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How we tested Plum RDA here

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

Plum RDA reviews tend to be written after one tank. We run 6 units and 8 days per unit, because that is where the honest answer changes.

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

What a plum RDA really costs in Nouméa

There is no single best way to buy IQOS in New Caledonia. There is only the batch that arrived, the coil that came with it, and whether the shop tracks the production run.

How we tested plum in a RDA

1. Choose strength against the ceiling in New Caledonia, which is the local legal limit for retail here.
2. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 6–12 business days.
3. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.

• Batch code and production date, so a plum bottle turned in 8 weeks ago is not sold as new.
• 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.
• A dated dispatch promise: before 14:00 same day, tracked, so no order is held to a warehouse cut-off.

Where plum goes wrong

• Ignoring the batch date on a RDA and discovering the listed price was for old stock.
• Mixing plum with a coil rated for a different wattage, which dulls the flavour and drains liquid faster.
• Matching strength to the device instead of the draw, which is why plum tastes flat after two days.

The rules that apply here

New Caledonia applies French-style rules with a local import permit.

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

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