Welcome John! No premium gear here either. A buddy of mine has the II and loves it. We do joke about the play on words of people reporting some units had smoke coming from them.I saw post a couple pages back about smok mod issues, I'm not offended or anything, but I've been totally satisfied with my x cube 2 that I've been rocking for a while, I know it's not "premium" gear, but to be honest the neon lightbar is pretty freaking cool, and the mod works well for me!! Just my 2cents!!!