SMOK Guardian 2

[Night Hawk]

I think that will likely be one of the preferred tanks for both capacity and seeing a smooth vape overall as well as having a nice look. The one thing I am a little disappointed with however was the extra long drip tip I picked up a few weeks ago to add a little more to the feel of holding a pipe won't stay on the Nautilus like it will on smok tanks. It fits right into the Smok T-Dux 4.0 I have on the older Guardian with that being a mech mod but is sloppy on the Nautilus like that is not the usual 510 fit.

Once I updated the exchange I had with the vendor's saleman who got to me about what taking so long he replied saying he would be waiting to see what I put in a review. I also checked up on Sweet-Vapes and no go there so far if you know anyone waiting to order from them. And smokstore.us(in China no less) went up $5 from $69.90 to $74.90 a few days after I had originally placed the order there. Smoktech Guardian Epipe Mod II

That's if you don't mind the 11 day or so wait that they have them in while Happy Vape the other place still shows out of stock if they even got any in. I was told the production time is slower on these over any other mods due the quality of the wood working that goes into them. The YouTube clip I was mentioned some speckles as in the gloss protective coating that covers the wood portion.

Anyways this is what you should be seeing once it comes in. Most of the YTclips are not in English while the Nautilus was the tank in one clip that fits just right with the size and shape. This clip here provides a nice closeup lookover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEobh9yBEHA

INCOMING!

Out for Delivery and Delivered during the noon hour of all times usually not after later. Amd now to open up that special gift I had ordered for myself this year 9 days before the holiday of course out of "Anticipation"! I ended up numbering several photos in total while not including all of them here.

First the Vape Mail is examined as it is opened.



You'll notice I brought out the older version of the Guardian as well plus swapped the extra long drip tip I had ordered for the Guardian II to begin with.

 

[Night Hawk]

BUMP for the remaining photos here.

Here's a look at the Guardian with the Nautilus on it.

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Next I placed the two Guardian epipes together for a comparison view.

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And finally this one shows how it looks when I took the SMOK long stainless steel epipe drip tip off of the older mech model and dressed up the Guardian II as planned originally.

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[Night Hawk]

UPDATE AGAIN: I just heard back again from the smokstore.us sale dept. with something of a bit of interest to point out namely the problems most vendors are running into.

Hi,Mr David,

thanks a lot,friend,

in fact,this month we just got 3 sets,even we ordered 100sets from smoktech,

because you placed the order earlier,so you can enjoy vape with it now,

we will have another batch in stock in 1-2weeks,

hope more guys can get them soon,we have a lot of epipe II orders need to deal.

so thanks for your info again,friend,have a good day

best regards,

John at sales dept

2014-12-18

They order 100 and only get 3 in? That doesn't much time to grab one while you can and my initial inquiry is likely the reason my order was filled as you can see from the reply there.

 

[Rathamar]

I still just have a tracking number, it does not seem that it has not left the building. I am going to give it a few more days and then give the Vapor Station a call to see what is going on.

 

[Night Hawk]

What I have been doing lately since stuff is coming in from overseas is have the PO send email updates for each step of the way. Once you enter the tracking number provided at the USPS tracking page not at Stamps.com which is often proved and the results come up you will find the options over at the lower right for all activity upto that point, all future activity where I simply check both off after providing your name and email addiress. Once you click the button there you will see the confirmation message in that space on the page seen at https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action

When going to place your order the problem may have them only having a few in at the time and showing in stock or available and then they simply filled a few ahead of yours instead and are now waiting like everyone else for more to come in. If it's been over 3-5days allowing for flat rate type shipping that would be the most likely reason why you haven't seen it come in much sooner. I waited over a month since Smoktech has been slow at getting them out to start with.

 

[illregal]

I still just have a tracking number, it does not seem that it has not left the building. I am going to give it a few more days and then give the Vapor Station a call to see what is going on.

Hopefully its just usps being dumb this time of year.. I've had so many tracking issues the past couple weeks, I wouldn't think much of it. I've had packages sit in california for 5 days, and get delivered. Then two days later, the tracking updates and finally says delivered.
I've also been getting ones that say they were delivered a day or two before they even make an attempt. Their whole system seems broken.

 

[Night Hawk]

Personally I prefer UPS since they are out if front when it comes to keeping their tracking system updated compared to either Fed X or the slowest of all the USPS! I have one package come in without any tracking since it was sent registered mail and had to sign for it since the order contained four eGo-V V4 batteries. Likewise when ordering a deal on an 8 pack of 18350s for the two Guardians I can expect to be signing for those since the tracking shows China! If I had known the seller was located in China I wouldn't have even bothered but simply gone for two 2 packs of the Demonfire 18350s which are working out well!

Holiday seasons are always the worst as the rule of thumb for anything being shipped since everyone buys online these days as well as all those holiday cards and gifts being mailed out! What takes two days on average in May or Sept take foreverrrrrrrrr..... during the busiest mail volumes of the year.

Based on what I was told by the vendor I ordered from however I suspect the reason you haven't seen yours in since it was ordered domestically was they were not able to fill the order yet! The Guardian IIs are taking longer to manufacturer according to the intel I was getting and Smoktech wanted each coming out in top condition being more fussy about these then the other products they push out. Apparently they never about warehousing any good sized quantity before they started the first shipments.

 

[Strings]

For those complaining about Sweet Vapes not having them yet: their B&M is only about 25 minutes south of me, and if you think you're irritated about it, you have nothing on their staff!

I have this on my Yule list. If I don't get it then, I'll drive down and nab one after the holidays

 

[Night Hawk]

All I was doing here is updating people since SV at first was showing the first week of December and still has that showing on their page there not having bothered to adjust that any figuring they didn't know what to stick there until they do have them in.

From what I was being told by the Chinese vendor I ordered from is that Smoktech is running into delays getting them out in order to maintain the degree of quality which is putting everyone on the longest waiting list while everyone else is being pushed right out except what is due out in early January like their new 100w box mod coming out soon.

Another noticed is not too many places here, Canada, or in the UK even have any listing for them. Most of the sites found of course are references links back to Alibaba or to some eastern European site. as well as Germany and Belgium. At leat if you already have an order placed one tip is to make an inquiry since that may just speed things up for you if the vendor should get a few in during the wait. I know the place I ordered only had 3 more sets come in until their order for 100 more comes in a week or two from now. Then it will be first come first serve where you could remind? the vendor with your order number?!

 

[Strings]

Odd... when I just looked at their page, SV says they should be in today or early next week...

And my post was just to point out that the vendors are getting... irritated... about the delay. No harm meant

 

[Night Hawk]

I think just about everyone has been on nerves about this. Generally there is a set release date and things sell out fast where you may be a little upset but either wait for the restock or find someone else with it available.

For this one however the few places beside SV were showing them instock or out of stock not pre-order. The place I ordered mine from showed available while I waited just over a full month! The Canadian Happy Vapes apparently got some in and then those were gone in a flash. The end of today being the 19th or early next week fits the time frame the smokstore.us sales person mentioned for their next order to arrive. At least that's a good sign for anyone still waiting while their price is a bit low since most are looking at $70 for them!

Have a slight update on the availabiliy and pricing. Now more vendors are listing it as well as a few more US vendors having them in stock for the same price I paid a month ago. Here's a few links showing them in stock at the moment.
First note that the pirce went up about $5 from where I ordered from the $69.90 to $74.90 seen at http://www.smokstore.us/Guardian Epipe Mod II

US Vendors:

Sweet-Vapes still pending today of course. http://sweet-vapes.com/smoktech-guardian-epipe-ii.html

Link for Vapor Station: http://www.vaporstation.com/kanger-...-guardian-2-epipe-vaporstation-vv-vw-mod.html

http://www.myvaporstore.com/Smoktech-Guardian-Epipe-Mod-II-p/smok-gp2.htm

UK Vendors:

http://www.ukecigstore.com/smok-guardian-e-pipe-2.html

http://www.vapetime.co.uk/guardian-epipe-ii-by-smoktech/

http://www.thevapourbar.co.uk/shop/...J2P5mV7L0RDVYzRzwsp&shop_param=cid=1&aid=670&

 

[Strings]

We'll see what happens. I'll call 'em a lil later today, and see if they've arrived (and what pricing)

 

[Night Hawk]

When you make the call let them know they are a little bit off on the product info. They have it listed as having standard 510 threading rather then 510/eGo threading which they are. They may be in tomorrow, saturday if not some time next week.

They do good on some prices while I think you will find they end up needing to mark them up higher. While everyone else is asking $35-$40 for eGo-V V4 Mega batteries in the SLB brand boxes they had the same for $29.99 in plain boxes instead since the same batteries get sold as Green Vaper as well as SLB and other brands. You may find the Guardian 2 marked down $10 or something once they get them in.

 

[Rathamar]

I just spoke with Eric at Vapor Station and unfortunately they are on backorder there too, including my order.

He said they are expecting them on the 12th of January and when they arrive they will ship them the same day.

He also said he has had about 15 calls in the past week on them.

Well now I know I can stop watching the mailbox for a while. I was starting to confuse the cats because they couldn't figure out why I was staring out the window so intently!

 

[Strings]

Sweet Vapes is showing them in stock. I'd snag one tomorrow, but it's on my Yule list: don't want to piss off the family!

 

[Rathamar]

Ugh I may just have to buy a second one.

 

[Rathamar]

Yep had to order a second one. If I like it I have a backup, if not I will have a brand new one for sale in the classifieds in late January.

Now knowing my luck they will both show up on the same day.

 

[Strings]

Rath: drop me a PM if you decide you don't want the second one. I might be willing to take it off your hands

 

[Rathamar]

Will do Strings

 

[Night Hawk]

I have two here one beng the older mech version of the Guardian. Sweet-Vapes has their price at $59.95 which is $10 less then what other places had them listed for. $15 less the smokstore.us who went up $5 after my as it turned to be "pre-order" had been placed.

One thing you could since you placed a second order at SV is see if you can have the other canceled and get your refund back if you don't want a second one onhand.