am not knocking the Provar in way and I wouldn’t as it is a great P/V and it performs very well and I enjoy mine. I’m gonna try to clear up some of the incorrect information here with the facts.
- the battery isn't removable (yoy)
The battery will cost $25 in the future if it needs replaced after the 1 year warranty is up. The battery last me 11/2 − 2 days of HEAVY VAPING.
With My Provari I go through 2 IMR18490 and still need to throw on the extender cap with a IMR18650 or go threw 2 18650 and need the third one before the day is done most of the time with around the same amount of vaping.
- it adjusts settings for you, if resistance changes (I would rather adjust settings myself)
I throw on any atomizer or cartomizer and move the wheel till I find its just right and done till I switch to the next one and don’t have to look at it at all so great with driving and any other time.
With my Provari I have to keep pushing the button to find out what the resistance is if I don’t know already and then do the same to the change the voltage to where it will let me use it without showing me E1 or E2 to lower the voltage or change my atomizer or cartomizer. I get to decide where I want the voltages yes but it decides where it will work with whatever atty or carto I put on which kinda annoys me as I feel like I’m a big boy and I can make my own decision and also it is not to safe when I’m driving to keep looking down at the display.
- it has no juice well (geez, this alone = major fail in a $229 mod)
- excess juice can end up going directly into the PV & killing it! (awful! major fail in a $229 mod)
The earlier units that were released some had issues with juice getting in the unit and causing problems but Evolv sealed all the units around the arm,dial and button to make sure it wouldn’t happen the new units. If you have an older unit you can buy a Dripsheild as it is good to have for use on all P/V’s although I don’t use it much as I’m not a big dripper.
I’ve had a quite a bit juice leak on it from crackomizers a few times and I’ve not had a problem yet if I do thats what the warranty is for.
{warranty is only for 1 year (ProVari's is 2 years, for $25 extra)
The Provari comes with 1 year warranty or you can pay $25 for 1 more year to make it 2 years and if you sell it Provape washes there hands of the warranty all together so if you did pay for the extra year consider it donated. If you have a problem you ship it to them and they will repair it and send it back.
FYI it comes with 1 year warranty on the battery and a 2 year warranty on the unit included in the price and the warranty goes with it if sold to someone else. Everyone that I’ve heard of having a problem Evolv has sent them a new one and told them when it comes to send the other one in.
- it's more expensive and not as good ($229, vs the ProVari's $159 for a superior PV)
Provari = $159 + charger for $15 + 2 batteries 18490 $22 or 18650 $24 + extender cap $20 1 year extra warranty to even it up $25 = $243 with 2 year warranty & 18650 package or $221 with 2 year warranty & 18490 batteries
Darwin with 2 year warranty $229
- it's made of aluminum, so it's not as durable as the ProVari (which is made of stainless steel)
Both units are around the same weight pretty much as they are both really solid units and being that I am educated in metals and there strengths I’m pretty sure they have the same durability.
- Evolv refuses to ship to most countries; ProVape ships virtually everywhere
Evolve makes them and Nhaler distributes them and people all over the world have bought them from Nhaler and continue to except in Canada & the UK. Nhaler is not allowed to ship them to People in Canada or the UK as Vendors in both of those countries made deals & have contracts of some sort with Evolve to distribute them in those countries for them
- Always seems to be out of stock; not so with the ProVari
When the Provari first came out and it was the new big thing you would buy and wait a month for it to be put together or whatever and then it would be shipped to you and now it’s been out for over a year and that is no longer the case.
The Darwin is still fairly new and there is many out there still want one and instead of paying for one and waiting a few weeks for it to be assembled or whatever and shipped they watch the Darwin thread or contact Nhaler to find out when there is the next batch being released and then go to the site on that date and time and buy one and they sell out fast so if you snooze you lose.
For both it’s called supply and demand.
Simplicity is great indeed as instead of pushing a button and counting or watching a screen to turn the unit on and check this or adjust that you just turn the arm up press the button and vape if it’s not to your liking dial it in without looking at a thing unless you want to look then it’s all right there on the screen all of the time and the only thing you had to pop was an atomizer or cartomizer on it. Just saying
I personally prefer my Darwin for its performance & I find it is easier to use and the battery lasts me the whole day. I also really like that with the Darwin I have been able to get great performance & use all of all the old used atomizer that no longer performed good on any other device.
You really can’t go wrong with choosing to buy either devices I would recommend you do your homework on both and then choose the one that you think will work best for you. If you decide to buy the Darwin and for some reason decide it’s not for you then you can post it in the main classifieds for $10 less then you bought it for and have no problems selling it with the transferable warranty.
Here are 2 videos for they OP the was looking to talk about the DARWIN so I’m putting them here incase he has not seen them yet.
YouTube - Darwin ecig Mod & ELiquid Review Evolv.com / Nhaler.com
