Passthroughs, why are they so expensive in a shop.

[LeftCatcher]

Ok, so I went home (11hours away) for a wedding recently, and I left my only charger behind.
it's in the mail, so I whipped out my cheapo $5 passthrough only to find out that the cord broke.
i found it on fasttech for $6. All the local shops near me either don't carry it, or they want $30+ for it...
then the guy tried to sell me an aluminum kayfun clone for like $75, and 1 $129 passthrough kit set up for a car, and a mod, and batteries, ....
do these people think i'm really gonna buy their cloned crap @ 600% markup?!...
I'd rather buy it from fasttech at 1/6 the cost and wait 17 days. And spend the rest on tools to fix/mod the same crap I got from fasttech.
but it hit me today, I hate mods. I use my passthrough the most, I just need a way to power it.
so got this:
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1382500
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1711000


Now the cord on this USB passthrough sucks, but I'm fixing that now, and there are all kinds of battery power supplies.
Most people tell me to get an itaste, but why? There like $50-$90 and they do little if any more...
if I'm gonna spend that kind of cash, mind as well build my own and make it a vape utility belt of doom.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Now, ya just spent $20 plus shipping and yer gonna have to wait forever to get it, when you could have hopped over to 101vapes website and got an Itaste VV3 for $25 and you wouldn't have to wait but a couple of days. $40 would have gotten you an MVP. Both are passthru and are tough as nails to boot.

 

[mountaingal]

The power bank is a great idea for pass throughs. Sometimes Marshall's or TJMaxx have the power banks for about the same price. That, being said, I too buy almost all my stuff online as I found B&M's too upscale for me.

 

[joesquid]

If I understand you right you need a charger for your passthrough. If that's the case, you can get one at any Wallyworld for next to nothing. I should be a micro USB. I just use the cord for my cell phone.

 

[LeftCatcher]

Shippings free, plus I want to test this. and i've used an MVP, i don't like them.

 

[LeftCatcher]

If I understand you right you need a charger for your passthrough. If that's the case, you can get one at any Wallyworld for next to nothing. I should be a micro USB. I just use the cord for my cell phone.

yes, i have chargers for a wall outlet and 12vDC (car) already, i just want to see how this works. then when it takes a crap. i'll mod it. after all it was only $15...

 

[LeftCatcher]

I would also like to note that I had $21 in my account, and now I'm flat broke.
otherwise i would've gotten a much better PSU
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1424/10008156/1727200-15w-folded-solar-power-panels-mobile-phone
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1424/10007810/1683604

 

[v1k1ng1001]

do these people think i'm really gonna buy their cloned crap @ 600% markup?!...

Yes they do.

 

[LeftCatcher]

Yes they do.

"Well they've got another thing coming" -Camille Cosby-

 

[AndriaD]

Now, ya just spent $20 plus shipping and yer gonna have to wait forever to get it, when you could have hopped over to 101vapes website and got an Itaste VV3 for $25 and you wouldn't have to wait but a couple of days. $40 would have gotten you an MVP. Both are passthru and are tough as nails to boot.

The vv3 is exactly what I was gonna recommend, you beat me to it. I used to keep either of mine plugged into my PC's front USB so much, my PC thought it "detected new hardware."

Andria

 

[PuffsAndPlumes]

Luv my vv3's

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