Elf Bar 600 vs Lost Mary BM600: the rechargeable 600s, compared

Since single-use vapes were banned across the UK from 1 June 2025, rechargeable prefilled pod kits have taken their place. They feel the same, taste the same and still use a 2ml pod, but the battery is kept and recharged.

The Elf Bar 600 pod kit and the Lost Mary BM600 pod kit are two of the best known. Both are £4.99, both are 20mg nic salt, and both pods are rated at 600 puffs. Nicotine is addictive, and 20mg is the UK legal maximum.

Neither has a screen, a button or a setting to worry about. That simplicity is the whole point.

The Elf Bar 600 kit carries 500mAh against the BM600's 360mAh, about 39% more. Elf Bar quote a full charge in under an hour.

In practice, a 600-puff pod is a day or two of vaping for most people, and a 360mAh battery will need a top-up before the pod is finished if you vape heavily. With 500mAh you are more likely to get through a pod per charge.

If battery matters most and you want something just as small, the Elf Bar Elfa Pro also has 500mAh at £4.75.

Here is a detail many people miss: Elfa Pro prefilled pods fit the Elf Bar 600 kit as well as the Elfa and Elfa Pro. A pack of two is £4.99, so roughly £2.50 a pod.

The BM600 takes its own BM600 prefilled pods, found under Lost Mary pods. Lost Mary list over 40 flavours for the kit, from Blue Razz Ice and Double Apple to Lemon Lime and Menthol. The Elf Bar kit lists around 23, including Apple Peach, Cherry Cola and Banana Ice.

The BM600's dual mesh coil is designed for a fuller flavour hit, though taste is personal.

These kits are new enough that a few half-truths still float around. Tap each card for the facts.

The biggest misunderstanding is that these are just disposables with a new name. They are not: the battery is rechargeable and designed to be kept, and only the pod is replaced. That is why they are legal to sell when single-use vapes are not.

The other common one is about strength. A 600-puff pod is not weaker than a bottle of the same flavour; the pods are 20mg nic salt, the strongest you can buy in the UK.

The Elf Bar 600 kit is about as simple as vaping gets. Remove the pod's protective plug, push it into the top of the device and draw. One pod comes in the box.

It uses a mesh coil and produces a small amount of vapour for a mouth to lung draw. The 500mAh battery recharges over USB-C in under an hour.

Cross-compatibility with Elfa Pro pods widens your flavour options, and pods are sold singly or in packs of ten.

At 30g it weighs about the same as a couple of pound coins and a few keys, so it really does disappear in a pocket.

The BM600 is the rechargeable version of the shape a lot of people know from the original Lost Mary bar. The kit comes with a 2ml prefilled pod of 20mg nic salt, a dual mesh coil, and a 360mAh battery.

It weighs 31g, essentially the same as the Elf Bar, and is inhale activated with no buttons.

If you find yourself getting through a pod a day, it is worth comparing the monthly cost with a refillable kit. Spoiler: refillables are much cheaper to run, though they ask a little more of you.