Clone Versus Authentic Discussion

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After a year of vaping and being on this forum, I'm left with thinking some people need to get over it and think of it thus way... clone or authentic, does it matter? Will the earth stop spinning?

If someone buys an authentic and they have am elitist attitude, are you going to lose sleep over it? Its an internet forum, be glad you're not around that person in real life.

For the record this is coming from a person with both clone and authentic .
I'm glad this thread is here though, maybe focus can be put on helping people rather than arguing with them.

It's always the people who think they are better by only buying the authentic that start these problems here. I wish they would all just get over it and leave clones alone. They are not hurting anyone.
 

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Tobeco, SvöeMesto, Infinite. Which one is which?

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Anyone else know which one is which???

Authentic is number 3. I wonder why the other two didn't put their own logo on? Perhaps they are not proud enough of their "high quality" piece, or perhaps they know people want to buy a knock off and feel good about looking like real deal and convincing themselves it's a good purchase....maybe it's both.
 

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Exactly. However, Tobeco has established its rep as one of the better clones, yet if they stamped tobeco on it, most consumers would still go for the fake SM logo. No integrity.

they also know some of their customers sell them as authentic SvöeMesto products... that is the main reason counterfeiters, counterfeit.
 

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they also know some of their customers sell them as authentic SvöeMesto products... that is the main reason counterfeiters, counterfeit.

Agree, but there are some arguing there is no difference in quality, and if this is indeed the case there would be no reason to counterfeit as they are equal. Obviously I don't subscribe to that, and I would opine not too many others would either.
 

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Agree, but there are some arguing there is no difference in quality, and if this is indeed the case there would be no reason to counterfeit as they are equal. Obviously I don't subscribe to that, and I would opine not too many others would either.

just as some people need glasses and they don't know it ... or they have a dulled sense of smell they are not aware of ... there must be some folks who legitimately in their own perception ... cannot tell the difference between an authentic and a counterfeit.

to them, they vape and are the same.
 

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It's a given #3 is the real deal. I would guess tobeco is number 1...reason being it has the most shallow JC ring grip in relation to the size of the base. Not only are the threads not quite as smooth as an authentic, but this very thing makes it a bit more difficult to manipulate. I would guess infinite middle as it's ring looks like it protrudes a bit more. Btw, I bought a fake to compare to my auth so I could understand the differences as I got burned once, but I didn't get an infinite so middle is a guess.
 

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That's his debate style. I've been through this with him before..... If you don't feel the way he does about it, you have no morals etc. Same stuff posted ad nauseam



I'm not gonna get sucked into it. Especially when his behavior is to ignorant to find out that all the hardware I use are authentic. Hence, the statement that 'there is a difference.'. I just don't see pushing my personal feelings onto someone else as worthwhile.

If someone isn't smoking and they happy that's all that matters. I used clones to figure out what I like. I don't know a single vapor that has never bought or used a couple. People who say that are either liars or have stuck to the same type of vaping since they started.


That militant attitude is exactly what's wrong with "the community."


Lets bash everyone, so that outsiders see us as cranky exsmokers that need to go back to big tobacco, so that they get along.
 
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