Ultimate Puff 50/50 Soda 50ml Shortfill E-Liquid

There's something about a good soda flavour that just works in a vape. That familiar fizzy sweetness, the slight sharpness on the inhale, the kind of taste that doesn't get heavy or cloying after extended use. Ultimate Puff have been doing this long enough to know how to nail it, and the Soda range is one of their better efforts.

Priced from £7.99 with no nic shots, up to £9.99 with shots included, this is a 50ml shortfill sitting in a 60ml bottle. Made in the UK, TPD compliant, and built specifically for the kind of vaping setup where a 50/50 ratio actually makes sense. Down from £10.99, that's a decent saving on a well-made UK liquid across the range.

The Format: What You're Actually Buying

The bottle holds 50ml of liquid with 10ml of space left at the top. That gap is there so you can add nicotine shots without making a mess. The base liquid comes in at 0mg nicotine, so you pick what you want when you order.

The pricing breaks down like this: no nic shots at £7.99, two 18mg shots for a bit more, or five 18mg shots at the top end of £9.99. Two shots into 50ml gives you roughly 6mg across the bottle. Five shots takes it significantly higher if that's what you need. Worth knowing before you order, especially if you're used to a specific strength from your 10ml bottles.

The ratio is 50VG/50PG. This is the important part. Unlike the high-VG shortfills designed for sub-ohm tanks, a 50/50 liquid is genuinely versatile. It'll run fine in a pod kit, an MTL tank, a pen-style device. The thinner consistency wicks quickly, which is why it suits tighter draws and lower-wattage setups. If you're running something like a Caliburn, an Innokin Endura, an Aspire Nautilus or anything in that category, a 50/50 shortfill is a much better fit than most people realise.

The Flavours

Six options in the range, each riffing on a different soda concept.

Cherry Cola is the one most people go for first and for good reason. It's that specific combination of dark cherry and cola that genuinely resembles the real thing. Sweet without being excessive, with a slight fizzy edge on the exhale. If you've ever mixed a cherry drink with cola and thought it worked well, this translates that pretty accurately into vapour form.

Lemon and Lime is clean and sharp. More of a traditional fizzy lemon-lime drink profile than anything complicated. Good for people who like their flavours bright and citrusy without a lot of sweetness weighing it down.

Original Cola is exactly what it sounds like. Classic cola, no additions. That rounded, slightly caramel-meets-vanilla flavour that makes cola taste like cola. Not the most exciting option in the range but probably the most consistent.

Pineapple Crush leans tropical. It's a fruitier, lighter take compared to the cola options, with a fizzy quality that keeps it feeling like a soda rather than just a straight pineapple vape. Good change of pace if you want something a bit different.

Mango Cola is the one that sounds like it shouldn't work and then kind of does. Mango adds a sweetness that complements the cola base without overpowering it. Softer than the Cherry Cola but still recognisably in the soda family.

Blackcurrant Crush is probably the most distinctly British flavour in the lineup. Blackcurrant has been a staple of UK soft drinks forever and this captures that tart, slightly floral quality well. The fizzy element keeps it feeling like a crushable drink rather than just a straight fruit vape.

Why the 50/50 Format Matters

This often gets overlooked. A lot of shortfills default to 70/30 or higher VG ratios, which rules out pod systems entirely and limits your options to sub-ohm hardware. The 50/50 ratio here opens it up considerably.

Pod kits, pen devices, MTL tanks, anything with a coil rated above 1 ohm: all of these work comfortably with 50/50 liquid. You get a tighter draw that feels closer to cigarette smoking, which matters for people who are still fairly new to vaping or who just prefer that style regardless of experience.

It also means you're not committed to buying a sub-ohm kit just to use a shortfill. If you already have an MTL setup and want the cost efficiency of a 50ml bottle over constantly buying 10ml salts, this is a straightforward way to get there.

The Value Side of Things

At £7.99 to £9.99 for 50ml of liquid, the cost-per-ml works out considerably better than buying 10ml bottles of nic salts at £3 to £4 each. For a regular vaper going through liquid at any kind of pace, the saving over a month adds up.

The trade-off is you need to add and mix your shots rather than opening a bottle and vaping straight away. But that's a one-minute job. Cap on tight, shake well, give it a few minutes to settle. Not a significant inconvenience for the saving involved.

Quick Specs

Volume: 50ml in a 60ml bottle. Price: £7.99 to £9.99 depending on nic shot option (was £10.99). Nicotine: 0mg base, with 2 x 18mg or 5 x 18mg nic shot options. Ratio: 50VG/50PG. Made in the UK. TPD compliant. Childproof cap. Flavours: Cherry Cola, Lemon and Lime, Original Cola, Pineapple Crush, Mango Cola, Blackcurrant Crush.

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