Firstly may I say that I hope this post does not break any of the community rules and it is posted in the appropriate category.
I work for a UK company which has spent three years designing and developing a new pod based vaping device. The vaporiser and replaceable 2ml pod slip into a portable case which automatically refills the pod from a 10ml bottle slotted into the case, and also recharges the vaporiser battery. The case itself is recharged in a dock station that connects via WiFi so that your vaping can be seen on our web app, which works for both Android and Apple phones.
Earlier this year we recruited a small number of testers to try the device, and following their feedback we have made a few tweaks and are now seeking about 30 people (probably users of existing pod systems) to engage in a larger trial, which we would expect to commence in early January. If you are interested, please send me a message.
Kaveh no longer works in the business. Ian is our CEO, but he will probably refer you back to me. We are a small, tightly knit company. What would you like to know?
It’s not meant to be clandestine at all, but it’s a new product still in development and so naturally has some commercial sensitivity. We are merely looking for some volunteers to receive pre launch versions and provide feedback to us so we can decide if it is at a marketable stage.
I would interested if your open to us residents, not funded by a tobacco company, and have transparency with things like what the heating element is made of.
The closest comparison I can give is to a Juul or blu device. The difference is that the e-cigarette itself just fits into the carry case, which refills the tip with liquid as required. Periodically the tip will need replacing, especially recommended if you change flavours to minimize flavour mixing on the first refill of the new flavour, but so far people have vaped 50+ ml of liquid through a single tip without noticing any degradation in performance.
Initially, and if the trial is successful, this will be a UK only product, just because of the resources required to have additional country approvals and distribution .
