SKE Crystal Nic Salts Explained: Best Vape Flavours for 2026

Let’s be honest, if you were vaping in the UK before June 2025, you probably had a SKE Crystal in your pocket or your bag at some point. They were dead handy: five or six quid, 600 puffs, cracking flavour, no charging, no filling, no hassle. You just cracked the seal, puffed away, and when the light started flashing, you binned it and grabbed another. Then the ban came in, shops cleared the shelves overnight, and suddenly half the country was wondering what the hell to do next. Some went back to fags, some quit, but a lot of us just wanted the same experience without all the plastic waste and the constant spending.

The good news is SKE stepped up straight away. They didn’t try to come up with something completely new; they simply took all those crystal bar vape flavours everyone loved, kept the recipes exactly the same, and put them into proper nic salt bottles. That’s what the SKE Crystal Nic Salts (officially called SKE Crystal Original Salts) are all about, and they’ve become the go-to choice for pretty much everyone who used to grab a Crystal Bar.

This isn’t a cheap imitation or anything like that. SKE used the very same flavour concentrates from the original bars and turned them into Nic Salt E-Liquid. You get the identical bold taste in easy 10ml bottles, with a 50/50 VG/PG mix, in 10mg or 20mg strengths, all made right here in the UK and fully compliant. With over 25 flavours in the SKE Crystal range, whatever you used to pick up is now available in e-liquid form. Just fill your pod kit, and you’re getting the same experience you remember, but in a way that’s much better value and far kinder to the environment.

Nic salts are the reason this feels so spot on. Regular freebase nicotine at 20mg can be brutal; it grabs the back of your throat and makes you hack if you pull too hard. SKE Crystal Vape Juice doesn’t do that. They use proper nicotine salts with benzoic acid mixed in, which drops the pH and makes the vape dead smooth, even at the higher strength. The nicotine gets into your system quicker as well, so you get that fast hit you were used to. A few proper drags and you’re satisfied  you’re not sitting there puffing away for half an hour just to keep the edge off. For anyone who was getting through a bar a day or more, this is the closest thing you’ll find in a refillable setup.

The 50/50 blend is another big win. It’s made for mouth-to-lung vaping, the same tight draw you had before. Not too thick, so it soaks into the cotton properly and doesn’t burn your coil out in a couple of hours. Not too thin, so no leaking all over your pocket. You get strong flavour, a decent throat hit, and just enough vapour to see what you’re doing without turning into a human fog machine. It works a treat in any pod kit you’re likely to pick up. The SKE Crystal Plus is the natural choice because it was literally built for these liquids, but the OXVA Xlim, Vaporesso Xros and all the usual ones take it no problem. Set it between 12 and 20 watts, fill the pod, leave it for ten minutes for the cotton to soak, shake the bottle first, and you’re vaping properly.

People come into the shop every single day making the switch, and it always comes down to the same three things.

Money is the first and biggest. Those old bars weren’t cheap when you added them up. Five or six quid each, one or two a day, that’s fifty to a hundred quid a month disappearing into thin air. A 10ml bottle of SKE Crystal Nic Salts costs a fraction of that and gives you thousands of puffs. Buy a pod kit once for thirty or forty quid, change vape coils for a couple of quid every week or two, and you’re saving proper money. We do multi-buy deals on the whole range, so you can grab four or five bottles and still spend less than you did on a week of the old way. Most punters notice the difference in their wallet within the first month.

Waste is the second reason a lot of people mention. The ban happened for a reason: all those little plastic devices and batteries were ending up in landfill by the million. With refillables you’re cutting that right down to almost nothing. One pod lasts months, you recycle the empty bottle, change the coil when it tastes burnt. It’s not about preaching, it just feels better knowing you’re not adding to the mountain of rubbish.

Flavour is what really hooks everyone though. These taste exactly like the old Crystal Bars because they are the old Crystal Bars in liquid form. No watered-down knock-offs, no weird recipe tweaks to save a penny. If Watermelon Ice was your thing, the bottled version is identical  and loads of people say it tastes even cleaner and stronger now because the power stays steady and the coil is fresh longer.

Top Vape Flavours for 2026

Heading into 2026, the flavours doing the numbers are the big juicy fruits with a bit of ice or cooling. They’re refreshing, easy to vape all day, and they don’t get boring after an hour. Here’s the proper lowdown on the ones we’re shifting most of.

• Watermelon Ice is still the undisputed king of the hill. Proper juicy watermelon sweet, a little watery like the real fruit on a hot day, finished with clean ice on the exhale. It’s balanced perfectly. You can vape it from the minute you wake up to the minute you go to bed and it never gets sickly or overpowering. People buy this one by the handful because they know it’s reliable every single time.

• Blueberry Sour Raspberry has come storming up the sales board. Rich blueberry hits first – deep and jammy like proper berries off the bush. Then the sour raspberry kicks in on the way out and gives you that sharp tang that makes your mouth water. It’s not face-puckering sour, just enough to keep every puff interesting. Sweet in, tangy out, addictive in the best way.

• Kiwi Passionfruit Guava is the tropical one that makes people stop and go “bloody hell”. Sharp kiwi starts it off, passionfruit piles in with that intense floral punch, and  guava smooths everything out at the end. Light cooling runs through it to keep it fresh. Short drag for kiwi bite, long drag for more guava sweetness. Proper holiday in a pod.

• Cherry Ice is the steady classic. Deep real cherry taste fruit with a bit of tart, not fake syrup cooled off with smooth menthol. Warm cherry, fresh finish. Brilliant when the weather turns colder.

• Lemon & Lime is sharp, clean citrus. Lemon leads, lime adds depth. Refreshing as anything, cuts through everything.

• Blue Fusion mixes blueberry, blackberry, and raspberry with a cool edge. Jammy and rich.

• Strawberry Burst pure ripe strawberry with ice. Simple summer taste.

• Pink Lemonade red berries and lemonade with a fizzy feel. Light and uplifting.

• Blue Razz Lemonade candy blue raspberry and lemonade tang. Playful and fun.

• VMT Ice dark berries with heavy menthol.

• Fresh Mojito Menthol lime, mint, ice proper cocktail vibe.

• Cola Ice fizzy cola chilled down. Nostalgic.

• Juicy Peach has real ripe peach sweetness.

• Triple Mango mango turned up loud.

• Banana Ice creamy banana cooled.

• Lemon Peach Passionfruit zesty fruit layers.

• Watermelon Strawberry melon and strawberry combo.

• Blueberry Raspberries double berry hit.

How to Choose the Right SKE Crystal Nic Salt for You

• Picking the right bottle from the SKE Crystal range is dead straightforward.

• Start with what you already know and like. If you had a favourite flavour before, grab that one first. The bottled version is the same. No point guessing early on.

• Strength next. If you were on 20mg before and getting through a lot, stick with 20mg SKE Crystal Nic Salts. Smooth but strong enough to keep cravings away. If you want to cut down or were lighter before, drop to 10mg. Salts still hit quickly, so it feels good even lower.

• Your kit matters. These are made for mouth-to-lung pods – tight draw like before. The SKE Crystal Plus is the perfect match, but any similar pod works. Don’t waste them in big sub-ohm kits tanks.

• Think about the taste you want all day. Refreshing? Watermelon Ice, Kiwi Passionfruit Guava, Lemon & Lime. Sweeter? Strawberry Burst, Juicy Peach, Triple Mango. A bit of edge? Blueberry Sour Raspberry. Straight cold? Menthol.

• Buy a few different ones. We do multi-buys, so it’s cheap to try four or five. Rotating them through the day keeps your taste buds happy.

• Wattage and drags count. Start low, 12-15 watts. Slow steady pulls, not big lung hits, that's where the flavour really shines.

Look after the kit properly. Prime new coils fill the pod and wait ten minutes. Shake the bottle before filling. Change the coil when the taste drops or it starts tasting burnt. Simple stuff makes your liquid last longer and taste better.

Conclusion

The SKE Crystal Nic Salts are hands down the best thing to come out of the ban for UK vapers. You get the exact same crystal vapes flavours you loved and missed, now in bottles that save you serious money, cut the waste right down, and give you proper control over your vaping. No more running out halfway through the day or watching your cash disappear.

With over 25 options in the SKE Crystal range, there’s something for everyone, and the big hitters like Watermelon Ice, Blueberry Sour Raspberry, and Kiwi Passionfruit Guava are only going to get more popular as we go into 2026. Pick the strength and flavours that suit you, pair them with a decent pod kit, and you’re laughing.