Best nic salts UK: the ranges worth buying

The best nic salts in the UK, judged on flavour choice, strengths, price and availability, are Elfliq, Elux Legend and Bar Juice 5000. Elfliq is the best all-rounder with 5mg, 10mg and 20mg on almost every flavour. Elux Legend has the biggest range at 83 flavours. Bar Juice 5000 is the cheapest, from £2.39 a bottle at the cheaper of the UK stores we track (prices checked 2 November 2026).

How we judged them

We do not score flavours on taste, because taste is personal. We compared what can be checked: how many flavours each range sells, which strengths they come in, the price per 10ml bottle at the UK stores we track, and how many flavours are actually in stock. For a deeper side-by-side, see Elfliq vs Elux vs Bar Juice 5000.

For value, Bar Juice 5000 nic salts are hard to beat, with several flavours in a 15mg strength the other ranges skip.

Prices are the lowest standard price across the stores we track, checked 2 November 2026. Each product page shows every store side by side.

Best all-rounder: Elfliq

Elfliq is Elf Bar's own nic salt, so the flavours mirror the Elf Bar disposables that most UK vapers started on. Its biggest strength is the strength spread: 40 of its 46 flavours come in 5mg as well as 10mg and 20mg. That makes it the easiest range for stepping down without changing flavour. Popular picks include Elfliq Blueberry Sour Raspberry and Elfliq Cola, both among the most searched Elfliq flavours in the UK.

Biggest choice: Elux Legend

Elux Legend has 83 flavours on our list, including 28 from the Firerose 5000 line. Every flavour comes in 10mg and 20mg, and 20 also come in 5mg. If you want variety, or you used Elux Legend disposables, this is the range. Try Elux Legend Tiger Blood or the Firerose Berry Bang. Note that the Firerose flavours were only listed at one of the two stores we track.

Best value: Bar Juice 5000

Bar Juice 5000 is made in Leicester and was the cheapest of the three at £2.39 a bottle at the cheaper store we track. All 52 flavours were in stock. It is also the only range here with a 15mg option, on 8 flavours such as Blue Bubba, which is handy if 20mg feels sharp but 10mg leaves you wanting more. The 5000 in the name is the maker's claim of up to roughly 5,000 puffs per bottle.

Best nic salts for disposable users

If you are coming off disposables, the best nic salt is the bottled version of the device you used, at 20mg:

You will need a refillable pod kit to use them. Our guide to disposable vape alternatives explains what to look for.

Best range by flavour type

Counting flavours by type shows where each range is strongest. Counts are from our listings on 2 November 2026, grouped by flavour name:

If you like sweets and candy flavours, Elux Legend has by far the most. Ice fans are well served by all three. Tobacco vapers have slim pickings anywhere, with Elfliq offering the most at three.

What to check before you buy

• The strength you need is actually sold in that flavour. Not every flavour comes in 5mg.
• It is in stock. Each product page shows stock at every store we track.
• The price at both stores. The gap was up to £1.30 a bottle on some ranges.
• Your device is a mouth-to-lung pod kit. Nic salts are too strong for sub-ohm tanks.

Our verdict in one line each

None of the three is a bad buy. They are all 10ml nic salts made for pod kits, sold within UK limits, and the price gap between them is small at the cheaper store. Pick on strength first and flavour second. The price gap between the three is small at the cheaper store anyway.

Best by strength and flavour

If you already know what you want, skip the ranges and browse by what matters to you: every 20mg nic salt, 10mg nic salt or 5mg nic salt, or the full nic salt flavours list grouped by ice, berry, sweets, tropical and more. New to nic salts altogether? Start with what are nic salts.