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10 Best Shortfill Vape Juices (Nicotine-Free E-liquids) In 2024 (UK)

Once upon a time, shortfills were only for sub-ohmers, and MTL vapers found their pockets, purses, and vehicle footwells rapidly filling up with empty 10ml bottles. But it’s 2024 now, and the best shortfill vape juice options are available to a much larger audience.

The vaping flavour spectrum is far-ranging, and there are now shortfills to suit all taste preferences and vaping styles. So, let’s look at some of the best options, with choices to suit all taste preferences and e-liquid thicknesses! 

The Best Shortfill Vape Juice Overall Is The: Fugly But Sweet Caramel Blondie

It’s not just the creamy, sweet, and uniquely spiced flavour of Sweet Thief’s Cinnamon Danish that makes it my winning choice, but also the sheer approachability of the e-liquid. 6mg and 12mg versions are mixed at 50/50 for MTL vapers, but DTL sub-ohm users can enjoy the same taste profile with the 70VG 3mg version.

Top 10 Best Shortfill Vape Juices For 2023 are:

  1. Just Juice Brutal Sour Strawberry Bubblegum
  2. Sweet Thief Cinnamon Danish
  3. Marina Vapes Kronuts Donuts
  4. Dr. Vapes Frozen Series Pink Royale
  5. Vampire Vape Blood Sukka
  6. IMP JAR X Zeus Juice Banana Custard
  7. Seriously Pod Fill MAX Strawberry Milk
  8. MIST Carabaco
  9. Riot Squad 100% Menthol Ice
 

Just Juice Brutal Sour Strawberry Bubblegum

Best for: Sweets & Candy 

9.7/10
Total
Flavour
9.5/10
Clouds
9.6/10
Size
9.7/10
Sweetness
9.8/10
Price
9.7/10
Price
£11.99
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Features We Love

Candy Land: Deliciously sweet candy vape blend 
Sour Shock: Rare use of sour strawberry flavouring 
Penny Puffs: Very cheap for a 100ml bottle 

Just Juice made its reputation off of affordable fruity vape juices, but the Brutal range saw them unfurl their creative wings with inventive flavours like Sour Strawberry Bubblegum 100ml.

The strawberry flavour nods towards Just Juice’s famed skill at conveying natural fruit flavours, however this time it’s enhanced with notes of chewy candy and sour flavourings. Sour strawberry is quite a unique taste, however it works magnificently, embracing the candy notes and delivering a profile that’s sharp and tart while also being playful and moreish.

This shortfill is bound to please fans of candy vapes, fruity vapes and sour vapes, and those of you like me who enjoy all three will soon consider this one of your favourite vape juice blends.

Pros

  • Affordable for any sub-ohmer 
  • A unique blend of sour candy and strawberry flavours
  • Nostalgic mellow bubblegum taste

Cons

  • Sour notes may frustrate when session vaping 
  • Extra fruit flavours like raspberry would have worked well
Price
£11.99
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Sweet Thief Cinnamon Danish

Best Shortfill Vape Juice 

9.7/10
Total
Flavour
10/10
Clouds
9.6/10
Size
9.5/10
Sweetness
9.8/10
Price
9.7/10
Price
£14.99
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Features We Love

For All

50/50 and 70VG versions available 

Pick Your Nic

Three nicotine strength options to choose between 

Dessert Don

A rich combination of pastry, cream and cinnamon 

The best shortfill vape juice is something that everyone can enjoy, and that’s precisely what Cinnamon Danish by Sweet Thief offers.

Buttery, flakey Danish pastry with a glossy sugar glaze, smothered in thick and sumptuous vanilla custard, with a final note of sweet and spicy cinnamon dusting.

It’s an outrageously indulgent vape juice, with the rare appearance of cinnamon making it very popular. But the best thing about the Sweet Thief range is that every vaper can enjoy it. The 3mg version is mixed at a cloudy 70VG, whereas the 6mg and 12mg units are brewed at an MTL-friendly 50/50 ratio.

The result is a shortfill vape juice that every vaper can indulge in, with a decadent taste profile you’ll never forget.  

Pros

  • Deliriously sweet flavour combination 
  • Wide range of nicotine strengths 
  • Available as both an MTL and a DTL e-liquid

Cons

  • It can only be acquired through MIST! 
  • No 10ml nic salts available… yet
Price
£14.99
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Marina Vapes Kronuts Donuts

Best for: Pastry & Dessert 

9.6/10
Total
Flavour
9.6/10
Clouds
9.7/10
Size
9.8/10
Sweetness
9.7/10
Price
9.3/10
Price
£14.95
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Features We Love

You Ess Ay: Made in the United States 
Unique Pud: Novel blend of croissant and donut flavours 
Cream Filling: Rich and sumptuous creamy notes on the exhale 

Sure, we Brits have some amazing puddings to our name, but in my opinion, if you want the most decadent dessert vape flavour possible, you’re going to need a collaboration between American and French pastries. Call me a traitor if you must; I’ll die on this delicious hill.

Kronuts Donuts 100ml, part of the US-made Marina Vapes range, is a bottleful of sheer sugary delight. Buttery, crispy croissant pastry is fried into a deliciously crunchy batter and then smothered with thick lashings of vanilla cream. Frankly, it’s a taste that puts our miserable jam doughnuts to shame!

Mixed at 70VG, Kronuts Donuts is intended for sub-ohm devices. It produces clouds as tasty and thick as the eponymous pastry.

Pros

  • The best donut vape juice available 
  • Rich and buttery croissant flavour
  • It comes with two nicotine shots for 3mg

Cons

  • Not very attractive to fans of fruity sweetness 
  • It is a bit too sweet for extended vaping sessions
Price
£14.95
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Dr. Vapes Frozen Series Pink Royale

Best for: Citrus 

9.6/10
Total
Flavour
9.7/10
Clouds
9.9/10
Size
9.8/10
Sweetness
9.4/10
Price
9.3/10
Price
£14.99
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Features We Love

Greatfruit: Rare appearance of grapefruit as a vape flavour 
Extra Cloudy: 78VG contents for extra large cloud production 
Cool & Sweet: Ice and blackcurrant prevent lingering tartness 

More often than not, ‘citrus’ means lemon, lime or some halfway-fanciful combination of the two. Hey, it’s a time-tested pairing, but citrus has so much more to offer in terms of vape flavour.

That’s why I love Pink Royale 100ml from the Dr. Vapes Frozen Series for being bold enough to make pink grapefruit the star of the show. Achingly sour and moreish, it’s the ultimate breakfast fruit, with a tongue-twisting taste that smacks you into wakefulness. The blackcurrant and ice additions help ground the flavour, ensuring it doesn’t become overwhelmingly tart.

This massive 100ml bottle also comes with two complimentary nicotine shots, letting you enjoy this sour shock of flavour at a light and satisfying 3mg strength.

Pros

  • A unique grapefruit vape liquid 
  • More cloud production potential due to 78VG contents
  • Delicious blackcurrant sweetness on exhale

Cons

  • Grapefruit can be an acquired taste 
  • Some may find cool note distracts from the fruit taste
Price
£14.99
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Vampire Vape Blood Sukka

Best for: Botanical 

9.6/10
Total
Flavour
9.7/10
Clouds
9.6/10
Size
9.8/10
Sweetness
9.4/10
Price
9.3/10
Price
£14.99
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Features We Love

Botanics Bae: Rich botanical-heavy flavour profile 
Very Berry: Tart and sweet mixed-berries and cherry combo 
Classics: Blood Sukka is a long-running popular e-liquid 

A lot of vape juices use a little bit of botanicals for enhancement, but few are bold enough to go all-in on botanic extracts as the primary flavouring. Vampire Vape, who helped popularise aniseed vape juices, are bold enough to try with Blook Sukka 100ml.

Sure, you get the initial sweet kick of mixed berries and cherry juices on your taste buds, a simmering and sweetly tart flavour profile. But after that, you get hit with a floral punch of liquorice-tasting aniseed and rounded, echoing hints of strong eucalyptus.

The resulting taste is absolutely unforgettable and strong enough to ward off some of the more casual-sweetness fans out there. But if you like bold, complex and mature flavours, Blood Sukka gives you those in spades and is brewed at 70VG for big cloud action. 

Pros

  • From the botanical masters at Vampire
  • Liquorice edge from aniseed extracts
  • Tangy berry flavour blend

Cons

  • It is far too herbal tasting for some vapers 
  • It could use a bit of cooling ice
Price
£14.99
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IMP JAR X Zeus Juice Banana Custard

Best for: Custard 

9.3/10
Total
Flavour
9.3/10
Clouds
8.6/10
Size
9.5/10
Sweetness
9.3/10
Price
9.7/10
Price
£9.99
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Features We Love

Worlds Collide: IMP JAR and Zeus Juice together at last 
Softly Does It: Mellow banana slices mix gently with creamy notes 
MTL FTW: Mixed at 50/50 for mouth-to-lung vape users 

Blending fruits with creams requires a good understanding of flavour pairings, so when IMP JAR and Zeus Juice combine their minds, the result is the astoundingly tasty Banana Custard 50ml shortfill.

Thick, creamy, and lightly spiced vanilla custard pairs perfectly with gently sweet slices of soft and fluffy banana. This combo has graced dessert spoons worldwide for years, and being able to puff it all day without tooth or waistline issues is a godsend.

The 50/50 mix ratio also helps further spread shortfill bottle value to MTL vapers, who are now completely spoiled for choice regarding large bottles of tasty e-liquid.

So, if you like a little extra indulgence with your fruity vapes, be sure to try Banana Custard 50ml.

Pros

  • Perfect blend of creams and soft fruit 
  • Collaboration between IMP JAR and Zeus
  • 50/50 blend for MTL vapers

Cons

  • No DTL version is available 
  • Hassle to increase strength past 3mg
Price
£9.99
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Seriously Pod Fill MAX Strawberry Milk

Best for: Beverage 

9.3/10
Total
Flavour
9.4/10
Clouds
8.6/10
Size
9.3/10
Sweetness
9.6/10
Price
9.6/10
Price
£9.99
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Features We Love

Drink Your Pud: Counts as both a beverage and a pudding flavour 
Roomy: There’s room in the bottle for two nicotine shots (6mg) 
Cheap Thrills: Very affordably priced 

Few fruits blend as well with milk as ripe strawberries do. A rare instance of sweet juice not curdling dairy, the two ingredients go together perfectly, and the Doozy Vape Seriously Pod Fill range allows even MTL vapers to get a lungful of strawberry milkshake flavour.

The creamy tastes are brilliantly conveyed, with a thick and sumptuous profile that brings to mind popular milkshake ranges. This indulgent note is enhanced with the addition of freshly blended strawberry, a perfect summery sweetness to complement the relaxing milky vibes.

On top of all this, Doozy Vape has decided to leave 20ml of free space in the Strawberry Milkshake 40ml. The free nic shot will give you a 3mg strength, but if you have another shot on hand, you can add it for an even more satisfying 6mg nic strength.

Pros

  • Gorgeous blend of fruits and dairy
  • Can be increased to up to 6mg strength without issue
  • Cheap vape juice

Cons

  • Ice would have been a perfect addition 
  • Nic-free vapers may not consider 40ml to be enough e-liquid
Price
£9.99
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MIST Carabaco

Best for: Tobacco 

9.2/10
Total
Flavour
9.6/10
Clouds
8.6/10
Size
9.5/10
Sweetness
9.3/10
Price
9.2/10
Price
£14.99
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Features We Love

Brown Town: Delicious vape mix of tobacco, coffee and caramel 
RY4000: An enhancement of a classic vape flavour 
Zero Hero: Multiple strengths, including 0%, are available 

Tobacco vapes are some of the most popular choices for recent smokers seeking a familiar kind of relief. But why stick to plain old tobacco when you can enjoy that smoky satisfaction with some light enhancement?

You won’t want to go back to smoking once you take a puff from the tobacco, coffee and caramel blend of Carabaco from the MIST MTL Shortfills range. Dark, sweet and earthy, it’s a blend of breakfast, dessert and break-time flavours that you can enjoy all day in large quantities.

There are far more nicotine strength options than with most shortfill options, with 0mg, 3mg, 6mg, and 12mg options available. It’s worth keeping in mind that the 12mg version will taste a little better the morning after you add the nicotine, at which point you can enjoy a mindblowing mix of dark brown flavours.

Pros

  • A delicious and relaxing flavour mix 
  • Four nicotine strengths are available to choose from
  • A perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness

Cons

  • No high VG version is available 
  • 12mg version needs to steep overnight once mixed with nic shots
Price
£14.99
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Riot Squad 100% Menthol Ice

Best for: Menthol 

9/10
Total
Flavour
9.5/10
Clouds
9.7/10
Size
9.5/10
Sweetness
7/10
Price
9.5/10
Price
£12.49
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Features We Love

Nice Ice: A pure and simple ice vape 
No Distractions: Great for ice fans who dislike too much sweetness
Everybody Riot: Also available as a nic salt in 5, 10 and 20mg

Frosty vapes are a godsend for those who like a kick of refreshing taste upon inhaling, though many who love an icy puff can get a bit frustrated with the fruit, candy, and mint flavours that usually accompany an iced vape juice.

Riot Squad’s Ice 50ml shortfill, part of their 100% Menthol range, seeks to provide an almost-flavourless alternative to those sweet fiends. Ice 50ml is a pure, frosty shock of tundra snow, effectively running a glacier down your throat whenever you take a deep lungful of vapour.

So if ice is your true vaping love, or if you’re coming off of menthol cigarettes and don’t get on with blueberry bubblegum lemonade juices, definitely consider giving the arctic bliss of Ice 50ml a try.

Pros

  • Powerful frosty puffs 
  • No distracting sweet flavours
  • Also available as a nicotine salt

Cons

  • A lack of sweetness will put some off 
  • A bit too cold for winter vaping
Price
£12.49
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FAQ

Are Shortfill E-Liquids Cheaper?

Yes, shortfill e-liquids tend to be cheaper, as larger quantities of e-liquids often have greater value than smaller, 10ml bottles. If you’re wondering about the financial difference between smoking and shortfill vape liquids, I can tell you right now that vaping is cheaper than smoking by far.

Do I need to add nic shots?

By no means! If you like to vape for flavour alone, then feel free to eschew nic shots and vape at 0%. Most of the time, adding nicotine shots to the shortfill e-liquids will result in 3mg, but some shortfill e-liquids like the Sweet Thief and MIST MTL Shortfills range will offer space for more shots, resulting in stronger nic strengths.

Why Do Shortfill E-Liquids Have No Nicotine?

Shortfill e-liquids are a handy workaround for the government’s Tobacco Products Directive, which stipulates that an e-liquid cannot contain nicotine if the bottle is over 10ml in size. You can legally add nicotine shots to the shortfill e-liquids after the point of sale. We have more info in our helpful guide to shortfills.

Do Shortfill E-Liquids Have More Flavour?

Shortfill e-liquids are certainly bigger than 10ml vape juices. However, that doesn’t result in them having more flavour. The degree of flavour held within the bottle is down to the manufacturer. If you’re looking for super strong flavours in shortfill e-liquids, then consider some juices from the Nasty Modmate range, which are flavoured with additional sweeteners in the Malaysian style, similar to disposable vape flavours.

Need More Help?

We hope this list of the best shortfill e-liquids have you salivating for some great e-liquid flavours in large quantities! If so, then visit the MIST online store, where you can buy shortfills with free nic shots every day!

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