Sunshine Coast, Queensland
We Built The Thing We Wished Existed.
It Started With A Ban And A Question Nobody Was Answering.
The ban landed and millions of Australians woke up with no plan. Overnight the conversation became about supply. Where to get one. What it costs now. Whether the corner shop still has stock.
The pull of something between your fingers, the small exhale that breaks a stressful moment, the reach for your pocket at the exact same three points in the day. None of that disappeared because the device did. That is the part that keeps people coming back, and that is the part nothing on the shelf was built for.
Patches treat the chemical. Gum treats the chemical. Apps treat the guilt. So we asked what happens if you build for the ritual instead, and give the hands and the breath somewhere better to go.
FAD is the answer we landed on. Botanical plant based Cores, a machined body worth carrying, and three fidget points so your hands stay busy. No nicotine, no vapour, no smoke, no charger. Designed, packed and shipped from the Sunshine Coast by people who carry one every day.
What FAD Actually Is.
The Ritual, Not The Substance
Most people are not chasing the nicotine by day three. They are chasing the pause. The pocket reach, the pull, the exhale. FAD is built for that and nothing else.
Botanical Cores. Nothing Hidden.
Every Core is plant based and lab tested, with no nicotine, no synthetic flavouring and no vapour. One Core runs 3 to 5 days of real use inside the sealed chamber.
Australian Built, Australian Answered
This is not a dropship front with a rebranded catalogue. FAD is designed, packed and dispatched from the Sunshine Coast, and the person answering your email is the person who packed your box.
3-5
Days per Core
6
Botanical flavours
0
Nicotine. Zero.
QLD
Sunshine Coast owned and shipped
The ban took the device. It left you the habit. We built a better one.
FAD Co-Founders, Sunshine Coast 2024
How We Got Here
From A Kitchen Table To Express Post.
No investor deck, no factory in someone else's country. Here is the honest version.
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2023
We watched the habit outlive the product
Friends quit vaping and picked up smoking. Others quit smoking and picked up pouches. The substance kept changing and the behaviour never did. That was the pattern worth solving.
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Early 2024
The first prototype was ugly and it worked
A turned aluminium body, a packed botanical insert and a lot of tape. It looked terrible. But the reach, the draw and the exhale all landed, and the cravings measurably backed off. That was enough to keep going.
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Mid 2024
We chose Cores over liquid, on purpose
Liquid means heat, aerosol and regulation. A dry botanical Core means none of it. Six flavours came out of that decision, each blended from plant compounds and tested by a third party before it ships.
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2025
The sealed chamber solved the last real problem
Early Cores faded in two days because air got at them between uses. The patented self sealing magnetic chamber fixed it and pushed a Core to 3 to 5 days of genuine use. That is the version you buy now.
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Today
Walnut, stainless steel, and a Queensland postcode
Every kit is packed and dispatched from the Sunshine Coast, most of them the same day. Over 93 verified Australian reviews sit at 4.9 stars. We read all of them, including the ones that sting.
Where We Draw The Line
What Goes In. What Never Will.
You have been sold enough vague ingredient lists. Here is ours, in full, with the things we have permanently ruled out sitting right next to it.
In every FAD Core
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Botanical plant compounds
Food grade aromatic plant material, blended and packed dry. Nothing synthetic, nothing engineered to hook you.
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Airflow, not aerosol
You draw ordinary air across the Core. Nothing is heated, atomised or combusted, so there is nothing to exhale.
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Third party lab testing
Every blend is toxicology tested by an independent lab before it goes near a production run.
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A body built to be kept
Walnut and precision stainless steel, a patented self sealing chamber and three fidget points. Designed to last years, not weeks.
Never in a FAD Core
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Nicotine, in any amount
Not reduced, not trace, not a lower strength option. Zero, permanently, with no plan to change that.
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Vapour, smoke or aerosol
No coil, no battery, no heat. There is nothing to breathe out and nothing to fill a room.
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Synthetic flavouring
If it needs a lab to invent the taste, it does not go in a Core. Botanical or nothing.
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Disposable anything
No throwaway devices, no batteries in landfill, no engineered replacement cycle. Cores are the only consumable and they run 3 to 5 days.
FAD is not a registered medical device and makes no therapeutic claims. It is a botanical inhaler and sensory device. If you are managing a dependency, talk to your GP or call Quitline on 13 7848.
The People We Actually Built It For
Verified purchases. Real Australians.
From verified Australian buyers
“Ordered after seeing it on Facebook”
I got the steel, looks better than the photos. Fits nice in my hand. My husband has now ordered the wood version. Update: he said he prefers it to vapes!
Mel R.
“Absolutely worth it”
I have been using this for 2 weeks. The device feels really nice, the flavours are tasty and smell really good when you first open them.
Emma L.
“This worked for me”
I tried the gum and two different apps. None of them worked. The fidget is actually really good, I like clicking it. Flavours are honestly good, I like the Minty one.
Jake T.
“The spinner is great”
I like the clicking sounds. My hands needed something to do. 3 weeks without a smoke, feeling better about the future.
Chris A.
“The Steel inhaler changed my mornings”
I don't reach for my vape first thing anymore. The fidget spinner is actually pretty satisfying and so are the flavours.
Sarah M.
“Best money I have spent on quitting”
I spent years and thousands of dollars on vapes. This cost less than two vapes and it has worked. The spinning handle is cool, good work.
Nathan W.
“My whole family is now quitting together”
Bought one for myself and then my husband got one and now my sister has one too. The Mint is the household favourite.
Jess P.
“The fidget is helpful”
As someone who smoked for twelve years, the handle twisting keeps my fingers busy when I want to smoke. Found myself playing with it more than anything else.
Daniel W.
“Took a few days to get used to”
First few days I wasn't sure but stuck with it. By day 10 I had no cravings. Four stars only because I wish there were more flavours.
Tash B.
Now You Know Who Made It.
Ships express from the Sunshine Coast, free on every FAD kit. 30-day success guarantee. No vape, no nicotine, just the ritual.