What do these vaping terms mean?

What do these words mean?

• Mod – Usually the battery unit of the vape device. Some come with a built-in battery, others come without and need external batteries to use.
• Tank – The area of the kit that holds the liquid & the coil.
• Coil/atomiser – The heating element inside your vape, most people call this a coil.
• Short fill – A large bottle of liquid which by law needs to be nicotine-free. Room is left in the bottle (hence the name) so you can add nicotine shots, increasing the nicotine level.
• Freebase – Purest form of nicotine. Usually used in liquids which want to carry a strong throat kick.
• Nic salts – A different type of nicotine which allows for higher nicotine strengths, but with a smoother throat hit.
• PG – Helps with the flavour in the e-liquid and helps provides the hit on the throat.
• VG – Mainly used to give the cloud when vaping.
• Mg – The amount of nicotine per ml of e-liquid.
• MTL – Using your e-cig like a cigarette. Inhaling into your mouth and then into your lungs. These are the most popular for people looking to quit smoking or disposable vape users.
• STL – Inhaling your vape straight into your lung. These are usually the big cloud devices. Also known as DTL (Direct-To-Lung).
• Pod system – Usually a smaller device which uses pods rather than the usual tank-based system. People who have used the disposable vapes often like these pod kits for their ease of use.
• Sub ohm tank – A tank or pod system which takes coils that run below an ohm. These used to mean that they’d produce a large cloud, but that’s becoming less and less the case. With many sub-ohm coils producing a MTL draw.
• Ohm – In vaping, this describes the resistance of the coil. Generally, the smaller the number, the more powerful the coil.
• Throat hit – The kick you get on the back of your throat when you take a drag.
• Top fill – A tank or pod kit which can be filled from the top. These are much more common now & make filling up even easier!
• Variable wattage – The ability to control the wattage on an e-cig. This allows you to personalise your vaping experience much more and set it exactly how you like it.
• Drip tip – The mouthpiece for your vape which you can change the shape of. They come in two sizes, 510 (smaller) and 810 (larger).
• E liquid – Liquid for your vape containing PG/VG and often nicotine.
• Disposable vape – A single use vape kit which is prefilled with e-liquid & usually lasts around 600 puffs. You can’t change anything about these and they’re often an expensive way to vape.
• Cloud – The vapour released with each puff taken.
• Battery – The power for a vape/e-cigarette. When the battery fires the coil, that heats up the coil (atomizer) and vaporises the liquid. Some kits have a built-in battery, others use replaceable
• Auto draw – A vape with the function which detects when the user is taking a drag. It usually, but not always, has no button to use it.
• Airflow – This is a common one we talk about in the shops. It is the amount of air taken in with each drag. The more closed off the airflow, the tighter the draw (pull) is. The more open, the looser the draw will be.