menus in general should allow a user to choose from a set of options, and do nothing until a choice is made
Something I always tell my employees - don't come to me with a complaint unless you have a solution to suggest along with it. So, how would you propose a single-button menu system to work?
If I'm in the menu and looking at my watch for a second to check the time, I'll probably need to wait for the next cycle.
User error. Smart user learns to not check his watch while in the menu. Problem solved.
And it was finally solved with the Radius, I really can't understand why it's back on the Procyon.
The Radius is a box mod; the P3/Procyon is a tube mod. The Radius has 3 buttons. Back to the question above.
But seriously, there's nothing else for me.. There's only crap at the low end, and 200watts and up, multiple battery setups, at the high end.
True, ProVape makes very high quality mods - arguably the best. But, why are you ruling out a 200W mod? You don't have to use 200W just because it's there, just like you don't have to drive at 100MPH just because your speedometer shows numbers that high. There are many small, single-battery mods using the DNA200 board, but are limited to 75W (I believe) due to a single battery. There's a new VF model that uses a single 26650 that's quite comfortable to hold as well. Point being, there are a lot of options, and until you design and manufacture your own mod, none will be perfect for you.
I'll probably do the same with the Procyon if they solve a simple issue. And it's really simple - it has 5 speeds for the scrolling menu, 1 to 5, they only need to add aone more setting to it - speed 0.
Back to the first question again...
The tube would be threaded at the upper part (similar to the P3, just a little higher), and whenever a fw update is needed, you just unscrew the tube and plug a usb cable.
Two problems with your idea. First, ProVape would never expose the electronics. Second, allowing tubes to be screwed onto the Procyon would potentially allow people to use P3 tubes and make a tube that accepts something less than an 18650, and with the 50W limit, the whole point was that it's 18650 only.
But if I need to pay for a programmer more than $50 now that the Procyon is released, I expect it to last for at least one or two future models.
The programmers are for dealers, not end-users. A vape shop owner can recover that cost very easily.
Regarding "at the time", what you and a couple others here seem to be missing is that the Procyon is an evolution of the P3, not an evolution of the Radius - two different product lines. I doubt the Procyon would have existed if ProVape couldn't have used existing parts and tooling from the P3, as there won't be as much return on investment for a tube mod in the day and age of the box mod.