<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Wayward Vape</title><description>Independent notes on vaping hardware: how devices actually perform, what the specs mean, and where the marketing stops and the engineering starts.</description><link>https://waywardvape.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>How we test, and how we score</title><link>https://waywardvape.com/blog/how-we-test-vapes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://waywardvape.com/blog/how-we-test-vapes/</guid><description>The method behind every review on this site: how long we use a device, what we measure, and where the scores come from.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Methodology</category><category>methodology</category><category>transparency</category></item><item><title>Battery safety: the four things that actually go wrong</title><link>https://waywardvape.com/blog/battery-safety-basics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://waywardvape.com/blog/battery-safety-basics/</guid><description>Most battery incidents trace back to four avoidable mistakes. None of them require you to be careless — just uninformed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Science</category><category>batteries</category><category>safety</category><category>18650</category></item><item><title>What 0.6Ω actually means, and why your coil dies in three days</title><link>https://waywardvape.com/blog/coil-resistance-explained/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://waywardvape.com/blog/coil-resistance-explained/</guid><description>Resistance is not a quality rating. It is one number in a chain that decides how hot your coil runs and how fast it dies.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Science</category><category>coils</category><category>resistance</category><category>ohms law</category></item><item><title>Pod or box mod: which one actually fits your day</title><link>https://waywardvape.com/blog/pod-or-box-which-fits-your-day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://waywardvape.com/blog/pod-or-box-which-fits-your-day/</guid><description>Pods are not just &quot;beginner devices&quot; and box mods are not automatically better. Here is the honest split, based on how you actually vape.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>pods</category><category>box mods</category><category>buying guide</category></item></channel></rss>