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Exhale Brands changes the vape game with AirBuds

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Exhale Brands’ AirBuds
Photo: Wade Vandervort

Since their introduction in 2016, Apple’s AirPods have become both wildly popular and a fashionable status symbol. The concept is amazing—a compact, almost completely mobile wireless device that comes in its own charging case. What more could a consumer ask for?

Pete Findley, CEO of Las Vegas-based Exhale Brands, was also enamored of the AirPods concept, and noted the public’s affinity for it.

“We really liked the form factor, how it fit in your pocket really well,” he says. “The problem with most vape pens—a lot of vape pens—is they’re like a pencil or pen; they’re really long. If you sit down, it can be awkward. We wanted to bring a disruptive product to the market. It’s very different than anything else out there.”

Exhale’s AirBuds, which launch on April 16 at dispensaries throughout Nevada, have other features in common with AirPods aside from approximating their size and shape.

The product comes in a rechargeable case. When you open it, you’ll find the pen, along with an extra cartridge. According to their testing, Findley says, the battery can last through anywhere from 8 to 10 cartridges. Plus, the case sports a battery meter, so you’re are always aware of how much charge the case is carrying.

The All-in-One Vape Starter Kit retails for $100, and two-pack half gram replacement pod cartridges cost $50. Additionally, Exhale Brands is planning to release silicone cases with carabiner clips, to make carrying your pen around easy.

“It’s incredibly well built. When you feel it, it feels like Apple [products],” Findley says. “There’s a lot of importance to that, because it feels like such high quality.”

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