Do you have multiple mods and tanks?
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Um, smoofy?? What does that mean?
I got one at MadVapes; then got another from ECBlends when I saw that they also had the stainless knucklehead I'd been trying to find -- and it's a nice knucklehead, but I found I prefer the angled adapters, so I can use the small acrylic Mings.
Andria
ooo, i like those tilt-drip-tip insulators, andriaD, very nice!
I discovered a while back that with an RDA, I absolutely require some offsetting from the coil, or I get hot ejuice spit at me.
So I used knuckleheads for a while, but I've discovered that I like those "smoofy" angled adapters even more -- they don't wiggle around unexpectedly as knuckleheads are often prone to do. Plus, the adapters allow me to use my favorite driptips, those small Mings. 
Andria
ETA: Exit vehicle with mod in lap - check. When exiting a truck this is particularly aggravating, as it has farther to fall. Thank god for Innokin; my silver CoolFire IV has a ding in the botton edge, but still works just great!!!
Well of course I have multiple mods and tanks. Why wouldn't I have?
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We also need a back up for the back up of the back up we first intended to buy. We or I should say "I" need this as I do not every intend to go back to smoking those FDA approved death sticks........I have several of the same mod style. If something happens to that tube mod, I would be SOL for vaping anything. The same for the device that holds the liquid.
Basically, we do need a backup.... just in case
Me too.I buy a new mod about every month,and a new rta or rda about every week or two,and i do this for 2 reasons.1 being i like trying out the different equipment out there,and 2 because no matter what the future holds,i will be prepared for it.I have probably 25 or so mods,and about 35 rta's/rda's and enough nic to last me and my son for at least 15 years.Yes i am prepared for anything haha.
I can definitely agree with that statement.Most of my mods were $50 or less,with only 2 being more than that,but i have never and never will spend more than $100 on one.My most expensive was $70,and that was my extreme high end price range.No matter the cost though,they all perform the same job.
What i love these days is the ability to buy top shelf mods for very cheap prices since most these days seem to be buying Kanger mods , Eleaf etc...
Many vendors have very good devices like the iPV2X 60 watt device and the iPV2S 60 watt for well under $50.00 now and thats a very solid all aluminum mod with a quality YiHi chipset .
Imo, these mods are superior to what the companies i mentioned above are currently offering and should last a long time .
I also picked up mods with a DNA Evolv chipset like the SVD 2.0 by Innokin , one of the most solidly built and great performing mods you can buy with an authentic Evolv chip , they can be had for $40.00 or under at some vendors which is a steal imo.
That is a mod that was sold and is still being sold by some vendors for $99.99.
Yeah,i really like the ipv series.My first was the ipv mini,it was my favorite and most used mod for a long time,i only stopped using it when i started going above 30 watts,but i've had it for well over a year,and even now still works perfectly.I got my son an eleaf 100 watt istick for his birthday,and liked it enough to get myself one to get me into the higher wattage for a cheap price,and while it does the job fine,i still ended up going for a few brands i know to be good quality and that will last,which are the 2 that hit my top price point.I picked up a Sigelei 150tc,and shortly after an Ipv 3 Li,and both have been great,and should both last quite a while.The istick still works fine,and i've had no issues with it,but when leaving the house,i always grab either the Sigelei or Ipv,as i know the chance of failure is less with either of these.
Many mods. No tanks. Just bottom-fed RDAs.
Seriously though, if vaping is what keeps someone off cigarettes, they need at least two complete workings setups. Heck, I won't leave the house for more than an hour without two.
Seriously though, if vaping is what keeps someone off cigarettes, they need at least two complete workings setups. Heck, I won't leave the house for more than an hour without two.
I tend to call it "feature creep" then "shinnyitus".
It started out simple enough - one tank one mod. Frankly, now I have more tanks than mods to mount them. First I needed more tanks to hold more flavors (wanted to switch flavors without draining the tank). Then as I ventured into rebuildables, I wanted to try a different build or wire without breaking down what I already had installed and was working fine for me.
Some tanks represent more of a challenge than others. While I've slowly progressed to having some favorites, there a handful or more of the 'not quite usable' ones that have found their way to the 'junk drawer', not in use but somehow I've not given up completely on them yet to toss them away.
Then there's the batteries or mods. The charge on the thing that I started out with would only last a few hours. Here I was presented a choice - purchase another one just like it or venture into something else? As fate would have it the 1st one sprang 3 more - one with about the same mAH (but with replaceable battery cell), one with 2-3x mAH and finally one with 3-4x more power.
The problem was that I'd have to carry TWO of the mods above (and extra battery cells) for any hopes of vaping all day away from home. I'd also have to consider bring extra tanks as the factory coils in anyone of them could fail at almost any moment leaving me to swap atomizers 'in the wild'.
I went fully rebuildable and TC. Ether of which rendered my current coral of mods obsolete or as carefully placed fail safe backups. The current collection of tanks were also fairly to mostly useless as well. The venture into RTA's and eventually 'top fill' RTA's left a bunch of 'also rans' in the junk drawer.
My first volley into TC was at the high end, heavy and single 18650 I needed a backup and/or more mAH. A few low end TC mods were added, one was basically throw-a-way unusable from the start while the other one still gets some use (510 pin won't contact most of my tanks).
After getting a few single and dual 18650 backups I started to venture into exotic wire types for vaping. While in some cases a temperature offset could be used, it is much better to have a user programmable TCR so while two of my current mods were software upgradable, two more were added that have this feature.
As you can see, it all makes perfect logical sense to me. It was a 'evolution of features' or requirements that amassed all the tanks and mods.
It started out simple enough - one tank one mod. Frankly, now I have more tanks than mods to mount them. First I needed more tanks to hold more flavors (wanted to switch flavors without draining the tank). Then as I ventured into rebuildables, I wanted to try a different build or wire without breaking down what I already had installed and was working fine for me.
Some tanks represent more of a challenge than others. While I've slowly progressed to having some favorites, there a handful or more of the 'not quite usable' ones that have found their way to the 'junk drawer', not in use but somehow I've not given up completely on them yet to toss them away.
Then there's the batteries or mods. The charge on the thing that I started out with would only last a few hours. Here I was presented a choice - purchase another one just like it or venture into something else? As fate would have it the 1st one sprang 3 more - one with about the same mAH (but with replaceable battery cell), one with 2-3x mAH and finally one with 3-4x more power.
The problem was that I'd have to carry TWO of the mods above (and extra battery cells) for any hopes of vaping all day away from home. I'd also have to consider bring extra tanks as the factory coils in anyone of them could fail at almost any moment leaving me to swap atomizers 'in the wild'.
I went fully rebuildable and TC. Ether of which rendered my current coral of mods obsolete or as carefully placed fail safe backups. The current collection of tanks were also fairly to mostly useless as well. The venture into RTA's and eventually 'top fill' RTA's left a bunch of 'also rans' in the junk drawer.
My first volley into TC was at the high end, heavy and single 18650 I needed a backup and/or more mAH. A few low end TC mods were added, one was basically throw-a-way unusable from the start while the other one still gets some use (510 pin won't contact most of my tanks).
After getting a few single and dual 18650 backups I started to venture into exotic wire types for vaping. While in some cases a temperature offset could be used, it is much better to have a user programmable TCR so while two of my current mods were software upgradable, two more were added that have this feature.
As you can see, it all makes perfect logical sense to me. It was a 'evolution of features' or requirements that amassed all the tanks and mods.
The iPV 35 watt , iPV Mini , iPV 50 watt , iPV2X 60 watt , iPV2S 60 watt and the iPV III Li are very good and solid mods , they all have rugged all aluminum enclosures and quality chipset's . The Sig's are excellent as well.
Unfortunately the iPV 4's and the new iPV V went to a much less impressive plastic / aluminum enclosure which the overwhelming majority feel is clearly a step down from the former iPV enclosures in quality .
I am not an Eleaf fan at all for a wide variety of reasons , their refusal to take care of their customers even when customers have a legit claim is a big one though , well that and their quality is not on the level as some of their competitors.
They are priced right though for what they are , i think Innokin makes superior quality devices though.
Shiney-whatz?
Very early in my vape career, I had, in total, 1 terrible cig-a-like, 2 ego batteries, 3 clearomizers and 1 ego charger. Wouldn't ya know it, one ego battery and the charger both failed together. Luckily, the the other ego was charged up and I made it and the cig-a-like last until a new rush-order charger arrived. Never been without multiple layers of backup since then.
Of course, today's gear is more reliable than that dark-ages (3 years ago is a long time in vape-years) gear, but things still happen. Innokin is well regarded for solid devices, but I had an MVP switch fail suddenly earlier this year. Merely annoying, not a disaster thanks to other gear at hand.
Then of course, there's the FDA regs looming in our future. Even when all my preferred regulated devices finally fail and can't be replaced easily, I'll still have the old mechs to fall back on.
Very early in my vape career, I had, in total, 1 terrible cig-a-like, 2 ego batteries, 3 clearomizers and 1 ego charger. Wouldn't ya know it, one ego battery and the charger both failed together. Luckily, the the other ego was charged up and I made it and the cig-a-like last until a new rush-order charger arrived. Never been without multiple layers of backup since then.
Of course, today's gear is more reliable than that dark-ages (3 years ago is a long time in vape-years) gear, but things still happen. Innokin is well regarded for solid devices, but I had an MVP switch fail suddenly earlier this year. Merely annoying, not a disaster thanks to other gear at hand.
Then of course, there's the FDA regs looming in our future. Even when all my preferred regulated devices finally fail and can't be replaced easily, I'll still have the old mechs to fall back on.
Well I gotta say that I was out at an outside New Years party last night on frozen snow and ice and I kept dropping my Kanger mini box and Nautilus. Well hot dam the battery panel would fly off ,battery would pop out but once I put everything back together I would be vaping again. Looking at it today not a chip or anything and I dropped it at least 4-5 times. Very durable! I kinda feel like a fool for buying ten under the "just in case clause"
Well I gotta say that I was out at an outside New Years party last night on frozen snow and ice and I kept dropping my Kanger mini box and Nautilus. Well hot dam the battery panel would fly off ,battery would pop out but once I put everything back together I would be vaping again. Looking at it today not a chip or anything and I dropped it at least 4-5 times. Very durable! I kinda feel like a fool for buying ten under the "just in case clause"
it will break over time
My attitude to vaping is 1 = 0, 2 = 1 and so on so I have more mods and tanks then I need right now but probably less then I need to go the rest of my life which I might have too if we can't get politicians that actually do what's best for the people they represent rather then the corporations that pay them the most for favourable legislation.
1 = 0, 2 = 1 is a good formula for vape gear, certainly. Over the years, I have bought many a PV. Look at my signature... (and I mean, what I have purchased in PEANUTS compared to the amount of gear a lot of vapers purchase in the amount of time I've been vaping, going on 7 years now...) I've got around 8 mods. Each mod that I bought more than 2 or 3 years ago, has something wrong with it. The telescope's locking ring threads have stripped & it now wobbles. The Natural's bottom cap won't unscrew, it must have debris stuck in the threads, so i cant access the negative post! My Nzonic wont even fire, at the moment! (and an entire team at the vape-shop couldn't figure out why! lol) my evic's top beauty ring won't unscrew either, which angers me, because I used-to like the look of my evic without the ring, with a kanger clearomizer on-top. Hell, my lavatube stopped working a looong time ago, & will only fire if i press the very tip-top of the firing button, in just the right spot, and in just the right way. (I used it as a means of pulling the top cap off of stuck RDAs, or to check res)
My provari has nothing wrong with it, beside the scratches. Do you know how LONG I was against provari, and provape in general, b4 buying a provari? i was completely & totally against provape for a very long time.... but i finally bought a provari, to review, to compare it w/ other mods.. I wanted to hate it. I wanted to tell everyone that it wasn't worth the price, and that everyone should just buy lavatubes and other VV mods, but, i fell in love with it. It's the BEST built mod i own today. the walls of the provari's tube are thicker than any other mod in my collection. it IS worth the price. & thats why it still works...
There IS good reason for buying expensive mods. IF they are worth their price-tag. IF they are quality-made devices, whether mech or regulated... If I were a worker with steady pay, there is no doubt i would imbibe in more expensive mods every now and then. Of course, I'm not, which is why I have the collection that I've got today- A very small collection, and with very silly mods - mods that, were popular in their time, but, did not last the test of time... you want to avoid the hype, when it comes to buying e-cigarette mods, devices, accessories. the hype will get u into big trouble. I'm proud of my Provari, my REO, and my Silver Bullet. I'm proud of my Evic, my Evic mini VTC, and my Kanger Subox. these are well-made devices, in my opinion, and, i think there are less and less CHEAP devices entering into the market these days, for sure... But, you want to be careful. The Koopor line of mods, for example... Are they solid? IDK. They very well may be, but, I would be careful... Don't buy a mod because it's new and shiny. Buy it because it's been time-tested, & people still love it.
making this long post a bit shorter- buy quality. you WILL want to have backups for your backups, but you can buy less, if you buy quality devices. i bought my evic mini because i trust joyetech. they gained my trust with the original evic, which i still use today. Kanger is another company that went from releasing "crap" to releasing what we demanded of them, and, now they are releasing QUALITY mods... i trust both of these companies, today. I trust EHPRO for their mech mod clones, as well, because EHPro has GAINED my trust, which is why I have no issue buying EHpro clones today. Simple. Yes, my EHpro Nznonic isn't firing today, but, the sheer quality of materials that Nzonic is MADE FROM, is enough to make me confident any EHpro mod I buy will be TOUGH.
My provari has nothing wrong with it, beside the scratches. Do you know how LONG I was against provari, and provape in general, b4 buying a provari? i was completely & totally against provape for a very long time.... but i finally bought a provari, to review, to compare it w/ other mods.. I wanted to hate it. I wanted to tell everyone that it wasn't worth the price, and that everyone should just buy lavatubes and other VV mods, but, i fell in love with it. It's the BEST built mod i own today. the walls of the provari's tube are thicker than any other mod in my collection. it IS worth the price. & thats why it still works...
There IS good reason for buying expensive mods. IF they are worth their price-tag. IF they are quality-made devices, whether mech or regulated... If I were a worker with steady pay, there is no doubt i would imbibe in more expensive mods every now and then. Of course, I'm not, which is why I have the collection that I've got today- A very small collection, and with very silly mods - mods that, were popular in their time, but, did not last the test of time... you want to avoid the hype, when it comes to buying e-cigarette mods, devices, accessories. the hype will get u into big trouble. I'm proud of my Provari, my REO, and my Silver Bullet. I'm proud of my Evic, my Evic mini VTC, and my Kanger Subox. these are well-made devices, in my opinion, and, i think there are less and less CHEAP devices entering into the market these days, for sure... But, you want to be careful. The Koopor line of mods, for example... Are they solid? IDK. They very well may be, but, I would be careful... Don't buy a mod because it's new and shiny. Buy it because it's been time-tested, & people still love it.
making this long post a bit shorter- buy quality. you WILL want to have backups for your backups, but you can buy less, if you buy quality devices. i bought my evic mini because i trust joyetech. they gained my trust with the original evic, which i still use today. Kanger is another company that went from releasing "crap" to releasing what we demanded of them, and, now they are releasing QUALITY mods... i trust both of these companies, today. I trust EHPRO for their mech mod clones, as well, because EHPro has GAINED my trust, which is why I have no issue buying EHpro clones today. Simple. Yes, my EHpro Nznonic isn't firing today, but, the sheer quality of materials that Nzonic is MADE FROM, is enough to make me confident any EHpro mod I buy will be TOUGH.
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