geek Bar Pulse lasts for you is somewhere in between those two numbers. It’s safe to say that you’ll definitely be able to use the device for several days before replacing it.
How to Make a Geek Bar Last Longer
If you’ve taken anything away from this article, it should be that there’s no easy answer to the question of how long a Geek Bar lasts because people have different nicotine requirements and vape in different ways. There’s also no easy answer to the question of how many cigarettes are in a Geek Bar because your body doesn’t actually absorb all of the nicotine you consume.
If you want a Geek Bar or other disposable vape to last as long as it possibly can, the most important thing to remember is that you should never allow yourself to continue puffing on your device mindlessly when you’re already satisfied and don’t actually need the nicotine. If you only puff on your Geek Bar when you would have smoked a cigarette – and you puff on it about as many times as you’d puff on a cigarette – you can be confident that the device will last a very long time before you need to replace it.
