The purpose of this write up is not to recommend one over the other. I just wanted to give a point of view from someone who has used both. I have not had them for long, so keep that in mind. I spent the first week using the Darwin. The last 4 days using the Provari. I know there are a handful of you out there that are debating between the two. Hopefully this will help some.
1. Appearance.
P. Very nicely put together. Modern look. Think iPhone modern. Smaller than I had anticipated. If I spread my fingers, I can cover it when I wrap my hand around it. I have larger than average hands. It's not thick though. (Felt kinda weird writing that).
D. Um, what can I say? It is what it is. It looks really nothing like anything else I have seen. Also smaller than I expected, but a bit longer than the Darwin. It is thinner though. The cover is a tank. If I were to drop it, I would be more concerned about the floor.
2. Ease of Use.
P. Very easy. It should not take you any longer than I minute. (If someone is reading this, and it took longer than 1 minute, my apologies in advance). All joking aside, it is easy. You push the button 5 times fast, and it will get you to the PU(Power UP) setting. Wait a few second seconds and your volts will show. Hit the button again to increase it, etc etc. Easy.
D. Easier. You spin a wheel to change the watts. This is where I would obviously give the advantage to the Darwin. With that said, because I don't have lot's of different types of atty's, I don't use it nearly as much as I thought I would. I tend to vape at 3.7 when using 1.5 atty's and 3.9 when I'm using 2.0 attys. On the Darwin I was mostly between 8.5 watts and 9.0 watts. I guess if I had different types of atty and carto's at different ohms, and I was switching them in and out, I would appreciate the time saving a bit more.
3. Practicality-
P. I mostly drip. I seem to flood the atty at least a few times a day. I realize it's 100% user error, but it is what it is. I hope to get better with time.
The Provari has a deep drip cup. So for someone like me that is a challenged dripper, it works wonders. I have never had any liquid go anywhere besides the drip cup.
It fits in my pocket fine. It's not the most comfortable fit though. I sometimes worry that I might hit the button on accident. It does have a function to shut it off. I really don't want to have to hit the button a bunch of times before I put it in my pocket and press the button a bunch of times when I take it out. So, because that extra 10 seconds of my life it so important to me, I choose not to. I would rather just have to worry about it. That's much easier and less time consuming.
The 510 thread on the Provari is perfect. Never worried about cross threading.
D. The Darwin does not have a drip cup. When I flood it, it gets on the unit. Sometimes the juice gets under the arm, and it's a pain to get out.
It fits my pocket fine as well. I swing the arm down to shut it off, so no worry's about it turning on in my pocket. The shape is a bit different in my pocket also, so it's a bit more comfortable.
The 510 thread on the darwin needs improvement. Every time I put a new atty on there, I'm concerned that I am going to cross thread. U need to be extra careful.
I plan on keeping them both. I'm very happy with both of them. There are somethings I like more about the Provari, and somethings I like more about the Darwin. The cool thing is that it's only a matter of time before something else will come out that will address the majority of the issues that I have. In the meantime, both the Darwin and Provari will keep me more than happy.
Thanks,
Jack
1. Appearance.
P. Very nicely put together. Modern look. Think iPhone modern. Smaller than I had anticipated. If I spread my fingers, I can cover it when I wrap my hand around it. I have larger than average hands. It's not thick though. (Felt kinda weird writing that).
D. Um, what can I say? It is what it is. It looks really nothing like anything else I have seen. Also smaller than I expected, but a bit longer than the Darwin. It is thinner though. The cover is a tank. If I were to drop it, I would be more concerned about the floor.
2. Ease of Use.
P. Very easy. It should not take you any longer than I minute. (If someone is reading this, and it took longer than 1 minute, my apologies in advance). All joking aside, it is easy. You push the button 5 times fast, and it will get you to the PU(Power UP) setting. Wait a few second seconds and your volts will show. Hit the button again to increase it, etc etc. Easy.
D. Easier. You spin a wheel to change the watts. This is where I would obviously give the advantage to the Darwin. With that said, because I don't have lot's of different types of atty's, I don't use it nearly as much as I thought I would. I tend to vape at 3.7 when using 1.5 atty's and 3.9 when I'm using 2.0 attys. On the Darwin I was mostly between 8.5 watts and 9.0 watts. I guess if I had different types of atty and carto's at different ohms, and I was switching them in and out, I would appreciate the time saving a bit more.
3. Practicality-
P. I mostly drip. I seem to flood the atty at least a few times a day. I realize it's 100% user error, but it is what it is. I hope to get better with time.
The Provari has a deep drip cup. So for someone like me that is a challenged dripper, it works wonders. I have never had any liquid go anywhere besides the drip cup.It fits in my pocket fine. It's not the most comfortable fit though. I sometimes worry that I might hit the button on accident. It does have a function to shut it off. I really don't want to have to hit the button a bunch of times before I put it in my pocket and press the button a bunch of times when I take it out. So, because that extra 10 seconds of my life it so important to me, I choose not to. I would rather just have to worry about it. That's much easier and less time consuming.
The 510 thread on the Provari is perfect. Never worried about cross threading.
D. The Darwin does not have a drip cup. When I flood it, it gets on the unit. Sometimes the juice gets under the arm, and it's a pain to get out.
It fits my pocket fine as well. I swing the arm down to shut it off, so no worry's about it turning on in my pocket. The shape is a bit different in my pocket also, so it's a bit more comfortable.
The 510 thread on the darwin needs improvement. Every time I put a new atty on there, I'm concerned that I am going to cross thread. U need to be extra careful.
I plan on keeping them both. I'm very happy with both of them. There are somethings I like more about the Provari, and somethings I like more about the Darwin. The cool thing is that it's only a matter of time before something else will come out that will address the majority of the issues that I have. In the meantime, both the Darwin and Provari will keep me more than happy.
Thanks,
Jack
