The following is a post I made to the running "Post a Picture of your PV Thread" and it was in response to a new member stating that he was stuck between getting a Caravela and a Provari. I took my time in writing this and I had to let him know that obtaining a Caravela and some of the more expensive and rarer mods is harder than checking out at a webshop unfortunately. As many of you already know, the rare collector's specialty mods are only obtainable through waiting lists and Co-Ops. So, here is my post on all the different mods on the market today:
lol Oh brother eemyaj96, your in for a wild, wild ride buddy. If you want a Caravela, be prepared to shell out a ton of money. They sell in the classifieds ads here for... excesses of $350-400 dollars for scuffed or dented 2nd hand ones. ;-) That is an expensive mod buddy. Its made in a foreign country and sold to people in the United States that wait on a waiting list for months or years. On Caravela's website, the owner literally laughs at the members of his forum, poking fun of them for spending so much. lol. But the Caravela is a truly wonderous work of magical art. It is one of, if not THE MOST rare and sought after e-cigarette mods in the entire world. Many of his mods are made with extremely expensive grades of surgical stainless steel and other precious metals, like Titanium for instance. It is not easy to find one either, I have personally never seen one up for sale. When you like a mod enough to spend $400 and wait a year or more to obtain it, your probably not going to sell it... and you probably have enough money to never HAVE to sell it haha. There are other mods that I like a lot more than the Caravela simply because they are not blatantly ridiculously priced.
The GG line is out of Greece and is considered one of the most beautiful fixed volt mods made on Earth. There are many versions of the GG mod, and many of them are made with precious metals as well. Some are made with Brass, some Aluminum, some Stainless Steel. All of them are absolutely gorgeous. A GG will usually run you $250 to $400USD, with some being more expensive due to their features and precious metals. These mods are also very rare. TO get a brand new one, you will have to wait on a waiting or pre-order list for months and pay months in advanced sometimes, but this 3.7 fixed volt PV is certainly worth the price in beauty and functionality alone. Most GGs have a telescoping feature, allowing its users and followers the ability to use most ANY battery they'd like. GGs are also all-mechanical mods which some believe increases the power and hit from your atomizer or carto.
GGs are also well known for coming with many connections, allowing you to use whatever atty or carto you'd like. On top of all of this, the GG's maker is a very kind guy. He has a contest here on ECF once a month for one of his new mods, so check that out if you see a GG or 2 or 3 in your future. Some collect only GG mods, some like to have 1 of each mod, and some go the simple rout and decide on just owning 1 or 2 mods that work well hahaha. This forum is very hobbyist heavy, so you will see a lot of the more expensive devices here in this thread. The GG maker has also developed his very own rebuildable atomizer tank, called the Odysseus. So you can use this with the GG for a great vape and a good looking all in one genesis style PV. Awesome. (gen style means... pretty all in 1 pv w/ rebuildable atty tank lol)
The Provari is a $200+ dollar mod that the e-cigarette community sees as the most sought after variable voltage mod made in all the world. The Provari also comes out with limited edition versions, like the 24karrot Gold Plated Provari. You might be able to snipe one of these if you spend enough time checking the classifieds ads here on EC Forum. Good luck. The gold plated Provari sells for $300usd + and is very rare and hard to obtain as well. The regular Provari will run you $200+ but it is worth it to a lot of us. Considered the greatest electronic mod on the market today, I promise you won't be disappointed with owning one. The Provari comes in standard size, allowing you to use an 18490 or an 18500 battery which is great for stealth vaping or vaping with the smaller battery, or long battery life with the larger 18500 battery. OR, you could actually buy the extension cap for the standard Provari, and you can use an 18650 battery, which has wonderful battery life (aka mAh.. or Milli-amp hours) and is the standard for most Mod lovers and collectors alike. The standard Provari comes... Standard, lol, with the most cutting edge technologies in vaping. Variable voltage with Pulse Width Modulation, which means from the time you put a fresh battery in, to the time your battery dies, you'll notice NO dip in power no matter what voltage you are using. It also has the best safety features on the market. Temperature monitory technology to save you from dangerous gasses venting from your faulty batteries, reverse battery protection, blah blah blah.... All the good stuff you want/need from a good electronic variable voltage device. (vv is the opposite of fixed voltage devices. fixed volt devices can only utilize the voltage of the batteries that you put into them, and their voltage drops as the battery's power is reduced) With a Provari, you can be rest assured that each and every time you press the button, you'll experience your favorite/preferred hit, each and every time. With a Provari, you can also turn the unit off when not in use, so it can't fire in your pocket and potentially harm the device, its battery, or your atomizer. Likewise, the button has a 20 second cut-off so if you forget to turn it off and the button is pressed against your body, it will shut itself off at 16 to 20 seconds of continuous firing. The Provari has short circuit software as well which will protect YOU and your Provari from exploding batteries or frying your PV, which means LITTLE danger and no/little danger of breaking your Provari through an accidental shorted out circuit. If you put your battery in backwards, the Provari knows and will not allow the battery or your PV to be damaged. The The Provari has a screen that allows you to check the ohms/resistance of your atomizer/cartomizer/RBA sooo its kinda like owning an ohm meter within your PV.. and ohm meters sell for as high as 20-30 dollars alone so thats a great feature. You can use the Provari to check the ohm of your freshly rebuilt user-rebuildable atomizer BEFORE putting it on a PV that is NOT protected, which can honestly save you and your other vaporizers from failing, shorting out, being harmed, or breaking. The Provari will tell you the underload of any battery that will fit in it, which means you can now test batteries that your not sure how charged they are before leaving the house!!! The Provari also has a (good and high) great 3.5 Amperage rating, so this means you can use any atomizer or carto you might have.
lol Oh brother eemyaj96, your in for a wild, wild ride buddy. If you want a Caravela, be prepared to shell out a ton of money. They sell in the classifieds ads here for... excesses of $350-400 dollars for scuffed or dented 2nd hand ones. ;-) That is an expensive mod buddy. Its made in a foreign country and sold to people in the United States that wait on a waiting list for months or years. On Caravela's website, the owner literally laughs at the members of his forum, poking fun of them for spending so much. lol. But the Caravela is a truly wonderous work of magical art. It is one of, if not THE MOST rare and sought after e-cigarette mods in the entire world. Many of his mods are made with extremely expensive grades of surgical stainless steel and other precious metals, like Titanium for instance. It is not easy to find one either, I have personally never seen one up for sale. When you like a mod enough to spend $400 and wait a year or more to obtain it, your probably not going to sell it... and you probably have enough money to never HAVE to sell it haha. There are other mods that I like a lot more than the Caravela simply because they are not blatantly ridiculously priced.
The GG line is out of Greece and is considered one of the most beautiful fixed volt mods made on Earth. There are many versions of the GG mod, and many of them are made with precious metals as well. Some are made with Brass, some Aluminum, some Stainless Steel. All of them are absolutely gorgeous. A GG will usually run you $250 to $400USD, with some being more expensive due to their features and precious metals. These mods are also very rare. TO get a brand new one, you will have to wait on a waiting or pre-order list for months and pay months in advanced sometimes, but this 3.7 fixed volt PV is certainly worth the price in beauty and functionality alone. Most GGs have a telescoping feature, allowing its users and followers the ability to use most ANY battery they'd like. GGs are also all-mechanical mods which some believe increases the power and hit from your atomizer or carto.
GGs are also well known for coming with many connections, allowing you to use whatever atty or carto you'd like. On top of all of this, the GG's maker is a very kind guy. He has a contest here on ECF once a month for one of his new mods, so check that out if you see a GG or 2 or 3 in your future. Some collect only GG mods, some like to have 1 of each mod, and some go the simple rout and decide on just owning 1 or 2 mods that work well hahaha. This forum is very hobbyist heavy, so you will see a lot of the more expensive devices here in this thread. The GG maker has also developed his very own rebuildable atomizer tank, called the Odysseus. So you can use this with the GG for a great vape and a good looking all in one genesis style PV. Awesome. (gen style means... pretty all in 1 pv w/ rebuildable atty tank lol)The Provari is a $200+ dollar mod that the e-cigarette community sees as the most sought after variable voltage mod made in all the world. The Provari also comes out with limited edition versions, like the 24karrot Gold Plated Provari. You might be able to snipe one of these if you spend enough time checking the classifieds ads here on EC Forum. Good luck. The gold plated Provari sells for $300usd + and is very rare and hard to obtain as well. The regular Provari will run you $200+ but it is worth it to a lot of us. Considered the greatest electronic mod on the market today, I promise you won't be disappointed with owning one. The Provari comes in standard size, allowing you to use an 18490 or an 18500 battery which is great for stealth vaping or vaping with the smaller battery, or long battery life with the larger 18500 battery. OR, you could actually buy the extension cap for the standard Provari, and you can use an 18650 battery, which has wonderful battery life (aka mAh.. or Milli-amp hours) and is the standard for most Mod lovers and collectors alike. The standard Provari comes... Standard, lol, with the most cutting edge technologies in vaping. Variable voltage with Pulse Width Modulation, which means from the time you put a fresh battery in, to the time your battery dies, you'll notice NO dip in power no matter what voltage you are using. It also has the best safety features on the market. Temperature monitory technology to save you from dangerous gasses venting from your faulty batteries, reverse battery protection, blah blah blah.... All the good stuff you want/need from a good electronic variable voltage device. (vv is the opposite of fixed voltage devices. fixed volt devices can only utilize the voltage of the batteries that you put into them, and their voltage drops as the battery's power is reduced) With a Provari, you can be rest assured that each and every time you press the button, you'll experience your favorite/preferred hit, each and every time. With a Provari, you can also turn the unit off when not in use, so it can't fire in your pocket and potentially harm the device, its battery, or your atomizer. Likewise, the button has a 20 second cut-off so if you forget to turn it off and the button is pressed against your body, it will shut itself off at 16 to 20 seconds of continuous firing. The Provari has short circuit software as well which will protect YOU and your Provari from exploding batteries or frying your PV, which means LITTLE danger and no/little danger of breaking your Provari through an accidental shorted out circuit. If you put your battery in backwards, the Provari knows and will not allow the battery or your PV to be damaged. The The Provari has a screen that allows you to check the ohms/resistance of your atomizer/cartomizer/RBA sooo its kinda like owning an ohm meter within your PV.. and ohm meters sell for as high as 20-30 dollars alone so thats a great feature. You can use the Provari to check the ohm of your freshly rebuilt user-rebuildable atomizer BEFORE putting it on a PV that is NOT protected, which can honestly save you and your other vaporizers from failing, shorting out, being harmed, or breaking. The Provari will tell you the underload of any battery that will fit in it, which means you can now test batteries that your not sure how charged they are before leaving the house!!! The Provari also has a (good and high) great 3.5 Amperage rating, so this means you can use any atomizer or carto you might have.
