Help with Vamo

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peraspera

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The LED screens on my two VAMOs are perfectly centered so you got one that slipped through the notorious Chinese manufacturing poor quality control. I would suggest you contact the seller and arrange for a replacement. However, if you are handy and aren't worried about messing your VAMO up so badly that you can't return it this video shows how to disassemble the VAMO. You might be able to fix the screen that way.

 

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The LED screens on my two VAMOs are perfectly centered so you got one that slipped through the notorious Chinese manufacturing poor quality control. I would suggest you contact the seller and arrange for a replacement. However, if you are handy and aren't worried about messing your VAMO up so badly that you can't return it this video shows how to disassemble the VAMO. You might be able to fix the screen that way.

Thanks for this video. I love stuff like this because I seem to have the dropsies with my mods and I don't mind doing some repairs. I had wondered how I might get it apart in a worst case scenario.
 
Yea as much as I don't want to go without it I'm going to send it back. Its not a huge problem and its performing fine but the right side of the screen is pushed inside the unit and the left side sticks out a few mm. So I'm thinking that if the screen isn't set properly the internals must not be either, and it could lead to problems down the road.
 
Got my replacement today and guess what..... It was even worse than the first one!!! So i took it apart and it was surpisingly simple. Fixed my buttons, which the right one was sticking out twice as far as the left and got the screen cover as close to perfectly center as possible but its still not flush. I guess its just china manufacturing, not blaming the vendor at all they handled it very well. I guess i better save up for an American made mod for my next purchase i.e. Provari or something of that caliber. Until then i do love the performance of my vamo even with its imperfections.
 

AppleCheeksAlice

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No wiggle on the screen on my Vamo but it did have lint inside it. You couldn't really notice but it bugged me so I took it apart and cleaned it with an air duster.

Thanks xmr. I wonder if I could fix it myself? I have no idea what kind of glue you'd use for that though. I do like the Vamo otherwise. Since I posted I realized that the plastic display screen will pop right out.
 
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