HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels

Dec.05.2024
HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels
E-cigarette brand HQD recently launched its new product, the HQD FLEX, on its official website. The product features a combination of "2+10" and "4-in-1" designs, allowing users to adjust the sweetness or ice level when switching flavors. The product is now available on the HQD official website.

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Recently, 2Firsts noticed that the e-cigarette brand HQD has released a new product on its official website - HQD FLEX. This product combines the features of "2+10" products and "4-in-1" e-cigarettes, allowing users to adjust the sweetness or coolness while switching between flavors.

 

Specifically, the product specifications for HQD FLEX are as shown in the table below:

 

HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels
HQD FLEX Parameter Information | Image source: 2Firsts

 

The key feature of HQD FLEX lies in its combination of the "2+10" product and "4-in-1" e-cigarette design, allowing for both flavor switching and adjustment functions.

 

According to the product rendering image released on the HQD official website, the HQD FLEX e-cigarette is equipped with a 2ml e-liquid cartridge on one side and a 10ml pre-filled e-liquid refill tank. The text style "SWEETNESS" suggests that this built-in e-liquid portion may contain either sweet or icy e-liquid for adjusting sweetness or coolness levels, allowing users to change the product flavor based on different power settings.

 

HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels
HQD FLEX | Image source: HQD official website

 

On the other side of the HQD FLEX e-cigarette, it adopts a "4-in-1" e-cigarette design, with four individual pre-filled e-liquid pods containing four different flavors of e-liquid. Users can change the product flavor by rotating a knob.

 

According to information on the official website, the HQD FLEX e-cigarette's "2+10" section allows for a choice between "Sweetness" or "Coolness," while the "4-in-1" section offers a total of six flavors to choose from.

 

HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels
HQD FLEX | Image source: HQD official website

 

At the British e-cigarette exhibition held in October this year, 2Firsts found that HQD showcased their innovative e-cigarette device, HQD FLEX. According to booth staff, this product made its first appearance at the British e-cigarette exhibition and will soon be available for sale in the market. (Read more: "HQD Innovative E-Cigarette Device Unveiled at Birmingham Expo 2024")

 

HQD Launches '2+10' and '4-in-1' Hybrid New Products with Adjustable Flavor and Sweetness/Ice Levels
HQD launched the HQD FLEX at the e-cigarette exhibition in the UK | Image source: 2Firsts

 

It is worth noting that the HQD FLEX showcased at the exhibition is being touted as a "5-in-1 e-cigarette," which differs in design from the product featured on the official website. The latter combines the design of the "2+10" product and the "4-in-1" e-cigarette.

 

Currently, there are several e-cigarette products on the market that have sweetness or cooling adjustment features, such as the Adjust Mysweet 40K("Lost Mary Launches Adjust Mysweet 40K with 4 Level Sweetness") from the Lost Mary brand and the SPACEMAN SP40000 from the SMOK sub-brand SPACEMAN("SMOK SPACEMAN sub-brand launches SP40000 e-cigarette in US market"). However, e-cigarettes like the HQD FLEX, which allow users to adjust sweetness or cooling while switching flavors, have not yet appeared on the market. (Read more: "Flavor-adjustable e-cigarettes trend as ELFBAR, SMOK launch new models")

 

At the time of writing, the HQD FLEX e-cigarette is currently available on the HQD brand's official website, but has not yet been widely featured on e-cigarette retailer websites or social media platforms.

 

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