I've been using Spinners for a little bit and I found myself looking to move up... the Vamo V3 seemed really attractive to me due to its price, its features, and generally positive reviews. So I picked up a gun metal V3 with a couple of eFast 2250 mah 18650s and a charger... around $80 shipped from MVS... seemed like a pretty good deal.
Out of the box.... it looks nice. I know a lot of people look at pics online, see the rifling pattern on the unit and got turned off. But holding it in my hand, the grooves are not nearly as obvious... It must be the lighting and photography online. In gun metal finish, it looks pretty sharp actually. The grooves have a function, I would assume, and that is to improve grip. I've seen some V2 reviews that complained about the slick body and that it has a tendency to slide a bit in your hand. Not so with the V3, and I guess that's all on those much maligned grooves.
Being my first APV, I don't have much to compare against, but the weight feels substantial. Being much less expensive than other similarly spec'd out APVs, I had a feeling it might feel cheap. It does not. The fire button has a very firm, positive action and I detected none of the metal on metal clicking that I've seen in some reviews. For me at least, it sits in a good spot on the body and its easy to use with either my thumb or forefinger. The two function buttons stick out nicely and are easy to access and use. All three buttons seem quite solid and lack any lateral play (which might not hold up over time, who knows). All in all, you wouldn't hold this thing and thing that its one of the cheapest APVs out there.
It is a telescoping APV, so the body has two sections, with one removed if you use a 18350. I have 650s, so I have both tubes in place. A co-worker looked at it and said that it looked like a lightsaber (heh). But I have large hands, so even with the larger battery in there, it doesn't feel too long. And out of the box, with the flat top, there was zero battery rattle... it feels like a single solid piece.
The OLED display is nice... it has an easy to read, bright font and the text seems to 'float' in the display. When starting up/shutting down, you get a scrolling "system: on/off", which is pretty slick. The software is pretty simple and needs really no learning curve. Hold the left button, you get the battery voltage. Hold the right; resistance. Hold both and you can adjust 1) variable voltage or wattage 2) Show battery life, voltage/watts, or resistance when it fires or 3) turn the display off. Easy-peasy... Voltage is from 3.0 to 6.0 in .1 increments, wattage 3 to 15 in .5w increments. The only quirk here is that when you click to adjust, it changes right away.. some devices will show your current setting first, then the second click changes. Overall, Its VERY easy to set up.
I'm on an eVod kick currently, and it sits nicely. But I will have to keep an eye on removing the clearo, since the base is blocked by the 'beauty' ring that fits over the threading (no, I didn't get one of the bedazzeled ones that some have received). If you crank a BCC down tight (which is a no-no anyhow), when you remove it, you might want to remove the ring first, or you might loosed the clearo off the base. But I tighten the base on the eVod down tight and I only tighten the clearo to the APV to get a good connection... so I should not mess that one up.
Using it... I can hear what people refer to as the rattlesnake (due to the PWM). I'd actually describe it differently... With my eVod, it sounds more like the rattle that the Predator makes... or a cat purring. Its not that loud and I only hear it when I first fire it.. it goes away once I draw. Actually, it sounds like of cool. Running at the same voltage as my spinner, there is noticeably more vapor pouring out of the thing.... I heard it would be close to a VV batt like a spinner, and I mostly wanted the longer battery life and the resistance check, so this is a bit of a bonus. It vapes great. One of the things that drove me crazy with the spinner is the way-too-short 8 second cut off. This is 10, and with the increased vapor production, I haven't it cut off on me. That rocks.
Bring my first APV, I don't have anything to compare it against, but I have to say, I'm liking it. The only thing that would turn me off that I can see is durability. Will the button stick, will the center post get all borked... etc... We'll see. But as far as first impressions go, this thing hit the 10 ring right out of the box.
Sweet! Now I think I can finally stop buying gear!!! Well, at least until I get that Protank!
Out of the box.... it looks nice. I know a lot of people look at pics online, see the rifling pattern on the unit and got turned off. But holding it in my hand, the grooves are not nearly as obvious... It must be the lighting and photography online. In gun metal finish, it looks pretty sharp actually. The grooves have a function, I would assume, and that is to improve grip. I've seen some V2 reviews that complained about the slick body and that it has a tendency to slide a bit in your hand. Not so with the V3, and I guess that's all on those much maligned grooves.
Being my first APV, I don't have much to compare against, but the weight feels substantial. Being much less expensive than other similarly spec'd out APVs, I had a feeling it might feel cheap. It does not. The fire button has a very firm, positive action and I detected none of the metal on metal clicking that I've seen in some reviews. For me at least, it sits in a good spot on the body and its easy to use with either my thumb or forefinger. The two function buttons stick out nicely and are easy to access and use. All three buttons seem quite solid and lack any lateral play (which might not hold up over time, who knows). All in all, you wouldn't hold this thing and thing that its one of the cheapest APVs out there.
It is a telescoping APV, so the body has two sections, with one removed if you use a 18350. I have 650s, so I have both tubes in place. A co-worker looked at it and said that it looked like a lightsaber (heh). But I have large hands, so even with the larger battery in there, it doesn't feel too long. And out of the box, with the flat top, there was zero battery rattle... it feels like a single solid piece.
The OLED display is nice... it has an easy to read, bright font and the text seems to 'float' in the display. When starting up/shutting down, you get a scrolling "system: on/off", which is pretty slick. The software is pretty simple and needs really no learning curve. Hold the left button, you get the battery voltage. Hold the right; resistance. Hold both and you can adjust 1) variable voltage or wattage 2) Show battery life, voltage/watts, or resistance when it fires or 3) turn the display off. Easy-peasy... Voltage is from 3.0 to 6.0 in .1 increments, wattage 3 to 15 in .5w increments. The only quirk here is that when you click to adjust, it changes right away.. some devices will show your current setting first, then the second click changes. Overall, Its VERY easy to set up.
I'm on an eVod kick currently, and it sits nicely. But I will have to keep an eye on removing the clearo, since the base is blocked by the 'beauty' ring that fits over the threading (no, I didn't get one of the bedazzeled ones that some have received). If you crank a BCC down tight (which is a no-no anyhow), when you remove it, you might want to remove the ring first, or you might loosed the clearo off the base. But I tighten the base on the eVod down tight and I only tighten the clearo to the APV to get a good connection... so I should not mess that one up.
Using it... I can hear what people refer to as the rattlesnake (due to the PWM). I'd actually describe it differently... With my eVod, it sounds more like the rattle that the Predator makes... or a cat purring. Its not that loud and I only hear it when I first fire it.. it goes away once I draw. Actually, it sounds like of cool. Running at the same voltage as my spinner, there is noticeably more vapor pouring out of the thing.... I heard it would be close to a VV batt like a spinner, and I mostly wanted the longer battery life and the resistance check, so this is a bit of a bonus. It vapes great. One of the things that drove me crazy with the spinner is the way-too-short 8 second cut off. This is 10, and with the increased vapor production, I haven't it cut off on me. That rocks.
Bring my first APV, I don't have anything to compare it against, but I have to say, I'm liking it. The only thing that would turn me off that I can see is durability. Will the button stick, will the center post get all borked... etc... We'll see. But as far as first impressions go, this thing hit the 10 ring right out of the box.
Sweet! Now I think I can finally stop buying gear!!! Well, at least until I get that Protank!
