★ SOSA Car Fragrance, Chosen by How People Actually Drive
A device you cannot refill is a closed purchase whatever it cost. Availability matters more than price, and SOSA's refill only became a real answer in September 2026.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★★★★★
"Our old water diffuser couldn't fill the living-dining. This one does the whole floor and you can't hear it running."
SOSA Vaayu · large home
★★★★★
"The app scheduling is the best part - strong in the mornings, gentle in the evening. Clinic feels calm all day."
SOSA Vaayu · wellness studio
★★★★★
"Paired it with the SOSA hotel oils. The projection is genuinely lobby-strength - nothing like a plug-in."
SOSA Vaayu · workspace
★★★★★
"My reception now smells like a five-star lobby. Guests comment on it before they even reach the desk."
SOSA Vaayu · lobby scenting
★★★★★
"Zero dampness, which was my worry in monsoon. The mist is completely dry and the scent carries across the whole salon."
SOSA Vaayu · spa & salon
★★★★★
"Set the timer once and forgot about it. Runs only during store hours, refills last weeks. Exactly what I wanted."
SOSA Vaayu · showroom
★ The system, and its second payment
SOSA Safar₹3,999: the device, with three fragrancesView ₹3,999
SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill₹1,049 / ₹1,849: pure undiluted oilView ₹1,049
SOSA Oud Car Perfume₹509: the format with no second paymentView ₹509
✓ The SOSA waterless refill went live in September 2026 at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, in single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. ✓ No consumption rate is published, so nobody can tell you how long a refill lasts or how often you will buy one. The price is knowable; the frequency is not. ✓ Made in India · a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali
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How long does a SOSA waterless refill last? Nobody can tell you, and I would rather say that than guess. SOSA publishes no consumption rate for the Safar, so there is no honest way to convert 100gm or 300gm into weeks, hours or journeys. It will depend on which of the three speeds you use, how long you run the one, two or three hour timer and how many days a week you actually drive. The prices are verifiable — ₹1,049 and ₹1,849 — and the frequency is not. Any page that gives you a duration for this has made it up.
Do the sprays and hanging formats have a refill cost? No, and that is a genuine simplicity advantage. A 12ml car perfume at ₹449 to ₹509 and a 50ml spray at ₹1,499 are single purchases with nothing to replenish: when the bottle is finished you buy another bottle, or you do not. There is no device to keep fed and nothing that stops working if you skip a purchase. For a lot of sedan owners that is the deciding simplicity, and it is one of the strongest arguments for staying with the cheaper mechanisms rather than moving to a system.
See the SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill Book a scenting plan
Facts verified 1 October 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill supplies pure undiluted oil for the Safar and the Vaayu in 100gm (₹1,049) and 300gm (₹1,849), across a range of single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. It went live in September 2026. the SOSA Safar is a waterless cordless cold-diffusion device for a car: a 20ml bottle of pure undiluted oil with no water and no heat, a 2000mAh battery charged over Type-C giving up to about 10 hours continuous or around 30 hours intermittent use, three speeds and a 1, 2 or 3 hour auto-off timer, 6.9cm tall. ₹3,999 with three SOSA fragrances, ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired sets. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for it, so none is stated here. the SOSA Oud car perfume (naturally-derived agarwood, alcohol-free) is ₹509 for 12ml in either Spray (strong scent-throw) or Hanging (mild scent-throw), with a 50ml spray at ₹1,499. the SOSA 50ml car perfume spray is ₹1,499 and is sold as a variant across the car fragrance range. Choosing a car fragrance format is a comfort and convenience decision. SOSA makes no claim that any fragrance affects alertness, drowsiness, concentration, driving, mood, nausea or travel sickness, and no claim that any product cleans, purifies, sanitises, disinfects, removes or neutralises an odour - a fragrance adds scent and is never a substitute for cleaning a cabin or fixing the source of a smell. Sensory adaptation, where a person stops noticing a scent they have been sitting in while a new passenger still notices it clearly, is a normal feature of the human sense of smell and nothing about it is a product claim. No SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and anybody sharing a car should be able to have the fragrance turned down or removed. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for the Safar, so no page states one. Alcohol-free is an ingredient fact and not a skin or safety claim. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel, perfume house or car manufacturer named anywhere for reference. Prices, variants and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.
Yes, availability matters more than either price, and I have to update something before answering properly. Earlier SOSA writing said no refill existed for our waterless devices. That stopped being true in September 2026, when the waterless refill went live at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, and it genuinely changes how the device compares over a long run.
Quick answers — read this first
Should refill cost matter more than the price of a fragrance device? Availability matters most, then cost, then the device price. A device with no refill is a closed purchase: when the supplied oil is finished the thing is finished, and whatever you paid becomes the whole cost of however long it ran. A device with a published refill is a first payment followed by smaller ones. For SOSA that changed in September 2026, when the waterless refill went live at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm. The Safar is ₹3,999, and the existence of that refill matters more to the long-run picture than the ₹3,999 does.How long does a SOSA waterless refill last? Nobody can tell you, and I would rather say that than guess. SOSA publishes no consumption rate for the Safar, so there is no honest way to convert 100gm or 300gm into weeks, hours or journeys. It will depend on which of the three speeds you use, how long you run the one, two or three hour timer and how many days a week you actually drive. The prices are verifiable — ₹1,049 and ₹1,849 — and the frequency is not. Any page that gives you a duration for this has made it up.
Do the sprays and hanging formats have a refill cost? No, and that is a genuine simplicity advantage. A 12ml car perfume at ₹449 to ₹509 and a 50ml spray at ₹1,499 are single purchases with nothing to replenish: when the bottle is finished you buy another bottle, or you do not. There is no device to keep fed and nothing that stops working if you skip a purchase. For a lot of sedan owners that is the deciding simplicity, and it is one of the strongest arguments for staying with the cheaper mechanisms rather than moving to a system.
The short answer
Short answer: Availability first, cost second, device price third. A device with no refill is a closed purchase whatever it cost. SOSA's waterless refill went live in September 2026 at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, which turns the ₹3,999 Safar into a first payment followed by smaller ones. The 12ml and 50ml sprays have no refill cost at all, which is their own kind of advantage.
The pick: If you are buying a system, check the refill exists before you check its price: the SOSA waterless refill at ₹1,049 or ₹1,849 is what makes the Safar a long-term proposition rather than a closed one.
Next step: Tell us whether you want a system to keep fed or a bottle to replace, and we will say which of the two suits how you drive. Ask SOSA which format suits your driving.
In this guide
Most comparisons weigh the device prices against each other and stop. The question that matters later is whether anything exists to put back into it.
A system, or a bottle you simply replace
What changed in September 2026
SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill · ₹1,049
Everything else people forget to count
The hidden costs checklist, in full
Tell us how you actually drive
Free format advice, by email
Straight answer
Should refill availability and cost outrank the device price in a long-term comparison?
Yes, and in that order: availability first, cost second, device price a distant third. Availability is the one that can ruin a purchase outright. A diffuser whose oil cannot be replaced is a closed object. When the supplied bottle is done, the device is ornamental, and whatever you paid turns out to have bought a fixed and unknown quantity of use rather than a product you own. That risk is not visible on a price tag and it is the first thing I would check about anybody's system, including ours. Which brings me to a correction, because our own older writing is out of date. For a long time SOSA's waterless devices had no refill on sale, and earlier pages of mine said exactly that. In September 2026 the SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill went live — pure undiluted oil in 100gm at ₹1,049 and 300gm at ₹1,849, in single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. That closes a real gap. The Safar at ₹3,999 is now a first payment followed by smaller ones rather than a purchase with an end date, and if you read something of ours from before that date saying otherwise, this is the line to trust. Now the limit, which I will not paper over. Knowing a refill costs ₹1,049 does not tell you what it costs to run the device, because SOSA publishes no consumption rate. I cannot say how many weeks 100gm covers, how many hours it gives at a given speed, or how a three-hour timer compares with a one-hour one in terms of oil used. The price is knowable and the frequency is not, and I would rather hand you half a number than a whole invented one. Finally, the argument for not buying a system at all. A 12ml car perfume at ₹449 to ₹509 and a 50ml spray at ₹1,499 have no refill question, because there is nothing to keep fed: the bottle finishes and you decide again from scratch, with no device sitting idle if you choose differently. For a great many sedan owners that freedom is worth more than controllability, and it costs a tenth as much. If you want help deciding which of those two shapes suits you, tell us how you actually drive.
Check that a refill exists before you compare device prices. SOSA's went live in September 2026 at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm.
The correction worth carrying away: SOSA's waterless devices had no refill for a long time and our older writing said so. Since September 2026 the waterless refill has been on sale at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, which changes the long-run comparison genuinely.
See the SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill ₹1,049 Ask SOSA which format suits your driving
First payment, second payment
A system to keep fed, or a bottle you simply replace
What to buy: a system, or a bottle
Honest sizing, and it points downward. Most sedan owners do not need a system at all: a 12ml at ₹449 to ₹509 or a 50ml spray at ₹1,499 has no second payment, nothing to recharge and nothing to keep in stock. Buy into a refillable system when controllability is the thing you want, not because refills sound economical.
The second payment, now that it exists
SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill
Pure undiluted oil in 100gm at ₹1,049 and 300gm at ₹1,849, in single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. Live since September 2026, which closes a gap the range genuinely had.
From ₹1,049
The device it feeds
SOSA Safar
Waterless and cordless, cold-diffusing pure undiluted oil with no water and no heat. Three speeds, a one, two or three hour auto-off timer, 2000mAh over Type-C. ₹3,999 with three SOSA fragrances.
From ₹3,999
The format with no second payment
SOSA Oud Car Perfume
Naturally-derived agarwood, alcohol-free, ₹509 for 12ml in either Spray or Hanging. Nothing to recharge, nothing to refill, and nothing that stops working if you decide to buy something else next time.
From ₹509
Three things to check before any device purchase
Three questions to ask about any long-term fragrance system, in the order they can hurt you.
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First, does a refill exist at all
A closed device is a fixed quantity of use, sold as an object
This is the question that can cost you the whole purchase, and it is the one least often asked. If a diffuser's oil cannot be replaced, you are not buying a device — you are buying an unknown number of hours in a well-made shell, and when they are gone the shell is decoration. Check for a published refill product with a price on it before you compare anything else. For SOSA this was a legitimate criticism until recently: our waterless devices had no refill, and our own older writing said so plainly. The waterless refill went live in September 2026 at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, which is why this page reads differently from something of ours written last year.
Tip: A refill with a price on a live product page is the proof. A promise that one is coming is not the same thing, from anybody.
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Second, what the refill costs against the device
₹1,049 or ₹1,849 against ₹3,999, with one figure missing
Once availability is settled, compare the two prices honestly and then stop where the honesty stops. The Safar is ₹3,999 with three fragrances. The waterless refill is ₹1,049 for 100gm or ₹1,849 for 300gm. What nobody can supply is the bridge between them: how long a refill lasts. SOSA publishes no consumption rate, so I cannot tell you whether 100gm is a season or a fortnight for the way you drive, and I will not estimate it to make this section feel more complete. Treat a competitor's confident figure here with suspicion, because the same rate is not published anywhere in this category and it depends on speed setting and hours in a way that resists a single number.
Pure undiluted oil in 100gm and 300gm, live since September 2026.
See SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill →
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Third, whether you want a system at all
The strongest argument against refills is having nothing to maintain
A refillable system asks for things: a charge over Type-C, a refill kept in the house, and a decision every time the oil runs low. A 12ml car perfume at ₹449 to ₹509 or a 50ml spray at ₹1,499 asks for none of that. When the bottle is finished you are completely free — buy the same one, buy a different register, or buy nothing for two months and lose nothing by it. People underrate that freedom because it does not appear in a cost comparison, and for a sedan owner who simply wants the car to smell pleasant it is often the deciding factor. Buy a system because you want control, not because the refill maths sounds thrifty.
The SOSA principle
The first question about any fragrance system is not what it costs. It is whether anything exists that you can put back into it when the oil runs out.
SOSA's answer to that was no until September 2026 and is yes now, at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm.
Systems and bottles, side by side
Systems and simple bottles compared on the thing that actually differs: what each one asks of you after the first payment.
The SOSA plan
What each format asks for after you have paid
| The format and its price | What it needs from you later |
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SOSA Safar, ₹3,999 with three fragrances
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A Type-C charge, and a refill when the oil runs low. The refill exists and is priced; how often you need one is not something anybody can state. |
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SOSA waterless refill, ₹1,049 or ₹1,849
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Live since September 2026 in 100gm and 300gm. It turns the device into a first payment followed by smaller ones rather than a closed purchase. |
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12ml car perfume, ₹449–₹509 in either format
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Nothing. When the bottle is finished you decide again from scratch, with no device left idle if you choose something else. |
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50ml spray, ₹1,499
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Nothing either, simply fewer repurchases. The right choice for a settled register and a hand that uses a lot of it. |
The full list of costs people leave out of these comparisons is in the hidden costs checklist, and the anchor comparison for this whole family is real cost against purchase price. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with any perfume house or car manufacturer.
Check the refill before you check the price
The SOSA Safar at ₹3,999 with waterless refills at ₹1,049 and ₹1,849, or a car perfume from ₹449 with nothing at all to keep fed
A device without a refill is not cheap or expensive. It is finite, and the price tells you nothing about how finite, which is the problem.
— Sonal Sahani, SOSA
Two honest shapes
A system you maintain, or a bottle you simply replace
The SOSA range, with and without a second payment
A system suits people who want a level they set once and are content to keep it fed. A bottle suits everybody else, which is most people. Both are honest answers and the cheaper one is right more often. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
The ladder, by whether you want something to maintain
The ladder, by what you are willing to maintain
| Product | Best for | Why it works | Price |
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SOSA Oud Car Perfume
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You want nothing to maintain | ₹509 for 12ml in either mechanism. No charging, no refill, no system, and complete freedom to change your mind when the bottle is finished. | ₹509 View → |
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SOSA 50ml Car Perfume Spray
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A settled register and heavy use | ₹1,499 for 50ml. Same mechanism, fewer repurchases, and still nothing to keep fed. | ₹1,499 View → |
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SOSA Safar
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You want a level set once and will keep it fed | ₹3,999 with three fragrances. Three speeds and a one, two or three hour timer, charged over Type-C. | ₹3,999 View → |
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SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill
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You already own the device | ₹1,049 for 100gm or ₹1,849 for 300gm, live since September 2026. How long one lasts is not published and is not estimated here. | ₹1,049 View → |
The limits, plainly. SOSA publishes no consumption rate for the Safar, so no page of ours says how long a refill lasts, how many hours it gives or what running the device costs per journey — the refill price is knowable and the refill frequency is not. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for the device either. The Safar is not set-and-forget: it recharges over Type-C and its timer runs one, two or three hours. And a fragrance adds scent — we make no claim that any SOSA product removes, neutralises or absorbs a smell, so a cabin with a real smell in it needs cleaning rather than a system.
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A note from Sonal
For a long time the fair criticism of our waterless devices was that you could not refill them, and I wrote that down on our own pages rather than hiding it. That changed in September 2026 when the waterless refill went on sale at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm. I am aware that older SOSA writing still says no refill exists, and I would rather correct it here plainly than quietly let the old sentence sit there.
What I will not do is complete the arithmetic people want next. We do not publish a consumption rate, so I cannot tell you how many weeks a 100gm refill covers in a car driven two hours a day. It genuinely depends on which of the three speeds you use and how long you let the timer run, and a single figure would be a guess wearing a decimal point. If a comparison chart anywhere gives you that number confidently, ask the person who wrote it where they measured it.
And the thing that outranks all of this: it is a comfort and ambience decision, not a claim about alertness, concentration, driving, mood or health. No SOSA product removes a smell with a source — damp mats, a spill or an overdue cabin filter need cleaning. Anybody sharing the car should be able to have the fragrance turned down or taken out, and nothing we make is described as safe for sensitive individuals. Everything is made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
Frequently asked questions
Does SOSA sell a refill for its waterless devices?
Yes, since September 2026. The SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill is pure undiluted oil in 100gm at Rs 1,049 and 300gm at Rs 1,849, in a range of single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. Earlier SOSA writing said no refill existed for the waterless devices, and that is now out of date. It makes the Safar a long-term system rather than a closed purchase.
Should refill cost matter more than the device price?
Availability matters most, then refill cost, then device price. A diffuser with no replaceable oil is a closed purchase whatever it cost, because when the supplied bottle is finished the device is finished. Once a refill exists and is priced, the device price becomes a one-time number and the refill becomes the recurring one, which is the figure that describes the next two years rather than the first week.
How many weeks does a 100gm refill last?
Unknown, and we make no claim about it. SOSA publishes no consumption rate for the Safar, so there is no honest route from 100gm to a number of weeks, hours or journeys. It depends on which of the three speeds you use and how long the one, two or three hour timer runs. The price of Rs 1,049 is verifiable and the duration is not, so this page states the first and refuses the second.
Do car perfume sprays have refill costs?
No, and that simplicity is a genuine advantage. A 12ml at Rs 449 to Rs 509 or a 50ml spray at Rs 1,499 is a single purchase with nothing to replenish and nothing to charge. When it is finished you are free to buy the same thing, something different, or nothing at all, with no device sitting idle as a result. For many sedan owners that freedom outweighs controllability.
Is a refillable system automatically better long-term value?
Not automatically. It is better only if you actually want the thing the device gives you, which is a level set once on a timer rather than a judgement made before every journey. If what you want is simply a pleasant-smelling car, a bottle from Rs 449 does that for a fraction of the money and asks nothing of you afterwards. Refillability makes a system viable; it does not make a system necessary.
Ask what happens when the oil runs out
SOSA — Clinic Scenting for buyers comparing long-term fragrance systems honestly
The SOSA Safar at ₹3,999 with three fragrances, and waterless refills at ₹1,049 for 100gm and ₹1,849 for 300gm, live since September 2026. Or a 12ml car perfume from ₹449 and a 50ml spray at ₹1,499, with nothing to charge and nothing to keep fed. Made in India, and a portion of every order supports girl-child education through Nanhi Kali.
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About this guide: Written by Sonal Sahani, ISIPCA Versailles-trained founder and perfumer at SOSA Home & Body. Product recommendations reflect the SOSA range; the planning advice applies to any brand.Facts verified 1 October 2026 against the live SOSA product pages: the SOSA Waterless Nebuliser Refill supplies pure undiluted oil for the Safar and the Vaayu in 100gm (₹1,049) and 300gm (₹1,849), across a range of single scents including Vetiver, Neelakurinji and Malabar Lemon. It went live in September 2026. the SOSA Safar is a waterless cordless cold-diffusion device for a car: a 20ml bottle of pure undiluted oil with no water and no heat, a 2000mAh battery charged over Type-C giving up to about 10 hours continuous or around 30 hours intermittent use, three speeds and a 1, 2 or 3 hour auto-off timer, 6.9cm tall. ₹3,999 with three SOSA fragrances, ₹4,499 for the hotel-inspired sets. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for it, so none is stated here. the SOSA Oud car perfume (naturally-derived agarwood, alcohol-free) is ₹509 for 12ml in either Spray (strong scent-throw) or Hanging (mild scent-throw), with a 50ml spray at ₹1,499. the SOSA 50ml car perfume spray is ₹1,499 and is sold as a variant across the car fragrance range. Choosing a car fragrance format is a comfort and convenience decision. SOSA makes no claim that any fragrance affects alertness, drowsiness, concentration, driving, mood, nausea or travel sickness, and no claim that any product cleans, purifies, sanitises, disinfects, removes or neutralises an odour - a fragrance adds scent and is never a substitute for cleaning a cabin or fixing the source of a smell. Sensory adaptation, where a person stops noticing a scent they have been sitting in while a new passenger still notices it clearly, is a normal feature of the human sense of smell and nothing about it is a product claim. No SOSA product is described as hypoallergenic or as safe for sensitive individuals, and anybody sharing a car should be able to have the fragrance turned down or removed. SOSA publishes no coverage figure for the Safar, so no page states one. Alcohol-free is an ingredient fact and not a skin or safety claim. SOSA is an independent Indian brand and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any hotel, perfume house or car manufacturer named anywhere for reference. Prices, variants and availability are subject to change - see the live product pages.