I've had mine for about 3 weeks and it's been working flawlessly . I was gonna order another one and keep the one I have for work. But once I read that u don't get the 1 yr warranty I had to pass. Honestly I think if u bought it and hcigar wouldn't warranty it ,Evolv would probably still cover the chip so it's definitely a toss up . I will say it's an awesome box. The size ,shape , and weight are all perfect. Only downside is the battery. I can get a full work day out of it but the weekends are ruff. I just carry my vt200 and have my sig 150tc in my back pack when I go out on the weekends. They should have batterys for sale soon after the Chinese holiday so I'm just waiting for that . The vt200 does have better battery than the other boxes out now so anyone u buy will have small batt issues