Have no doubt about that, most vendors are. They publish the specs the supplier provides them with. However I may have been wrong about this V4 Epic Storm, hope so.
Don't have that much experience with L-Riders honesty but I'm aware of a couple others promoting 4amp units that are actually 3amp units. Young June has been doing it for months and Smoktech advertises their Gripper at 4amp and it is actually 3amp.
I hope L-Rider is coming out with a 4amp unit, would buy one in a minute.
As I understand it the LT V2 started out at 4amp and was cut back to 3amp which took me out of their market.
Errol
If an Epic Storm 4 is the same as a Lambo 4.0 then no, it does not live up to the manufacturer's/rep's specs. Maxes out at roughly 2.5 amps and if it's true they're using the TI chip I read somewhere, it won't even go higher than 5.5V, and it struggles under voltage with both low resistance attys (amperage limit)
and high resistance attys (no idea on this end). It does do a good job maintaining voltage under load with "middle of the road" resistance attys (2.0-2.4 Ohm), staying spot on from 3.0-4.7 set voltages throughout the entire battery's charge.
I really don't know what these reps think they accomplish with outright lying to retailers about the specs of the units they're trying to sell, and we need to find a way to make it stop. Retailers are either being douches (offering warranties which are probably even illegal -- at least in the EU, products sold, unless classified as consumables or disposables,
have to come with a 2 year warranty for manufacturing defects) or taking the hit and eating the losses because of shady business tactics on the other side of the supply chain.
If they can't compete with each other in terms of build quality, total power delivered, features, voltage accuracy under load, etc do they really think
lying will give them an edge? When people start reading that the product doesn't live up to what was advertised, that's basically it. So why bother? Or is this game about getting the retailer's money with those initial orders when they know that with most reps, it's damn near impossible to get a refund (typically, from what little I know, they'll give you "credit" on a subsequent purchase)? Because if that is the case, then our retailers really need to stop doing business with them altogether, or negotiate better conditions for when they fail to deliver on their promises.
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As for the
actual Lavatube 2.0, by Volcano.. I really wish I could get excited with it, but the aesthetics of it just don't do it for me (hey, I hate how the ProVari looks too, so...). You started with a sleek design with v1.0, don't get why you decided to go with such a beefier look for v2, it's too wide, especially for roughly the same length, the connection end (especially with the lanyard hole) is hideous, the indentations on it make it look a bit cheap and both colors I saw look like they're made of cheap plastic -- which is tragic because I don't doubt their build quality is on par with the best mods out there. Yeah, I know that it's possible I'd change my mind if I saw one/got to use one personally, but for $80 (plus shipping?) just for the unit, it's too big of a risk to take and even though this is mostly aesthetics, hardly the most important thing in a VV mod, it does count for something.
I'm giving it a pass, hoping you'll do well enough to do a v3 sometime in the (near) future, at which point I really hope you come back with a sleek-looking kick ... mod that I'd be proud to own. Best of luck in the meantime, Joe, especially with all these little hiccups you've been having.
