ProVari Mini vs Briggs & Stratton - And the winner is ...

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DaveP

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You really ought to post this in the Provape forum. Maybe they will PM you and offer you some support. Never turn down a discount coupon in the event it's offered! If it had been an eGo it would have been unrecognizable. It's clearly a Provari that survived enough to be recognizable. That speaks well of its stainless steel construction. Even a lawn tractor couldn't rip it completely to pieces.

The worst that could happen is that it would generate some good hearted chuckles (with you, not at your expense). Provape could include your pic in the list of places "Never to vape". You might get some mileage out of the effort.

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Aikhme

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Funny you say that mine enjoys mowing the yard, so who am I to stop her. LOL, she was about to pop(9 months), pregnant with my daughter and she still wouldnt let me mow. It's not bad until the new people move in around us and give me dirty looks :glare:when they see me drinking a cold one while she mows with a basketball belly. :D

Well, you trained her well! :vapor:
 

The Ocelot

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How, exactly, does one mow and vape themselves?

Better yet, WHY?

I was wondering about that too. And I thought I was a chain-vaper.

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My condolences.
 

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I got an old Apollo Stainless Mini VV as a spare, but it's just not the same.

I have submitted a warranty query with ProVape to find out if they can buff out the blemishes, but realistically I do not expect a reply back. It deserves some cudos though as any other mod would have been torn to shreds.

The most impressive part is that the body protected the battery for the most part and it was not deformed to the point of pinching the battery. Unscrewed the cap and the battery just slid out.

The mower blade has a small dent in it, but the ProVari definitely came off worse. I still can't find the top of it and as a matter of interest the body was shot about 30m from the chute of the mower. Lucky I wasn't near a sliding door or something.
 

DaveP

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I got an old Apollo Stainless Mini VV as a spare, but it's just not the same.

I have submitted a warranty query with ProVape to find out if they can buff out the blemishes, but realistically I do not expect a reply back. It deserves some cudos though as any other mod would have been torn to shreds.

The most impressive part is that the body protected the battery for the most part and it was not deformed to the point of pinching the battery. Unscrewed the cap and the battery just slid out.

The mower blade has a small dent in it, but the ProVari definitely came off worse. I still can't find the top of it and as a matter of interest the body was shot about 30m from the chute of the mower. Lucky I wasn't near a sliding door or something.

In fairness, the mower blade was spinning at 3600 rpm and the Provari was stationary. Something had to give. The Provari actually stood up surprisingly well to the attack.

I still think that a competitive comparison ad would be hilarious. Provari vs <competitive model> after lawn mower attack. "Nothing can beat a lawn mower blade, but we build quality tubes"
 
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DaveP

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The op's picture will haunt my dreams for years to come...
That poor little mini.. just wanted to be the most awesome PV ever. Cut down.. in the prime of it's life.

There should be a photo album on ECF for poor ecigs who met their deaths in untimely ways. A RIP collection, so to speak.
 

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I can offer condolences, question, and a suggestion.

1. Sorry for your loss.
2. Is your mower ok after that? Did you have to replace the blade?
3. Get a Reo as a replacement. I've seen pictures of a Reo that survived a mower and a fall from a car window on a highway. It didn't look pretty any more though, but still vaped
 
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