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Coil life, liquid cost and the graphite habit

Graphite prices move with import duty more than with brand. In Canada that means the entry option and the premium option can close to within CA$3.1 per 10 ml.

Graphite sounds like one product. It is not: a RDA running 20 mg/mL will taste nothing like the same blend on a different device, which is why we test before we recommend.

The short version: graphite in Canada works if the RDA, the coil and the strength are chosen as one system. Everything below is what we measured while doing exactly that.

What a graphite RDA really costs in Canada

We run graphite the same way in Canada: same RDA, same 6 days, same coil resistance. The only variable was the coil, and that turned out to be the thing buyers get wrong.

How we tested graphite in a RDA

1. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.
2. Choose strength against the ceiling in Canada, which is 20 mg/mL for retail here.
3. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 3–6 business days.

• The listed nicotine ceiling, which is 20 mg/mL in Canada, not a suggestion.
• Batch code and production date, so a graphite bottle turned in 6 weeks ago is not sold as new.
• A dated dispatch promise: before 14:00 same day, tracked, so no order is held to a warehouse cut-off.
• Clear PG/VG ratio on the label, which predicts throat hit more accurately than strength.

Where graphite goes wrong

• Ignoring the batch date on a RDA and discovering the listed price was for old stock.
• Ordering in bulk without checking whether couriers in Canada accept nicotine freight.
• Buying the cheapest RDA available and repeating it because the first coil burnt.

The rules that apply here

Health Canada caps nicotine at 20 mg/mL and requires child-resistant packaging.

Health Canada caps nicotine at 20 mg/mL and requires child-resistant packaging.

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