Aromaxy Shortfills
Aromaxy shortfills are 100ml nicotine free e-liquids supplied in a 120ml bottle, mixed at 65VG to 35PG for sub ohm vaping. The empty headroom is deliberate. It leaves room for two 10ml nicotine shots so you set your own strength. This collection lists 5 Aromaxy flavours at £9.99 a bottle.
The range is built around fruit. What is on the shelf at the moment covers Fruity Gums, Blue Pom, Triple Mango and Lime Fizz, so the spread runs from sweet shop through darker berry to sharp citrus and soda. All of them are 65VG blends, thick enough for mesh sub ohm coils while staying thin enough to wick reliably.
How a shortfill works
UK regulations cap bottles of nicotine containing e-liquid at 10ml, which makes buying large volumes of nicotine liquid impractical. The shortfill is the industry's answer to that. A shortfill is sold with zero nicotine, which puts it outside the bottle limit entirely. The bottle is then made deliberately larger than its contents.
You add the nicotine yourself. A nicotine shot is a 10ml bottle of unflavoured nicotine e-liquid, usually at 18mg or 20mg per ml. Adding two 18mg shots to a 100ml Aromaxy shortfill fills the bottle to 120ml and brings the finished liquid to roughly 3mg per ml. A single shot gives you around 1.5mg per ml in 110ml of liquid.
Mixing a shortfill properly
Take the cap and the nozzle off the shortfill first. Pour both shots in, refit the cap and then shake it hard for a full minute. Nicotine shots are usually a thinner 50/50 mix, so they need real agitation rather than a quick swirl to disperse through a thicker liquid.
Steeping
Most shortfills are usable straight after mixing. Some profiles improve with a few days standing in a cool dark place, which is what steeping means. Fruit blends like these generally need very little of it, since they are not built on the heavy custard and bakery notes that benefit most. If a freshly mixed bottle tastes slightly flat, leave it a day or two and shake it again before writing it off.
The 65VG to 35PG blend
VG is vegetable glycerine. It is thick, faintly sweet and does the work of producing vapour. PG is propylene glycol. It is thin, carries flavour more sharply and delivers most of the throat sensation. A 65/35 mix leans towards vapour without going so thick that it starves a coil. It suits sub ohm tanks and mesh pods below 1.0 ohm. It is too thick for a high resistance mouth to lung coil above 1.0 ohm, which will struggle to wick it and will taste burnt.
Which coils to run
Shortfills at this ratio are made for sub ohm hardware. Coils rated between 0.15 ohm and 0.6 ohm on a direct to lung tank are the natural home for them. Mesh coils suit them particularly well, because the larger heating surface copes with a thicker liquid and delivers fruit notes cleanly. Expect to change a coil every one to two weeks, since sweetened liquids shorten coil life.
The flavour range
Fruity Gums is the sweet shop entry, a mixed fruit chew profile rather than a single fruit. Blue Pom pairs blue berry fruit with pomegranate for something darker and less sugary. Triple Mango layers mango three ways, which gives it more depth than a single note tropical usually manages. Lime Fizz is the sharpest of the four, a citrus and soda combination. All four are £9.99.
Nicotine strength and the rules
Nicotine shots are capped at 10ml and nicotine e-liquid at 20mg per ml in the UK. The shortfill itself contains no nicotine at all, so it is the shots that set the finished strength. Sub ohm vaping delivers far more vapour per puff than a pod kit does, so 3mg is the usual landing point and 6mg is about as high as most people go. Sales are to over 18s only.
Delivery and support
UK delivery is free on orders over £20. Nicotine shots are stocked separately, so it is worth adding them to the same order. If you want a flavour recommendation before committing to 100ml, the team is on 07827 210361 between 8.30am and 4.00pm.
Aromaxy shortfill questions answered
How many nicotine shots do I add to an Aromaxy shortfill?
Two. The bottle holds 100ml of e-liquid in a 120ml container, which leaves exactly enough room for two 10ml nicotine shots. Two 18mg shots bring the finished 120ml to roughly 3mg per ml. If you want something lighter, one shot gives around 1.5mg per ml in 110ml of liquid.
Do Aromaxy shortfills contain nicotine?
No. They are supplied nicotine free, which is what allows them to be sold in a 100ml volume in the first place. UK rules cap bottles of nicotine containing e-liquid at 10ml. Adding your own shots is what turns a shortfill into a finished e-liquid at a strength you choose.
What kit do I need for a 65VG shortfill?
A sub ohm device with coils below 1.0 ohm, run on a direct to lung draw. Mesh coils between 0.15 ohm and 0.6 ohm handle this ratio best. A high resistance coil above 1.0 ohm will not wick a 65VG liquid quickly enough and will give you a burnt taste instead.
Do I need to steep Aromaxy shortfills?
Not usually. Fruit blends are ready to vape once they have been thoroughly shaken. Dessert and bakery profiles are the ones that benefit most from standing. If a freshly mixed bottle tastes muted, leave it somewhere cool and dark for a couple of days and shake it again.
How long does a 100ml shortfill last?
That depends entirely on the device. A sub ohm tank at 60 watts or more can get through 10ml a day without much effort, which would put a mixed 120ml bottle at under two weeks. A lower powered pod will make it last considerably longer. Sub ohm hardware is thirsty by design.
What Aromaxy flavours are available?
The range stocked here runs to Fruity Gums, Blue Pom, Triple Mango and Lime Fizz, all at £9.99 for 100ml. Fruity Gums is the sweet shop option, Blue Pom is a darker berry blend, Triple Mango is a layered tropical and Lime Fizz is a sharp citrus soda.