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Coil life, liquid cost and the candy habit

Ordering into Nouméa usually means waiting 6–12 business days. Plan the reorder around that, not around the flavour you like best.

Most people searching IQOS in New Caledonia are not after a spec sheet. They want to know what it costs, how long it lasts and which shop will still service it in three months.

If you only read one line: the RDA you buy decides how long candy tastes right, and the coil inside it decides how long that is.

What a candy RDA really costs in Nouméa

Candy prices move with import duty more than with brand. In Nouméa that means the entry option and the premium option can close to within XPF2.64 per 10 ml.

How we tested candy in a RDA

1. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.
2. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 6–12 business days.
3. Pick the RDA that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.

• Stock depth: 14 lines held, so the shortlist does not turn into a special order.
• A dated dispatch promise: before 14:00 same day, tracked, so no order is held to a warehouse cut-off.
• Returns window and who pays return postage when a RDA arrives sealed but wrong.
• The landed price per 10 ml after 6–12 business days, which is the only number worth comparing.

Where candy goes wrong

• Mixing candy with a coil rated for a different wattage, which dulls the flavour and drains liquid faster.
• Assuming varies is uniform across brands, because two suppliers can label the same number differently.
• Skipping the spare coil, which is the single part that decides how long candy in Nouméa survives.

The rules that apply here

New Caledonia applies French-language labelling at customs clearance.

Packaging for candy in New Caledonia must be child-resistant, and the batch code has to be readable without cutting the shrink wrap.

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