Here was my question:
I recently ordered a Joye 510 Sweetheart deal. It appears, from what I am reading on some sites around the internet, that I may have received an imposter/knock off Joye 510. Every picture I have seen of the fake vs the real 510 indicates mine are fake.
You tell me, what did I get?
Here is the reply:
From: Scott McKirahan <smckirahan@cfl.rr.com>
To: flhthemi
Sent: Mon, October 18, 2010 5:52:28 PM
Subject: "Real" Joye 510
There are many different manufacturers of Joye 510 e-cigarettes. The original, made by Joye Tech, as well as Joye 510s (yes, that's exactly what they call them) made by Sai Lebao, MJT, and FeelLife Bioscience, to name a few. Nowhere does it say on our website that we sell Joye Tech Joye 510s.
The original, made by Joye Tech, had atomizers that failed so often during the first week, that we (and our customers) spent a ton shipping replacements and defective atomizers back and forth (which might explain why so many web sites selling the original have changed their policy and only guarantee them against being dead on arrival). Sai Lebao made a decent enough atomizer (although it operated at a half an ohm more resistance) but their batteries had a sticky button problem. FeelLife Bioscience did not have battery or atomizer problems (again the atomizer operated at a half ohm more resistance), but sometimes their parts did not "play well" with parts from other manufacturers.
In the end, after doing a head-to-head-to-head-to-head test (something no other company has done that I know of), we switched to the MJT Joye 510. They make the best atomizer, don't have sticky button issues and our return/replacements are far lower than they were with Joye Tech, Sai Lebao or FeelLife Bioscience. Will there be occasional problems? We count on it; but nothing like with the other ones. You can read about the test we did here.
We have sold 510s by all four of those companies and, in the end, sell the ones that are manufactured the best with the least amount of problems. We don't like failing components any more than our customers do. There are a lot of ...... out there that believe that, because Joye Tech made the original Joye 510, that theirs must be the best. If we all operated on that simplistic mentality, we'd still be driving Ford Model T's.
We switched to the MJT Joye 510 a little over a month ago. Since then, we have had exactly one problem atomizer and absolutely no other components that failed. That's 10-20 times less returns than with any other manufacturer.
Scott McKirahan
Owner
Web: e-cigexpress.com
Email:
info@e-cigexpress.com
Phone: (407) 442-6834
In responce I said:
Scott,
Thank you very much for this information. I'm glad to see such a quick responce to my question. If I may, I would like to post this responce on the 2 ecig forums I am a member of as there are a few of those ...... out there as you mentioned. They need to read this, just as I did. I'm new to vaping and did a lot of reading before I ordered anything from anyone. I felt your site was legit and now I know I've made a pretty good choice. I'm still learning and still vaping and am just about ready to give up real cigarettes after only having my e-cig for 3 days.
Again, thanks so much for educating me!
Steve Bostic
