Ok, I've been using my Provari forever now
well not really Feb, so 4 months and I've got to say it is the ONLY ecig I use really. I still have my vv Power Grip from sweetvape but the only time I ever pull that out is when I'm driving a long long distance. I drip, never been able to get into the carto's or tanks, I just prefer direct drip / bottom feeding, which is why I bought the box mod. I thought my Provari would become my secondary cig, but I was wrong.
The first thing I must admit, is this thing hits consistently, absolutely rock solid. Unlike many of the VV mods I've tried, as the batteries die, the hit changes. Not with the Provari, you set it, if it changes, it's always been because the resistance in the atty has changed, dropped usually, sometimes gain, but never because of the unit itself.
Second great point about the unit, it is absolutely rock solid, I've dropped it onto concrete more then once unfortunately, it tends to fall out of my shirt pocket if i bend over, and I hate putting it in my pants pocket, pain to get to if i'm sitting etc. The unit itself is always fine, I've bent/broke a few attys tho... Also (and I don't recommend this at all, scared the heck out of me when it happened) I dropped the darn thing in the toilet, bent over to pick something off the floor (damn kids socks) and plop... My heart sank! I was like CRAP, well there went 300 bucks. (apparently it's 200 for the unit itself but anyway) I pulled it out took it apart, dried it as best I could and then just let it SIT, as I prayed that it would still work. Obviously THATS not something covered under the warranty.
Two long days went by, went back to my Power Grip feeder, could tell the difference immediately, but suffered through it. It was tough waiting the full 48 hours, but I made it, went to sleep figuring a few more hours couldn't hurt. Woke up in the morning, ready for it to fail as I loaded a fresh battery and new atty. I pressed the button and prayed, it worked FINE no changes. Thank God
So there's some of my adventures with my Provari. Other then thous 2 points, this product has helped me figure out exactly what I like in vaping, I have played with different resistances and voltage to find my sweet spot, something that was really difficult with other mods, simply because I'd have to pull the atty out, get my meter, check the voltage, check the resistance and play. The simple 5 click menu system took all that haste out and let me find my sweet spots.
I guess if I have to give one bad point about this product it would have to be the price point, and I say this not from an affordability stand point, but from a loss standpoint, for example dropping it in water, unforeseen but stuff happens. Went to castaway bay, now when i was using the eGo, I simply purchased a waterproof pouch, and put my e-cig in and didn't worry to much about it, a simple 20 buck bat was the worse I could lose, I suppose a cone too, and atty but overall 30 bucks was the max loss if something happened. I didn't chance that with my Provari, I put it in the locker and grabbed it out when I wanted to vape. Again I say this only for people to consider they may want a "cheap" backup for those situations. For me when we go back or if i'm going to a place where I'm worrying about damaging my e-cig, I'm going to be bringing my Prodigy well because there's nothing that can die if I get it wet
maybe ruin the atty, I suppose it's possible the batteries could be damaged, but again were back to the less then 30 bucks replacement value.
Also for myself it seems that 3 batteries is a great magic number, I use the 18650's, but 3 works well simply because I can keep one in my pocket, one on the charger and never worry much about not having a battery, I change my battery once sometimes twice a day depending on the last time i changed it. I am a heavy heavy vaper as I was a heavy heavy smoker, 3-5 packs a day in analogs, and I go through 1oz (30ml) of liquid, in about 10 days. Sometimes a little sooner sometimes a little later, but I seem to average about 3-4 bottles of liquid a month.
Lastly I really recommend a cone mod, the drip well is great, it can hold a lot of juice, but I always ended up staining my shirt pocket, because some would drip, or leaving a pool on my desk cus it fell over, I ended up buying a Empire 901 HEX Drip Shield with a 510 solid adapter and have been very happy, it took care of the pooling issue as well as allows me to vape any overflow that fills up in the shield. BTW That's from
http://www.empiremods.com and I'm sure there are others.
I really hope this helps people, I cannot praise this product enough at this point in time, but if you have been playing with VV mods, or even just experimenting with different voltages/resistances etc to find your sweet zone, this mod will get you to where you want to be, you'll simply click see your atty dropped to 2.0 oHm and drop your voltage to get the same great hits you were getting at 2.5-3.0, or if your atty gains resistance suddenly it's hitting at 3.5oHm, boom pop your voltage up to 5 and your good to go again. I'm still running the version 1 of the Provari, I'll send it back for an upgrade eventually and post back here if I note any major differences, but honestly I'm not sending it back until I buy a second one, I don't want to be without my main e-cig for any period of time honestly, even tough I have a number of "alternate" e-cigs now. Never thought I would be someone with more then one ecig either... LOL Ali, Grip, Prodigy, eGo's, hell I still am afraid to get rid of my Blu and I hate that thing, but I think that's part of the nature of us smokers, afraid to be without...
Anyway bye for now and keep vaping!
