I actually rocked a Zippo during my Chesterfield phase - had the finger flick thing down and everything. That was what, 1992-94? lol. Sucker's long gone. Remembering now the taste of burning lighter fluid. I kinda sorta liked it. But I'm the guy who thinks diesel smells good
Though it's not much bigger than a Zippo, I'd say - maybe 3/4 to 7/8" taller, 1/8 to 1/4" wider due to the taper shape of the eGrip body. The fit of it in the coin pocket of jeans was a big deciding factor. No way to stash real smokes, eGo type vape pen, or a box mod like that.
While I'm still hooking it up to charge last thing I do before head hits pillow, the battery life on the replacement for the one that got chipped up from dropping seems even better than the first one. I was hitting the 60% battery telltale on the first one late afternoons, this one it doesn't appear until mid-evenings (based on starting approx. 8-9 am most mornings). But only a couple uses into late night had it under 10% or hitting shutdown. Would think it would last most folks an easy waking day.
The battery telltale is: steady 100%-60%, three slow flashes 60%-30% with a fourth flash closer to 30%, faster flashes 30%-10%, really fast flashes 10%-0%, then the fire button flashes fast 40 times at shutdown. Pretty sure it adds more flashes as it gets to the lower end of each range, haven't really been counting.
The finish is some kind of paint and not a wrap - I took a better pic of the chips, the bottom one made worse from removing the Vapor Skinz mahogany wrap (sorry, didn't take pics when I messed with it - don't have the time now, will do so later tho. I made notes on the skin in my new member thread). You'll also see the scuff on the wattage dial at about 6:30-7 o'clock. Also see the difference in the chips from the pic with wallet / keys vs. the one after messing with the wrap. I had removed the wrap twice when messing with alignment, making the bottom one worse each time. Underneath the finish, the body has a zinc color.
The charge port on the second one is not as tight / clicky as the first, either - using the same USB cord that came with it. This one, Joyetech seems to have addressed the USB port issue. First one wasn't bad, but I can see how folks would manhandle it causing further problems.
Also: the tank does seem to be glass - but it did not break after the first one's fall, and the sounds it makes when handled in
this teardown vid I found sure sound like it's glass.
