I ended up ordering one, too. Used the new customer coupon and it came to $32.14. I finally came to the conclusion that while it probably doesn't have an ohm checker, for the price of the batteries and charger and a unit that has PVM (like the Gripper), it's still a great deal. The $32.14 includes the Priority shipping. Got my confirmation, so hopefully all is well. No idea if I'll end up with 2 V8 units, but still...a good deal.
Pook - I didn't see a new customer coupon anywhere. I even checked ECF - no coupon listed. Even then, it's not a bad price at $35.14
The reason the USPS shipping is so high on these is that stoopid "designer" box it comes in. Non standard size so the cost to ship is high. The box is cool - for about two minutes. After that, you wish they had just mailed the thing without the box and saved you a few bucks. lol
I see there is just one left now.
Yeah I saw that too. That would be because of you and me.
We both have to report in as to whether we get one V8 body or two in this deal.
I was going to reply to your other post, like "IMPULSE BUY ALERT!!!" after I got mine and that brought the remainder down to only two but... never mind! Figured you might need a push.
What it comes down to: For any VV pv at this price, in plastic, it's only going to last so long. Dropping it, of course, will head it toward a faster demise. Going all the way back through this thread you will see two camps: People like me who have owned them for months with no problems at all. Or the unlucky ones who seem to have problems - leading to V8 death - in pretty short order. Some of it could be quality control issues, I'm sure some of it's due to rough handling... While it does work it's a pretty neat thing: cool body design (at least I think so), VV, bright 2 color display, decent run time. I don't think there is a better price out there for a
compete VV kit - including batteries, charger, an eGo adapter, and some sort of clearomizer thrown in as well. I have been happy with mine - but I'm really careful with my PV's too.
Justa couple V8 noob tips: This stuff has said before but this thread is getting kinda huge so this bears repeating.
1.) When playing with the voltage, on the low end it's never a good idea to set it at 3.0 volts because then you are just one accidental button push away from jumping all the way up to 6.0 volts. It's better to not go below 3.1 volts to avoid accidentally frying a carto. That way you would have to have two "accidental" pushes to cycle from 3.1 to 3.0 to 6.0 volts - far less likely to happen before you catch it.
2.) When you first power up - and every time you change the batteries - the default voltage is 5.0 volts. That's dangerous territory for most cartos. Make sure you select a proper voltage after changing batteries before you hit that fire button.
3.) The springs that make contact with the negative battery terminal are a pain. You have to be really careful to not just mash them down and bend them out of shape when inserting batteries. For the dexterous this feat is not a problem. The less gifted will resort to using something thin and stiff - like the edge of a credit card - to keep the spring in place when inserting batteries. lol
4.) These things do have a 5 click on/off feature. Some people seem to miss that.
