... As for the voltage ratings...i dont think Smokech is "wrong" in how they're determing the Vmax voltage, they're just using a different, yet viable, methodology. I dont think they're the first ones to do this (i could be wrong here...someone correct me if so) doesn't Joye do something similar with their PWM voltage rating? I'm pretty sure that 3.3 "real" volts are not gonna hit anything like a eGo...
I don't understand this. Other PVs that use PWM have a loaded voltage that is close to what the device is set on. In the case of the Provari, darn close. With the SVO, close enough to work with. That at least makes it possible to predict how hot your vape is going to be in comparison with fixed voltage devices with varying battery combinations.
The Vmax operates at one range of voltages, displays another voltage, and feels like yet another voltage. The voltage you display is entirely useless except in purely relative terms. The fact that Vmax, or anyone else, uses wild swings in voltage to achieve some sort of mean voltage doesn't give them license to call it whatever they want. I think Pbusardo probably hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the lack of "tuning" or "calibration" or however he put it. They need to cut down the duty cycles so that the displayed voltage bears some relationship to what is being delivered to the coil. Their methodology may be viable, but it's not valid, IMO. It basically just underestimates the wattage ultimately used by the coil by some indeterminable factor.
Maybe Provape should re-program the Provari to display 1.2V less than what it is actually delivering. Everyone would rave about how powerful it is, I guess.
On the subject of manuals, i believe that shipping PVs with manuals/instructions increases their chances of siezure in customs significantly, so i understand why they don't typically ship in the PV box. IMO, this doesn't mean units shouldn't come with them, but i think vendors bear some responsibility and play a role in their absence as much as the manufacturers do......Just some thoughts...
I think the time for using customs seizures as an excuse for not including a manual is long past. At least in the U.S., it's a non-issue unless they're trying to evade taxes by passing them off as $5 meat thermometers or something. If they're going to try to smuggle wholesale quantities of them into a country that bans e-cigs, you might have a point. But, in that case, I'd think the packaging would be different anyway.
A mini-CD manual would cost pennies to produce and include. There's really no excuse for the manufacturer not to include either a digital or printed manual, particularly since one has already been written. If the vendors bear any blame, it's for not raising hell and insisting that Smok provide it. Heck, I got a manual, such as it was, with my $20 PCC over two years ago when there actually was a legitimate risk of customs seizure. Any piece of Chinese electronic detritus you buy nowadays comes with a manual. For a PV like this, being shipped to the U.S. under today's settled legal climate, it's inexcusable and could even enhance their liability if a battery event should occur. Omitting a manual is a cheap, stupid and shortsighted move, IMO.
