Funny how provari fanatics will spend hours just to derail a thread they don't agree with. I guess it's more sad than funny.
Better gear?
Yes, ProVari used to be the best, just like American cars used to be the best cars in the world. Everybody wanted to have one--Jean-Louis Trintignant drove a red Mustang convertible on the beach in A Man and a Woman... And we laughed at Japanese cheap knockoffs of our cars.

You could probably catch a Kelpie. They only move when you look away.
Ha!
I was just tooling around the forum and I found that 3 years ago, people were angry that the "EGO fanboys" were pushing eGos to people who wanted a cigalike! One poster said he has never vaped with his eGo in public!
Times change, equipment changes, perception changes: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-information/141096-advice-what-buy-newcomers.html
oh my! i think we created a sigelei mini fan gal before it even reached our shores!![]()
and some disclosure - i do own a provari mini and i'm content - reliable, solid construction - button placement does not feel awkward and the mini does what i expect it to do![]()
but back to the op's original question > what is the right advice for a noob? imo, we do not know. some may be ready to jump right into the mod craze, others might benefit from a simple 510 starter kit. and therein lies the problem and that's why i stay away from the new members' forum. nobody qualifies their answer by stating: if you are at this point or if you are looking to achieve this then maybe ......
let's face it - what might have worked for you will not necessarily work for somebody else! but there is hardly anybody around who seems to remember that when dishing out advice![]()
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I am a new owner of a Provari. A reluctant fanboy... (I'm a marketing specialist, and I've never been so happily sucked into buying something.) That said. Holding a Provari in your hands feels just like Mary must have felt when she first held baby Jesus Except better because Provari's don't cry and soil their swaddling. [...]
You know somewhere in the whole mess of that argument and this thread it occurred to me that the gear being debated is all going to be obsolete in a year or less.
The thing that got me cranky was when discussion became personal attack. THAT was completely out of line.
the Newbie Forum. GRRRRRR!!! I will just leave it to the Provari fan boys who KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT VAPING. "Just get a Provari..."
My head hurts. Poor new people. They will be getting a Provari and running a LR cartomizer on top as they overfill and have juice dripping down the side of a $200 battery case and wondering why this vaping "thing" just isn't working out so well. When the batteries run dry, they will be running to Walgreens to buy a disposable Blu.
Oh, well. They all want a Prothingy. GOD FORBID people should tell them to slow their roll and figure it out before spending the rent money on a device they do not understand.
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That's a weeping angel you're thinking of.
I'm actually not all that crazy over having to have something say "Made In America." Usually, that sticker means someone got paid way too much to build a subpar product. Unless it is hadbuilt, from scratch, by a machinist or professional (ie car engines), that sticker means nothing to me. I understand the whole bringing jobs back home thing, and taking the work back to the Americans. But, there's a reason those jobs aren't here anymore. Whether it be because the cost of manufacturing was too high due to unions (or no union) or because it was hard to find workers who were willing to do the job. Every job that people try to take back from immigrants or foreign locations, are jobs that majority of the American population would not be willing to do, let alone at the current price. My 2 cents on the whole "Made In America" and knock off subgroup.
Now, that being said, I think I found my new dream mod: ElectronicStix.Com · The Titanide Themis
Now to justify the price/have my machinist friend make me one out of aluminum and brass.
@ tweety - maybe cyber-bullying is at the bottom of it but to me it looks as if people think they found the holy grail of vaping and it should apply to everybody else
fat chance .....
Lol I've never even considered the cable box. I forgot the usb was even there and had to peek as I was reading the post.I'm going to plug something in there now. I don't know what but, I'll think if something..RedHatPat: "And computers shouldn't be used to charge batteries, it's not good for your motherboard or the eGo. I wonder if it's ok to use a powerstrip or extension cord of some kind, to charge an ego with household current?"
I mainly charge mine on the cable box. It has a USB port. I also have a USB adapter that I keep on a powerstrip, so I have another dedicated charger spot. So yes, I think it is fine to charge an Ego batt on household current. The upside is that it charges faster, too.
Lol I've never even considered the cable box. I forgot the usb was even there and had to peek as I was reading the post.I'm going to plug something in there now. I don't know what but, I'll think if something..
You know somewhere in the whole mess of that argument and this thread it occurred to me that the gear being debated is all going to be obsolete in a year or less.
The thing that got me cranky was when discussion became personal attack. THAT was completely out of line.