It's an honest question and it's worth asking before assuming the worst. Here's how to tell the difference.
When a disposable vape runs out of extract, the draw becomes thin, almost tasteless — like pulling through an empty cartridge. The vapour production drops to almost nothing. If you hold the device up to light, the chamber looks clear or nearly clear.
Some devices also have a built-in auto-shutoff that kicks in toward the end to prevent overheating the coil on an empty chamber. If the device stops working and the oil appears to be gone, that's what happened — the product ran its course.
A malfunctioning device tells a different story. The oil is visibly still there — you can see it, the chamber isn't clear — but the device won't activate. The LED blinks without producing vapour. The device feels dead even though it has product left.
Sometimes it's the battery. Sometimes it's the heating coil. Sometimes it's a failure in the draw sensor. The exact cause matters less than the fact that there's still oil inside and nothing's happening.
If your device has a USB-C or micro-USB port, plug it in before concluding it's broken. A depleted battery is the most common reason a disposable stops working early. Give it 20–30 minutes on a standard cable and try again. If the LED activates while charging and the device works after, the battery was the issue.
If it charges, holds a charge, and still doesn't produce vapour — with oil still visible — that's a defect worth reporting.
Get in touch. Describe what you're seeing — what the oil level looks like, what the LED does, what happens when you draw. We'll help you figure out whether the device has a problem or has simply done what it was built to do. Either way, you'll get a straight answer.