Hyola is a hardware and pod brand, registered in England and Wales and made in China, that specialises in prefilled big-puff systems. It is not a refillable brand, and it does not sell bottled e-liquid. What it makes is a rechargeable device paired with sealed, prefilled pods that you swap when they run dry: no filling, no coils to change, no settings to fiddle with.
Everything runs on 20mg nic salt and a tight mouth-to-lung draw, which is what makes these an easy step across from a disposable. Devices are draw-activated, so there is no fire button: you inhale, and it fires. A mesh coil and a clear liquid window round it off. Two kits carry the whole range, the Pro Max 8000 and the Ultra 30K, and their matching pods.
What Products Does Hyola Make?
The catalogue is small on purpose. Two kits and the pods that feed them cover it.
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Product: What it is: Puffs
Pro Max 8000: Compact rechargeable prefilled kit: Up to 8,000
Ultra 30K: High-capacity dual-flavour kit: Up to 30,000
Replacement pods and refills: Prefilled pods for each kit: Matched to the device
Advertised puff counts are estimates rather than a guarantee. A longer draw gets through liquid faster, so treat the numbers as a guide to how long a pod lasts, not a promise. The product grid is the final word on what is in stock today.
Which Hyola Kit Should You Buy?
Start with size and puff count, since the two kits differ mostly in scale and in whether you want one flavour or two on the go.
Hyola Pro Max 8000
The Pro Max is the small one. A slim, pocketable device that ships with a 1ml prefilled pod and a matching 9ml refill, roughly 10ml of liquid in total and up to 8,000 puffs before you swap the pod. It suits anyone who wants a single flavour, a compact device, and the least fuss. Browse it alongside other big puff pod kits to compare formats.
Hyola Ultra 30K
The Ultra is the flagship. It carries two prefilled pods and two 9ml refills, around 20ml in total and up to 30,000 puffs, and its trick is the twist mouthpiece: rotate it to switch between the two pods, so you can run two complementary flavours and change from puff to puff. Magnetic pods make swaps quick. If you want maximum life and dual flavours from one device, this is it, and it sits in the 30000 puff vapes collection too.
For the wider view, the big puff vapes collection lines Hyola up against other high-capacity brands.
How Do the Pods and Refills Work?
This is the part that makes big-puff kits legal, and it is worth understanding. Rather than one enormous tank, each Hyola pod is small, and the extra liquid rides in a separate refill container that feeds it. The Pro Max pairs a 1ml pod with a 9ml refill; the Ultra doubles that with two of each.
In practice you are not measuring or pouring anything. The pod and its refill come prefilled and sealed at the factory, they click or magnetise into the device, and when the liquid is gone you fit a fresh set. On the Ultra, the two pods live in the device together and the mouthpiece decides which one you are drawing from. Convenient, and no different in daily use from a disposable, just reusable.
Are Hyola Pods Interchangeable?
No, and this is the main thing to get right. Hyola makes two device styles, and each has its own pod range. Pro Max pods are built for the Pro Max. Ultra pods are built for the Ultra. They are not designed to cross over, and buying the wrong set is the most common Hyola mistake.
So when you restock, match the pod to the exact kit you own rather than to the brand name. A Hyola pod that fits one device will not necessarily fit the other. Keep spares from the replacement pods section once you know your model, or browse the wider refills and pods range for the matching packs.
What Nicotine Strength Are Hyola Vapes?
One strength: 20mg/ml, in nicotine salt. That is the UK legal maximum for consumer e-liquid, sometimes written as 2%. Hyola does not currently make its pods in a lower strength or a nicotine-free option, so every device and refill in the range is 20mg.
Nic salt is used here because it feels smoother than freebase at the same concentration, which matters at a strength this high. It is firm and fast to satisfy, and well matched to the tight MTL draw. It also still contains nicotine, which is addictive, and checkout is age-verified for that reason.
What Flavours Do Hyola Vapes Come In?
Bar-style flavours, the sort that carried over from the disposable era. The range leans on sweet fruit, ice and soda profiles, with the odd candy blend, so expect names in the vein of watermelon ice, blue raspberry, fizzy cherry and mixed berry rather than tobacco or complex dessert.
On the Ultra 30K, the two-pod design means you are often picking a complementary pair rather than a single flavour, which is part of the appeal. The live selector is the final word on which flavours are stocked, and in which strength combinations, so check it before ordering.
Are Hyola Vapes MTL or DTL?
Mouth-to-lung, every model. Hyola builds for a tight, cigarette-style draw: you hold the vapour in your mouth briefly before inhaling, exactly as a disposable does. There is no airflow control and no wattage to set, because the devices are draw-activated and tuned at the factory.
That simplicity is deliberate. The whole point of the range is a device that behaves like a bar without the waste, so there are no adjustable settings to learn. If you want a looser, cloud-focused direct-to-lung draw, Hyola is not the brand for it; a sub-ohm kit is.
How Do You Set Up a Hyola Vape?
There is very little to it. No filling, no coil to prime.
- Charge it fully. Connect the USB-C cable to a sensible plug and let the battery reach full before your first session.
- Fit the pod. Push or magnetise the prefilled pod into the device until it seats. On the Ultra, both pods sit in place together.
- Inhale. The device is draw-activated, so there is no button. Just draw on the mouthpiece, and it fires. On the Ultra, twist the mouthpiece to choose your flavour.
- Swap when empty. When the flavour fades and the window shows the pod is spent, remove it and click in a fresh one.
If the flavour turns flat or faint, the pod is done rather than faulty, and a new one restores it. Keep a spare USB-C lead handy so a flat battery never stops you.
Which Hyola Replacement Pods Fit?
Match the pod to the kit, not to the brand. Before ordering, confirm:
- Whether you own the Pro Max 8000 or the Ultra 30K;
- That the replacement pods are listed for that specific device;
- The flavour and, where offered, the pod-and-refill pairing;
- The pack size, so you know how long the set will last.
Because the two kits use their own pods, a pack bought for the wrong device will not work, however similar it looks. When you know which kit you have, restock from the matching pods and keep a set or two ahead so you are never caught short mid-flavour.
Are Hyola Vapes a Good Disposable Alternative?
For a lot of people, yes, and it is the clearest reason to buy the brand. Hyola keeps the things that made disposables easy: draw activation, prefilled flavour, zero setup, while dropping the part that got them banned. You buy the device once, vape until the pod empties, then replace the pod rather than the whole unit.
The upshot is a lower running cost and far less waste than a bin-it bar, without asking you to learn filling or coils. If you tried a refillable kit and found it too involved, a Hyola sits comfortably in the middle: reusable, but almost as simple as the thing it replaces. It compares directly with other rechargeable vapes built for the same job.
Are Hyola Vapes Legal in the UK?
Yes. The confusion is understandable, since Hyola devices look and feel like the disposables that were pulled from sale on 1 June 2025, but they sit on the right side of that ban. It outlawed single-use vapes specifically. Hyola kits are rechargeable and use replaceable prefilled pods, which is exactly the reusable format the law still allows.
They also stay inside the standing limits, which is where the small-pod design earns its keep. Each nicotine pod holds under the 2ml cap, each refill container sits under the 10ml bottle limit, and the liquid is 20mg/ml, right at the strength ceiling. That combination is what keeps a 30,000-puff device compliant. You can read the full rules under TPD compliant vapes. None of it makes vaping risk-free. Nicotine is addictive, and every sale is age-verified for over-18s only.
Why Buy Hyola Vapes from Pirate Vapes?
With a big-puff brand, the device is the easy part, keeping the right refill pods coming is what actually matters. Pirate Vapes lists which kit each pod belongs to and which flavours are stocked, so you can buy the device and the correct replacements together and skip the guesswork later.
Order before 4pm and it ships the same day, with Free Pirate Post once the basket reaches £40, which a kit plus a few pod packs clears easily. Every checkout is age-verified, and only genuine UK-market Hyola stock reaches the grid. If a flavour or pod is not shown, treat it as unavailable here rather than assume, since Hyola sells more widely than any single retailer carries. Browse the full range at Pirate Vapes.
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