PRODIGY V3 from PureSmoker

[NuMoNiC]

Got my V3 a few days back and OMG I must come right out and say best device hands down!

I got my V3 with the 901 adapter because I have been using KR808s with premium cartomizers and a few 901 attys. What I have found here is that with some juices on the 901 attys the flavor is just gone. I have found that using the exact same juice in a KR808 cartomizer on the V3 fixes the issue completely. Not only is the flavor back, but it’s nice and warm and honestly tons more vapor!!! I have discontinued using my 901s and only use cartomizers. I did get a drip tip from PS with my V3 order and love it! I now remove the rubber end caps from my cartomizers and replace with the drip tip. Not only does this look bad ... but it also allows me to toss in a few drops when i need or set it down for a bit. This keeps the carto wet and saves me from having to refill as often. I have also found this to be using much less juice than my 901s used.

I also have both the soft and hard springs. I feel that the soft spring makes the V3 feel almost fluid like! The firm spring is just too firm and cramps my finger after a while. I have stretched my soft spring a hare just enough to make it so i can rest the V3 without firing the power. This is working well.

One major flaw i saw right off the bat with the V3 was I have 4 sets of batteries and my first set worked perfectly. But the other brand new sets wouldn't even fire at all!! I loosened the screw in the bottom a half turn and BAM back in business. So to fix this properly I dug into my RC car parts and found a washer that was identical to the washer the V3 came with but it was 2-3X thicker. I replaced the stock washer with mine and now all my battery sets work. I think PS can fix this issue for all just by including 1-2 more washers with the device or maybe just 1 thinker one. EASY FIX!!!

The threads are good, and applying a little NOALOX to them makes them next to perfect. I noticed after one of my switch washer upgrades that the threads were getting very snug. I added more NOALOX and gave it a few spins back and forth solving the issue. My V3 kit came with an extra screw and NOALOX. Thanks guys!

Others have said the same but I cannot stress how well this device vapes! The standard KR808s were decent but not quite as satisfying as a cigarette. This blows away any cig, leaves me completely satisfied and then some.

This was my first experience with PureSmoker and I must honestly say that they are amazing! Thank you Curtis, Casey, Cash, Steve, and everyone up there at PS!! I love my V3.

Lastly I wanted to say a big Thank you to GrimmGreen!! You turned me on to the V3 and I couldn't be happier!!

- In the words of GG "KEEP ON vaping ! !"

 

[suddenly]

Thank you for the good review. I have been looking at these and going back and forth about getting one. Maybe you talked me into it

 

[NuMoNiC]

Good luck to ya! I am certain you will love it!

 

[NuMoNiC]

I wanted to add a few things real quick as I see people have been reading this and for the most part I didn't go into much detail. I am not making a video there are plenty out there covering look, feel, size, swagger, etc.

Batteries: V3 takes 2x RCR123A 3.0V 750mAh LiFePO4 Rechargeable Batteries. Yes that’s right! LiFePO4! These are fantastic batteries. They are extremely well protected and even the manufacture states that they will never catch fire or explode. They are said to have upwards to 2000 recharges! A typical Li-Ion will only do 200-500 at best. That being said, yes if you are wondering will they need their own changer? PureSmoker sells them as a kit with or without the V3, charger and 4 batteries. I didn’t get mine there. I ordered them from all-battery.com where I snagged charger with both AC (home) and DC (car) adapters and 6 batteries for $26 shipped! These things are great and the 3 sets of batts are working out perfectly. I think a lot of people turned away from high voltage vaping because of the explosion risk. Well this seems to be the fix my friends.

The bottom button ~~>
Many people have said that the bottom button was a huge turn off. I can understand this as I was one of them myself. That hate for bottom buttons went away after my first drag off of the V3! The switch is amazing and is super simple to use. I walked up to my wife and said “Hey you gotta try this” and handed her the V3. She’s like “um is it automatic”? I laughed and showed her how to unlock the switch and fire it. She instantly hit it like she had been holding it for a week and turned to me and just threw out a big “WHOA!” So my advice here is if this is swaying your decision, is not to let it bother you as you too will fall in love with the fantastic mechanical locking switch.

Lastly I am on the hunt for a good case for this bad boy. So far I haven’t found anything I like. I know that other owners have posted about a really cool diabetic case they have found that holds it well and has room for batteries and juice. I have seen this one, but ehhhh to freakin large for me. I want something it can sit in and be protected, maybe hold 1 set of batteries, and a cartomizer or 2. Also I would like this to be able to fit in my pocket easily and not look like I am trying to carry around a freakin daily planner. Today I saw some promising digital camera cases at walmart, but they didn’t feel to be just what I wanted so I held off for the perfect case. If anyone finds something please let me know. Maybe post a pic or 2 if possible. I will report back if I find what I am looking for.

Thanks guys!

 

[yoyoma_mda]

mine shipped yesterday! this is also my first purchase from pure smoker and i'm glad it was this model (i had heard about so many problems with the switches on previous models). This version looks SOLID, IMO its a controlled GG super slim with a MUCH better battery life. This will be my 2nd HV device, 1st was the copper (top activation), 2nd will be the prodigy v3 (bottom activation) and I'm looking to get a silver bullet or a bb (side mounted activation). Any suggestions as far as the bb or sb? i'd obviously prefer the smaller size of the BB but then I would have to create my own vent hole at the bottom for the cr2's (btw i contacted altsmoke and the bb still fits cr2s, they didn't change them to prevent cr2 usage). Any tips from bb or sb owners? is the bb switch not as reliable etc. thx!

 

[NuMoNiC]

Thanks for the info on the BB. This would have been my second choice. About to place a second order for the wife =-D

 

[resist]

mine shipped yesterday! this is also my first purchase from pure smoker and i'm glad it was this model (i had heard about so many problems with the switches on previous models). This version looks SOLID, IMO its a controlled GG super slim with a MUCH better battery life. This will be my 2nd HV device, 1st was the copper (top activation), 2nd will be the prodigy v3 (bottom activation) and I'm looking to get a silver bullet or a bb (side mounted activation). Any suggestions as far as the bb or sb? i'd obviously prefer the smaller size of the BB but then I would have to create my own vent hole at the bottom for the cr2's (btw i contacted altsmoke and the bb still fits cr2s, they didn't change them to prevent cr2 usage). Any tips from bb or sb owners? is the bb switch not as reliable etc. thx!

the BB is vented behind the button. I bought the V3 and wish I would have bought the BB. I use the Noalox, have streched the spring and all that, but I have to constantly fiddle with it. One time it hits great, the next it is weak. Sand the bolt head, clean the threads, apply noalox to the threads and the bolt head, tighten the bolt, clean off the batteries, the lock gets stuck open so I have to brake it free with channel locks. It just seems to be more work than necessary.

 

[NuMoNiC]

Odd resist. I have never had to sand down my bolt. I do weekly take the whole thing apart and clean it good and re-apply noalox. Other than the washer issue mines been perfect.

 

[yoyoma_mda]

the BB is vented behind the button. I bought the V3 and wish I would have bought the BB. I use the Noalox, have streched the spring and all that, but I have to constantly fiddle with it. One time it hits great, the next it is weak. Sand the bolt head, clean the threads, apply noalox to the threads and the bolt head, tighten the bolt, clean off the batteries, the lock gets stuck open so I have to brake it free with channel locks. It just seems to be more work than necessary.

I've had a completely different experience with my V3 and I'm extremely glad I bought it, it really is a show piece and it works flawlessly. I stretched out the spring and have never had to adjust it again. It fires every time and the locking mechanism is a pleasure, in fact I find myself burning cartos a little when i don't have a lock (my copper) but having the lock forces me to stop vaping once i've run dry (while driving). Overall a 9 out of 10 just because it does scratch sort of easily, and it looks SOOOO NICE!

 

[trailless]

What would you say the battery life of it would be? The batteries that came with the kit.

 

[yoyoma_mda]

What would you say the battery life of it would be? The batteries that came with the kit.

Ok so this might be a complete fluke, but last night these lifepo4 batteries lasted me around 10 hours of HEAVY vaping, and they weren't necessarily dead either, i just got home and switched out the batteries. At the 10 hour mark they were still performing beyond what a 3.7 would offer, i would say 4.5 volts. The drop off from "feeling like 6v" came at around the 9 hour mark. I'm used to cr2 batteries in my copper which give me 4-5 hours of heavy vaping and then completely die, so the huge increase in battery life really caught me by surprise. Fyi these are the batteries that came with my Prodigy v3 kit

 

[GregH]

The bottom button ~~>
Many people have said that the bottom button was a huge turn off. I can understand this as I was one of them myself. That hate for bottom buttons went away after my first drag off of the V3! The switch is amazing and is super simple to use. I walked up to my wife and said “Hey you gotta try this” and handed her the V3. She’s like “um is it automatic”? I laughed and showed her how to unlock the switch and fire it. She instantly hit it like she had been holding it for a week and turned to me and just threw out a big “WHOA!” So my advice here is if this is swaying your decision, is not to let it bother you as you too will fall in love with the fantastic mechanical locking switch.

I almost didn't buy the V3 specifically because of its bottom button. I couldn't imagine that it would be very comfortable or practical to use. But PureSmoker hasn't let me down yet, so I went ahead and got one. Am I ever glad I did. I fell in love with the bottom button almost immediately. I could not believe how natural it feels to use.

Now when I pick up my Protege, I find myself instinctively feeling for the bottom button. I love it so much that I can't wait for the Icon (the Protege-sized V3) to be released.

I've been using mine very heavily for over 3 weeks and have had absolutely no problems at all with mine. This device is rock solid.

 

[Rippspeed]

Thanx for your review I just ordered mine and I'm mating it to a GG afs V2 ... I'm freaking excited...

 

[trailless]

Battery life? I'm just wondering what you're averaging with the batteries they give you.

 

[yoyoma_mda]

Battery life? I'm just wondering what you're averaging with the batteries they give you.

Hi trailless, I have yet to wear my batteries down to the point of uselessness, I usually have time to switch them out before it ever gets to that point. On average I switch my batteries out at the 6 hour point so thats what I've been getting with heavy usage. Hopefully someone else can chime in to compose an average. As stated before though I've gone 10 hours without needing a charge, and although the vapor dropped off at the 9th hour it was still very satisfying

 

[trailless]

That's good to hear, assuming you're vaping on 6 volts.
Do you think this is a good device to start with? Was thinking about the ego, riva, prodigy v3.

 

[yoyoma_mda]

I would gladly recommend this to a newbie, 3.7v is an option with 17670AW batteries if you want to vape for days or you can UP it to 6v with 2 rcr123 batteries (my current setup). The Ego and Riva are great products but only being able to do 3.7 makes them one dimensional. Also if you desire more vapor in the long run (a lot of us do) you become dependent on Low resistance atomizers which die quickly and increase costs. If you intend to quick smoking for good I suggest the 510 prodigy v3 with 510 cartomizers (this will make your life much easier as opposed to traditional atomizers).

your price tag in the end:

$117 for Prodigy v3, 4 rcr123 lifepo4 batteries, a charger, and typically a free bottle of juice at puresmoker (free shipping)

$21 for 15 blank cartomizers at litecigusa (free shipping)

$?? for whatever juice you prefer, i like johnsons creek but its expensive, strictlyejuice (free shipping) is very cheap but only certain flavors hit the spot for me

Approximately $150 to get started with juices, that was the cost of those terrible Smoking Everywhere or Smoking 51 products

IMO theres no need for 3.7 (but that battery is an option), if you are taking 5 second drags off a HV device and it appears to be too much for you, take 1-3 second drags, you'd rather have more power on demand than be stranded with low voltage which may be unsatisfying. Feel free to ask any other questions you may have, we're all here to help! Happy vaping!

 

[NuMoNiC]

Battery life? I'm just wondering what you're averaging with the batteries they give you.

Sorry, was out of town camping with my V3 the whole time. Took 2 sets with me and lasted the whole time + some.

My batteries last me 24hours almost to the hour. I vape HEAVILY! My daily routine is, get up get coffee, grab a fresh set of batteries, vape away through the day (work, etc.), vape through the evening, at bed time i toss them in the charger.

Usually I watch TV till I fall asleep 1-2am, and its soo freakin funny, my batteries always die during this time. I take them out of the V3 and toss them in my charger and go to sleep. Its like clockwork!

FYI - This weekend camping I totally dropped my V3 twice! Once on a rock surface and once in the dirt. No damage at all to the device other than a small dimple in the drip tip. I did have to take the switch apart and clean the dirt out, but that took all of 2 minutes to do.

GL guys!

 

[yoyoma_mda]

FYI - This weekend camping I totally dropped my V3 twice! Once on a rock surface and once in the dirt. No damage at all to the device other than a small dimple in the drip tip. I did have to take the switch apart and clean the dirt out, but that took all of 2 minutes to do.

GL guys!

GAH! I couldn't do it, its too pretty for me to be lugging around to places like that, I went to the beach this weekend and was way too afraid to get sand everywhere, I ended up using my copper. Every device serves a purpose, the Prodigy v3 is not one i'd chance with the wilderness lols, but kudos to you for showing that its got cahones!

 

[trailless]

Well, I've made up my mind. Here I come puresmoker.

Does one 17670 battery fit the whole housing or do I need two?
Sorry for asking so many questions, still learning.