The question becomes how long ago was that? Someone in the thread mentioned that they bought wotofo and this apparently did something for their quality control.
This apparently happened to Jaguar too when ford bought them. Ford managed to diagnose a weird problem that had plagued jaguars for thirty years. Jaguars and all British engines really) were known for finicky behavior requiring continuous adjustment, and weird hard to fix problems. They were amazing …when they ran.. The joke was “do you know a GOOD Jaguar mechanic?” One of the issues was apparently a factor of the British climate. It, at least used to be, the most stable climate in the world. By a pretty big margin. As a result things would work there that didn’t work in other places. One of the things Ford did was make the electrical harnesses bigger. Jaguar had harnesses that worked fine in Britian, but not elsewhere. The copper inside the wires shrunk in the cold, and if the harness got too tight the wires would break inside the insulation, but the insulation was unaffected. When it warmed up again the metal would lengthen so the wire ends touched, but the wire was still broken. A devilish nearly impossible to diagnose intermittent failure..
Ford is used to making cars that work in both Florida and North Dakota, so they were much better with things like humidity and temperature fluctuations. Jaguars got massively more reliable after Ford had their way with them.
smok had only one problem, all be it a massive one. It’s possible they fixed it. I would need proof though. If not for that issue there are/were probably several manufacturers that wouldn’t even exist. The companies would never have been formed in the first place. smok would have dominated their industry and maybe gotten big enough to fight big tobacco. Everyone lost on that one.
I have had one device lose its finish. It took multiple years though and I wound up removing the remainder of it with a wire wheel to expose the aluminum underneath, which was fine. Thing worked great after that. I eventually gave it away.
This apparently happened to Jaguar too when ford bought them. Ford managed to diagnose a weird problem that had plagued jaguars for thirty years. Jaguars and all British engines really) were known for finicky behavior requiring continuous adjustment, and weird hard to fix problems. They were amazing …when they ran.. The joke was “do you know a GOOD Jaguar mechanic?” One of the issues was apparently a factor of the British climate. It, at least used to be, the most stable climate in the world. By a pretty big margin. As a result things would work there that didn’t work in other places. One of the things Ford did was make the electrical harnesses bigger. Jaguar had harnesses that worked fine in Britian, but not elsewhere. The copper inside the wires shrunk in the cold, and if the harness got too tight the wires would break inside the insulation, but the insulation was unaffected. When it warmed up again the metal would lengthen so the wire ends touched, but the wire was still broken. A devilish nearly impossible to diagnose intermittent failure..
Ford is used to making cars that work in both Florida and North Dakota, so they were much better with things like humidity and temperature fluctuations. Jaguars got massively more reliable after Ford had their way with them.
smok had only one problem, all be it a massive one. It’s possible they fixed it. I would need proof though. If not for that issue there are/were probably several manufacturers that wouldn’t even exist. The companies would never have been formed in the first place. smok would have dominated their industry and maybe gotten big enough to fight big tobacco. Everyone lost on that one.
I have had one device lose its finish. It took multiple years though and I wound up removing the remainder of it with a wire wheel to expose the aluminum underneath, which was fine. Thing worked great after that. I eventually gave it away.
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