Hey OP Rocky Mountain Vapor will replace it if it's within 3 months from purchasing, they also claim to have a newer stock that addresses the problems with the original 50's. YMMV, it's a cheap mod.
Do Not Buy The Istick 50W - My 3 month documentation
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Thank you, they're a great co. I will be shopping back with them very soon!
I've had mine for about a month & a half and love it! Not a single problem.
I also have a Istick 50. And I love it. Both me and my wife have one. One I bought locally and hers, we got from a place up in New York.
I've read through this entire thread and it scares me to hear about all these problems. And just praying that some of the problems I've seen here are not in my future. We use them daily basically in the same manner and so far, have had no issues. Time will tell! Lol I get about 2 solid days out of mine. Wife gets more, but she doesn't vape near as much as me. It just works with how I vape. I rebuild my own ICear 16's, even weld my own nr-r-nr wires for the coils. Set @ 7 watts. Or my Atlantis RTA I set it @ 30 watts.
I also make the welders for nr-r-nr wire welding if anyone is interested. PM Me. But what I like about it most is being able to make my own coils @ what ever ohm and wire value I choose, not what you can get!
I will definitely let you know if something happens to either units. Thanks for everyone's input.
I've read through this entire thread and it scares me to hear about all these problems. And just praying that some of the problems I've seen here are not in my future. We use them daily basically in the same manner and so far, have had no issues. Time will tell! Lol I get about 2 solid days out of mine. Wife gets more, but she doesn't vape near as much as me. It just works with how I vape. I rebuild my own ICear 16's, even weld my own nr-r-nr wires for the coils. Set @ 7 watts. Or my Atlantis RTA I set it @ 30 watts.
I also make the welders for nr-r-nr wire welding if anyone is interested. PM Me. But what I like about it most is being able to make my own coils @ what ever ohm and wire value I choose, not what you can get!
I will definitely let you know if something happens to either units. Thanks for everyone's input.
Zero problems with my 50 here. Easily over 3 mos with daily use with various toppers. resistance, charging, fire button, all still flawless.
You can look at an evic vt. 60w temp control micro usb chargeable. Easily had for around 60 bucks.
I just purchased the innokin mvp 3.0 pro. It definitely isn't as pretty, or as light as the istick (which I do miss) but it seems like it's built like a tank. Only issue so far is that the resistance seems to fluctuate a little no matter what atty I put on, and when I press the up or down arrow, sometimes it will drop or up the resistance by .01. Kinda weird.
Yep this is also the only problem I've had. The 50w will not fire for a split second during a hit. It's never enough to even affect my hit though, but I have noticed it. I'm still unsure if it's the actual device, or me not pressing the button in enough. Regardless, my istick 30 is my work beater, and my 50 is a backup. When my 30 crap out one day, my 50 will be my work beater.
This looks really cool. I dunno why but I think joyetech always makes "good looking" items. They always look more expensive than they are.
I had mvp 2 and 3 and never had problems, they still fire fine, so yes well built. I bypassed the eleaf hype (luckily) and went with an ipv3 some time back. I love it and it never gave me a problem. Everyone I know using ipv products has been happy. I am even considering the ipv3 li since it will do Tc and after the upgrade do 200 watts. I'll never use that much but if it passes the test of time I could use it for years. They are larger but for under 100 bucks long battery life and swappable batts I vote ipv if ordering new unit.
3 months of daily use and have not has a single issue. I guess I got a 'lucky' one.....for now.
I have stated this in a previous post on another thread but I guess an update wont hurt.
At the time (last month or so) a group of friends, some that own shops, got together to look at some returns and "faulty" 50w units.
At that time every one of the units that we opened were all user error. The inside was either full of juice or have been dropped and broken. I will not pretend to be an electronic guru or even truly understand most of the guts of the machine.
Recently the engineer of the group hooked it up to some of his equipment and showed us a few that he has gotten lately that he said were overheating due to them being charged too quickly, as he said it was like hooking them up to a car battery.
We have seen 2 that we could see were sloppy builds where they were put together with little solder which caused the malfunction but the very vast majority of the items were full of juice or other junk that we could not identify.
I guess I am a clean freak, but if I feel the unit or tank and have any juice on the outside or airholes, I clean the entire mod completely. Mine as well as a number of others that I know of have not had any issues in the least.
Count me on this, I am NOT saying that the OP or those saying that they have issues are a slob or dropped their mods. I am saying though the ones that have malfunctioned are a low number (again 2 out of about 50 or so) that are the fault of the manufacturing process. These are only the returned ones.
At the time (last month or so) a group of friends, some that own shops, got together to look at some returns and "faulty" 50w units.
At that time every one of the units that we opened were all user error. The inside was either full of juice or have been dropped and broken. I will not pretend to be an electronic guru or even truly understand most of the guts of the machine.
Recently the engineer of the group hooked it up to some of his equipment and showed us a few that he has gotten lately that he said were overheating due to them being charged too quickly, as he said it was like hooking them up to a car battery.
We have seen 2 that we could see were sloppy builds where they were put together with little solder which caused the malfunction but the very vast majority of the items were full of juice or other junk that we could not identify.
I guess I am a clean freak, but if I feel the unit or tank and have any juice on the outside or airholes, I clean the entire mod completely. Mine as well as a number of others that I know of have not had any issues in the least.
Count me on this, I am NOT saying that the OP or those saying that they have issues are a slob or dropped their mods. I am saying though the ones that have malfunctioned are a low number (again 2 out of about 50 or so) that are the fault of the manufacturing process. These are only the returned ones.
I would have to agree with that statement. I am always looking at the 510 connector when ever I change my attys to make sure there is no juice or dirt in there and really clean it out so nothing is getting into the spring loaded connection. I have now even gone to the extent of cramming cotton into the through hole of the ego adapter because I use IClear 16's most of the time. Which are notorious for leaking juice. Think about it. If you are the guy who is putting your mods in your pocket while working. All kinds of crap is getting in there. Especially construction work. Dirt, sawdust, metal shavings, lint, what ever can make it in your pocket can and probably will make it in to your mod.
And people always say that they have never dropped their mod. Mine falls of my bed or night stand all the time. At least a couple of times a week. All it's going to take is that one good hit on the bed rail or night stand leg, and I'll start having problems.
I'm just sayin, it can't always be the "Mod"! If it was that bad, would any of us be buying them? The Istick 50 has been the best mod I have had thus far. Just sayin
And people always say that they have never dropped their mod. Mine falls of my bed or night stand all the time. At least a couple of times a week. All it's going to take is that one good hit on the bed rail or night stand leg, and I'll start having problems.
I'm just sayin, it can't always be the "Mod"! If it was that bad, would any of us be buying them? The Istick 50 has been the best mod I have had thus far. Just sayin
My istick50w has worked just fine for the 3-4 months Ive had it but its just a backup now. I prefer the size,form and functionality of the cheaper aspire ESP 30w. Its just more convenient and works just the same.
These mods go through the exact same treatment as any other mod out there. They ALL get banged about and they ALL get juice spilled on them. Yet, we don't hear any other mod out there having this kind and numbers of catastrophic failures. The mere fact that you alone were able to find 50 malfunctioning units to examine is staggering.
If these mods are not faulty in manufacturing then they are faulty in design. The shear number of these thing that are going dangerously crazy proves that out.
We build Cheap
If Break, you buy another
All china mods are a crap shoot for Quality and longevity. what you get may be completely different from the previous/next purchasers experience.
Believe me, I have plenty of China devices and have had first hand experience with quality/build variations.
iSticks, MVP's, etc. with built-in batteries are considered Disposable.
Like a Bic lighter, they may last or crap out early.
If Break, you buy another
All china mods are a crap shoot for Quality and longevity. what you get may be completely different from the previous/next purchasers experience.
Believe me, I have plenty of China devices and have had first hand experience with quality/build variations.
iSticks, MVP's, etc. with built-in batteries are considered Disposable.
Like a Bic lighter, they may last or crap out early.
Actually no the 50 units is actually quite small with the overall number of units we gather for inspection and demolition.
You will be surprised at the number of MVP's we have taken apart. The 2.0 has a vastly larger number.
As stated previously these are all owners of Vape Shops around the DFW (Dallas, Ft Worth) area. The owners from shops include Wako, Midland, Shreveport and Oklahoma City. (As a side note, no I do not own a store or a shop, I offer small businesses advise to help their company grow and reduce their logistics costs)
My iStick 20W has been rock solid.
My iStick 50W has had some issues. The first one worked fine for the first month to six weeks and then one day it continued to fire after I released the fire button and went into lock mode. I had to plug it in to USB power to reset it. After that, it was fine again until about 2 weeks before the 90 day warranty period when it fired until lockout and wouldn't reset. I took it back to the store and they swapped it out. The guy at the store was able to get it to reset by pressing buttons. It suddenly started to work. I tried every combination he did, but it finally came back on for him. The new one seems fine, but it's constantly changing back to minimum voltage/wattage on its own.
The changing voltage and wattage thing is most likely buttons getting pushed in my pocket. I use the lock function now and that problem has stopped. You just set the voltage or wattage where you want it and then press and hold the up and down buttons until the display says locked. When you want to change the settings, just press the up and down buttons again to unlock.
I'd like to see the iStick with replaceable batteries. Yeah, the ones that come in it will probably last a couple of years, but I like serviceability.
My iStick 50W has had some issues. The first one worked fine for the first month to six weeks and then one day it continued to fire after I released the fire button and went into lock mode. I had to plug it in to USB power to reset it. After that, it was fine again until about 2 weeks before the 90 day warranty period when it fired until lockout and wouldn't reset. I took it back to the store and they swapped it out. The guy at the store was able to get it to reset by pressing buttons. It suddenly started to work. I tried every combination he did, but it finally came back on for him. The new one seems fine, but it's constantly changing back to minimum voltage/wattage on its own.
The changing voltage and wattage thing is most likely buttons getting pushed in my pocket. I use the lock function now and that problem has stopped. You just set the voltage or wattage where you want it and then press and hold the up and down buttons until the display says locked. When you want to change the settings, just press the up and down buttons again to unlock.
I'd like to see the iStick with replaceable batteries. Yeah, the ones that come in it will probably last a couple of years, but I like serviceability.
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