I had a Lava Tube and actually liked the look and feel of it.. I had none of the quality issues that others had. (but then I didn't use it too long either) My plastic bottom cap did drop off the first week but I gorilla glued it back on. BUT... at the time, all I had was LR cartos. I couldn't get much above 4v using a resurrector, I thought that was OK, could live with it. Then I attached a voltmeter and saw what was really going on.. the led readout was never right! Instead of dropping the voltage to within the 2.5 amp range.. the LT would drop me down way low.. too low.. like in the low 3v range. What the led readout said.. was never the voltage I was actually getting. they don't recommend LR cartos so I bought 3ohm cartos but even with a 3ohm carto it would drop the voltage to something too low to be a good vape. What good is the led readout if it is never right?
Some people don't care about stuff like this but I do. What really got to me was the voltage would drop as the batts discharged and the led readout would still say the voltage was what I set it to. I hate when voltage drops as I vape. So what I set was NOT what I was getting. the led readout was totally useless. I purchased one of the first ones coming out last Christmas and the kit cost me $100! I was able to resell it for half of that but I still lost money. Maybe they've improved the things I found wrong with it, I doubt it because I still see people reporting that they are seeing these issues also. Plus many say that after a while, the device doesn't fire all the time.
A person new to vv would probably initially be thrilled with the LT. People talk of the price difference but we're not talking much over $100! It was worth it to me to pay the extra hundred or so to get something that was accurate as well as quality made. sorry for the rant but I was so sick that I spent all that money on a device that acted the way mine did, I still get mad thinking about it! I mean really... if I was buying a new car..I would certainly pay an extra $100 to have one with a speedometer that showed me the correct speed I was going, rather than drop me down to 45mph while still registering 55! I wouldn't trade my provari for 100 LTs! I wouldn't trade my madvapes vv box mod for 100 LTs!
This is the Provari forum and we're allowed to promote it and be fanboys (and girls) if we want to be.. save your money, it's worth it to eat lunch at home for a few days!
I have one of those Lava tubes from Apollo on pre order. I am debating on canceling my order and just getting a provari when my tax return comes in. I want the black or the SS if I get one with the blue LED. Is this gonna be hard to get a hold of? Nothing is more disappointing than going to order something and it being out of stock.
I never thought I would want to pay that much for a mod because we spend a lot of time in the pool in the summer and I didn't want to drop an expensive mod in the pool. I just got the v mod xl yesterday and untill I looked inside it I didn't realize that it would survive a drop in the pool minus maybe the battery. Now I could just use the xl in the pool and the provari can watch from the safety of the house LOL.What are the pros and cons of these two finishes?
