The VMAX is that GOOD! The SS VMAX is by far the BEST one made out of ALL the VMAX's released! The build is a lot more SOLID and it does reset to 3V being a V2! Now there is one difference and that is the button! The button is actually a clear-frosted style that allows the BLUE LED light to just GLEEM through it! Smoktech actually did the build on the SS version SPOT ON!
The VMAX does out perform the Provari, though the Provari has been on the Vaping Market longer giving it a valued reputation and a very loyal fan base!
Comparing the VMAX to the Provari is a bit unfair IMO, due to the OUTSTANDING track record of Provape and their device the Provari!
The question at hand is this, IF the VMAX and the PROVARI were released at the SAME time would there be all this debate about which device is better? Unfortunately the Provari loyalists will NOT answer that truthfully! I on the other hand have vaped on the Provari for over a month before I got my first VMAX "The BLACK BEAST"! I can TRUTHFULLY say that BOTH devices are good in their own right! The ONLY and I mean ONLY advantage that the Provari has over the VMAX is, Provape can take care of their customers more efficiently being based here in the U.S.! If Smoktech were to do the SAME, I truly believe that the Vaping Market would be different!
Trust me when I say we do have members in the VMAX Elite Group that own a Provari and can confirm the POWER and PERFORMANCE of the VMAX!
I will say this and that is whatever YOU and ANYONE else who reads this POST decides, that BOTH devices are well made and BOTH have its UPS and DOWNS period!
**JUST REMEMBER WHATEVER KEEPS YOU AWAY FROM ANALOGS IS THE BEST DEVICE!**
Take care and Happy Vaping!