Gripper Discussion

[meli.]

For the past four months (since I took up vaping) I have been using 650mAh egos and 1000 mAh Twists exclusively.
All I can say is Wow, my Grippa Rocks!
It's nowhere near the same as the Twist, I had a bit of difficulty trying to find that elusive 'sweet spot' it wasn't anywhere near the same voltage setting I have on the twists.
I have to set the Gripper on a lower voltage this thing kicks and hits hard on throat hit. I will have to swap over to higher/std res heads or tweak my juice, 'cause it doesn't like the LR heads at all. It's only been in use for 24hrs, a lot of fiddling about to do still but what Fun! I'm like a little girl with a new toy, it has to accompany me ev-er-y-where. Clicky button is driving me nuts though, didn't think it would but true enough, it is Loud, that or master silent presses.

It also seems to be versatile in looks, my Hb collected me from work this evening we pulled up at a set of lights, the lady in the car next to us was talking on her mobile phone, I glanced over at her, she at me. I reached into my top pocket and withdrew my Gripper looked at it to check settings, was about to put it to my lips, glanced back at her, she seemed really startled put her phone down really fast, gave a little shrug and mouthed sorry. Clearly not only is the Gripper good for stealth vaping (minus clicky button) but also looks like a Walky-Talky, the silly goose thought we were unmarked police. When I took a drag and blew out a huge cloud of vapour the look on her face was absolutely Priceless.

 

[Rader2146]

The Gripper does indeed hit much harder that what the display reads. Set at 3.0v its DC equivalent voltage (Vrms) is 4.23v. Standard resistance coils are almost a must unless you like a really hot vape.

 

[GIMike]

I'm going to be going back to the twists. Tired of my gripper falling apart on me.

 

[dnakr]

I have a few high end mods, but since I received the Gripper, that is all I have been using. Just ordered another one in case this one does fall apart, but so far, after a couple of months, this one is still going strong. Can't beat the cost for what it does.

 

[Zurd]

Standard resistance coils are almost a must unless you like a really hot vape.

I really, really like a hot vape

 

[MikeE3]

The Gripper does indeed hit much harder that what the display reads. Set at 3.0v its DC equivalent voltage (Vrms) is 4.23v. Standard resistance coils are almost a must unless you like a really hot vape.

Well that's nice to see. I thought my gripper was running 'hot'. I was wondering if it was just mine. I have to set the volts much lower on the gripper than my Provari to get the same vape. Also, the gripper seems to read/measure ohms lower too. I don't thrust it's readouts.

 

[Debadoo]

yeah I don't trust the readouts on the ohms either. Really need to get a multi meter. But I do like the feature when I'm switching around. I can at least tell if I put the 1.8 or the 2.8 head on my vivi without squinting at the etching. lol They do hit a lot harder. I reckin cuz they say it hits at twice the voltage 50% of the time.

 

[IMWylde]

Has anyone cracked one of these open and tried to reinforce the admittedly shoddy construction. I looked at the broken open model and thought there was no where near enough hot glue on that sucker. I think a little glue perhaps some expansion foam and a piece of chrome finished molding that fits the ugly seam might tighten this thing up enough.

 

[rdbeads]

My button was working only some of the time. This was my fault as I dumped quite a bit of juice on it twice when the bottom of my Vivi Nova opened up. I popped the case open which was very easy. The insides seem to be put together pretty well. I don't think it needs any more glue or anything added to the inside.

The button is pretty cheap. Was quite surprised at how poorly made it is. Anyway, I had bought a small button and burned a hole in the center of the top finger groove to install it. Took the wires from the old button and soldered them up to the new button. Super glued the new button in place just under and to the side of the 510 connection and all is well. I have been using it this way for close to a month now and I am very pleased with it. Fires every time.

 

[Cool_Breeze]

...and is hopefully quieter!

 

[Firewing]

So today my Gripper quit working. I had noticed I had a hard time getting the Nova's on and off, like it wasn't quite threading right, and today when I put an atty on it, it said 0.0 for resistance. No matter what I put on there it still says 0.0 and when I press the button it doesn't fire. Any thoughts or suggestions? I can't lay my Gripper to rest yet.

 

[Rader2146]

What does it say without anything on it?

 

[Firewing]

What does it say without anything on it?

9.9 ohm...can it be fixed?

Sent from my nexus where the mountains meet the desert

 

[Firewing]

Actually it's saying 0.1 ohm's with a atty on . It was also saying 9.9 ohm with an atty on.

Sent from my nexus where the mountains meet the desert

 

[Debadoo]

Have ya tried changing out batteries, different juice holders etc and does it do the same thing with all of em??

ETA: also if you havne't, try shutting it off completely for a bit, let it reset etc.

 

[Firewing]

Have ya tried changing out batteries, different juice holders etc and does it do the same thing with all of em??

ETA: also if you havne't, try shutting it off completely for a bit, let it reset etc.

I've turned it off, I left the battery out for a few hours. I've tried Nova's, Apollo's, and Splitfire's on it. I think it has something to do with the 510 connection, because my atty's seem to get stuck almost in it.... any thoughts???

 

[Debadoo]

I really stink at trying to figure these things out, I'm sure tomorrow some of the techy guys will be on that will be much better at it. If you have one, try another battery also. My threads totally stripped, but yours sounds more like something shorting out somewhere. Is the connector wobbly at all? could be some kind of wire came loose or something like that, but again, I know so little about this stuff that I could be way off base.

the only bad thing to these lil guys are the threads at the connector. Mine started getting bad, so I started using a 510 sealed shorty adapter so there wouldn't be as much wear and tear on threads. Then they totally stripped, so I got some 5 minute epoxy and put a ce3 in the adapter, put the adapter on the gripper, made sure it was firing, then glued it down from the outside of the adapter to the top of the gripper. Looks a little gloopy on there, but that's fine by me.

 

[Firewing]

I really stink at trying to figure these things out, I'm sure tomorrow some of the techy guys will be on that will be much better at it. If you have one, try another battery also. My threads totally stripped, but yours sounds more like something shorting out somewhere. Is the connector wobbly at all? could be some kind of wire came loose or something like that, but again, I know so little about this stuff that I could be way off base.

the only bad thing to these lil guys are the threads at the connector. Mine started getting bad, so I started using a 510 sealed shorty adapter so there wouldn't be as much wear and tear on threads. Then they totally stripped, so I got some 5 minute epoxy and put a ce3 in the adapter, put the adapter on the gripper, made sure it was firing, then glued it down from the outside of the adapter to the top of the gripper. Looks a little gloopy on there, but that's fine by me.

I think that's exactly what the issue is, its shorting...I just have no clue how to fix it.

Sent from my nexus where the mountains meet the desert

 

[billherbst]

Connector problems (especially on 510 connectors) strike me as the primary cause of premature death for PVs and APVs. Of the 89 PVs I've bought over the past two years (yes, I fully realize how obsessive that is), 13 have gone belly up. Most of those deaths were caused by connector failures of one kind or another. Second place goes to switch problems. Chip failures and case breakage do occur, of course, but broken connectors are the equivalent of cancer and heart disease put together for PVs.

If you have the patience of a saint, the knowledge of an electrical engineer, the tool-savvy of a mechanic, and the delicate skills of a brain surgeon, those failures are user-repairable to resuscitate dead PVs. For most of us, however, such fatal injuries mean tossing the PV into the trash and buying another one (either the same or different) or, in very rare cases, packing up and shipping the corpse back to the vendor for replacement or repair.

You have my condolences, Firewing. RIP, Gripper.

 

[Firewing]

Connector problems (especially on 510 connectors) strike me as the primary cause of premature death for PVs and APVs. Of the 89 PVs I've bought over the past two years (yes, I fully realize how obsessive that is), 13 have gone belly up. Most of those deaths were caused by connector failures of one kind or another. Second place goes to switch problems. Chip failures and case breakage do occur, of course, but broken connectors are the equivalent of cancer and heart disease put together for PVs.

If you have the patience of a saint, the knowledge of an electrical engineer, the tool-savvy of a mechanic, and the delicate skills of a brain surgeon, those failures are user-repairable to resuscitate dead PVs. For most of us, however, such fatal injuries mean tossing the PV into the trash and buying another one (either the same or different) or, in very rare cases, packing up and shipping the corpse back to the vendor for replacement or repair.

You have my condolences, Firewing. RIP, Gripper.

Ok then I guess my Gripper has gone to PV heaven. I guess I need to get another one.

Sent from my nexus where the mountains meet the desert