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CloudZ

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Just google "hcigar nemesis" and you will find a few vendors on the first page of results. They are also available on ebay but there have been complaints about quality and whether or not it is an actual "hcigar" Nemesis. I got one on ebay that made no mention of hcigar... it is pretty nice except for the switch, which binds up easily. I don't recommend doing that.
 

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I have the FT Nemesis and can tell you, out of my 20+ Mods/APV's this thing seriously impressed me. It has taken over front center and I've already ordered 2 more.

Was there any indication of the manufacturer? Just curious, I've seen a lot of people speculating, and Fasttech seems to keep that sort of information to themselves.
 

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Was there any indication of the manufacturer? Just curious, I've seen a lot of people speculating, and Fasttech seems to keep that sort of information to themselves.

Only indication is from multi-clone owners that say FT is Identical to Hcigar. That would likely be due to Production in the same manufacturing facility.
Contrary to many opinions, there are a lot of companies that simple contract production and package under their logo/name.
 

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I received my Nemesis clone from an eBay seller a week ago ($35.99 + free shipping) and I love it. Everything about it is top notch except for the crunchy switch. But, according to Todd's Reviews, that is something that also is a small problem with the original. I plan on getting the magnets which supposedly take care of that.

Received a brand new polished SS JM22 mod just today that I also bought off eBay - $20 + $3.26 shipping. The treads are smooth as butter and it's very well made silver plated contacts too. I don't think the guy knew what it was... the other items he had for sale were like Power Ranger toys and girly "dust collector" knick knacks.

Actually he had two of the JM mods, the other is the one with chrome plated brass caps and an gold anodized aluminum tube with silver plated contacts for $20 or best offer - it's stiil there for anyone interested, do a search on the bay for "jm mod" and it should be the there. The seller's out of Greenville, SC.
 

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I received my Nemesis clone from an eBay seller a week ago ($35.99 + free shipping) and I love it. Everything about it is top notch except for the crunchy switch. But, according to Todd's Reviews, that is something that also is a small problem with the original. I plan on getting the magnets which supposedly take care of that.

Received a brand new polished SS JM22 mod just today that I also bought off eBay - $20 + $3.26 shipping. The treads are smooth as butter and it's very well made silver plated contacts too. I don't think the guy knew what it was... the other items he had for sale were like Power Ranger toys and girly "dust collector" knick knacks.

Actually he had two of the JM mods, the other is the one with chrome plated brass caps and an gold anodized aluminum tube with silver plated contacts for $20 or best offer - it's stiil there for anyone interested, do a search on the bay for "jm mod" and it should be the there. The seller's out of Greenville, SC.

Those are actually the clones from FastTech... $19.64 JM Mechanical Mod Kit - 18350&18500&18650 tubes at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping Good thing you only paid $20 for it. They go for less than $20 on FastTech.... My friend, you got cloned!!!

edit... At least you didn't have to wait 3-4 weeks to get it!!!
 
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Those are actually the clones from FastTech... $19.64 JM Mechanical Mod Kit - 18350&18500&18650 tubes at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping Good thing you only paid $20 for it. They go for less than $20 on FastTech.... My friend, you got cloned!!!

edit... At least you didn't have to wait 34 weeks to get it!!!

Oh, I know it's a clone and I am familiar w/Fastech, I knew exactly what I was buying. The last FT order I made was on 10/14 and I received it 11/11. The single 18650 tube JM clone in SS goes for $15.75 on FT. The 3 tube brushed SS version on FT you pointed to does not have silver plated contacts. So, I paid $7.51 more to have it 3 days - which is acceptable to me.

I haven't seen them on any of the US vendor sites outside of eBay. There is another US eBay vendor selling one for $38.88 - free shipping or $56.88 for one with one Efest bat and a suicide charger.

$23.26 sounded like a deal to me...

It's nice but not nearly as nice as my Nemmy clone.
 
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