New to Vaping, Looking for best PV, Provari or Reo?

[NicoHolic]

Provari = battery, REO = battery + juice (3 or 6 ml)

Provari (18490): ≈ 1" diameter x 4.1"H + tank height
REO (18490): ≈ 1.7"W x 1" deep x 3.1"H + atomizer height
IOW, Provari narrower, REO shorter

Cartomizers (approx 1 ml capacity)
REO - carto can be used standalone and/or replenished by 3 or 6 ml internal juice bottle
Provari - carto can be used standalone or be punched or slotted to accommodate a slip-on carto tank

Atomizers
REO - disposable or rebuildable drip atomizer fed by 3 or 6 ml internal juice bottle. Tank type usable with adapter (not fed from internal bottle), but redundant.
Provari - disposable or rebuildable drip atomizer manually dripped. Can also be used with a tank type rebuildable atomizer.

Clearomizers
REO - use possible with adapter (not fed from internal bottle) but redundant.
Provari - 510 style works natively, eGo style requires adapter

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Hello all, I am new to vaping and found a ton of knowledgable insight here on the forum. I have done some searching and I was looking for the best Personal Vaporizer. I'm mechanically inclined and I was leaning towards the Reo or the Provari. I was hoping to get some of your recommendations for a well rounded device and delivery system i.e. Carto/tank system and why.

I appreciate all your input,
Hot Spotter

The simple answer is to buy both, now the decision becomes which one first.

 

[Bobcat39]

I was in the same spot last week pretty much. I went with a provari for now since I have a bunch of Protanks already and it has VV so works better for me at this point until I get comfortable with making my own coils/wicks. I am also from north of the border and Provari's are available from a vendor on this side of the fence so it was easier for logistics as well. I plan on getting a Reo in the future though. Just my $.02

 

[texasguy4]

I have 2 Provari's (that I'm trying to sell), and 5 REO's, and getting ready to buy another one

 

[alizii]

Sorry guys but can someone tell me what you mean by dripping and bottom-feeders?

 

[NicoHolic]

Drip, Drip, Drip - The Sound of Dripping

Bottom feeding brings the juice up through the bottom of a compatible dripping atomizer, rather than dripping it into the top. On the REO, this is done by squeezing the juice bottle. Upon releasing the bottle, any excess juice not wetting the atomizer is sucked back down into the tube and perhaps into the bottle. It is dripping from the bottom up.

 

[cadman]

I have both the Reo and Provari.

You can't go wrong with either one. The Reo is kinda limited in your atomizer selection, it needs to be a bottom feed atomizer, unless you go straight dripper or you can use a 510/510 adapter for RBA's (the RM2 is all you need anyway....lol), the Provari can use a much larger selection of atomizers (510 atomizers, tanks, clearomizers, cartomizers, cartos, RBA's and RDA's).

The Reo will do lower Ω vaping.

The one thing that I find in favor of the Reo is that you can buy a DIY rebuild kit and completely rebuild it, the Provari, not so much.


If I had to choose one, it would be the Reo by a hair.

 

[nomeX]

I'm new to vaping and went with the Provari with the plan of figuring out what delivery system/juice/voltage I prefer and eventually moving that setup to a Reo.

 

[Malavekio]

Hmm, both mods are expensive. I would do research on what you like best as in a convenient drip or one that can do all.

 

[drew_goring]

The simple answer is to buy both, now the decision becomes which one first.

That's exactly what I did. Provari showed up about a week before the REO. Provari is now sitting in a box, waiting to see if I can rekindle my love for it with a Kayfun Lite. So far I definitely like the REO Grand a lot more.

 

[drew_goring]

I was in the same spot last week pretty much. I went with a provari for now since I have a bunch of Protanks already and it has VV so works better for me at this point until I get comfortable with making my own coils/wicks. I am also from north of the border and Provari's are available from a vendor on this side of the fence so it was easier for logistics as well. I plan on getting a Reo in the future though. Just my $.02

Get a REO only if you want to render your protanks and Provari useless. Believe me, the RM2 is so much easier than messing around with clearos.

 

[NicoHolic]

Hmm, both mods are expensive. I would do research on what you like best as in a convenient drip or one that can do all.

I wouldn't consider either the REO or the Provari expensive. Over the long run, they're a real bargain. You're buying a rugged, well-supported, American-made, lifetime device once rather than a succession of essentially disposable cheap devices. Once you have a REO or Provari, you're highly likely to soon own at least two, or one of each.

Just to clarify, the REO can "do it all." Although most REO owners use it with atomizers, and more of those with rebuildables than with disposables such as the Ciscos, some also use it to replenish cartomizers. A few prefer the taste of a carto to an atty, at least for certain juices. You can, with an adapter, use clearomizers or other external juice tank setups on a REO, but there's really no point--they're unneeded with the REOs 3 to 6 ml internal bottle.

 

[mostapha]

I own both.
I regret neither.
I like both.
I think they're the best at what they each do and worth their prices...nothing else in the regulated world beats a Proari for me, including stuff that costs more. And I haven't seriously considered another bottom feeder...Reos are just too good.

But if I had to choose one, it would be the Reo. Hands down. No questions. No qualms.

It's my desert island device. Period.

 

[Racehorse]

Hello all, I am new to vaping and found a ton of knowledgable insight here on the forum. I have done some searching and I was looking for the best Personal Vaporizer. I'm mechanically inclined and I was leaning towards the Reo or the Provari. I was hoping to get some of your recommendations for a well rounded device and delivery system i.e. Carto/tank system and why.

I appreciate all your input,
Hot Spotter

They are BOTH great made in the usa mods. I've had both. Nobody can say which one you should get because it depends on your vaping style and preferences.

Tube style mods and bottoms feeders are such a completely different concept, and unless you get the VV REO, which are mechanical where as provari has circuitry.

I prefer REO but I thought Provari gave a nice vape as well. I think if you are looking for VV, they are both the best mods out there, and if you're looking for mechanical, then you have to get the reo since there are no mechanical provari's.

With REO everything is on board.......your juice, your delivery device, you battery. I liked that.

 

[Racehorse]

I wouldn't consider either the REO or the Provari expensive. Over the long run, they're a real bargain.

well said!

Actually, they are mid range in price. (If I could buy one, it's not high end or luxury.) There are way more expensive mods, as we all know.

I consider the Provari and REOs to be good working people's mods....$150-$225 range is about right for a tool you really depend on. But not outrageous, not "collector", it's something you USE day in and day out.

 

[Pyrodox]

Have not used a Reo, but I have a ProVari V2.5 with an Ithaka atomizer. I prefer the tube-style, it seems a little more wieldy to me, especially carrying it and using it at work.

I like the adjustability of both the ProVari and the Ithaka.

I've had some cheaper e-cigarettes before, never going back to anything else. I might consider a Reo in the future as an "at home" style vape, but for me the portability and adjustability of the ProVari makes it a favorite.

 

[unsure]

Tho I never owned a Provari it has a huge following who swears by its excellence. As mentioned the REO is a bottom fed mod and in particular the REO Grand comes with a large 6ml juice bottle and a 18650 battery for a hassle free all day use.

 

[genesis_rds]

I use a Provari mini i am very happy with it is the best VV i had so far