Just an example. I dropped my provari and it dang near cracked the concrete. If I had a Chinese mod it would probably have broke. No damage to provari at all except one itty bitty tiny scratch the you would not be able to see unless you were looking for it. I am not a Provari fanboy one bit but I know quality when I see it.
There is no doubt about the Provari quality.... there are many many great stories like yours about dropping and jostling and they still work, but the SVD is a very heavy duty mod. It is built like a tank... the body/tubes at any rate.... the electronics inside I don't know about yet. I haven't dropped mine yet. Thats what makes this thread interesting to me.
I rode all day Sunday on my Road king with the SVD just sitting in a metal chrome cup holder attached to my handlebars and the SVD is just vibrating all day hitting the side of the cup holder because with the SVD and large battery it sits up pretty tall. Probably vibrating 100 hits a minute..dont know, just guessing. I really thought that the electronics or screen may go bad. But it didn't. That is certainly not the same as dropping it, but that is some major jostling around for a few hours.
Its a really good mod and I would guess the Provari is built better I would assume...... if its better, it would have to be the insides in electronic placement. It cant have any better made exterior with the exception maybe to the placement of the externally screwed on screen on the SVD and maybe that hard plastic fire button.
I am toying with the idea of buying a Provari just to have it. I don't need it, but what the hell...we all know its a great machine.