What does VPU stand for?

Vaping Processing Unit. Geek Bar uses the name the way a computer maker uses CPU, for the technology platform behind its vapes.

Geek Bar describes it as a technology platform rather than a single part. It covers fluid and heat transmission, material safety and advanced material research.

Which devices have VPU?

Geek Bar lists VPU on the Pulse X and the Pulse X 2. We list it on a device only where the maker does.

What does Geek Bar claim VPU improves?

Geek Bar says products using it had a 23.7% increase in cloud volume with consistent flavour on each puff. These are the maker’s own claims.

VPU: what Geek Bar’s Vaping Processing Unit is

VPU stands for Vaping Processing Unit: Geek Bar’s platform for heat, fluid and materials. What the maker says it covers, and which devices list it.

What Geek Bar says VPU is

VPU stands for Vaping Processing Unit. Geek Bar compares it to the CPU in a computer: a platform that brings together its work on fluid and heat transmission, material safety and advanced materials. The summary below is the maker’s account, not our testing. The full version is at geekbar.com/vpu.html.

Heat. Geek Bar calls the heat generator one of the most important parts of a vape. The maker reports a 23.7% increase in cloud volume on products using VPU, with consistent flavour on each puff.

Wick material. It describes its own testing standard for through-air bonded non-woven wick material, aimed at the same performance from one batch to the next.

Ceramic core. Through its choice of raw materials and moulding, the maker says it can hold pore size anywhere from 0.1 to 80 microns, which lets it match a uniform pore structure to each use.

Process testing. It reports aerosol analysis aimed at excess condensation, oil absorption and oil frying, the problems that can gum up a core. It also describes a 10-day test with the heater sitting in liquid, and statistics-based process control across batches, with a stated yield of 99.5%.

Geek Bar sums up the aim as a mellower taste and a longer usage lifespan.

VPU on the devices in the range

Geek Bar lists VPU on two devices in the range:

Geek Bar Pulse X 25K: up to 25,000 puffs, a 18mL tank and a 820mAh battery, at $34.99 CAD.
Geek Bar Pulse X 2 100K: up to 100,000 puffs, a 20mL tank and a 1000mAh battery, at $36.99 CAD.

VPU is one part of what separates the models. Puff rating, tank size, screen and price usually decide it, and the comparison guide sets those side by side.

Questions, answered

What does VPU stand for?: Vaping Processing Unit. Geek Bar uses the name the way a computer maker uses CPU, for the technology platform behind its vapes.
Is VPU a chip?: Geek Bar describes it as a technology platform rather than a single part. It covers fluid and heat transmission, material safety and advanced material research.
Which devices have VPU?: Geek Bar lists VPU on the Pulse X and the Pulse X 2. We list it on a device only where the maker does.
What does Geek Bar claim VPU improves?: Geek Bar says products using it had a 23.7% increase in cloud volume with consistent flavour on each puff. These are the maker’s own claims.