My vaping tenure has been a progressive one from day one
@cliffy15 ... constantly buying new gear that to me was better for my uses than what had came before it. So "moving on" has been the norm the past 5.5 years with almost all of the quality gear I've purchased with most only used for a short time. Add both the original gear MFG's that have in turn closed their doors and the folks that ran on their supplier ECF forums during their heydays that have moved on as well. Some of the more notable ones maybe being ProVape, VapourArt and Reosmods, but also a lot of others in Europe and elsewhere that at the time made gear that was my top shelf go-to gear in their day. Most of the MFG's themselves and those who ran their forums are no longer active on ECF or the vaping community AFAIK. But then that's been the same on all the interest specific on-line sites I've ran on since the mid 1980's... folks move on and don't look back. That includes me in that there are E-Lists and forums I co-authored, was a financial supporter and charter member of, global moderator, etc of up to that far back that still are active today yet I have not visited them myself for up to two-three decades. Hobbies I no longer do IOW.
Same as with the other MFG's I bought direct from, I was quite close to 'P' privately and don't see him ever coming back into the vaping game. Much of my VA gear was never used at all by me in the short 3-4 months I actually used some of that gear, including a TiX that remains brand new. I bought ProVari prototypes; early collectible, stock and custom Reos that I never got around to using much if at all as well.
As I suggested before, the easier the vaping experience is the better it is for me now days with so many issues to deal with. Price never mattered to me... if I wanted it I bought it. And I would use it anyplace I chose to take it no matter what it cost. But these cheap Pico 2's fill that need very well being as easy as regulated squonking gets (and with the best leak free bottle system yet IMO). Their weight matters not at all to me as I rarely ever leave my home now days. I have other recent squonk mods and dual batt mech squonk mods almost as easy as them I haven't tossed out yet to back them up if/when they fail. But my need/wants have changed to only needing a couple of mods on line with five atty's to rotate the only five DIY's I make now in. It took well over five years to get here in vaping with endless gear and supplies bought, but the road to get here was a fun one that gave me something to pass the hours. So it was money and endless time well spent with a lot of great folks met along the way (and some real SH's as well). AFN.