Was sitting my chair tonight, watching some tv and vaping, and I noticed the screen didn't light up after a vape. So I played around with it trying to get the screen to light up. Pulled the batteries out a few times, tried the click through the menu from memory to try to see if I accidentally somehow set the stealth mode (which I never use). The unit would still fire (fried a coil testing it out) screen never came on. The last time I fired it there was a flash of light from behind the screen (something was burning) and smoked came out of the USB port. I immediately pulled the batteries and put the mod on the concrete step in my garage. Figured the screen fried, which from what I've researched has been an issue for some people. Anywho, got everything together to send to Madvape for warranty (which could be a whole other tread of frustration from what I have read) since it's less than 2 months old and still under warranty. Not angry, stuff happens, tech doesn't always work well and I have my MVP3 as a backup.
BUT, it puts a kink in my vaping. The MVP3 is a brick and a beast but if it dies I have no other mods and I will be a cranky bear without my vape. My birthday is coming up at the end of May and was planning to get another mod then to have a 2nd around the house and as a backup for situations like this. That time frame is now moved up. So I'm looking at either the Smoat Battlestar or the Tesla Steampunk. Both have received very good reviews and I can get either for around $40 from a US vendor. I vape in the 20w-24w range most of the time though I will occasionally do 60w-80w with one particular tank, both mods fits that issue. So my real question is does anyone have any negatives towards either one. Right now I'm leaning towards the Tesla because I like copper for both of them but right now the place with Battlestar's is out of copper. So any input would be great.
BUT, it puts a kink in my vaping. The MVP3 is a brick and a beast but if it dies I have no other mods and I will be a cranky bear without my vape. My birthday is coming up at the end of May and was planning to get another mod then to have a 2nd around the house and as a backup for situations like this. That time frame is now moved up. So I'm looking at either the Smoat Battlestar or the Tesla Steampunk. Both have received very good reviews and I can get either for around $40 from a US vendor. I vape in the 20w-24w range most of the time though I will occasionally do 60w-80w with one particular tank, both mods fits that issue. So my real question is does anyone have any negatives towards either one. Right now I'm leaning towards the Tesla because I like copper for both of them but right now the place with Battlestar's is out of copper. So any input would be great.