I don't use a ProVari,

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crxess

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I couldn't follow what he was trying to explain either. What do you consider "slop"? And you put the o-ring under the pin? You remove the pin entirely to place it under the pin? Doesn't that block the electrical connection with the battery? Oye ve! :blink:

Up/Down movement due to weak grommet under the pin. Same issue as Vamo/Vmax and a few others.
As we have seen, o-rings come in all sizes, also many thickness, and they do stretch fairly easy.
A thin o-ring stretched over the pin so it contracts back, under the pin. Gives gentle lift to the pin and helps to maintain position.
Small eyeglass screwdrivers or pointed tweezers assist in working it into position.

Hey, it's a 10 cent, 5 minute fix.:)
 
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THIS IS WHAT STARTED A NEARLY 400 POST THREAD....OVER-REACTION ? You decide....
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Much like taking a stick and poking at a hornets nest. They knew what they were going to start. But I guess thats OK??
 

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Up/Down movement due to weak grommet under the pin. Same issue as Vamo/Vmax and a few others.
As we have seen, o-rings come in all sizes, also many thickness, and they do stretch fairly easy.
A thin o-ring stretched over the pin so it contracts back, under the pin. Gives gentle lift to the pin and helps to maintain position.
Small eyeglass screwdrivers or pointed tweezers assist in working it into position.

Hey, it's a 10 cent, 5 minute fix.:)
What's an ideal source for such an o-ring?
 

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I have some of the latest and greatest APV's and Mechs right here.....and like them. But as I logged onto the forums and saw this thread, I looked down at my hand and said "I'll be damned, a Provari is in my hand"

You know.....they are just "good ole Mods". They just work well.

Kinda like the Stihl Chainsaw or the Milwaukee power tools in my garage....or my Snapper riding lawn mower. I can go out there and power them right up at any time and they work so much better than most of the tools Ive bought over my lifetime.

If it works...it works.
 

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I have some of the latest and greatest APV's and Mechs right here.....and like them. But as I logged onto the forums and saw this thread, I looked down at my hand and said "I'll be damned, a Provari is in my hand"

You know.....they are just "good ole Mods". They just work well.

Kinda like the Stihl Chainsaw or the Milwaukee power tools in my garage....or my Snapper riding lawn mower. I can go out there and power them right up at any time and they work so much better than most of the tools Ive bought over my lifetime.

If it works...it works.
Yup. That's the whole of it.

It's the car that always starts every morning, regardless of weather. It's built like a tank. It's the one you want with you if you can only have one.

It just works. Period. And keeps working.

Nothing fancy. Just reliable.
 

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Nope, I've got two different DNA 20 mods that both included batteries and on-board chargers that were each under $200 delivered to my door. So a Provari ain't cheap.

I'm confused...You can buy a new ProVari and a charger and batteries (from someone else) and come in under the $200 mark. There are a ton of mods that cost way more than that, and a good portion of those are mechanical mods and hybrids which have to be even cheaper to produce than the ProVari. Heck, some of the attys out there are more expensive than a ProVari starter kit.

For something that is regularly touted as a "Premium" piece of vape gear, the ProVari really is on the bottom end of the cost scale.
 

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And he also said later moments later, "I have seen one, and held one, and vaped one. And alls I got to say is, now I get it!"

Which is a testament to the quality of the ProVari, not the ridiculousness of the actions of some of it's users.

You know that I have never cracked on the quality of the ProVari itself. I may have cracked on ProVape because they haven't updated it....I may have cracked on the actions of some of it's zealots.

But I have never cracked on the quality of the device. I even helped you recommend it to someone who had $300.00 budgeted for a new PV. (Of course I had to pimp an MVP 2 as a backup...)

It's a top of the line device, but it's not perfect. Someone made a great analogy about the I-phone and Blackberry several posts back and it applies here. When the first I-Phone hit the market, our IT department wouldn't even allow them to connect to our network. Blackberry and the security of our BES servers made of a BB only shop.

Now, all we issue is I-phones. Apple continued to improve and innovate the I Phone. Blackberry assumed that the faithful would remain faithful. They are now irrelevant.

The rest of the vaping world is catching up. And just so you don't think I'm pulling statements out of my .... cheeks, check out this review of the Itaste 134 mini from Spinfuel...

Review: Innokin iTaste 134 Mini

"The iTaste 134 proper and mini are the wattage-only equivalents to the ProVape ProVari. They are built with the same level of precision, they are as accurate in their wattage as ProVari is with voltage, and they are head over heels better looking than a ProVari, if you like the masculine lines that is."

High praise indeed!!!
 

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Which is a testament to the quality of the ProVari, not the ridiculousness of the actions of some of it's users.

You know that I have never cracked on the quality of the ProVari itself. I may have cracked on ProVape because they haven't updated it....I may have cracked on the actions of some of it's zealots.

But I have never cracked on the quality of the device. I even helped you recommend it to someone who had $300.00 budgeted for a new PV. (Of course I had to pimp an MVP 2 as a backup...)

It's a top of the line device, but it's not perfect. Someone made a great analogy about the I-phone and Blackberry several posts back and it applies here. When the first I-Phone hit the market, our IT department wouldn't even allow them to connect to our network. Blackberry and the security of our BES servers made of a BB only shop.

Now, all we issue is I-phones. Apple continued to improve and innovate the I Phone. Blackberry assumed that the faithful would remain faithful. They are now irrelevant.

The rest of the vaping world is catching up. And just so you don't think I'm pulling statements out of my .... cheeks, check out this review of the Itaste 134 mini from Spinfuel...

Review: Innokin iTaste 134 Mini

"The iTaste 134 proper and mini are the wattage-only equivalents to the ProVape ProVari. They are built with the same level of precision, they are as accurate in their wattage as ProVari is with voltage, and they are head over heels better looking than a ProVari, if you like the masculine lines that is."

High praise indeed!!!
I don't need my PV to run apps....lol
 
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