I am feeling that precious pv's are over rated. The finish wears off, they have a touch sensor which i dont like. The precious L takes CR2's I believe which aren't very good batteries. The prodigy V3 is only a little bigger. The icon is the same size as the precious m and has an all mechanical switch. All around I just feel they are over rated. People see the big price tag like I once did and just assumed it was the best. I'll take a puresmoker product over a precious any day even if price didnt matter.