On July 1, 2025, North Carolina’s new rules make most pre-filled disposables history. Toss-and-go sticks that used to land in the trash after a few thousand puffs can’t legally land in your cart anymore. That doesn’t mean you have to give up the flavors—or the grab-and-go convenience—you’re hooked on. At Asheville Vapor we’ve stocked four pod kits that keep the “disposable feel” while swapping waste for refillable simplicity. Here’s how each one stacks up in real-world use, so you can choose the pod that fits your pocket and your puff style.

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1. Voopoo VRIZZ

Voopoo designed the VRIZZ to fool your brain: it looks like the chunky 15 mL throw-aways on every gas-station pegboard, but the pod pops out, refills from the top, and locks back in with magnets. That single pod really does hold 15 mL, and Voopoo pairs it with an 800 mAh battery and three power levels (12 W, 18 W, 24 W). In practice you get a day and a half of moderate vaping per charge, and a coil that can chew through four refills before flavor fades—roughly 80 000 puffs per pod if you baby it. Airflow slides from cigarette-tight to restricted-lung, and the color screen keeps an honest battery meter on display. Downsides? The big pod makes the device a little thicker than a Caliburn, and chain-vaping at the 24 W “Turbo” setting will drain that 800 mAh cell fast, but if you want a single device that feels familiar yet legal on July 2, VRIZZ is the sure bet.

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2. Vaporesso XROS 4 Mini

If you’d rather trade monster juice capacity for a slimmer build, the XROS 4 Mini puts 3 mL of e-liquid and a 1000 mAh battery inside a credit-card-thick aluminum shell. Vaporesso’s new COREX 2.0 mesh pods come in 0.6 Ω and 0.8 Ω (U.S. versions) and are cross-compatible with the whole XROS family, so replacements are everywhere. A back-slider adjusts airflow from cigarette-snug to loose MTL, and a three-color LED tells you how much battery is left—no screen to fuss with. Flavor is stellar; reviewers measure about an hour on a fast USB-C charge and two full refills per pod before taste drops off. The “con” column is short: you refill more often than with VRIZZ and you can’t raise or lower wattage manually, but if you want the simplest button-free draw-to-fire stick that still lasts all day, this is it.

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3. Uwell Caliburn G3 Pro

Caliburn’s first full-screen pod kit hides a 1000 mAh battery and 5–35 W chipset inside a zinc-alloy body that’s still jeans-pocket friendly. The color display shows wattage, puff count, and exact battery %; you can lock the button and rely on draw-activation for pocket safety. New G-series pods snap in: 3 mL / 0.4 Ω for restricted-lung clouds or 2.5 mL / 0.9 Ω for classic MTL—both refill easily and stay leak-free. Fine-tune airflow with a side slider, then vape a full day of salts before the USB-C top-up. Downsides? It weighs more than earlier Caliburns, and chain-vaping at 35 W burns through juice quickly. If you want mod-level control without leaving pod convenience, the G3 Pro is the upgrade to beat.

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4. Uwell Cravat 

Need something you forget is in your jeans until you pull it out? The Cravat weighs about as much as a Bic lighter, runs a 300 mAh cell, and sips on a 1.5 mL pod with a fixed 1.2 Ω coil at roughly 9 W. Draw-activated only, no buttons, no airflow slider—just fill, click, and inhale. For commuters who charge in the car or anyone who wants “concert stealth” vaping, that’s perfect. For road-trippers it’s less ideal: you’ll drain a battery or two every bottle of nic salt and you can’t crank wattage for bigger clouds. Think of the Cravat as a glove-box or festival companion, not your long-haul driver.

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Picking your post-ban partner

• Want one device that does everything disposables promised? Grab the VRIZZ.
• Care most about pocket comfort and flavor consistency? XROS 4 Mini is the sweet spot.
• Crave full control and marathon battery life? Caliburn G4 Pro all the way.
• Need the tiniest legal option for nights out? Stash a Cravat.

Whichever route you take, remember that refillables open up real choices in nicotine strength and flavor. Bring your soon-to-be-banned disposable into Asheville Vapor, and our crew will set you up with a kit, coach you on juice strength, and knock 10 % off your first bottle of salt to make the switch painless. The ban is coming—let’s make it your upgrade day instead.