Why are compare it to a mod that is half as powerful. I don't get it.
What is half as powerful to what?
It looks like the V Max still needs tweaking (price, calibration, etc.). I can see the potential but for a few dollars more I'd rather have a what you set is what you get device that remembers its settings and for a few dollars less a well regulated VV mod with a simple dial that barely drops its voltage under load.
The fact that it's so poorly calibrated seems typical of Smoktech. They put products on the market without testing them. Look at the latest dual coil carto fiasco. They have a ton of potential but they need to invest in quality control.
I agree that "half as powerful" isn't an ideal way to express what I think was the basic sentiment that the VMax uses two x 3.7 volt batteries, but even at that, 2 - 18350 X 700mah gives the VMax less raw energy storage capacity than the ProVari whether it uses an 18490 or and 18650 w/extension cap. Looking forward to seeing higher-capacity 18350's, like maybe a 1200mah, which seems entirely do-able with current (no pun intended) technology.
"Half the power"? Cutting to the chase - that's a foul ball.
Does the VMax "need tweaking" of its voltage readout? No, I don't think it
needs tweaking. I do not give a crap about how "3.5 volts" on a VMax compares to "3.5 volts" on anything else. As I've said before, if I had a high-performance car with a speedometer that's way off, and no speed limit, I would give an equal amount of crap.
Does Smoktech need to get their excrement straight in a lot of ways? Absolutely. The ongoing fiascos with the e-Power switches (all four or five re-inventions of them, one of which you couldn't use on resistances under 2.0 (??????) ), the sticking button reputation of the otherwise very capable "Woo" (using mine right now, my button is fine), and the "stinky carto" debacle come to mind. And I was about to say "at least they didn't screw up the DCT tank", but they did. The recesses on the bottom cap that are supposed to engage with the flange on flanged cartos is so poorly designed that it hardly engages at all, making it often very difficult to remove the tank. Dumb, dumb, dumb. (Do I sound like a "Smoktech Fanboy"? I don't think so. Still a "big fan"? Absolutely). "They put products on the market without testing them" is an exaggeration, put has a strong element of reality in it that the Smoktech people should take a hard look at.
Lastly: "I can see the potential but for a few dollars more I'd rather have a what you set is what you get device that remembers its settings and for a few dollars less a well regulated VV mod with a simple dial that barely drops its voltage under load".
I disagree with the implied sentiment that the Vmax has an inordinate amount of voltage drop under load, and would like to point out that IMO what might be perceived as a major flaw by some that the volts you see on the readout don't relate very well to ther devices, and that low-resistance single coils might even be impossible to power at "low enough" wattages, that the vaping gods give back by allowing a VMax user to rock very high-resistance coils like a ProVari simply can't. Disagree with that, and you disagree that the VMax doesn't put out more actual voltage than what the LED says you are. (In other words, "it goes up to 11", but in a real way, not just a "Spinal Tap" way.
(And just curious; caged, do you own a ProVari?)
I think caged and I have been very, very good really.
