Official ProVari Radius Thread
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Congrats!
Definitely bigger than I was envisioning. I was picturing it to be somewhere between the DNA30 and the rDNA40
Definitely bigger than I was envisioning. I was picturing it to be somewhere between the DNA30 and the rDNA40
really enjoying all the pics. Congrats to the winners and everyone else that have ordered. I hope to pick one up myself soon.
LOL I'm the opposite. Waiting for my Kabuki, which will probably lead me to getting the Radius sooner than later.
Love the pictures ITT. Appears there's a lot of happy campers.
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Glad I didn't order one either. I'm sure for the accident prone (WillyZ anyone? - LOL) it might help, but the Radius is beautiful - a work of vaping art! And that sleeve ruins it for me.
Got shipping confirmation.....
For the kabuki i ordered yesterday, still nada on the midnight blue
For the kabuki i ordered yesterday, still nada on the midnight blue
Agree. The Radius looks sexy without clothes.
Hi all, have been reading through this thread for days now to get caught up lol (the hamster would be right at home in my mini zoo 
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Waiting for some real world testing info to come in. The Radius, assuming the real world info is acceptable, will be my first Provari around Christmas time as dad's share of the pie
(dang kids get the lion's share hehe)
I've admired the, um, enthusiasm of the Provari fans as well as the company's ethos and build quality but never gave their pre-Radius products much thought because 1) all tube mods all the time and 2) the 20W cap. But, the Radius looks like it might be the ProVape product to win me over:
For me, the biggest unknown factor influencing a final decision is the battery life. The "captive battery" performance is a big part of looking at the Radius. I like the size of the smaller single 18650 mods, but the power wasting from their battery boxes leaves a lot to be desired. I'm strictly a rebuildable guy, and run my single coil builds around 15W-20W, and my dual coil builds around 25W-30W. Running a single coil atomizer I will swap batteries twice a day with my D2, and three times a day with dual coils (using Samsung 30Q btw). I usually run dual coils nowadays.
I'm familiar with the benefits of the captive systems because my first mod was an iStick 50W (has a 4400 mAh internal) that I easily made it through the day with no need to charge and was shocked when I moved to the iPV D2 and was using up ~7.5K mAh worth of battery in the same time I would drain the iStick no more than 70%. When I heard the schpiel about why they have the endcap and battery swapping mechanism they have on the Plumes of Hazard, I was interested and impressed enough to let my inner vape demon start rubbing his hands together. However, regardless of how they intend the device to work, I would only ever use the USB charging overnight. I dislike my vape being tethered to something so much that in spite of my iStick 50W never giving me a lick of trouble, I wound up switching over to the D2 100% of the time -> the iStick was pre-dual coil building, and one of the reasons to get the D2 was to be able to run higher wattages with no charging while I was awake. It's an unnecessary quirk, but it's my unnecessary quirk and it's not going to change for the Radius or any other PV.
So, looking forward to hearing from people running wattages similar to mine and how it performs. I don't care if I have to swap batteries, but if it's not going to be an improvement (e.g. only needing to swap out once during the day instead of 2X-3X), the purchase becomes harder to justify while I still have a perfectly functional pair of mods that meet my needs.
)Waiting for some real world testing info to come in. The Radius, assuming the real world info is acceptable, will be my first Provari around Christmas time as dad's share of the pie
(dang kids get the lion's share hehe)I've admired the, um, enthusiasm of the Provari fans as well as the company's ethos and build quality but never gave their pre-Radius products much thought because 1) all tube mods all the time and 2) the 20W cap. But, the Radius looks like it might be the ProVape product to win me over:
- Love the style of the device, right up my alley, although I hope they introduce a nice deep forest green (or even a nice olive green) by Christmas, otherwise basic black it will be
- Love the idea of engineering it to give captive battery performance with a user swappable 18650 (more on this in bit)
- Love the boost technology to "overdrive" the coil to get it up to temp faster so you can get the same subjective hit at lower wattage on the Provari compared to most mods
- Love the reputation for true, consistent power delivery (vaping on an iPV D2 as my daily mod and there is a noticeable difference right after I swap batteries demonstrating no matter what that screen says, there is a drop off in power over the battery life)
- Love the general commitment to engineering and build quality
- Love the full domestic sourcing and manufacturing. Don't have anything against foreign goods per se, but one ball the US most definitely dropped was sacrificing our manufacturing sector for higher corporate profits in far too many consumer segments. Supporting a company like this is a good thing. Even the domestic engineered atomizers are almost all produced overseas (what I like to think of as the Apple sleight of hand)
For me, the biggest unknown factor influencing a final decision is the battery life. The "captive battery" performance is a big part of looking at the Radius. I like the size of the smaller single 18650 mods, but the power wasting from their battery boxes leaves a lot to be desired. I'm strictly a rebuildable guy, and run my single coil builds around 15W-20W, and my dual coil builds around 25W-30W. Running a single coil atomizer I will swap batteries twice a day with my D2, and three times a day with dual coils (using Samsung 30Q btw). I usually run dual coils nowadays.
I'm familiar with the benefits of the captive systems because my first mod was an iStick 50W (has a 4400 mAh internal) that I easily made it through the day with no need to charge and was shocked when I moved to the iPV D2 and was using up ~7.5K mAh worth of battery in the same time I would drain the iStick no more than 70%. When I heard the schpiel about why they have the endcap and battery swapping mechanism they have on the Plumes of Hazard, I was interested and impressed enough to let my inner vape demon start rubbing his hands together
. However, regardless of how they intend the device to work, I would only ever use the USB charging overnight. I dislike my vape being tethered to something so much that in spite of my iStick 50W never giving me a lick of trouble, I wound up switching over to the D2 100% of the time -> the iStick was pre-dual coil building, and one of the reasons to get the D2 was to be able to run higher wattages with no charging while I was awake. It's an unnecessary quirk, but it's my unnecessary quirk and it's not going to change for the Radius or any other PV.So, looking forward to hearing from people running wattages similar to mine and how it performs. I don't care if I have to swap batteries, but if it's not going to be an improvement (e.g. only needing to swap out once during the day instead of 2X-3X), the purchase becomes harder to justify while I still have a perfectly functional pair of mods that meet my needs.
Mine arrived this morning. I've only had about five minutes with it. First impression: it feels like a Leica M4--and that's saying a lot.
Or, you can do this too:
From my GAP ride 2012...
From my GAP ride 2012...
Maybe only the Black Radius is shipping so far? I Ordered a blue within minutes of orders going live and mine is still at processing.
I got the shipping notice for my Kabuki too. 
Cabernet is still processing.
I hope all the folks at ProVape had a great weekend and have a wonderful Monday filling our orders!
Cabernet is still processing.
I hope all the folks at ProVape had a great weekend and have a wonderful Monday filling our orders!
So got a reply to my ticket, it's on hold as the sleeves are out of stock - FFS. I've asked if they can cancel the sleeve and ship the mod.
According to my tracking number: shipped on Friday; today still in Kent, WA
According to my tracking number: shipped on Friday; today still in Kent, WA
Nah. You just aren't being given updated tracking info. If it was shipped Friday, it's made it out of Kent, WA. Mine was shipped on Friday and it was delivered today to Tampa, FL.
Well RB, mail has already come today...no Radius
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