Like all ecigs, things can fail, so its prob not a bad idea to get an extra switch.
I have a few switches, but my original one is still working and I used it for over 4 months.
Thats the part that has changed the most since the E-Power first came out. So if you get an E-power from Hoosier, and he said its older, its going to have one of the older switches, so Im not sure which one it will be.
There has been 4 E-Power switches brought out since the E-power was first introduced. They all look the same and any of them will work, they just made them better and gave it some more features.
The first switch had a rubber button and blue LED that was kinda cheap and would fall out. So then they brought out the 2nd gen. switch that had a plastic button with instead of the rubber one with a blue LED. That was the switch that came with the E-power for quite awhile and it worked really well. Then the decided to bring out the 3rd gen. switch that had a 5-click on/off feature and a white LED, but it had problems. For some reason they made the white LED switch only rated to use 2.0ohm cartos and up. This was a problem bc the previous 2 switches were rated to use 1.5ohm and up. I really dont know why they did that and it ...... a lot of people off bc the white LED did not work for alot of people when they tried to use something like a 1.5ohm or 1.7ohm atty or carto, when the older blue LED switches worked fine with them. So then to fix their screw-up, they recently brough out the 4th gen. E-Power switch to replace the white LED one. The 4th gen switch is the newest one and it is rated to use 1.5ohm and up and has a blue LED like the older E-Power switches, but it also has the 5-click on/off feature like the white LED switch had.
So as long as the E-power Hoosier is going to give you doesnt have the white LED switch, you wont have a problem. Since he said its older, I would guess its prob the 2nd gen switch, unless its really old and has the 1st gen rubber button switch. Regardless, if its one if those, it will work fine.
It wouldnt be a bad idea though to get a spare switch to have. Hoosier Ecig Supply has the newest E-power switches in stock that have a blue LED and the 5-click on/off feature. They sell it for $10.89, and if your going to get one, I would get it from there.
The carto tanks Hoosier was talking about is just like the tanks in the picture of my E-powers. Thats just one tank and there are quite a few others as well, but they all do the same thing. I would get comfortable using just cartomizers with it first, and then you could always buy a tank for it later.
Regardless of how old the E-Power is, they still use the same batteries, so that wont be an issue.
And yes, you really can build an E-Power out of spare parts. If you dont like the color of the one hes going to give you, Hoosier Ecig Supply sells battery tubes as well for $7.48, so you could always buy another tube at some point if you want a different color.
Heres the link to everything that Hoosier Ecig Supply sells for the E-power :
E-power
If you look on that page, you can see the battery tubes they sell, the spare switches, extra batteries, etc.
I dont know how many batteries hes going to give you, but if hes only giving you one, it wouldnt be a bad idea to get another one. You could buy a battery tube for $7.48, a battery for $5.89, and a spare switch for $10.89 and you just built yourself an extra E-power for under $25. Hoosier also sells the cone as well, but you dont necessarily have to use one, and personally I dont.
A drip tip is really for direct dripping on an atomizer, but alot of people also put them on cartomizers for a mouthpiece.
Oh and ask Hoosier what E-Power he is sending you. Bc Ive been reffering to the 14650 E-Power, but there is also a bigger and less popular 18650 E-Power. If hes sending you an 18650 E-power, then really everything I just said does not apply, bc the 18650 E-power is bigger and uses a different battery. So ask if its a 14650 E-power or a 18650 E-power.
If it is a 14650 E-power, also ask what switch it has. Find out what color the LED is and if it has a plastic button or rubber button.
Let me know what it is and Ill be able to help you more.
Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any more questions.