Vape units have come a great distance over the previous 16 years.
Once I began vaping, early units got here in three elements (the coil, cartridge and battery) which wanted assembling earlier than you possibly can vape. There are nonetheless questions over whether or not these units really managed to ship significant quantities of nicotine.
Units at the moment are simpler to make use of, carry out higher and are far safer. They’ve helped tens of millions make the swap from tobacco cigarettes. Nonetheless, it additionally feels that the tempo of technological enchancment has slowed considerably lately.
So with that in thoughts, right here’s 7 methods vapes might enhance additional sooner or later.
Tech to make vaping safer
1. Good nicotine/puff evaluation
Many individuals attempt to scale back hurt or habit by decreasing the quantity of nicotine they use once they vape.
To assist vapers see the influence of decreasing nicotine, I’d prefer to see units to trace how a lot folks inhale over time. (Vape units can already measure puff size and puff depend, so hopefully we’re midway there.)
The vape system might ship the info to a cellphone, which might enable vapers to see how their inhalation adjustments after they alter to a special nicotine energy.
Vapers may, for instance, see that they’re inhaling extra, and select to revert to a better nicotine energy. Alternatively, they could see that they’re efficiently decreasing nicotine with out inhaling extra, and have the arrogance to proceed decreasing e-liquid energy.
2. Eliminating burnt coils
One of many issues that has pissed off me in regards to the debate over vaping security is the belief that vaping know-how is standing nonetheless.
In distinction to smoking, analysis and improvement has helped vaping grow to be much less dangerous through the years.
With the precise regulatory method (i.e. one which inspires a accountable, authorized business as an alternative of making perverse incentives for an unlawful black market), there’s no motive why vaping couldn’t proceed to get safer.
And one of many best methods to scale back hurt instantly is by avoiding injury to coils.
When coils deteriorate too far, they will trigger a burnt style, which causes vapers to cease utilizing them. Skilled vapers can even exchange the coil or pod repeatedly. However what if we might enhance on this?
I’d prefer to see units that might detect when a coil has began to degrade, and advise the person to exchange the coil or pod.
3. Low e-liquid alerts
It’s additionally value tackling one of many principal causes of early coil degradation – low e-liquid ranges.
When e-liquid ranges get too low, the cotton within the coil dries out, and may burn when energy is utilized.
We’ve lengthy championed clear pods and tanks, so it’s simple to regulate e-liquid ranges, however one step additional could possibly be so as to add a sensor which might detect when e-liquid ranges are low.
This might then show a warning and/or a sound alert, and even cease the system from firing.
As a bonus, this is able to additionally enhance pod and coil life, resulting in diminished prices for vapers.
Tech for making vapes smarter and simpler to make use of
4. An finish to misplaced vapes
I’d hate so as to add up the period of time I’ve spent in search of vape units which have slipped down sofas or been left within the automobile.
I don’t try this with my cellphone or keys, although. If I can’t discover my keys, I exploit an app on my cellphone. If I can’t discover my cellphone, I press a button on my keys to seek out it.
The primary vape firm that provides this know-how to their system will win my allegiance!
5. Auto vape adjustment
Regardless of all of the advances in know-how, superior customisation nonetheless requires handbook adjustments. For instance, to make your vapour kind of ethereal, you could flip a swap or transfer an air ring.
It’s true, this isn’t that troublesome. Nonetheless, many vapers search the best attainable resolution (which is why disposable vapes grew to become so fashionable.)
Think about as an alternative that you possibly can simply set your system to create kind of vapour – with the system then mechanically adjusting airflow, energy and different parameters to match your ideally suited vape.
This might actually assist folks switching from smoking to vaping, as getting the right draw and throat hit can scale back cravings for an everyday cigarette.
6. Bringing again auto-priming for higher flavour and coil life
One know-how that has been used earlier than, however solely in a single system, is auto-priming.
Launched by Innokin with the Sensis vape mod, this is able to use low energy ranges to carry e-liquid into the coil to make sure that it was saturated.
At first we weren’t certain if this was a advertising and marketing gimmick, however after we examined the system we discovered each the flavour and the coil life had improved.
I’d like to see this rolled out extra broadly, with automated priming used even in entry-level units.
Tech for preserving vapes out of the fallacious fingers
7. Fingerprint locking
In case you’re apprehensive about youngsters utilizing your system, how are you going to cease them from getting their fingers on it?
One chance could possibly be an non-compulsory fingerprint lock. Similar to you do together with your cell phone, you’d place a finger or thumb over a display screen to unlock it.
This may even have the additional advantage of stopping the informal vapers who love begging for a puff in your system at events!
Closing ideas
Because the introduction of the pre-rolled cigarette in 1881, the tempo of change in cigarettes has been miniscule.
And the few adjustments that have been made — like low-tar and low-nicotine cigarettes — have usually backfired, inflicting extra hurt slightly than much less.
In distinction, it’s exceptional how a lot vaping has advanced in such a short while.
If the tempo of innovation stays even near what it has been, the longer term is thrilling. If laws enable it, vaping might grow to be way more satisfying than smoking, whereas hurt could possibly be diminished to a tiny fraction of that brought on by smoking.
And that’s one thing value combating for.
