Vaporesso Luxe X2 vs Luxe X3: Should You Upgrade?

Most "new model" comparisons can be written from the spec sheet without touching either device: the newer one is bigger, faster and better, buy it. This one cannot, because the Luxe X3 has a smaller battery than the Luxe X2 — 1400mAh against 2000mAh.

That is not a typo and it is not a mistake by Vaporesso. It is a deliberate trade, and whether it is a good one depends entirely on why you bought the X2 in the first place.

We no longer stock the X2, so this is written for people who already own one and are wondering whether to replace it — not for anyone choosing between two kits on the shelf.

What actually changed

• Battery — 2000mAh → 1400mAh

• Maximum output — 5–40W → up to 40W

• Coil technology — built-in mesh → COREX 2.0 morph-mesh

• Pods included — 0.6Ω and 0.8Ω → 0.4Ω and 0.8Ω

• Refilling — bottom fill → side fill with a silicone stopper

• Display — Smart Mode with no readout → battery, wattage, puff count and coil resistance

• Pod — 2ml Luxe X on both

• Vaping styles — MTL and RDTL on both

• Airflow — adjustable on both

• Coil detection — automatic on both

The battery is the catch, and it is a real one

600mAh is a 30% cut. If you bought the X2 because it went two days between charges, the X3 will not, and no amount of coil technology changes that. On this one axis the older device is the better device, and anyone telling you otherwise has not read the numbers.

It is worth being clear-eyed about that before reading the rest of this, because everything else in the X3 is an improvement.

What you get for the 600mAh

COREX 2.0 coils. This is the real change. Vaporesso say the morph-mesh structure and cumulus cotton increase the heating surface area by around 50% over a standard coil, and extend coil life by a similar amount. Those are their figures rather than ours, but the effect is noticeable: fuller flavour, and pods that stay drinkable for longer before they taste tired.

A 0.4Ω pod in the box. The X2 shipped with 0.6Ω and 0.8Ω — two fairly similar, fairly tight options. The X3 ships 0.4Ω and 0.8Ω, which is a genuinely wider spread. The 0.4Ω is warmer and more open for restricted direct-to-lung; the 0.8Ω is the tight one for nic salts. You get more range out of the box.

Side filling instead of bottom filling. A small thing that stops being small once you have refilled a bottom-fill pod over a light-coloured sofa.

A screen that tells you something. The X2 had Smart Mode and left you to trust it. The X3 shows battery, wattage, puff count and coil resistance, so when the vape changes you can see why.

Your pods carry over

The X3 takes the same Luxe X pods as the X2, in the same 2ml UK size. If you have a drawer of them, none of it is stranded, and that is worth more than most spec-sheet differences.

It also means you can try a 0.4Ω pod in your existing X2 before deciding anything. If the wider resistance range is the part that appeals, you can have most of it today for the price of a pod rather than the price of a kit.

So should you upgrade?

Yes, if flavour is what you care about and you charge nightly anyway. The COREX 2.0 coils are the reason to move, and the battery cut costs you nothing if the device is on a cable every evening regardless.

No, if you bought the X2 for its battery. You would be paying to get less of the thing you chose it for.

Try a pod first, if what tempts you is the 0.4Ω. It fits your X2.

Where the Luxe X Pro fits

If you were going to replace the X2 anyway and the battery is what you would miss, it is worth looking at the Luxe X Pro rather than defaulting to the X3 — it sits above both in the range. We would rather point you at it than sell you a kit that goes flat sooner than the one you already own.

Both are in stock in the Northampton shops and you are welcome to handle them before deciding.

When an X2 is worth replacing anyway

Batteries wear. A two-year-old X2 that used to last two days and now barely does one is not broken, it is a lithium cell near the end of its life, and a new pod will not fix it. That is the honest reason most people move on, and at that point the X3's smaller battery stops being a downgrade — because you are comparing it against a worn 2000mAh cell, not a new one.

If you are not sure whether it is the battery or the pod, bring it into either shop and we will tell you. It takes a minute, and we would rather sell you a pod than a kit you do not need.

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