My SVD shocks my hand somewhat (only the outer ring), and I have heard of others having the same problem. I guess if you have a metal drip tip, that could conduct the electricity and shock your face. Needless to say, I hold it by the middle now. You should try holding it by the middle to see if you get the same shock. I want to find out the cause of the outer ring shock and fix it. BTW, any sentence with the phrase "shock your face" is outstanding. In a way, I wish you wouldn't solve the problem so we could all get to write "shock your face" more often. If my SVD shocked my face, I would want to figure it out. --There, I said it again. Also, if you shock your face wouldn't that drain the battery faster? --And again. On another topic, I have heard the SVD described as looking like a d*ldo. Is it now a legitimate sex toy? Should Innokin put an additional warning in the instructions, "For ecig usage only?" Anyways, I'll let you know the results of my experiments. No! no! I mean my experiments trying to fix the face shocking problem. "Face shocking" counts, so that is 4 legitimate usages in the same paragraph. Now I am going to shock my face to get the phrase out of my head. It won't go away, especially after the sex toy thing. I have now decided that the SVD is the greatest mod ever, not because it works, but because it doesn't work. If you'll notice, it took me over 30 minutes to write this finely crafted paragraph.