yes the design is god awful, i heard about it on
vape team the other day, i dont usually watch it, i tuned in to hear about the jbox debacle (most
vape shows give me douche chills) and right as I was about to leave, dimitri was talking about a new provari 2.5 coming out and that they would have one to give away, I just looked up pics of it. I have no clue if the chip will be upgraded, though the only thing I would want in an upgrade of the chip is possibly a higher amp limit, you can keep VW

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IMO as far as the design goes, they should be taking stuff away, not adding stuff, the teardrops on the top/bottom cap are ok, but I think it would look a lot better more minimalistic w/out all the grooves, or just keep it as-is, im ok w/ it as-is (the mini anyways, the gf and I only really use 'varis w/ our zaps and the standard is just too big w/ a zap on it)