Is this normal for a Provari?

[John1952]

I've had my Provari V2 for about a month. Lately I've been noticing something that I hadn't noticed earlier.

If I'm holding it vertically... When I release the button I feel some kind of movement inside the unit. It's kind of like the battery is shifting slightly or a spring is being activated. It's just a very small vibration (or something). If I'm holding it horizontally, I get the same effect -- but only after I move it to a vertical position. This happens every time I press the button.

Has anyone else noticed this?

 

[MonsterKenny]

Can you try to readjust the spring in the bottom cap? Maybe the spring got compressed? Sounds to me like that could be your issue. Let me know if that worked.
Ken

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[John1952]

The spring seems fine. It's definitely triggered by the button. In other words, it's electrical rather than mechanical. If I don't press the button, I can move it forever and that strange little vibration won't occur. In fact, I can press and hold the button and move it. It's triggered by the button release.

 

[rossstang]

I've had my Provari V2 for about a month. Lately I've been noticing something that I hadn't noticed earlier.

If I'm holding it vertically... When I release the button I feel some kind of movement inside the unit. It's kind of like the battery is shifting slightly or a spring is being activated. It's just a very small vibration (or something). If I'm holding it horizontally, I get the same effect -- but only after I move it to a vertical position. This happens every time I press the button.

Has anyone else noticed this?

MAN I am glad someone else said this! I have been going nuts trying to figure it out, but if i have the AW IMR 18650 and give the unit a little back and forth motion i can feel the battery jiggle around a bit, take the battery out and give it a shake and nothing, so like MonsterKenny said, it does sound like maybe the battery spring... I will have to mess around with it a little later this evening and will reply with the results and will try to put the 18490 battery in and see if I notice it with that battery and end cap. what battery and end cap are you using?

 

[rossstang]

I just popped the AW IMR 18490 in and still get the same affect but????? but like i said once i get back to the house with my tools I will try and pull the spring up a bit.

 

[John1952]

rosstang, I think your problem is different than mine. If I shake it, there's no feeling of movement. That weird little feeling I get occurs only when I release the button when it's vertical. Or when I release the button and make it vertical after being horizontal. In my case, it's 100% reproducible.

 

[elfstone]

Hmm... I actually had this - only with the 18490, and it only lasted a day or so. Couldn't figure out what it was! I ended up thinking it was my imagination, lol...

 

[rossstang]

rosstang, I think your problem is different than mine. If I shake it, there's no feeling of movement. That weird little feeling I get occurs only when I release the button when it's vertical. Or when I release the button and make it vertical after being horizontal. In my case, it's 100% reproducible.

does it almost feel like the provari is almost vibrating when you release the button? if so I do believe we have the same problem, but it may be different. just everything sounds like the same. it was about a month ago when mine started doing it and if it matters i have the satin black V2 with the blue LED but if i tip it back and forth like a normal vape ( horizontal to vertical) it will never make the noise but if i tip it back and forth like i usually vape and push the button it will do it almost every time.

 

[rossstang]

while messing with mine I tried turning the battery cap like a quarter or half turn and mine stops the movement.... and seems like if it were a loose battery it would have more movement? i will keep the battery cap a quarter turn off and see if it will do it at all. Weird though

 

[John1952]

Aha! Loosening the battery cap fixes it for me.

 

[gallahant]

I did notice when i got my Provari that the tube width is a tad larger than the battery width, so physically it has a little bit of room to wiggle if free. Yesterday i noticed that the battery was wiggling slightly but when i unscrew, take off the battery and re-insert it, everything was ok. Dont know if this will happen again, but i believe its a spring thing. Maybe sometimes it goes on the battery at a slight angle and needs re-screwing the cap?

 

[rossstang]

Aha! Loosening the battery cap fixes it for me.

I know like it is pushing up on the electronic board or something? it's weird that loosening it fixes it rather than making the spring tighter! I guess it'll be a mystery Lol glad it helped though

 

[rossstang]

I did notice when i got my Provari that the tube width is a tad larger than the battery width, so physically it has a little bit of room to wiggle if free. Yesterday i noticed that the battery was wiggling slightly but when i unscrew, take off the battery and re-insert it, everything was ok. Dont know if this will happen again, but i believe its a spring thing. Maybe sometimes it goes on the battery at a slight angle and needs re-screwing the cap?

try unscrewing the battery cap an eight turn or even a sixteenth of a turn it should stop.

 

[Riverboat]

I've had my Provari V2 for about a month. Lately I've been noticing something that I hadn't noticed earlier.

If I'm holding it vertically... When I release the button I feel some kind of movement inside the unit. It's kind of like the battery is shifting slightly or a spring is being activated. It's just a very small vibration (or something). If I'm holding it horizontally, I get the same effect -- but only after I move it to a vertical position. This happens every time I press the button.

Has anyone else noticed this?

My Provari button is solid/ My Provape1 has that same problem when pushing the button, Feels like something is moving inside... I have never dropped my Provari, but my Provape1 has dropped numerous times(slipery little Devils)... I think thats when the problem with the button started, the chip board might of got slightly lose...??? It has nothing to do with the battery spring, it is the button that the movement comes from.....................

 

[John1952]

Just to follow up... I stretched out the spring a bit. It popped out, but was easily reinserted.

That simple little action solved my problem for good (I think). Now I can screw the battery in all the way, and I don't get the weird effect.

So now my Provari is good as new. Hopefully, this will help others who experience whatever the hell I was experiencing.

Let's call it the "Provari spring ain't quite springy 'nuf" problem.

 

[rossstang]

I will have to try and mess with the spring a bit i guess cause un screwing the bottom helped for a day or so and back to the same old.

 

[knine]

The board is moving. I can stick my little finger down the tube and get the same wiggle. That wiggle was driving me crazy, just had to get to the bottom of this. Would gluing the board be a solution?

 

[Riverboat]

The board is moving. I can stick my little finger down the tube and get the same wiggle. That wiggle was driving me crazy, just had to get to the bottom of this. Would gluing the board be a solution?

I would contact Provape and sent it back for a tune-up....

 

[knine]

I would contact Provape and sent it back for a tune-up....

Only a month old & never dropped.

 

[s1mp3]

I have a same problem with my Provari mini.
My board also wiggles a bit.
Contacted Provape, they said that extending the spring should solve the problem.
It did for now...
Asked a friend to check his mini and his board doesn't move a bit.
Don't know what to do now... Provari is like one month old, never been dropped.