Looks like a knockoff of the Indulgence. (Same type of varied atty connectors in the caps)
To the extent that both are tube mods, there's an inevitable similarity in form--but that's where it begins and ends.
The Infinity produces a regulated, continuously variable output from 3.3 to 5.5VDC, adjustable by means of a swipe of your thumb across a thumbwheel; if your Sweet Spot is 4.79VDC, it'll do it, and maintain it to virtually your last draw before the batteries expire--a death postponed by several hours due to a high-efficiency controller circuit designed by NotCigs (as was the VV circuitry in this, the Buzz Pro and the original Buzz, the grandaddy of all VV mods). All the electronics are held out of harm's way by protection circuits inherent to the Infinity itself, independent of the batteries' own circuits.
The Indulgence is--like all fixed-voltage mods--a battery holder with a switch.
Outside of that, they're two peas on a pod; they're even in roughly the same price category, unless you're buying your battery holders directly from China.
Where is this model actually made? Not assembled, where its manufactured?
I'm a manufacturing engineer by trade; although I understand the distinction you're trying to make,
assembly isn't a concept separate and apart from
manufacturing. Even more integral is design engineering--the trifle that continues to separate American manufacturing from China's reverse-engineered manufacturing.
Having said that,
all of the Infinity's parts are designed by NotCigs; the metallics (caps & tube) are machined under contract in China. The PCB is manufactured stateside, and is stuffed--with the exception of the odd resistor or capacitor, but NOT the odd IC--with American-made components.
Lastly, the parts are assembled by American hands--in Paso Robles, California. As opposed to Hong Kong.
