Vic is just salty because he helped design the Siren v2 which is a direct competitor to the Ares. If you'll notice, most of his criticism is that Phil "copied" other tanks like the Siren. Well no sheet, Vic. Everyone does and you don't ever seem to care about it in your reviews of other products. Besides, Phil never made it a secret that he loves the Siren v2 (he vapes it in almost every video). It should come as no surprise he took inspiration from it. Besides, Vic should be THANKING Phil for advertising the Siren v2 so much. It's probably put money in Vic's pocket (if indeed Vic gets a commission on their sale, I don't know that he does).
I mean I get it -- if you design something you're gonna take issue with copies. However, tank designs are never going to be awarded a patent, so I guess if you design attys, you'll just have to live with that reality. Evolv lives with China copying everything they do (literally cloning it) and Evolv actually HAS patents. The Kayfun people live with every MTL tank in the past 4 years being variations of their designs, etc. (BTW, the OG Kayfun is still a wonderful MTL vape, it's just a pain in the .... to work with). The vape world is very "trendy" and anything even remotely innovative is instantly copied by everyone else. As they say, it is what it is.
So I recommend watching other reviewers who don't have skin in the game. There may indeed be problems with the airflow or flavor in some cases, and I don't think Phil would take any issue with honest reviews that find such flaws. I don't think he likes angry, snarling hatchet jobs, though. And I don't blame him.
(BTW, I don't own the Ares, as I am not a MTL vaper anymore).
