Mechanical mods, what is the point?

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spodletela

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I agree with enoryt, it is all personal preference. I happen to love my mechanicals, I get a great vape with them. Not so much with the lava tube I have, that sits unused because I can't find a sweet spot on it.

I must say i dont understand this one, can you elaborate a bit on this? I am not saying that it is perfect but
in 0.1V precision how can you not find the specific setting? And with rebuildable atomizer where ohms are
varying on the wire itself, not to mention the thickness rolled mesh varying the lenght of wire...

Btw, i like my Roller too, but this is not the point... it is not about the vape but about the look...
 

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Everyone has something. the guy who says my GG, EA, and 69 are a waist of money I bet a pay check he has something Id say cant believe youed waist money for that!!!
It is a little condescending to reduce something someone put a lot of time and effort to make very nice to a pipe.

I think some people are modaphobic they protest loudly how they hate and dont understand but deep down they have mod-a-needual tendency come out of the closet people you will feel so much better about your self. Your parents will still love you and your friends wont shun you its ok it really is;-)
 
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I must say i dont understand this one, can you elaborate a bit on this? I am not saying that it is perfect but
in 0.1V precision how can you not find the specific setting? And with rebuildable atomizer where ohms are
varying on the wire itself, not to mention the thickness rolled mesh varying the lenght of wire...

Btw, i like my Roller too, but this is not the point... it is not about the vape but about the look...

Very simple really, I find I like a hot vape. I roll my coils around 1.1 to 1.2 ohms, on a fresh battery I am vaping around 15 watts. The lava tube I have won't handle that. I have also learned how to adjust my vape with my wick and coil, it isn't hard but is a learning curve.

Not saying everyone or even anyone else should use what I do, but it works for me.
 

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Why would anybody buy an expensive mechanical watch when you can buy a perfectly decent casio for $15

Oh wait.

It's almost as if there's other aspects in play other than sheer functionality.

Ok that one for me was simple, I can't wear battery watches if the back of the watch touched my skin, I will kill it in less than a week. So in the long run was much better for me to spend the 6 months looking til I found a german place with wind up watches.
 

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As Nancy said, you can get much higher wattage from a mechanical mod than you can from an electronic one. Granted, you need good batteries that can handle the current. Also better mods don't just look better, they are designed for performance not copied for appearance. The tight tolerances and better materials are needed so the device doesn't add resistance to the circuit. These traits are important to some and not so much to others. The machining and materials add to the cost, not to mention all the time spent designing. The clones might have a similar look, but you're not gonna be pushing the limits with them.
 

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If you like spending 150 bucks for a metal pipe that fits a battery - great.

It was $60, and it is a metal pipe that will survive things that would take down an Abrams tank. Additionally it is very heavy so in a pinch I could beat a person senseless with it; or nail things if did not have a hammer. Speaking of nailing, there is more than one use for a silver bullet, and computer parts don't like to get wet is all I'm sayin'...
 

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my Precise+ has a lifetime transferable warranty....can send it in for refinishing at any time....and will most likely be quite functional 25 years from now. I'm pretty sure I can run it over with the car and it will vape like a bloody champ....all for $175. How much will a person using Chinese mods pay for the replacements in that same life span? If the worst happens and the Chinese vape market disappears from the US consumers, and all the Chinese VV and VW mods are all in landfills........you know where this is going. Even the "Most Sacred And Hermetic Order Of The Brotherhood Society Of The Most Revered Provari" cannae touch this.
 

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I like watches with hands, cars with manual transmissions, shoes with laces (because, honestly, who makes good buckles any more), and back when I smoked, I liked lighters that occasionally needed flint or fluid put in them.

I also own a couple GGs now, and I'm just bowled over by the engineering and build quality. It's a lot like I felt when I got my first Provari, except that I suspect that if the Provari and one of my GGs were to get thrown into a cage and forced to battle to the death, I wouldn't be putting my money on the Provari.

Those GG's also happen to look damned good with a GG atty on top of them, and those atty's are up there with the very best of them. They're also made by a guy who somehow manages to come here every day and answer countless questions about the hardware, take input from his customers on how to improve things and what they'd like him to build, and who just generally seems to be a great guy, even if he can't seem to make a video without something falling over and trying to roll off the table. It happens every time, and cracks me up every time. It just never gets old.

But I digress. My mechanicals are beautiful, rock solid, expandable, customizable, and vape just as well, and often better, than any of my variable-you-name-it mods. And, not only could I crack someone's head open with one easily if I had to, with a little metal polish I can get these GGs so shiny I can blind the other guy before I do it. He'd never see it coming.
 

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Preference. There is also life span a mod with a chip has a life span when the switch goes or something quits working unless you have a Provari or box mod with builder support you going to have to buy a new one. A mechanical mod pretty much any part that can where out can be had at a hardware store.
Some people appreciate craftsman ship over technology I do not think there is a right or wrong answer or whats better or worse. It just boils down to what do you like.

First post winner. I can fix a Legacy with a trip to home depot (or a two dollar spare parts kit from Puresmoke), if my zmax dies, it's dead.
 

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I have a totally different reason for wanting a spendy mechanical like the Precise+. If I buy something like the eVic, I would choose to support what's coming - wifi enabled vaping with social media functionality that will require you to log in to the Facebook or Twitter just to rip it. Then Apple will make a vaporizer and I will have to quit and go back to cigs out of shear spite. Probably call it the iToot. I can't stand that stuff. Sure, I have an Android phone with data plan, I'm typing this on my laptop (via a mechanical keyboard, btw), but once in a while, those devices won't work because they "need" to be updated. I would turn into the Hulk if I woke up some morning and my PV turned me down because it's been hacked or some new network vulnerability first had to be patched. Look at pistols as a better comparison to PVs. The Colt 1911 is still the gun it was in 1911. No Facebook, no shot counter. You load it up and shoot. It doesn't need anything else. You can swap out the parts to tune your shooting experience, add a scope, buy a new holster, whatever, but it's still the same quality firearm it was designed to be over 100 years ago.
 

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I see mech mods as like a fine cigar or pipe - ohh yeah, there are a number of modders that make these in elegant pipe shapes, hmm. The VV/Vw china pieces as the "it's going in the garbage in 2 month but travel everywhere without a care" device. Ohh, and the wattage issue, can't throw a 0.8 ohm coil on even the best vv/vw and get as nice a vape as with a good mech.

Although .... The DNA 20 and a new device using it is already out.

-CF
 
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I have two provaris and just got a curve from nhaler. let me say its completely different in a good way. will be using rbas on it soon and I just love how solid a mechanical feels. not that my provaris don't. mechanicals are great for abusive journeys haha. and when paired with a good coil on an rba will produce amazing
vapor. also nice to have variety
-TCAD
 

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Mechanical mods are beast with RBAs ... especially genesis atomizers. We're talking 22 watts with a sub 1.0 ohm coil and since there is no regulation circuit, the wattage drop off is rather slow due to a lessened battery drain.

The dense vapor and nictotine delivery you get with that kind of wattage is just incredible on a genny. I can't even vape the same rate with that kinda set up or else I start getting a headache from the nic.

My vamo is pretty much my work pv now ... at home I rock nothing but my CCTS with an AGA-T+. (Twisted 32 awg coil at about 0.8 ohms)

If you want a device capable of pushing high wattage and/or one that you can "beat up" without worrying about breaking it ... mechanical is the way to go. If you don't want to build your own coils, its probably not for you.

I personally use both since I use different resistant coils and find the ohm meter handy on my regulated pv.
 
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