14500 cheap mechanical mod?

[Bgaffman11]

Then now all you need is a provari to attach it to.

Already got the provari with ZAP and I love it but I think the Vulcan will be atop the temon 14650 I have coming in the next few days... Gotta love having options. Is it bad that I already have next week's paycheck mentally spent? Don't answer that... Just lucky I don't have a wife or kids or I would be eating top ramen and pbj everyday

 

[StaircaseWit]

This looks really nice. Gonna have to start watching their site for blems. I have been wanting a 14500 that was slender, sleek, and minus grooves and whatnot cut into it. Their currency is euros, right, and converts to about $76? Are there any charges from your CC company for currency conversions? I have never ordered from another country, so don't really know what to expect.

They charged me about US$25 on top of the US$77 conversion rate at the time (a couple weeks ago) for US$102 total to my door. No extra charges on my Visa. The $25 (I think it was 19 Euro) includes EU VAT and whatever other taxes/charges, plus shipping. Ordered Thursday evening; got here Monday. Amazingly fast shipping.

 

[oplholik]

Are all the charges visible before confirming the order? Thanks.

 

[minimalsaint]

Are all the charges visible before confirming the order? Thanks.

Yes. Looking at my receipt, it came to $102 as well. No extra duty or tax at delivery etc.
3 day (cheap) shipping from Greece blew my mind- and I work in international logistics daily.

 

[StaircaseWit]

Are all the charges visible before confirming the order? Thanks.

They are, but you do see them in Euro. I believe PayPal did the conversion and I knew the total in US$ before finalizing the payment. Visa just pays PayPal what you authorized.

 

[oplholik]

Great that they take PP. Gotta start building up my PP acct. so when they become avail. I will be ready.

 

[Fury83]

MMVapors is pretty damn quick (though pricey) about getting their product to you.

Their site is pretty easy to order from compared to say atmomixani where they throw you to some payment service I have never heard and had to spend 20 minutes figuring out the format it wanted for my phone number.

 

[minimalsaint]

Blems are available from what I can tell- I only say that because I almost blew my gus stash on another one today LOL....
Restraint Jeff, restraint.
And I paid with a Visa- no extra fees for international purchase etc. so if PP isn't your thing then it works out beautifully!

Restraint.....

 

[NatureBoy]

Still shows out of stock for me... last time I checked they only had the 14650 version.

 

[minimalsaint]

Oh dang! Sure is- my bad!
TBH the 650 is pretty tempting also... Not much larger...

I guess it's just because I hate seeing the "out of stock" message on everything I want- this is such a good buy for such a small defect (which is barely any). I say go for it, but I'm not spending your money so feel free to .... me out here LOL!

 

[StaircaseWit]

Blems are available from what I can tell- I only say that because I almost blew my gus stash on another one today LOL....
Restraint Jeff, restraint.
And I paid with a Visa- no extra fees for international purchase etc. so if PP isn't your thing then it works out beautifully!

Restraint.....

Wait, didn't it have to go through Paypal? I didn't think I had a choice? I just used Visa as well, but it went through PP.

 

[Bgaffman11]

Oh dang! Sure is- my bad!
TBH the 650 is pretty tempting also... Not much larger...

I guess it's just because I hate seeing the "out of stock" message on everything I want- this is such a good buy for such a small defect (which is barely any). I say go for it, but I'm not spending your money so feel free to .... me out here LOL!

I have seen both the 14500 and 14650 up close and the 650 is only .5" longer I actually prefer the extra length if ya know what I mean...
The only downside to the 14650 (and such a small one at that) is there are no 14650 AW IMR batteries made. But trustfire and ultrafire have been just fine for me in the past as long as u don't trust their inflated milli amp ratings.

 

[StaircaseWit]

I have seen both the 14500 and 14650 up close and the 650 is only .5" longer I actually prefer the extra length if ya know what I mean...
The only downside to the 14650 (and such a small one at that) is there are no 14650 AW IMR batteries made. But trustfire and ultrafire have been just fine for me in the past as long as u don't trust their inflated milli amp ratings.

Efest has an IMR 14650. But agreed about the ratings. It's clearly not 950 mAh.

14500s are big in the flashlight world (being the same size as a standard AA battery), so I figure batteries will pretty much always be available. With a 14650 tube you could always use spacers.

 

[minimalsaint]

Wait, didn't it have to go through Paypal? I didn't think I had a choice? I just used Visa as well, but it went through PP.

Yeah it still went through PayPal, but I don't even have an account and it worked fine. Not sure where PP comes into the mix, but it worked so... Hey!

 

[minimalsaint]

I have seen both the 14500 and 14650 up close and the 650 is only .5" longer I actually prefer the extra length if ya know what I mean...
The only downside to the 14650 (and such a small one at that) is there are no 14650 AW IMR batteries made. But trustfire and ultrafire have been just fine for me in the past as long as u don't trust their inflated milli amp ratings.

I have learned to take mah with a grain of salt. It all depends on what you are pushing. Haven't tried AW yet- only Panasonic and Efest. Highly recommended, these AW batts?

 

[StaircaseWit]

Yeah it still went through PayPal, but I don't even have an account and it worked fine. Not sure where PP comes into the mix, but it worked so... Hey!

It works like this:

"This exchange rate includes a 2.5% spread above the wholesale exchange rate at which PayPal obtains foreign currency, and the spread is retained by PayPal."

 

[minimalsaint]

Well then. It works like that. And it works for me

 

[Bgaffman11]

I have learned to take mah with a grain of salt. It all depends on what you are pushing. Haven't tried AW yet- only Panasonic and Efest. Highly recommended, these AW batts?

Ya the AW IMR 18650 and 18350 are nice I don't have any 14500s but sure they r great. What would be an advantage to a flat top battery by the way instead of button top wouldn't the spring slip every now and again?

 

[Bgaffman11]

So I thought I was done making purchases for a cpl days and then of course for some reason I checked the bullboxmods.com page for drip tips just cuz I always have loved them but they sell out so fast usually but tonight I look at their drip tip page which is normally blank and sold out bu of course they had like 8 tips up and they were all sick. So if you got any vape money left in ur budget and u want the best drip tip in my opinion check them out now. They r worth every penny btw...

 

[Bgaffman11]

Looks like MMVapors put up a few more 14500 Temons on the clearance section just a heads up...