I bought the wide band atty's from Totally Wicked. After the first week of no vapor I sent them back and they sent me two new ones. They performed almost exactly the same. It could just be luck of the draw.
One of them fires up after about 3 good minutes of use, but if I let it cool down I have to heat it up and break it in all over again.
BTW- I recently ordered two atty's from Dietsmokes. One Scorpion red band and a white tie model. They were monsters right out of the box. The only difference I can tell is that the two wide band atty's are labeled 510 Titan, and the other are said to be official Joye510 atty's.
I've heard from numerous people that all 510 atty's are manufactured by Joye, just rebranded by various suppliers.
I have heard of some users reporting problems with the 5 pack bulk orders. I have 6 of those packages and hope mine are ok. I have tried 2 of them and so far so good. Maybe I didn't save money after all?
Kevin