Is the Vmod a knockoff of REO?

[whomper]

I bought a Vmod about 18 months ago. I loved it! I took it camping, hunting, hiking, and it survived a few dunks in the lake! I dropped it a ton of times and it always worked. I didn't have too many of the leaking issues until a few months ago. I ordered a new one, and I found the quality to have dropped. I've got to send it back. I'm kicking myself because I should have just ponied up I for a Grand.

I'll probably pull the trigger on an LP Grand soon, but I'd rather wait until there are some more styles to choose from.

 

[Un5tab1e]

I bought a Vmod about 18 months ago. I loved it! I took it camping, hunting, hiking, and it survived a few dunks in the lake! I dropped it a ton of times and it always worked. I didn't have too many of the leaking issues until a few months ago. I ordered a new one, and I found the quality to have dropped. I've got to send it back. I'm kicking myself because I should have just ponied up I for a Grand.

I'll probably pull the trigger on an LP Grand soon, but I'd rather wait until there are some more styles to choose from.

Pm Rob (redeyedancer) he can usually find the color combo you want. He just has so much going on he can't keep updating the stock.

 

[SavePaperVapor]

Pm Rob (redeyedancer) he can usually find the color combo you want. He just has so much going on he can't keep updating the stock.

He's not doing custom orders right now. Probably won't until the new kits are squared away. Can't say I blame the guy.

 

[karmakatie]

The Vmod xl was my first experience with bottom feeders. I gave the one I had to my father to vape and was left to vape ego's and other tubes that just did not make me happy. I went to order another vmod and there where no more of the 18650's and it was going to be awhile so I got my first grand and was estatic. In the mean time vmod XL's came back on the web site and I grabbed a couple because I still thought they where what I wanted to vape because I loved the shape of the mod. Well after the mod my dad had ended up with a cracked chasis and the ones I had cracked....they went in the trash and the only mod I even bother looking at anymore it the Reo hands down. I know what to expect for customer service, and lets be honest it can NOT be beat. The Reo is an amazing piece of equipment and an amazing vape!!

 

[turbocad6]

yeah, I had a vmod, my first bottom feeder too, I had it long enough to know that I liked bottom feeding but also know that I needed to throw it in the garbage and get a reo, and that's exactly what I did

 

[Big Hitter]

Well I feel pretty blessed that I found REOs before the Vmod people ripped off (err I mean came out with) their plastic hunk.

November 2010 ..... what a great time it was ...... Was lucky enough to score a Grand off the very first run ever .......

Never looked back after that.

 

[Marvin & Sennie]

I has a Zmax and had nothing but problems with it. I was pointed in the direction of bottom feeders, did research that told me that the vmod wasn't very sturdy and couldn't be dropped. That's actually the 1 hubs was pushing me to get because it was cheaper and he didn't think I'd want to build coils and didn't want to waste money for me not to be happy but I wanted a sturdy piece because I drop everything. Well obviously I'm happy and have ZERO regrets. This REO had paid for itself over and over. Now of course the 1 that thought he was content with an ego vapes a REO exclusively as well!! )

 

[muzichead]

As a few here know, I started out with an XL as my first BF and vaped it happily for almost 2 years. I was one of the few to mod it successfully to accept the Igo-L and it was my ADV for that entire period of time. I dropped it more than several times, and a few of those were from the roof of the house, (since repaired the holes in my shirt pockets), and it just kept on vaping. I think I got my $48 worth and then some out of it. I almost bought a 2nd one when the 510 connection in it decided to go on permanent vacation, but my curiosity got the better part of me and I found my way to my mini 2.1 and am pretty happy with it for the most part. I should've went with the grand, but it is what it is. As far as build quality, the XL isn't even in the same league, but as I said it took quite a beating and still vaped very well. I miss the rounded edges the most. My 2.1 sometimes feels like its digging a hole in the palm of my hand at times and is very irritating to say the least. The front corners are just way too sharply formed. Some days are worse than others and it effects my vape sometimes, but am learning to work around it. If it weren't for the XL, (and sXd), I never would've had the curiosity to come over to REOville....

 

[harley05]

I was fortunate that the path to Reoville was short for me. I bought a cigalike at a mall kiosk. (Partly because I had a strong desire to quit analogs and partly because the sales girl was sooo damn cute) Straight away, I found I didnt like the 27 min run time on the batt.

Next I bought a used Ken's box mod off the classies for $40. Great little device used dual 14500's. About the size of a zippo lighter. That would have been great if not for nearly crushing several cyclists while dripping and driving. 8-o

Found ECF and set to finding a bottom feeder. For me, it came down to a Ali'i or a Grand. I loved the wood Ali'i and no Woodvils were available at Reosmods at that time. It was the strong customer loyalty I found on the forums that convinced me to buy an aluminum mod over a wood. Needless to say, after only a day or so I knew I had made the right choice. I still have that original Grand from I think early 2011 and in fact i'm using it right now. Works the exact same as the day I got it. It's been run over with my truck and a tractor or two. Fallen off the truck tool box when i drove off several times. In all, I've probably dropped it hard several hundred times. And still it never once failed me. I may have to create a new word to describe that level of performance. For now I'll just say un-*%ck$#g-believable!!! Years later, I felt compelled to pack up and literally move to Reoville. How's that for a life-changer?

Here's my original Grand. It will be buried with me along with my first Woodvil, which our lovely Karen helped me secure.

 

[ltrainer]

My story is very much the same as Eds. I got my Grand in the same run that Ed did. It was the second run of Grands made. The Grands in the early days were like the sales of Woods are now. Much talk waiting for the sale then a mad rush to secure one once the gates were opened. I too wanted a bottom feed and the choices were Reos, Phidias and Alii. I knew from looking at the other two, which were woods that had glued on top and bottom pieces, that they would not last for me. So I got my Grand and was so excited. I've never looked back.

And like Ed once again, my Reo is still around and working great even though is was used for nearly three years as my sole vapor maker.

 

[Big Hitter]

For anyone that misses the rounded edges on a V-mod ............ Get a woodvil
Why do you think I've carried a woodvil everywhere for 2+ years .....

Its bigger than a Grand but feels smaller in the pocket because its lighter and rounder.

 

[gbacon]

For anyone that misses the rounded edges on a V-mod ............ Get a woodvil
Why do you think I've carried a woodvil everywhere for 2+ years .....

Its bigger than a Grand but feels smaller in the pocket because its lighter and rounder.

Like allot of people I thought a woodvil would be a great at home desktop mod. Now that I have it I think it will end up being my all day every day mod. I cant see me carrying any thing else.

 

[canoeist]

Well I feel pretty blessed that I found REOs before the Vmod people ripped off (err I mean came out with) their plastic hunk.

November 2010 ..... what a great time it was ...... Was lucky enough to score a Grand off the very first run ever .......

Never looked back after that.

I had a Blue for 5 days, then KR808s for 3 weeks, then ordered a REO in May of 2011. I have never even looked at anything else since.

 

[NickCA]

I built and sold the first botton fed mods that use standard atomizers . There was a mod that was bottom fed it had a built in atomizer called the carlos juice box.

Was this it?

 

[MXBNW]

Yep that is a carlos juice box. I still have one that works

Was this it?

 

[newplague]

I had an easy trip to bottom feeders also. Started with a standard Joye 510 in Mar 2010, moved on to a BB from Altsmoke. I realized I needed a bottom feeder because dripping and driving is dangerous. I went with the Ali'i and quickly bought a Grand in May 2011. The Ali'i was awesome, but way to fragile. I knew I needed a chunk of aluminum. Still using my original Grand.

 

[Rickajho]

Was this it?

Lol - even a Vmod is built better than... that.

Did he ever get his switches? No? Maybe that's why Rob's is still on backorder.

 

[Rickajho]

You have to give credit to Vmod's for being a Reo enabler.

There are a lot of people - myself included - who go there first to see if they are going to like liquid feed at all. If - and only if - you can get one during a half price sale. Their regular retail price of $124.99 for an XL kit - now with one less battery included - is just outrageous. So yeah, I did that, and then I had my first Reo within 60 days after I got a Vmod XL. Initially for people like me it's the sticker shock issue in context of a vaping technology that has no good comparable. I couldn't get past the price point of a Reo so I tried a Vmod on sale first. In that respect it was worth the 50 bucks I threw at it. It did, after all, get me here.

Is it a knockoff? Errr... not really. The design is very different. It's not trying to be a Reo. If anything - in a lot of not good ways - it's going out of the way to be different. That whole "tip, squeeze and flip" feeding crap drove me insane until I found the post about inserting a feed tube in it so you could actually squonk it upright. And that Tunnel Calamity design with the added chimney and an impossible to fit o-ring. Yeah - that's very different from a Reo. Even the added disassembly you have to do to swap batteries or fill annoys you (me) over time.

The oval-ish design does feel nice in hand. But the extremely sharp edges on the bottom of the chassis sure as hell don't. I have everything from a 14500 Mini to a Grand and none of the edges on the Reo's bother me.

So a Vmod can be a cheap stepping stone into getting a Reo. But it is cheap and let's just say Vapage customer service is less than stellar. Oh - mine arrived with the chassis pre-cracked. I didn't even have to drop it. They replaced it - and then left something out of my next order. It can be made to work, but the parts are primarily too lightweight plastic and thin aluminum. You cannot get replacement parts out of warranty if you collapse a spring or the chassis cracks. But they will gladly sell you another one.

Does that sound like a knockoff of a Reo in any way? Hardly.

 

[yolo_]

The first bottom feeder i tried was a vmod because of the shape. Then i tried the Reo because of this forum and people helping each other.

I still have a small vmod that is very seldom used but i still like the shape just can't like the way it has to be fussed with all the time. imo vmod can't be a knockoff of Reo because it doesn't have all the advantages Reos mods have.

I have more than one Reo because they are so easy and fun to use and never let me down.

 

[redeyedancer]

Was this it?

Yes that is the mod . Yeah its a junker for sure but the guy was way ahead of his time . He was a smart guy but lacked the mechanical ability to make it happen . I take my hat off to the man for thinking outside of the box . It gave me the idea to build a bottom fed mod . Off to the work bench it sent me . 4 years later I am still shucking mods

Some picks of some of my first mods . You can see I used the same radio shack box to make a bottom fed mod with a 801 connection
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