Yea... I want a penelope also. Not interested in the ZAP due to the fact that it has to be kept upright at all times or it will leak out all it's juice. Not worth $150 (to me) if it's that finicky! I guess this is pretty much the case for all of the genesis rba's? I've not heard that the penelope has to the constantly tipped/tilted/swirled to keep wicking or has to be kept upright to keep from leaking. If I do hear this... I won't buy it. I'm very happy with recoiling my vivi novas and using cotton based wicks.. maybe I should just not spend the extra money and keep using the vivi novas.
I think we expect the high end, more expensive, hard to get items to be "better". Being rare and hard to get is enough for some people (Ok.. myself included) to spend the extra money. I don't know... will spending $122 on an Oddy or a Penelope give me that much better vape than a $12 vivi nova?
I don't think you can get a better RBA than the Penelope (unless, perhaps, it might be the Odysseus) ... it is extremely easy to wick and coil, and the flavor and vapor is nothing short of outstanding. I vape thick juices (AVE's Boba's Bounty and Flue-cured), and I can set the Penelope's fluid control once in the morning and not touch it for the rest of the day, or until the tank runs dry. Put a Kir Fanis clear tank on the Penelope, and it's close to perfection ... plus, Kir's new Ice tank for the Penelope increases the juice capacity from 3ml to 4ml. I have two Penelopes, one on my Provari and one on my Kicked Legacy, and I simply alternate between them all day long. My only complaint? I LIKE to roll new coils, but the ones on the Penelope last so long, by the time they're ready to be re-coiled, I'm out of practice!
