Should I buy a Silverbullet?

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Ty89m

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I also have a Silver bullet, wish another on the way. No complaints, and now that nhaler finally got the kick back in stock, I have one to throw in the bullet. I did manage to put a ring around the atty connecter from using a drip shield, and yes it drives me crazy! But with the shield on your can't tell. Sometimes being so OCD and .... gets really old. But other than that small blemish, I love it! Can't go wrong.
 

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OK I've looked and looked and researched and researched. I am leaning towards the Saber Touch VV with a passthrough option.

Is that the one where the switch can be fired by moisture on your hands or clothing? Or have they fixed that? Unless they fixed it, you need to be real careful with that switch. Grimm Green did a review where he demonstrated the ST firing in the presence of moisture or other items that touched, not pressed, just touched, the switch.
 

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Everyone should have a SB if for no other reason than to say they have one. The SB will forever be known as the mod that all others are compaired to.
I have quite a few different mods that I really like, but none of them can take the place of my SB.
If you get one, also get one of these.
Vape Safe Mod Battery Fuse
Those fuses are good to have in any PV that they fit, especially ones that aren't designed as well as the SB, without collapsible springs, high quality switch and proper venting arrangements. I wish they'd make them sized for batteries other than just the 18650.
 

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    Those fuses are good to have in any PV that they fit, especially ones that aren't designed as well as the SB, without collapsible springs, high quality switch and proper venting arrangements. I wish they'd make them sized for batteries other than just the 18650.

    Keith told me he is working on that, both for 14 & 26mm bats.
     

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    sailorman

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    Well I guess a silver bullet would come in handy in case of werewolves, but I would be more worried about zombies

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    but seriously I do not see the big deal with a silver bullet...

    You must never have held one. Never felt a PV with that level of craftsmanship and reiliability. I understand. It's hard to appreciate when all you have are pictures and text. When you've had one, or it's smaller version, the BB, you'll understand. When you know you can run it over with a tow truck and it'll work, you'll get it. When you can dig it out of 6 inches of muck, rinse it off and vape, you'll appreciate it. When you can drop it out a car window at 30mph, go back and pick it up from the ditch where it bounced off the asphalt nine times, wipe it off and vape it, you'll see what the deal is. Or, when you drop it overboard in the Gulf of Mexico, pull it out, change the battery and vape, you'll see why they get so much love around here.

    If you want to waste a whole day, search this board for any bad reviews or comments about the Silver Bullet. When you come up empty, you might not wonder so much what the big deal is.

    Look at the pictures of how it was barely phased by a battery event that would have destroyed a lesser PV, let alone the face of the vaper holding it.

    The Silver Bullet is the Rolls Royce of fixed voltage PVs. It's the FV PV by which all others are measured. They can bury you with it, dig you up in 500 years, stick in a new battery and vape.
     

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    You must never have held one. Never felt a PV with that level of craftsmanship and reiliability. I understand. It's hard to appreciate when all you have are pictures and text. When you've had one, or it's smaller version, the BB, you'll understand. When you know you can run it over with a tow truck and it'll work, you'll get it. When you can dig it out of 6 inches of muck, rinse it off and vape, you'll appreciate it. When you can drop it out a car window at 30mph, go back and pick it up from the ditch where it bounced off the asphalt nine times, wipe it off and vape it, you'll see what the deal is. Or, when you drop it overboard in the Gulf of Mexico, pull it out, change the battery and vape, you'll see why they get so much love around here.

    If you want to waste a whole day, search this board for any bad reviews or comments about the Silver Bullet. When you come up empty, you might not wonder so much what the big deal is.

    Look at the pictures of how it was barely phased by a battery event that would have destroyed a lesser PV, let alone the face of the vaper holding it.

    The Silver Bullet is the Rolls Royce of fixed voltage PVs. It's the FV PV by which all others are measured. They can bury you with it, dig you up in 500 years, stick in a new battery and vape.

    That was funny right there. If I hadn't just bought the legacy, I'd be getting a SB based on this post alone.
     

    posiden9

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    Long time lurker, first time poster. Just wanted to chime in here to share my sliver Bullet love. Started vaping 2 years ago with an Njoy. They got me off cigs, but a silver bullet with a 2.5 ohm 306, a cannon drip tip and some vaporbomb marshmallow is my sweet spot. I take it everywhere. Dropped it in wet sand while fishing in the ocean, dropped it on concrete, and many other places. It just keeps doing what it does!!
    Since I got it last year, I have experimented with other combos, but My silver bullet always delivers. I keep waiting until I can score a dca 306 system, but until then I think I've found what I was looking for when I started vaping. Something reliable, that I could use anywhere, that always had a charge, and tastes amazing!! Long live the silver bullet!
     

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    I bought one for a friend recently and got to use it a little bit last week. I haven't used anything in a while that oozed quality the way the SB does. All you have to do is unscrew it and screw it back together, and just feel how buttery smooth the threads are (even without Noalox on them), and you'll understand what a nice piece of equipment it is.

    I'll have one for myself some day. With a SB or a BB, some batteries, a charger and a carto or atty, you'd be assured of being able to vape. I just don't know if you could kill one unintentionally.
     

    sailorman

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    There are those that would take exception with the above statement, arguing in favor of Super-T's P18: SiteDelux
    I'm sure there are. The P18 is a very nice device, despite those godawful, gaping, debris inviting slots.
    Personally, if you take off the nice carto and tip, it reminds me of something in the recycle bin of a machine shop.
    But, that's just me and neither here nor there.
    In a few years when there are 1/10th the number of flawless P18 vaping/man hours as the SB has racked up so far, there will still be 1/10th the number of flawless vaping/man hours the SB will have racked up.
    When the P18 was conceived, the SB was the PV that set the standard to which it aspired.
    Even if something better were to be designed, it's virtue will be calibrated by the index of the SB.
    They'd be saying "it's 10% better than the SB" or "It's twice as good as an SB".
    People will discuss it's merits and deficiencies relative to the SB.
    They won't be saying it's better or worse than the P18.
    Smoketech won't be knocking off the P18.
    Even if a standard is exceeded, it remains the standard.
     

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    That was funny right there. If I hadn't just bought the legacy, I'd be getting a SB based on this post alone.

    I know, right? We're lucky Sailor uses his mojo only to push the good stuff. Imagine he signed with Blu: everyone would dump their APVs on the classies and stock up on Blu disposables overnight :)

    But I am very happy with my Kicked Legacy. Did you notice that it works well even without the spring? That's very reassuring for me. It's a good device. It's not a clear direct competitor with the SB they're too different, but for me it was like: no, I can't afford the Precise+ and the Legacy clearly does the job.
     
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