Every OXVA Pod Kit Compared: Xlim, Xlim Pro 3, 3 Ultra, Go Lite and the NeXlim Range

OXVA make two ranges that look almost identical on a shelf and take completely different pods. That is the single most useful thing to know before you buy one, and it is the reason people end up with a kit whose cartridges they cannot find.

• Xlim — the smaller, simpler range. Up to 30W. Takes Xlim cartridges.

• NeXlim — more power, up to 40W, with dual-mesh coils and Boost and ECO modes. Takes NeXlim cartridges.

The pods are not interchangeable. Choose the range first, the kit second.

All seven, side by side

• Xlim Go Lite — 1000mAh · 30W · RGB light · 41.5g · Xlim pods

• Xlim Pro 3 — 1500mAh · 30W · 1.05" colour screen · 77.4g · Xlim pods

• Xlim 3 Ultra — 1500mAh · 30W · 2.2" touch screen · 90g · Xlim pods

• NeXlim Go — 1800mAh · 40W · tri-colour light · 87.5g · NeXlim pods

• NeXlim — 1500mAh · 40W · 0.85" colour screen · 87.5g · NeXlim pods

• NeXlim 2 Mini — 1500mAh · 30W · 3-colour LED · 59g · NeXlim pods

• NeXlim 2 — 2000mAh · 40W · 0.85" colour screen · 88.5g · NeXlim pods

Every one takes a 2ml top-fill cartridge in the UK, charges over USB Type-C, and has adjustable airflow on the side. Those are not the differences worth thinking about.

If you want the smallest

The Xlim Go Lite at 41.5g, and it is not close — that is half the weight of the Ultra and under 16mm across. You give up the screen and you charge it daily on a 1000mAh battery, but nothing else here disappears in a pocket the same way.

Second choice is the NeXlim 2 Mini at 59g, which gets you the NeXlim's dual-mesh coils in an aluminium body while staying light.

If you want the longest between charges

The NeXlim 2 at 2000mAh, and it is also the only kit here that charges at 3A rather than 2A — a meaningful difference if you tend to charge in short bursts rather than overnight.

The NeXlim Go is the runner-up at 1800mAh, and cheaper, because it drops the colour screen for a battery light.

If you want a screen

The Xlim 3 Ultra has a 2.2-inch touch screen you operate with a finger. It is genuinely quicker if you switch between a 0.8Ω on salts and a 0.6Ω on a shortfill, and pointless if you set your wattage once and leave it — which is most people.

The Xlim Pro 3 at 1.05 inches is the sensible middle: everything you need to read, none of the size. We wrote a full comparison of those two, because on paper they look nearly the same.

If you want the most power

Anything in the NeXlim range runs to 40W against the Xlim's 30W, and the dual-mesh coils with Boost and ECO modes are the real difference rather than the top number. ECO is what you leave it on for an all-day vape; Boost is worth it on a fresh coil with a flavour you want to hear properly.

If you want the simplest

The NeXlim Go. Auto-draw, no menu, a battery light instead of a screen, and the full 40W. It is the one to hand somebody who wants it to work rather than to be configured.

A note on the names

Two traps, both of which we get asked about at the counter.

"NeXlim Pro 3" is not a product. If that is what you searched, you want either the Xlim Pro 3 or the NeXlim, and they take different cartridges. There is a separate comparison of those two.

"Go" appears in both ranges. The Xlim Go Lite and the NeXlim Go are different kits on different pod platforms, and the NeXlim Go is nearly twice the weight.

Pods and coils

• Xlim range takes Xlim top-fill cartridges in 0.4Ω, 0.6Ω, 0.8Ω and 1.2Ω.

• NeXlim range takes NeXlim cartridges in 0.6Ω, 0.8Ω and 1.2Ω.

Within a range, every kit shares pods — so if you already own an Xlim, another Xlim costs you nothing in spares. Across ranges, you start again.

As a rule: 0.8Ω for nic salts, 0.6Ω for higher-VG shortfills, 1.2Ω for the tightest draw on high-strength salts, 0.4Ω for the most open draw and the shortest battery life.

The short version

Smallest, the Go Lite. Longest battery, the NeXlim 2. Best screen, the 3 Ultra. Simplest, the NeXlim Go. Best all-rounder, the Xlim Pro 3 — which is what most people in the shop walk out with.

All are stocked in both Northampton shops, and the weight differences are the part that does not come across in photographs. Worth handling them before you decide.