Been vaping for years now, and have gone through countless mod, Pen kits, starting with innokin, Aspire (and virtually all of their products), and Wismec products and now Smok. Heres what i have to say about these:
1) The bottom line is that you don't want to buy an item that breaks the first time you drop it accidentally. Or, secondly, a defective unit altogether.
2)You want it to produce the same amount of cloud that you'd normally get from a draw from a cigarette. Not enough and you might go back to cigarettes; tiny cigarette sized pens you see at a gas station are worthless to someone that has been used to smoking full flavor cigarettes. Once you get the tank and mod you want, you can start with big clouds and once you get used to it, you tailor it down to eventually no Nicotine, and obviously less ridiculous-sized clouds.
3) Be rid of various annoying issues (Example: door for the batteries doesn't shut anymore, or the thing won't turn on, etc etc etc.
4) Speaking from my own experience, it came down to 2 tanks that i used alternatively.
People swear by the Cleito 120. I had it for a year, alongside the SMOK beast tank.
I have friends that swore that the CLieto 120 was better that the Smok V12 Beast, and it took a lot to finally admit it- sorry to say it but...theres absolutely NO comparison, the SMOK V12 produces the thickest, most dense vapor hands down. Get both if you can and see the difference, its not a drastic difference, but it can be clearly seen that the densities are entirely different. Lets say they both produce the same sized cloud when tested. The difference is that the denser the vapor, the more cloud youll have. I'll leave it at that.
Now I'm going to talk about the differences between the Wismec, Aspire and the Smok mod/atomizer products, again, from my own experience.
Wismec MOD: cool designs. Not sure about the newer 3 battery mods but the most popular one was pretty tough, it had been dropped at least 4 to 5 times, once in melted snow in a parking lot but didn't get any water infiltration. You could use it with just two or all 3 batteries. It worked perfectly, then a couple months after i dropped it, it would shut itself off randomly. Then the battery door wouldn't stay closed, and it kept indicating that there was no atomizer attached.
Had it for almost a 9 months. It was a great Mod until it just decided it had enough and fell apart. The battery doors were a serious PITA eventually, they weren't dented or chipped, the locking mechanism wouldn't work and the doors wouldn't stay on.
Smoke MOD: After much research, I got the T-Priv and it has been dropped a couple times, but overall, the design of the battery door is simple but effective in the sense that it slides into place instead of a spring loaded catch. Highly unlikely that it would open by accident, unless its a really hard drop onto a concrete floor or pavement. Which I've done, and no problems with any breakage, cracking etc. You can select a multitude of options with the LCD lighting; you can have the LCD lights on constantly or when the screen is on only, a great option if you misplace things. Most mods don't have that, so theres a lot of frustration and time wasted looking for something that somehow (even though it could be an entirely different color) blends in with the background, sometimes even if its right in front of you.
It is bigger and heavier than the Wismec that i compared it to. And only has two batteries.
The bottom line is: I don't necessarily care about the other great features it (T-Priv) has, i wanted something that was durable, plain and simple.
The simplest designs are generally the most effective and most durable, there are less parts that could create an eventual compromise in its composition.
If you're a newbie, you just got a quick run-down of the 2 best companies (again IMO) and just saved yourself tons of research.
My end Result between Wismec and SMOK, Aspire:
SMOK mod products are tougher it seems. And last longer with my experience; thicker metal. Definitely far more vapor, you have to have both or you won't make the change from one to the other like i did without direct, visible results.
And.....some extra info for newbies--
Dont forget about the "authentic this, authentic that" selling point, if you do not research this you will have an inferior knock-off copy, that will- for example- cause a tank to open up and dump juice into your pocket because it is fake. Which sucks if you just bought a 10 pack of Cleito 120 coils, the other 9 will do the same. Made that mistake once..
**Although it doesn't pertain to this thread, I've found that HALO is a great company and makes an awesome 1 battery mod that is the virtually size of a Djeep lighter and works great with the baby beast or Cleito. **
98% of all Mods and tanks are made in CHINA. FastTech has the best prices on Mods and tanks (because its based in CHINA), and shows what they're really worth, price-wise. DO YOUR RESEARCH when buying mods and tanks. Just because it says "ships in/from US" does NOT mean that it is authentic.
Stay away from people/companies that don't have TONS of positive reviews, on Ebay or Amazon or any other site for that matter.
**Inform yourself of DX flavors/juices. Stay away from Acetoin in E juices (TFA Apple flavors, FlavW Strawberry, or FlavW Orange for examples) and wouldn't suggest buying flavors from anywhere else other than BullCityV*pors or youll most likely be wasting time and money. There are MSDS sheets for all flavors, take the time to read them; I found that FW's Blood Orange flavor has a chemical that is HIGHLY TOXIC and should not be consumed in any manner. **
Again, do your research, don't mix batteries and good luck..
1) The bottom line is that you don't want to buy an item that breaks the first time you drop it accidentally. Or, secondly, a defective unit altogether.
2)You want it to produce the same amount of cloud that you'd normally get from a draw from a cigarette. Not enough and you might go back to cigarettes; tiny cigarette sized pens you see at a gas station are worthless to someone that has been used to smoking full flavor cigarettes. Once you get the tank and mod you want, you can start with big clouds and once you get used to it, you tailor it down to eventually no Nicotine, and obviously less ridiculous-sized clouds.
3) Be rid of various annoying issues (Example: door for the batteries doesn't shut anymore, or the thing won't turn on, etc etc etc.
4) Speaking from my own experience, it came down to 2 tanks that i used alternatively.
People swear by the Cleito 120. I had it for a year, alongside the SMOK beast tank.
I have friends that swore that the CLieto 120 was better that the Smok V12 Beast, and it took a lot to finally admit it- sorry to say it but...theres absolutely NO comparison, the SMOK V12 produces the thickest, most dense vapor hands down. Get both if you can and see the difference, its not a drastic difference, but it can be clearly seen that the densities are entirely different. Lets say they both produce the same sized cloud when tested. The difference is that the denser the vapor, the more cloud youll have. I'll leave it at that.
Now I'm going to talk about the differences between the Wismec, Aspire and the Smok mod/atomizer products, again, from my own experience.
Wismec MOD: cool designs. Not sure about the newer 3 battery mods but the most popular one was pretty tough, it had been dropped at least 4 to 5 times, once in melted snow in a parking lot but didn't get any water infiltration. You could use it with just two or all 3 batteries. It worked perfectly, then a couple months after i dropped it, it would shut itself off randomly. Then the battery door wouldn't stay closed, and it kept indicating that there was no atomizer attached.
Had it for almost a 9 months. It was a great Mod until it just decided it had enough and fell apart. The battery doors were a serious PITA eventually, they weren't dented or chipped, the locking mechanism wouldn't work and the doors wouldn't stay on.
Smoke MOD: After much research, I got the T-Priv and it has been dropped a couple times, but overall, the design of the battery door is simple but effective in the sense that it slides into place instead of a spring loaded catch. Highly unlikely that it would open by accident, unless its a really hard drop onto a concrete floor or pavement. Which I've done, and no problems with any breakage, cracking etc. You can select a multitude of options with the LCD lighting; you can have the LCD lights on constantly or when the screen is on only, a great option if you misplace things. Most mods don't have that, so theres a lot of frustration and time wasted looking for something that somehow (even though it could be an entirely different color) blends in with the background, sometimes even if its right in front of you.
It is bigger and heavier than the Wismec that i compared it to. And only has two batteries.
The bottom line is: I don't necessarily care about the other great features it (T-Priv) has, i wanted something that was durable, plain and simple.
The simplest designs are generally the most effective and most durable, there are less parts that could create an eventual compromise in its composition.
If you're a newbie, you just got a quick run-down of the 2 best companies (again IMO) and just saved yourself tons of research.
My end Result between Wismec and SMOK, Aspire:
SMOK mod products are tougher it seems. And last longer with my experience; thicker metal. Definitely far more vapor, you have to have both or you won't make the change from one to the other like i did without direct, visible results.
And.....some extra info for newbies--
Dont forget about the "authentic this, authentic that" selling point, if you do not research this you will have an inferior knock-off copy, that will- for example- cause a tank to open up and dump juice into your pocket because it is fake. Which sucks if you just bought a 10 pack of Cleito 120 coils, the other 9 will do the same. Made that mistake once..
**Although it doesn't pertain to this thread, I've found that HALO is a great company and makes an awesome 1 battery mod that is the virtually size of a Djeep lighter and works great with the baby beast or Cleito. **
98% of all Mods and tanks are made in CHINA. FastTech has the best prices on Mods and tanks (because its based in CHINA), and shows what they're really worth, price-wise. DO YOUR RESEARCH when buying mods and tanks. Just because it says "ships in/from US" does NOT mean that it is authentic.
Stay away from people/companies that don't have TONS of positive reviews, on Ebay or Amazon or any other site for that matter.
**Inform yourself of DX flavors/juices. Stay away from Acetoin in E juices (TFA Apple flavors, FlavW Strawberry, or FlavW Orange for examples) and wouldn't suggest buying flavors from anywhere else other than BullCityV*pors or youll most likely be wasting time and money. There are MSDS sheets for all flavors, take the time to read them; I found that FW's Blood Orange flavor has a chemical that is HIGHLY TOXIC and should not be consumed in any manner. **
Again, do your research, don't mix batteries and good luck..
