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AlbertaClipper

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I've been going strong with mine, too. I know that there are better units out there, but I'm definitely going to introduce my hubby to them when I go overseas to see him next month. He's finding the 'starter 510' units to be good, but cumbersome, so he stopped using them. I think these will be his ticket to smoking reduction.
 

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You have valid points. I work for one of the big boys, with margins higher than 20% and ship a large quantity, maybe more units than the eGo T because of a much longer product life. The part of the equation I didn't get into was product sales life, how long can you make and sell this model before you or a competitor replaces it in the market.

It is a balancing act to get the equation right. You have to factor in R&D cost, time to market, sales life, expected warranty costs, marketing efforts, addressable market, etc. You also need to get into customer expectations and willingness to pay. I expect more from and I'm willing to pay more for the rope I'd use to hang from the side of a mountain than the one I'll use to tie my tomoato plants with. If you can hit the Pareto principal with the equation you win.

The amount of products released in the short time since I started vaping seem to suggest a short sales life and that time to market is critical.

My real point or more a question, Does the additional investment of money and the loss in time to market required for additional testing and modifications translate into more total sales and better profit than just releasing it now?

Okay, maybe I had interpreted you too literally before. See what you meant...
 

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It is a balancing act to get the equation right. You have to factor in R&D cost, time to market, sales life, expected warranty costs, marketing efforts, addressable market, etc. You also need to get into customer expectations and willingness to pay. I expect more from and I'm willing to pay more for the rope I'd use to hang from the side of a mountain than the one I'll use to tie my tomoato plants with. If you can hit the Pareto principal with the equation you win.

The amount of products released in the short time since I started vaping seem to suggest a short sales life and that time to market is critical.

My real point or more a question, Does the additional investment of money and the loss in time to market required for additional testing and modifications translate into more total sales and better profit than just releasing it now?

Agreed. Kinda like I mentioned earlier with Apple and Microsoft. It's the nature of the beast - get the product out now, before someone beats us to market with the same idea and scoops up all the revenue. We'll work out the bugs later after everyone complains.

At least I didn't spend $600 on an atomizer that only works if you hold it at a certain angle with your fingers in the correct position.... unless you want to buy an aftermarket case that fixes the problem they didn't discover before releasing it to market.
 

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but i thought that the flat side of the cart have to match the flat side of the atty metal plate?

It doesn't seem to be a requirement. Although I do make sure it is lined up on mine and I have had no issues so far, so call it superstition.:p
 

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but i thought that the flat side of the cart have to match the flat side of the atty metal plate?
If you pull the inserts out of the mouth piece you can tell the difference in draw between lined up and not. With the inserts in I can't tell a difference.

One way to align them would be to pull the needle plate out and re-insert lined up the way you want. I did this but line them up with the printed Ego-T so I can tell at a glance if the tank is inserted correctly.
 

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It doesn't seem to be a requirement. Although I do make sure it is lined up on mine and I have had no issues so far, so call it superstition.:p

HAHA! yeah.. i think so too.. just want it to be perfect~

If you pull the inserts out of the mouth piece you can tell the difference in draw between lined up and not. With the inserts in I can't tell a difference.

One way to align them would be to pull the needle plate out and re-insert lined up the way you want. I did this but line them up with the printed Ego-T so I can tell at a glance if the tank is inserted correctly.

i see... thanks for the tip. what did you use to pull the needle plate with? anyway, can the tip of the tank where our mouth is be removed?
 

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I just got my LR tanks i really dont see much of a difference between the reg ones and the LR.
I like i do with attys anyway.

did you do an ohms test on yours. They are quoted to be 1.7 but both of mine are 2.0 and my regular ones check out at 2.5 so pretty close. I am amazed I love mine
 
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