Sadly, after assuring me that he would fix my issue (top cap is cross threaded) in December-ish, he stopped responding to me right after that. Haven't heard from him since, after sending 2 more additional emails.Hi guys just thought I would drop in and say I know afew people have had trouble with the Sherman, either the PMMA tanks cracking and some threading issues.
Now I know Tom the owner of Imperial Vape Co and the man behind Asylum Mods and have done for a few years and I can tell you that the reason behind the PMMA tank sections was because the whole Sherman idea beginning to end was funded by Tom without investment. He's basically I one man band trying to keep up.
So he poured his own money into it to get it going hence the small numbers produced. So it wasn't a case of make small numbers to keep the cost up it was purely a case of get as many made as he could afford to get made and still be able to pay the bills.
During the prototype phase we said Glass would be the better option but cost and the fact that the actual deck would need making up to 30mm instead of the intended 28mm again envolved more cost which wasn't affordable to get it off the ground.
Now this is the bit where people chime in with "Well if it ain't perfect don't sell it" "You should have QC'ed them better" kind of posts... Well to be honest I've watched the Sherman go from crappy drawings on a napkin to the full production run and then sit down and check each of the 500 odd units by his hands, And for it to be done off of one man's love for the Vape Industry and his life savings and not an industry giant I have to give the man a round of applause!
It's easy to poke holes in things when your the consumer but when you see the amount of hoops he's jumped through and still is trying to sort out customers with faulty tanks and threading you really have to hand it to the man.
The Sherman was a concept one that Tom made happen and apart from the niggles it's an absolutely amazing tank! I've had mine since well before general release and if anything I stopped dripping because of that tank.
It's completely changed my vaping life.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion on the Sherman but reading through the comments I thought it was only fair you hear this side of the story.
Also if you have any questions related to the Sherman with wicking or building I'm happy to help and also any relating to later batches of the Sherman as to when they are released so you know ahead of time and all that jazz.
Have a great night Ladies and Gents.
Really unfortunate. Least I can figure, maybe he got mad that I posted the problem I had here on the forums.