When purchasing your vaping supplies from Vapeliquids.co.uk, you can vape in confidence knowing that you are buying genuine products that have either been sourced directly from the manufacturer or from reputable stockists to ensure their authenticity.
All products on sale at Vapeliquids.co.uk are fully TPD and TRPR compliant. This ensures they meet high-quality standards, have been notified to the MHRA prior to sale, and adhere to the safety parameters set by the MHRA. Our products also comply with TPD packaging requirements, featuring correct labelling information, warnings, and tamper-evident and child-resistant packaging.
What Does A Fake Vape Mean?
Fake vapes or counterfeit vapes are e-cigarette kits, disposable vapes and e-liquids that are imitations or forgeries of other vape brands. These copies pose as legitimate and genuine products, using reputable companies trademarks without permission.
What Does A Fake Vape Do To You?
Counterfeit, non-compliant vapes have the potential to be dangerous and pose serious health risks and should always be avoided at all costs. Fake vapes may contain harmful substances like arsenic, lead and formaldehyde. Contain low-quality ingredients, toxic chemicals, as well as more nicotine than is stated on the label. They may have been produced in unsanitary conditions, using cheap materials making them extremely dangerous to use without knowing what you’re inhaling into your lungs.
How To Spot Counterfeit Vapes:
Between January and October 2023 alone, over 4.5 million illegal and potentially harmful vapes were seized at the border by Trading Standards before entering the UK.
Reputable manufacturers of vape products have started to include ways to identify a genuine product from a fake to guarantee their authenticity. Authentication hologram stickers, scannable QR codes, and security codes are used. But, in some cases these have been imitated to pose as official products, making it more difficult to distinguish genuine vapes from fakes.
While knock-off vapes may be cheaper to purchase, always opt for the real thing to ensure you are inhaling high-quality, 100% genuine vape products which aren’t dangerous to use.
How To Verify The Authenticity Of Your Vape:
- Purchase from Reputable Vape Stores: Buy your vape supplies from dedicated vape shops or supermarkets that you can trust.
- ECID Number: The manufacturer or brand will create a ECID number during their application for MHRA approval. If you are unsure if your vape is genuine you can visit the MHRA website to check. https://products.mhra.gov.uk/
- Check Verification Code: Each product will possess its own unique code. Visit the brands website and enter the code to check if it’s a genuine article.
- Scan QR Code / Scratch Off to Reveal Security Code: Scanning the QR code with your mobile phone camera will take you through to the official website and inform you if the security code for that product is correct. It will also inform you how many times that particular code has been used.
- Hologram Authentication Sticker: The hologram sticker will feature the company logo or brand name in the correct typeface. Look closely to check if it looks genuine and not a fraud reproduction.
- Correct Warnings on Packaging: Look out for the correct warnings including, ‘This product contains nicotine which is a highly addictive substance’. Warning must appear on 30% of the front and back of the packaging in a black text on a white background.
- Packaging Quality: Look out for low-quality packaging with poor print quality.
- Banned Ingredients: If you are unsure about an e-liquid or disposable vape and it contains colourings, caffeine, taurine, or vitamins, you should avoid it as it doesn’t comply with UK regulations.
- Nicotine Content Warning: Legal vapes in the UK are restricted to a nicotine strength of no more than 20mg or 2% nicotine. This should be clearly displayed on the packaging.
- E-Liquid Bottle Size: Nicotine-containing e-liquid bottles are restricted to a volume no greater than 10ml. Any e-liquid bottles containing nicotine above 10ml in volume should be avoided as they don’t follow TRPR regulations.
- Capacity of Vape Tanks/Pods: In the UK vape tanks and vape pods are restricted to a maximum capacity of 2ml. Anything exceeding a 10ml refill container + 2ml pod is a tell-tale sign that they are not TRPR compliant making them illegal.
- Poor Quality / Poor Performance: If your vape doesn’t taste or feel right, you should stop using the product right away. Always keep your receipt and return it to where you purchased it from.
- Read Store Product Reviews: Before purchasing your vape supplies online check store product reviews for quality, and see how long the company has been operating for and if they seem trustworthy.
- Prices too Cheap: If you are unsure if a product is genuine ask the price. If it’s too cheap, maybe best avoiding it. While some companies offer sales and clearance items, if you are unsure purchase elsewhere.
Authenticate Vape Product Authenticity By Brand:
Most vape products, including vape kits, vape tanks, vape pods, coils, big puff vapes and some e-liquids will feature a sticker or label on the packaging with a unique security authentication code to check if your product is genuine. Carefully scratch off the security coating to reveal your own unique code and enter it to the official brand website verification page to check if you have a genuine product.
Aspire: Scratch and check to reveal security code. Verify your unique code on the official Aspire website. https://www.aspirecig.com/
Eleaf: Scratch and check to reveal your authenticity code. Verify your unique code on the official Eleaf website. https://www.eleafworld.com/info/batchcode.php
Elf Bar: Scratch and check to reveal your 18-digit authenticity code or scan QR code by using your phone camera to verify on the official Elf Bar website. https://www.elfbar.com/verify.html
Elux: Carefully scratch the authentication label coating to reveal anti-counterfeit code. Check if it’s genuine on the official Elux website. https://www.eluxtech.com/verify/
Firerose: Scratch and check authentication label to reveal the anti-counterfeit code on the official Firerose website. https://www.firerosetech.com/verification
GeekVape: Scan the QR code using your mobile phone camera. A 14 digit security code will appear. Scratch and check the 14 digit security code by entering it on to the official Geek Vape website. https://www.geekvape.com/support/warranty/
Golisi: Enter the unique security code into the official Golisi website to authenticate. http://anti.fwdby.com/xxh/index.html
Hayati: Scratch and check authentication label to reveal the security code on the official Hayati website. https://hayativapor.com/pages/verify-product
Innokin: Scratch and check authentication label to reveal the unique ID security code on the official Innokin website. https://www.innokin.com/verify-device
Lost Mary: Scratch off label coating to reveal the unique ID security code. Scan the QR code using your mobile phone camera which will take you to the official Lost Mary website for authentication. https://www.lostmary.com/verify.html
OXVA: Scratch off the protective layer to reveal the anti-counterfeit code. Enter code on the official OXVA website to authenticate. https://store.oxva.com/pages/product-verification
SKE: Scratch to reveal security code. Scan QR code with your mobile phone to check if your product is genuine on the official SKE website. https://www.skevape.com/verify>
Smok: Find ‘Code A’ QR code on the back left of the packaging. Install IVPS Tour App (version 2.2.1 or later). Scan products code and select ‘Authentication Smok Product’ to check if your product is genuine on the official Smok website. https://eu.smoktech.com/new-anti-counterfeiting-system
Snowplus: Scratch to reveal your 16-digit security code. Scan the QR code with your mobile to take you to the official Snowplus website and enter your 16-digit authenticity code to verify. https://www.snowplustech.com/pages/securitycode
Uwell: Scratch off the anti-counterfeit code coating to reveal a 16 or 18-digit code. Scan QR code to verify the authenticity of your product on the official Uwell website. https://www.myuwell.com/verify
Vaporesso: Scratch to reveal your 14-digit security code. Scan QR code on your smartphone to take you to the official Vaporesso website to approve authentication. https://www.vaporesso.com/is-your-product-authentic
Voopoo: Scratch the silver cover and scan the QR code. Enter the security code to authenticate on the official Voopoo website. https://www.voopoo.com/securitycode.html
XTAR: Scratch to reveal 18-digit unique security code. Scan QR code with your phones camera and enter the code on the official XTAR website to anti-fake check your product. https://www.xtar.cc/anti-fake/
