While i cant find a tool to calculate N90, I did just calculate a 14 wrap build with N80 at 130w. The heat flux reads at 216 mW/mm² which is very good. Perhaps the Velocity just cant handle those higher watts. I dont know. Never used one.
I do not support clones because doing so hinders innovation. It also gets people screwed over in the buy/sell groups who wind up with a clone that they thought was going to be authentic.
Considering there are so many quality authentics at affordable prices, I opt out of buying the expensive authentic or the clone. I would rather give my money to companies who deserve it. Velocity? Who needs it? The Temple has a similar deck and is way better at half the price.
How does it drive innovation if more people are buying a knockoff than either the real deal or a cheaper authentic? Do you realize that this is the only industry where people praise counterfeiting?
Because it drives innovation of new products that no one else has for a point of difference. It's very easy for a company to become complacent because they have a few good products that sell consistently. Cloning forces these companies to keep innovating to stay ahead of the curve.
No. New and competitive products drive innovation and lower price because they can push a bigger volume. Clones have just created a mass market of people who refuse to buy authentic just because they can get the clone cheaper.
We had a 200+ page discussion about this issue back in 2013, the people who buy clones will never buy the authentics at that price. Also the authentic market and it's limited supply run would alienate alot of people from ever experiencing that kind of vape at all. There is definitely room for both in the market and I've seen cases of clones improving upon authentics.
The difference between 2013 and 2015 is, most Authentics now days aren't a limited run. Nor do they cost $100+ One common misconception that I always see on ECF is that the industry standards for vaping seemed to be established back in 2013.
Yes but most of the authentics you find today are of the same quality as chinese clones, because they were made in China. In fact these days there is more innovation coming from China than anywhere else, look at SubOhm tanks, from the first Subtank to something like the new OBS Crius. I saw all the authentics you mentioned in this post and honestly they're not that unique or innovative in terms of engineering. Look at the Temple for example... you took the velocity deck and put a new cap on it. That's not innovation at all!
But at least the maker of the Temple took an idea from the Velocity and improved it without flat out ripping it off. Just because they used the post design, it doesn't make it the same atty nor do they perform the same.
