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The Smoketech VMAX
Just a few pics for those who haven't seen it yet :
Just a few pics for those who haven't seen it yet :
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Can't freakin' wait! Hopefully they will have the POLISHED chrome one's on release date!
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The new Lavatube with 3.2 amp switch and resistance check will be released around the later part of next week, just so you know.
Movie from Poland:
V-MAX - SMOKTECH - YouTube
Incomprehensible language but It is possible to see results.
V-MAX - SMOKTECH - YouTube
Incomprehensible language
but It is possible to see results.Thanks, I canceled my order, figure I've waited this long, might as well wait for the newest model...
That looks more chrome or polished than satin as in their pics. Is it?
The Vmax from what i have learned is a solid device, the only negatives is the bottom cap can be a struggle to screw on tightly because the spring in the cap is a little too loose and therefore needs to be squeesed into the setup hard before it locks proper.
Smocktech has already corrected this error they promise and when i recieve samples it should not be an issue.
The device is super stable, keeping the volts 100% during load.
I have asked smoktech 300times about the safety features and they told me time and time again that this device is protected from overdischarge and the likes by a microprocessor and advanced pcb, besides the premade vent holes.
Personally i am looking much forward to this vmod i think it will be a first class device.
And just a quick note about the devices price.
Smoktech does not require you to sign a contract regarding the minimum price, infact most resellers who has listed the device has enough sense not to set it at 128USD, though i may add that including tax,customs, and shipping the price will be around 90-100usd grounds at most places.
Smocktech has already corrected this error they promise and when i recieve samples it should not be an issue.
The device is super stable, keeping the volts 100% during load.
I have asked smoktech 300times about the safety features and they told me time and time again that this device is protected from overdischarge and the likes by a microprocessor and advanced pcb, besides the premade vent holes.
Personally i am looking much forward to this vmod i think it will be a first class device.
And just a quick note about the devices price.
Smoktech does not require you to sign a contract regarding the minimum price, infact most resellers who has listed the device has enough sense not to set it at 128USD, though i may add that including tax,customs, and shipping the price will be around 90-100usd grounds at most places.
Will anyone have the chrome version available? I haven't seen it anywhere.
From my understanding NOT for a while, but things do change, especially if the demand is there!
Well, just ordered a black VMax - they're now in stock at All About Vapor
$128.95 a pop, but hey - free shipping! lol
And I thought this was pretty funny ... do you think they stock batteries for it, or a charger for same? Nope.
For batteries, I would recommend Lighthound.com:
Fenix Flashlights, Cree LED, Lithium Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Li-Ion Chargers, Leatherman Multitools, Spyderco Knives and more!
and would also recommend getting either four (or better yet, six) AW IMR 18350 3.7 volt batteries for it, and a charger if you don't have one already. A Trustfire TR-001 will get the job done, though there are probably better chargers out there.
Reminder: this is a stacked battery device, and the utmost care must be taken in the selection, maintenance, charging, and use of these very powerful batteries, especially when stacked. This device is NOT ECF compliant, so you're pretty much on your own and using this device at your own risk.
To learn a lot about batteries, stacked batteries, hazards involved, use, selection, and care of batteries, and a whole lot more, this (very long, and very informative) thread is highly recommended reading:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...288409-colorado-man-sues-after-explosion.html
526 posts, but you do receive a medal if you finish it, and they bang a big gong when and if you do.
Especially if you do use stacked batteries, but even when using only one, I would take these precautions to reduce your risk of injury (some of these suggestions obviously refer specifically to the use of two batteries):
Buy only AW batteries from a trusted vendor. Until a list of them is compiled, I would stick with Lighthound.
Mark your batteries in dedicated pairs: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B ... and use them ONLY in pairs.
Rotate A for B, B for A every time you use that pair. (One goes in first, then the next time, the other goes in first).
Use a digital multimeter ($10 and up) to constantly monitor the voltage of your batteries:
Measure their voltage when you take them out of your APV to charge them; the voltage should be nearly identical. The closer the better, but I think .2 volts is significant.
Measure their voltage when they come off the charger; same criterion.
Note any odd behavior while charging. (Example - I had a pair of batteries, fairly new, where one read about .2 volts lower than the other, but would not take a charge while the one with higher voltage did. That is "odd behavior", and I took them both out of service).
Learn how to test the internal resistance of a battery, something I still need to do myself. [Add YouTube link].
Handle the batteries as if your life depends on it, because it just might. Handle them like they are Faberge eggs; if you drop one on a hard surface from more than maybe a foot (nice going, $2 million down the drain), discard it and its mate. Or take a chance - your choice.
Don't toss them loose into a pocket (!), purse, or anywhere the positive posts might touch a ground, or the two posts might become shorted by a conductor. You do not want to short these batteries out. A 1000 mah battery can put out 1 amp at 3.7 volts for one hour. That is a lot of juice. Little insulated rubber sleeves like the ones on cartomizers would be a nice touch.
Learn the differences between all of the most common battery types, for your own safety, and so that maybe someday you can prevent someone else from getting injured or worse.
Any battery, protected or unprotected, can experience an internal short, where the positively and negatively charged internal components come into contact with one another and cause a large, sudden release of energy. It's rare, but it happens; and the more carelessly a battery is handled and treated, and the more any warning signs are ignored, the less rare it becomes. If a battery is acting strangely, it's not going to get better by itself; ditch it.
So that's it; be careful, be smart, learn as much as you can about batteries, and vape in good health.
If anyone has more battery safety tips to add, I'd love to hear them. (Is there a battery safety sticky in here, or anywhere?)
Lastly, the VMax is made in China, and the ProVari in the USA. I don't feel terrible about buying the Vmax because I will eventually be getting a Provari V2 as well, (or maybe it will be the V3 by then), and I don't think I would have bought two ProVari's. If you're only planning on having only one of the two, maybe consider giving Provapes your business.
$128.95 a pop, but hey - free shipping! lol
And I thought this was pretty funny ... do you think they stock batteries for it, or a charger for same? Nope.
For batteries, I would recommend Lighthound.com:
Fenix Flashlights, Cree LED, Lithium Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Li-Ion Chargers, Leatherman Multitools, Spyderco Knives and more!
and would also recommend getting either four (or better yet, six) AW IMR 18350 3.7 volt batteries for it, and a charger if you don't have one already. A Trustfire TR-001 will get the job done, though there are probably better chargers out there.
Reminder: this is a stacked battery device, and the utmost care must be taken in the selection, maintenance, charging, and use of these very powerful batteries, especially when stacked. This device is NOT ECF compliant, so you're pretty much on your own and using this device at your own risk.
To learn a lot about batteries, stacked batteries, hazards involved, use, selection, and care of batteries, and a whole lot more, this (very long, and very informative) thread is highly recommended reading:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...288409-colorado-man-sues-after-explosion.html
526 posts, but you do receive a medal if you finish it, and they bang a big gong when and if you do.
Especially if you do use stacked batteries, but even when using only one, I would take these precautions to reduce your risk of injury (some of these suggestions obviously refer specifically to the use of two batteries):
Buy only AW batteries from a trusted vendor. Until a list of them is compiled, I would stick with Lighthound.
Mark your batteries in dedicated pairs: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B ... and use them ONLY in pairs.
Rotate A for B, B for A every time you use that pair. (One goes in first, then the next time, the other goes in first).
Use a digital multimeter ($10 and up) to constantly monitor the voltage of your batteries:
Measure their voltage when you take them out of your APV to charge them; the voltage should be nearly identical. The closer the better, but I think .2 volts is significant.
Measure their voltage when they come off the charger; same criterion.
Note any odd behavior while charging. (Example - I had a pair of batteries, fairly new, where one read about .2 volts lower than the other, but would not take a charge while the one with higher voltage did. That is "odd behavior", and I took them both out of service).
Learn how to test the internal resistance of a battery, something I still need to do myself. [Add YouTube link].
Handle the batteries as if your life depends on it, because it just might. Handle them like they are Faberge eggs; if you drop one on a hard surface from more than maybe a foot (nice going, $2 million down the drain
), discard it and its mate. Or take a chance - your choice.Don't toss them loose into a pocket (!), purse, or anywhere the positive posts might touch a ground, or the two posts might become shorted by a conductor. You do not want to short these batteries out. A 1000 mah battery can put out 1 amp at 3.7 volts for one hour. That is a lot of juice. Little insulated rubber sleeves like the ones on cartomizers would be a nice touch.
Learn the differences between all of the most common battery types, for your own safety, and so that maybe someday you can prevent someone else from getting injured or worse.
Any battery, protected or unprotected, can experience an internal short, where the positively and negatively charged internal components come into contact with one another and cause a large, sudden release of energy. It's rare, but it happens; and the more carelessly a battery is handled and treated, and the more any warning signs are ignored, the less rare it becomes. If a battery is acting strangely, it's not going to get better by itself; ditch it.
So that's it; be careful, be smart, learn as much as you can about batteries, and vape in good health.
If anyone has more battery safety tips to add, I'd love to hear them. (Is there a battery safety sticky in here, or anywhere?)
Lastly, the VMax is made in China, and the ProVari in the USA. I don't feel terrible about buying the Vmax because I will eventually be getting a Provari V2 as well, (or maybe it will be the V3 by then), and I don't think I would have bought two ProVari's. If you're only planning on having only one of the two, maybe consider giving Provapes your business.
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That's cool, but I recommend the Ultra-Fire WF 188 charger! Super T Manufacturing carries them! It is 2nd BEST IMO to the Pila hands down!Well, just ordered a black VMax - they're now in stock at All About Vapor
$128.95 a pop, but hey - free shipping! lol
And I thought this was pretty funny ... do you think they stock batteries for it, or a charger for same? Nope.
For batteries, I would recommend only Lighthound.com:
Fenix Flashlights, Cree LED, Lithium Batteries, Lithium Ion Batteries, Li-Ion Chargers, Leatherman Multitools, Spyderco Knives and more!
and would also recommend getting either four (or better yet, six) AW IMR 18350 3.7 volt batteries for it, and a charger if you don't have one already. A Trustfire TR-001 will get the job done, though there are probably better chargers out there.
Reminder: this is a stacked battery device, and the utmost care must be taken in the selection, maintenance, charging, and use of these very powerful batteries, especially when stacked. This device is NOT ECF compliant, so you're pretty much on your own and using this device at your own risk.
To learn a lot about batteries, stacked batteries, hazards involved, use, selection, and care of batteries, and a whole lot more, this (very long, and very informative) thread is highly recommended reading:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...288409-colorado-man-sues-after-explosion.html
526 posts, but you do receive a medal if you finish it, and they bang a big gong when and if you do.
Especially if you do use stacked batteries, but even when using only one, I would take these precautions to reduce your risk of injury (some of these suggestions obviously refer specifically to the use of two batteries):
Buy only AW batteries from a trusted vendor. Until a list of them is compiled, I would stick with Lighthound.
Mark your batteries in dedicated pairs: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B ... and use them ONLY in pairs.
Rotate A for B, B for A every time you use that pair. (One goes in first, then the next time, the other goes in first).
Use a digital multimeter ($10 and up) to constantly monitor the voltage of your batteries:
Measure their voltage when you take them out of your APV to charge them; the voltage should be nearly identical. The closer the better, but I think .2 volts is significant.
Measure their voltage when they come off the charger; same criterion.
Note any odd behavior while charging. (Example - I had a pair of batteries, fairly new, where one read about .2 volts lower than the other, but would not take a charge while the one with higher voltage did. That is "odd behavior", and I took them both out of service).
Learn how to test the internal resistance of a battery, something I still need to do myself. [Add YouTube link].
Handle the batteries as if your life depends on it, because it just might. Handle them like they are Faberge eggs; if you drop one on a hard surface from more than maybe a foot (nice going, $2 million down the drain
Don't toss them loose into a pocket (!), purse, or anywhere the positive posts might touch a ground, or the two posts might become shorted by a conductor. You do not want to short these batteries out. A 1000 mah battery can put out 1 amp at 3.7 volts for one hour. That is a lot of juice. Little insulated rubber sleeves like the ones on cartomizers would be a nice touch.
Learn the differences between all of the most common battery types, for your own safety, and so that maybe someday you can prevent someone else from getting injured or worse.
Any battery, protected or unprotected, can experience an internal short, where the positively and negatively charged internal components come into contact with one another and cause a large, sudden release of energy. It's rare, but it happens; and the more carelessly a battery is handled and treated, and the more any warning signs are ignored, the less rare it becomes. If a battery is acting strangely, it's not going to get better by itself; ditch it.
So that's it; be careful, be smart, learn as much as you can about batteries, and vape in good health.
If anyone has more battery safety tips to add, I'd love to hear them. (Is there a battery safety sticky in here, or anywhere?)
Lastly, the VMax is made in China, and the ProVari in the USA. I don't feel terrible about buying the Vmax because I will eventually be getting a Provari V2 as well, (or maybe it will be the V3 by then), and I don't think I would have bought two ProVari's. If you're only planning on having only one of the two, maybe consider giving Provapes your business.
That's cool, but I recommend the Ultra-Fire WF 188 charger! Super T Manufacturing carries them! It is 2nd BEST IMO to the Pila hands down!
Ok, cool - thanks for that. $22.99 from Lighthound:
Ultrafire WF-188 Charger for 14500 / 17500 / 18500 / 18650 / RCR123 3.7 volt Lithium Battery Charger
Well I'll just post a link to the post over there... ;-)
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...e-voltage-device-smoktech-27.html#post5890839
The TR and WF chargers and AW batts are a bit less at RTD. MadVapes has the TR-001 for less though.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...e-voltage-device-smoktech-27.html#post5890839
The TR and WF chargers and AW batts are a bit less at RTD. MadVapes has the TR-001 for less though.
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Thank you!! Geez Louise, I've been waiting like 2 months for someone to finally notice that!! LOL
That thing would do some serious "chonging", no?
Thank you!! Geez Louise, I've been waiting like 2 months for someone to finally notice that!! LOL
That thing would do some serious "chonging", no?
Like "Up in Smoke"...
I have 12 HES F-100's, I can make the sun disappear under the right conditions. Done it. Now I can add flavors!
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