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!!!
				
		
	


  I couldn't cough up the $190 for an authentic.  My first s class is still the most I've paid for a mod, and some of us did a goup buy on it.  So I paid significantly less than retail.  My first m class was a gift from my parents for 1 year tobacco free.