Right now, “next-gen nic salt” gets used to describe one thing: bold, familiar, disposable-style flavour in a refillable bottle. Reviewers use the phrase. Retailers use it in listings. It sounds new. For Pod Salt, it is not. We built our first range around exactly that idea back in 2018, years before “bar salts” existed. Bar X is not us catching up to a trend. It is us finally putting a name on something we started already.
What Is Pod Salt Bar X?
Bar X is Pod Salt's newest 10ml nic salt range. It launches with 12 flavours, each built at a 50/50 VG/PG ratio for low-powered pod kits. It comes in three strengths: 5mg, 10mg and 20mg. That is a different strength line-up to Core, which runs 5mg, 11mg and 20mg, so check the label before you buy if you are switching between ranges.
Right now, every Bar X flavour is available at a 99p launch price. That offer will not run forever, so it is worth grabbing a bottle while it lasts.
Bold, Familiar Flavours, Built Properly
Bar X covers big, satisfying flavours across five families: fruity, sweet, mint and menthol, dessert and tobacco. Cola brings a sweet, fizzy classic taste with a sparkling finish.
Butterscotch Tobacco pairs a warm, toasty tobacco base with golden butterscotch. Blueberry Raspberry keeps things mellow and honeyed, while Tropical Breeze drifts through mango, pineapple and passionfruit. If you want something sharper, Sour Apple Ice and Blue Menthol both bring a proper icy kick.
There is depth here too, not just familiar names. Pineapple Berry Flow layers juicy tropical pineapple into a wave of mixed berries. Pomegranate Ice cuts tart, jewel-bright pomegranate with a glassy, refreshing chill. Berry Berry Ice loads up on sweet summer berries, then finishes on a crisp, icy blast.
Every flavour is built to taste exactly as bold as its name promises. That is the whole idea behind Bar X. You get the big, familiar flavour you already know you like, without giving up the comfortable hit Pod Salt is built around.
Why “Next-Gen” Nic Salt Is Not New To Us
Here is the part worth understanding. When the market talks about “next-gen” nic salt, it usually means bottled versions of flavours people first tried in disposables. That trend only exists because the UK banned single-use disposables in June 2025. Pod Salt was doing something similar years earlier, for a different reason.
We are one of the earliest dedicated nic salt brands in the UK, launched in 2018. We built our formula around nicotine salt chemistry from day one, rather than adapting an existing freebase recipe the way some brands do. That early bet is backed by third-party recognition, not just our own claim. Pod Salt has picked up Best Nic Salt honours at Vape Jam London in 2019, the World Vape Show in Dubai in 2021, and the Vapouround Awards in both 2021 and 2022.
Every Bar X bottle still comes out of the same ISO 9001 accredited, ISO 7 cleanroom facility in Preston as the rest of the Pod Salt range. That is simply the baseline we hold ourselves to on every bottle we make. The real story is the seven years of nic salt experience behind it, not the certificate on the wall.
Choosing Your Strength
Bar X comes in 5mg, 10mg and 20mg. As a general guide, 5mg suits light or social vapers. 10mg sits in the middle, and works well if you are moving down from a stronger strength. 20mg, the UK's legal maximum, is built for heavier smokers who need a firmer hit to make the switch stick.
If you are new to nic salts, or you are not sure which strength fits your habits, our nicotine strength guide walks through it in more detail.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Try Bar X Today
Bar X brings bold, familiar flavour to a range built on manufacturing experience that goes back to 2018. Grab a bottle at the launch price while it lasts, and find out why the “next-gen” idea was never really new to us.
