Ainako, I hear you. No one likes paying a lot for a PV (myself included). However there are times when cost is justified. Sure all it they really are, are boxes (or tubes) that hold a power source. But if you look at self feeding mods (specifically bottom feed systems), there is a lot more that goes into them than you would think. You cannot buy an off the shelf bottom feed atomizer (battery) connector as of today, which means each one has to be made. This takes time and material.
I cannot speak for the Reo, but our box has quite a few handmade components, here are some of them:
1. Atomizer connectors: we use standard connectors that we modify to allow them to function as bottom feed systems (disassemble, modify and reassemble).
2. Grommets are reamed and poly coated, by hand.
3. Boxes are cut from rough stock and crafted painted/poly by us.
4. The master on/off is a custom made enclosure that has a brass contact plate attached (we make these as well)
5. Brass rails for electrical continuity, custom made for each box (cut then ground then soldering of spring and wiring).
6. The feed button is also a custom button made by hand from standard parts.
Some might wonder why we didn't just use off the shelf components, and while we would of loved to, most of what we wanted was either not available in the specs we wanted or was much too costly and would have driven the cost of each box up. So we ended up buying off the shelf items (or raw material) where applicable and then modifying them to our specs.
As you can see there is quite a bit of work (not including development, testing nor final assembly) that goes into each box. We wanted to make things modular so that each component can be repaired or replaced without major damage to the enclosure or individual components this includes both switches, brass rails, atomizer connector and feed system, we can even replace the box ends if needed, without damage to the main enclosure if needed.
I cannot speak for the Reo, but our box has quite a few handmade components, here are some of them:
1. Atomizer connectors: we use standard connectors that we modify to allow them to function as bottom feed systems (disassemble, modify and reassemble).
2. Grommets are reamed and poly coated, by hand.
3. Boxes are cut from rough stock and crafted painted/poly by us.
4. The master on/off is a custom made enclosure that has a brass contact plate attached (we make these as well)
5. Brass rails for electrical continuity, custom made for each box (cut then ground then soldering of spring and wiring).
6. The feed button is also a custom button made by hand from standard parts.
Some might wonder why we didn't just use off the shelf components, and while we would of loved to, most of what we wanted was either not available in the specs we wanted or was much too costly and would have driven the cost of each box up. So we ended up buying off the shelf items (or raw material) where applicable and then modifying them to our specs.
As you can see there is quite a bit of work (not including development, testing nor final assembly) that goes into each box. We wanted to make things modular so that each component can be repaired or replaced without major damage to the enclosure or individual components this includes both switches, brass rails, atomizer connector and feed system, we can even replace the box ends if needed, without damage to the main enclosure if needed.
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