Provari Mini

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Next to my Silver Bullet. Not a great pic, but best I have in my dark apartment and camera on my phone...

Many thanks. It does fit well. I like that there is little to no gap between the carto and PV.

Now I just need to summon the patience to wait on the black satin to become available.
 
I don't even know what the stardust is, I'm just fully 100% satisfied on the setup I have. Great flavor, LR 510 boge carto's at 4.7V, consistent hit everytime, great amount of vapor, and I'm not burning through as much gas as I used to. I'm golden! Now all the only thing which I'm waiting on is my DIY kit and making my own juice :)
 

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Got my mini yesterday and I'm in love. This is what I have been looking for!!! Just a couple of tiny issues.

I ordered a 510/ego adapter at the same time so I could use my stardust, (visions eGo clearomizer). The carto's work perfectly on my eGo batteries. When I put the adapter on my mini and put the stardust on, I get no power whatsoever. It won't fire at all. Also put the adapter on my box mod and tried the startdust... same thing, nothing. It's like the adapter isn't making contact at all with the carto. Do you think it's a bad adapter?? The provari mini works great and the stardusts work great. The adapter seems to be the problem. Anything I can try or just see about getting a replacement for the adapter??

Also, at first the firing button was trying to stick a little. Go to push the button in to vape and it wouldn't depress. I turned the button in a clockwise position to kind of tighten it in place and so far, no more sticking. Almost felt like the button was a tiny bit loose at first.

Any thoughts on the adapter??

I had the same problem, the ego adaptor is much different than other adaptors. It has a screw on the top, you just unscrew it a the top connection. Also make sure an put it on the provari, then screw on the tank. I have been playing with my Vision on the Provari a bit, and it works for me. Also look up inside the carto and you can pry that one. I have a bent thumb tack in my tackle box that works great for this.
 
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wouldnt it be nice if they make a "super extended cap" or something like that for the mini so it can fit an 18650 battery..

Yea that would be absolutely amazing. Even if they made one the mini would prob still be shorter than the regular Provari's, or maybe a center-meter or two longer hahaha
 

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I love my mini Provari I really do and dont take me wrong but my opinion is I wish the button was higher, I have to give it to them just cutting the tube shorter and charging the same price was very very smart and we all fell for it, Im such a sucker for new PVs.

What did we fall for. From a manufacturing standpoint it would cost exactly the same to build well actually more because theres a lot more machine time with the new tear drop design. They could justify charging more if anything and they didnt.The actual stainless material only costs 3-4 buck so that wouldnt make a difference whatever size it was.The main cost is in the machining and PCB manufacturing.The PCB manufacturing using the small package chips they use is not cheap to produce since they need to be machine populated. I thought the same thing about the button but now that i have one i find it feels completly natural holding it. The buttons in a perfect spot to balance it imo.
 
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Bet you haven't tried the 6 wrap 3.5ohm with 2mm wick version though.:)

I have, well i modded one to 3.2ohm with 6 wraps of kanthal and a longer wick. Still wasnt doing anything for me. Its probably because i vape over 50% vg and dont like turning it upside down a lot. The one and only thing good i will say about them is they cant leak but thats also because its not wicking fast enough to have that issue.
 

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I really cant disagree with you or agree unless I seen the facts behind it all, but its the thought of just making it shorter and not really changing much......


What did we fall for. From a manufacturing standpoint it would cost exactly the same to build well actually more because theres a lot more machine time with the new tear drop design. They could justify charging more if anything and they didnt.The actual stainless material only costs 3-4 buck so that wouldnt make a difference whatever size it was.The main cost is in the machining and PCB manufacturing.The PCB manufacturing using the small package chips they use is not cheap to produce since they need to be machine populated. I thought the same thing about the button but now that i have one i find it feels completly natural holding it. The buttons in a perfect spot to balance it imo.
 

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It would have been cool if they had just made the Provari v2 with threads just a little below the PCB. Then they could have offered 3 tubes sizes to screw in that would fit an 18350, 18500 or 18650. Then they could have simply offered the tubes with different machining patterns similar to the different bottom cap designed currently offered.
 

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Just want to pop in here and say that I am still head-over-heels in love with my Mini.
Battery life is great, but I admit I've found myself using the 18490's the most. They get me through at least 24 hours (maybe about 2-3ml)... and I swap batteries before the light starts to flash.

I thought that 3.7v was when the batteries were about dead, but my light doesn't start flashing until about 3.5v and I think I can get to about 3.4v if I had to.

Even with the end cap on, the size is not that big. That was one thing I was worried about with the Provari's, but I got used to it really quick, and now I love the weight and size.. in fact the end cap makes it a little more comfortable.. or at least not at all bothersome.

I still play around with the volts, but I find myself hovering around 5.5-5.7v with 3ohm cartos.. that's my sweet spot.

If all goes well I should also have a G TANK US soon, I'm really excited to get that on my Provari Mini :)

Hope everyone who got their Mini is still as in love with it as I am!
 

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I'm also still loving my mini, but I ended up selling the endcap and 18490 since I'm happy with the battery life and size of the 18350. I get through about the same amount of juice on a charge, also using 3 ohm single coils. My voltage is usually more in the 5-5.4v range though. Still trying to find a tank that I'm as happy with as I am with the Provari, but that's a much less expensive pursuit than mod purchasing. :)
 

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I know exactly what you mean! I like how the finish matches the satin Provari almost exactly, but it still looks like a spool to me too. The lil mama tanks looks good too, I just don't like the aspect of filling it with a syringe. I've steered clear of the tanks with filler screws since they add bulk to the tank and look like they'd potentially get snagged in a pocket. Does the lil mama have the screw or am I thinking of another tank?

Really wanted to get a lava tank, but I'm not interested in paying 3x what I'd pay from the supplier, and there's no indication of when the next sale might be. The way they're sold kinda seems like a ****-show too, but I can't say I could do it better myself so idk. I grabbed a bella tank from the classifieds, which are very similar to the lava tanks, and it should be here this week. Excited to try it out!
 
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