I drank coffee... in the evening.. now I'm AWAKE! This sucks.. I'll never be able to wake up in the morning!
I'd say there a lot of similar copies, not clones, of the V2 ProVari. The first lava tube and first sigelei , for example, were tube mods with variable voltage...And sigelei body even had very similar look.
As we all know, they were poor copies. Lol
There were very few actual evolv DNA 20 (or 30) tube mods ever made. Most evolv DNA twenties and 30s were boxes and built by smaller manufacturers/ modders....And none from China. Many large manufacturers "borrowed" the name and logo for copy attempts and the trend changed to boxes.
That tube innokin was the first authentic DNA in a China mod and it came out soon after p3 and also after evolv DNA 40 and the first temperature control.
Now evolv dnas are in several models and there are other quality boards. I have tried and use various, but I always prefer my provape devices.
Radius is my main squeeze.
As we all know, they were poor copies. Lol
There were very few actual evolv DNA 20 (or 30) tube mods ever made. Most evolv DNA twenties and 30s were boxes and built by smaller manufacturers/ modders....And none from China. Many large manufacturers "borrowed" the name and logo for copy attempts and the trend changed to boxes.
That tube innokin was the first authentic DNA in a China mod and it came out soon after p3 and also after evolv DNA 40 and the first temperature control.
Now evolv dnas are in several models and there are other quality boards. I have tried and use various, but I always prefer my provape devices.
Radius is my main squeeze.
Oh! There were threads out in the forum. Oh my god were there! This was before I became a moderator and man....I'm so glad I wasn't one back then! Whew!
Talk about contentious threads. So many were getting shut down. People were recommending Provari to new members then the other camp (there were only two camps back then...the pro Provari and everyone else) would step in. Soon it was just those two groups battling and the OP was never heard from again.
Good times.
And I still thank you for trying!! That's when I knew I would always need a backup Provari. Oh boy! I still have that original and it's been fitted with the P3 top. It still works. It's nick name is 'Boo-boo Blue'.
I remember you marveling over the feel of the device. Glad I could contribute to the enabling process.
I also remembering you recommending the Vamo. I was quite resistant to going that route. I had my eye on the prothingy, as I took to calling it back then.
If anyone is found to be working for a particular company and shilling it out in the forum, they get banned. We do not take kindly to suppliers posting outside of the suppliers area. This ensures that members are getting information first hand from people that actually have used the devices.
It's a rule that is strictly enforced. There are several ways we can figure these types out. Posting history is only a part of it.
For someone resistant to change and for someone whose largest steps are incremental at most it came as a surprise that you went from a Twist to a Provari.
I was hesitant to buy a Provari. When I signed up for ECF I made my first post basically saying hello. Got a reply telling me I should get a Provari and made me feel if I didn't I was a loser. I copped an attitude for ProVape right out of the gate.
Oh! There were threads out in the forum. Oh my god were there! This was before I became a moderator and man....I'm so glad I wasn't one back then! Whew!
Talk about contentious threads. So many were getting shut down. People were recommending Provari to new members then the other camp (there were only two camps back then...the pro Provari and everyone else) would step in. Soon it was just those two groups battling and the OP was never heard from again.
Good times.
And I still thank you for trying!! That's when I knew I would always need a backup Provari. Oh boy! I still have that original and it's been fitted with the P3 top. It still works. It's nick name is 'Boo-boo Blue'.
I remember you marveling over the feel of the device. Glad I could contribute to the enabling process.
I also remembering you recommending the Vamo. I was quite resistant to going that route. I had my eye on the prothingy, as I took to calling it back then.
If anyone is found to be working for a particular company and shilling it out in the forum, they get banned. We do not take kindly to suppliers posting outside of the suppliers area. This ensures that members are getting information first hand from people that actually have used the devices.
It's a rule that is strictly enforced. There are several ways we can figure these types out. Posting history is only a part of it.
I think those threads were before my time! No one ever recommended a provari to me, but I saw a couple people say they were dependable. I think later on, maybe over the summer, someone said I might should try one, but this person seemed to enjoy their pico more than the provari. The couple people who spoke about liking provaris, seemed to prefer them for durability rather than the vape..
This is why I never really "got" it, until I actually tried one! I never looked up old threads, so I never even saw them. I googled provari once, and saw an entire thread trashing provari on an other forum, I think I decided that durability was the only claim to fame at that time.
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With all the talk about the Provari hater's, it reminded me of how I became interested in the Provari in the first place. I really got my first cigalike on Thanksgiving of 2012, and was intrigued. It had a poor battery and the cartridges ran out too fast. I got a couple more on Xmas 2012, and realized that I could use them to reduce my smoking, and possibly save some of the cash I was spending on Cigars. In February I found a shop here called Indy Vapor shop, and over the next few months I got some ego's then the e-vic. Sometime a few months later, I discovered ECF and of course was reading and posting in the E-Vic Sub-Forum. It was sometime later that I started seeing threads discussing the Provari, and a lot of the threads were getting closed, and even some members were getting banned. After seeing all the arguments about it, I just figured I would order one, and see what all the fuss was about. Last night and part of today, I was trying to find the thread that inspired me to get it, but I couldn't find it. I did find a post by me though, on the day my first Provari was out for delivery, post number 7, Date 7-3-2013.
Like so many others... I took the dive!
So my official quit date was on 4-19-2013, and just 4 months later I bought my first Provari. All the hater threads that I saw back then actually got me to buy one.
KAS
Like so many others... I took the dive!
So my official quit date was on 4-19-2013, and just 4 months later I bought my first Provari. All the hater threads that I saw back then actually got me to buy one.
KAS
I had never tried a Provari, and was pretty pleased with the Pico that was my first "real" mod. I thought everyone was nutz when they were raving about them. At least until the first of the really good sales last summer, and there was this really purty hot pink metallic 2.5, and then there was this PURPLE Radius, and then I had to try vaping on my new toys, and then......I GOT IT! 
Provarinati are crazy, weird, and all of those other things, but durnit, it all makes sense when you give it a try and find out you are hooked just like they are.
when they were raving about them. At least until the first of the really good sales last summer, and there was this really purty hot pink metallic 2.5, and then there was this PURPLE Radius, and then I had to try vaping on my new toys, and then......I GOT IT! Provarinati are crazy, weird, and all of those other things, but durnit, it all makes sense when you give it a try and find out you are hooked just like they are.
I always laughed at the people who suggested a Provari was too expensive. They certainly didn't have any issue spending much more on cancer sticks.
What you didn't know: I had been doing the research on vaping. Read tons and tons of threads. The Provari was just getting out there and from the people that were using it had nothing but good thoughts.
The only thing that kept me from getting one was the price. Nothing had worked before to get me off of smoking, why should this be any different?
VERY reluctant to blow almost $300 (batteries and topper and charger...adds up) on something that may have been another lost cause.
Went with a twist (the Game Changer according to Grimm Green
). Something that was middle of the road and I knew that if vaping (god what a foreign term to me at the time) actually worked, I would get a Provari in time. Finally gave up the cigs, the Genuine Vivi Nova did that that trick, in October. Got hubby to buy me a Provari for Christmas.
Broke the Provari in January. Bought my backup in February/March after breaking the Provari a second time, leaked liquid into the glass plate into the body.
My first Provari was the Xmas of 2014 I believe. Just for the heck of it I was visiting a local B&M that I went to frequently, and they had Provaris. I had been wanting one for awhile, and they were running a sale, and a food drive promo, and I had $25.00 in rebate points, so I picked up a Mini for about $75.00. Once I had used it for awhile, I started getting more as I could online. I found out, all the hype wasn't just hype, they were that good.
I also found this in my search last night, that I had forgotten about. I am not used to posting a video, so I might end up failing.
KAS
KAS
Those threads were what got me into the ProVari as well KAS. I used to wade through the BS in them and actually leaned a lot from the more versed posters. At that point I had a Lavatube and an MVP, and thought I was set, Lavatube for at home and MVP for out and about. I would only use drippers on the Lavatube because with them I wouldn't get the rattlesnakeWith all the talk about the Provari hater's, it reminded me of how I became interested in the Provari in the first place. I really got my first cigalike on Thanksgiving of 2012, and was intrigued. It had a poor battery and the cartridges ran out too fast. I got a couple more on Xmas 2012, and realized that I could use them to reduce my smoking, and possibly save some of the cash I was spending on Cigars. In February I found a shop here called Indy Vapor shop, and over the next few months I got some ego's then the e-vic. Sometime a few months later, I discovered ECF and of course was reading and posting in the E-Vic Sub-Forum. It was sometime later that I started seeing threads discussing the Provari, and a lot of the threads were getting closed, and even some members were getting banned. After seeing all the arguments about it, I just figured I would order one, and see what all the fuss was about. Last night and part of today, I was trying to find the thread that inspired me to get it, but I couldn't find it. I did find a post by me though, on the day my first Provari was out for delivery, post number 7, Date 7-3-2013.
Like so many others... I took the dive!
So my official quit date was on 4-19-2013, and just 4 months later I bought my first Provari. All the hater threads that I saw back then actually got me to buy one.
KAS
Of course, back then I was still also using a Steel Jan inspired Altoids tin box mod I had made, It was running three NIMH cells in series
it has since been retro fitted for an AW 18490 cell and still works.Those threads were entertaining, and educational for me, because the really knowledgable posters were talking about PWM, amps and watts, it made me learn more about electricity and what the specs of the devices actually meant. It made me a safer vaper.
Then I got a Silver regular ProVari with blue LED and a two year warranty . Never looked back, got a backup and KNEW I was all set. I didn't really look seriously at any new regulated devices from that point on because I had something that did the job and I could count on it just working.
I also had gotten a backup MVP, and at some point along the way, it got PIF'd to a local vapor in need, because it was just collecting dust on the shelf. A lot of folks were going for higher wattage devices and lots of them were selling their ProVari's off in the classies, so I hung out stalking them
It was fun trying to spot the deals and grab them quick back then. Good times...
Those threads were what got me into the ProVari as well KAS. I used to wade through the BS in them and actually leaned a lot from the more versed posters. At that point I had a Lavatube and an MVP, and thought I was set, Lavatube for at home and MVP for out and about. I would only use drippers on the Lavatube because with them I wouldn't get the rattlesnake
Of course, back then I was still also using a Steel Jan inspired Altoids tin box mod I had made, It was running three NIMH cells in series
Those threads were entertaining, and educational for me, because the really knowledgable posters were talking about PWM, amps and watts, it made me learn more about electricity and what the specs of the devices actually meant. It made me a safer vaper.
Then I got a Silver regular ProVari with blue LED and a two year warranty . Never looked back, got a backup and KNEW I was all set. I didn't really look seriously at any new regulated devices from that point on because I had something that did the job and I could count on it just working.
I also had gotten a backup MVP, and at some point along the way, it got PIF'd to a local vapor in need, because it was just collecting dust on the shelf. A lot of folks were going for higher wattage devices and lots of them were selling their ProVari's off in the classies, so I hung out stalking them
It was fun trying
You all are lucky really, that you all seemed to have a better indication of where to go that would be your step up.. that was something I never once caught onto until very late in the game. But in many ways, it was trying to vape at 40 watts on that xcube that killed my desire to experience more with watts!
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A lot of folks were going for higher wattage devices and lots of them were selling their ProVari's off in the classies, so I hung out stalking them
It was fun trying to spot the deals and grab them quick back then. Good times...
I was also a serious used ProVari stalker back then. I no doubt scooped a few you were stalking in the classies ... and vice versa.
My first Provi Family pic from June 2015 ... I truly thought I had enough with 14
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