most desired mechanicals / tiers

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Fury, you get a like for the sig.

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I buy the mods I can get and dream about those I can't. Since so many are so difficult to obtain (unless you want to buy used and even then...) I guess in the higher "tier" of things? I really, really want an Nzonic. That magnetic switch has got to be some sort of vaping magic.

No... It's VooDoo ;)

Honestly, It's a slick feature... Probably my favorite part of the device.
 
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PAPS are released every few weeks, is a no-frills tube mod with practical design, modest engraving, modest price, serial numbers are getting higher, parts are available, is about to become a predecessor, but it took me almost 30 minutes and uncountable f5's to add it to my cart and finish checkout. Which tier is that?

3... maybe 2.5 LOL

Tier 1 Unicorns - High Price/Low Availability/Top Quality/Stunning Artistry

Tier 2 Unobtainium - Med-High Price/Moderate Availability/Top Quality/Artistic Design

Tier 3 Quality Mods - Med-Low Price/Not Always Available/Solid Quality/Nice Design

Tier 4 Dime a Dozen - Low Price/Available/Questionable Quality/Devoid of Artistry found in High end mods
 
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Hi everyone,

Wanted to see what the general opinion of most desired mechanicals were.

I know Caravela's and chi you's seem to top the list quite often. If we want to run with this and call them tier 1 desirables (I'm no expert), where would the other mods rank? (desirability is up to you, whether its looks, durability, scarcity, features)

I ask this because there are so many mods that I want, starting from those 2, to the makaveli, zen2, semovar, etc.

Again, there is no science! Just wanted everyone else's opinions.

Tier 1: Most sought after due to scarcity and beauty (but not necessarily performance): Chi You & Caravela
Tier 2: Top performance workhorses as well as top quality: Poldiac & Nemesis
Tier 3: Top quality & can be upgraded to be nice workhorses: 69, Roller/Dingo, GP paps v2.1... etc
Tier 4: Readily available with decent performance (maybe some extra tweeking involved)
Tier 5: Clones.
 
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Tier 1: Most sought after due to scarcity and beauty (but not necessarily performance): Chi You & Caravela
Tier 2: Top performance workhorses as well as top quality: Poldiac & Nemesis
Tier 3: Top quality & can be upgraded to be nice workhorses: 69, Roller/Dingo, GP paps v2.1... etc
Tier 4: Readily available with decent performance (maybe some extra tweeking involved)
Tier 5: Clones.

lol kawaii, you hate clones :p
 

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None of those... But I have an NZonic

my friend from the philippines send me some pictures. its a pure mech mod called " NUKE" its like a sentinel mod but different style

tvs diablo ( left ) sentinel mod ( right )

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nuke

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i dont know the name of this mod but its look the same

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The far picture on the left is a dripping hybrid called the Fuse by UDC. It's top cap is breakable though, juices known to be tank killers can crack them.

I have a question though, I have a Filipino mod and its aesthetics may not be the best for others because of its simplicity, build quality is mediocre due to the nature of being handmade, but performance is on par with the top tier mods (but I believe it's better since it has pure copper contacts) and it's unbelievably cheap but it's not always readily available. How would you tier this? Just asking for opinions here btw.

 

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Nemesis is tier 2 & 69 tier 3? Bummer, I'm not in tier 1! Waaahhh...JK!

I think I see it more like this:
>>>The public experiences a set of tiers forming based on general perceptions of beauty, performance, price, & availability. So that's what the overall market is doing.

>>>A person individually creates his/her own tiers based on personal experience. So this is more subjective. As we go thru our experiences what we regard highly can change.

I'll use an example: Thermovape... a couple years ago that would have been tier 1 for me. Now I've sold one Alpha, and don't really care for the other two I have. So they're off in some other mental tier now that I own a Nemesis & MKB-TS, & a 69 MOD on the way. What tier is my MKB-TS in? For me personally it's tier 1! That's because I worked hard on tuning it up and customizing & so it's personally one of my best MODs & sees more use than my Nemesis. I awarded myself the Nemesis more as a trophy MOD. I justified the cost by patting myself on the back for being analog-free for 3 years. Now that MOD is the single physical representation of my accomplishment, and when I'm 80y/o on my deathbed I hope it won't be far from me. From now until then every time I see that low serial number I'll always remember this time when I made it away from something that was killing me and replaced it with great community like ECF.

Seriously though, I think anything in Tier 1 should be either totally unique like the Steam Punk MODs (the really pretty ones) that are essentially hand-made individual pieces of art -OR- contain copious amounts of precious metal like Gold and Sterling. I saw a MOD made out of solid sterling silver on a euro forum. It had jewelry-like artistic accents of silver leaf embossed on the body. As far as I could tell w/o translation the artist made a mold of a sidewinder-type MOD - cast it in solid silver, machined, decorated, and installed electricals from original MOD. So to me that's Tier 1 because it is one of a kind and precious metal. It probably hits like MF too being all silver.

I'm really surprised we haven't seen anyone busting out artistic MODs made out of Precious Metal Clay (yet)!
 
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