Yeah, if you like the original LT, this thing is amazing. Truly lovely, and very hefty. Works beautifully with dctanks with a single coil 1.7ohm resurrector in em. Love it!
Oh, you guys getting the 2200mah batts. I was looking at those as well, but someone in the 'news about stainless' thread in apollo mentioned a gap (teensy tiny) with the 2000mah 18650x. He posted photos if you wanna see. But I'm guessing those 2200mah gygundo batts will make a larger gap still... wonder if the cap'll even screw on. I think I'm gonna stick with the lower mah, and just go high quality, like the true AW IMRS.
Also, I don't remember which poster mentioned the ultrafire 18650s, but these definitely call for IMR High dDrain 18650s, and the ultra fire ones I've seen are just plain old protected batts. There is a definite difference in performance, from what I understand. I'm not a batt expert by any means, but froom the research I've done in the last few days, you'll have longer life and better performance with an 18650 IMR with a lower mah than with a protected 18650 in a higher mah on a device like the lava tube that is designed for the high drain IMRs.. Plus, you know, the IMRs don't have risk of explosion and fire when they fail. They may vent if something goes awry, but they won't explode. lol
I'm gonna stick with the AW brand IMRs, since they're the best you can get, and the difference in price is negligible. Also, a good charger is important for batt life and safety. Best I've found so far under the $50 price point like the Pila is a smart charger called XTAR WP2. There's a 2 channel one and a 6 channel one. 2 channel is $18 at
www.discountvapers.com. I'm gonna get the 6 channel, since i have a number of mods all taking diff batts... that's pricier at $33, but both are amazing prices on those chargers. And they'll charge anything under 70mm with the inclued spacers. I'm using for all my 14500s, 18350s, 18500s, and 18650s, but it takes any batt under 70mm. AND its an excellent charger for the ImR batts, because you're not supposed to use regular old trustfire type chargers for em. Tons of built in safety features, but bottom line is you physically cannot overcharge your batts. It stops charging at 4.2v, then continues to test each batt in each channel, and won't feed them any more trickles of voltage unless they drop below 4.2. Please, everyone, be very very mindful of quality of your batts and chargers! I almost had a house fire last week, because my 18500 batt heated to the point of smoking and melting plastic on my trustfire charger. Would have been HORRIFYING had it happened while I was asleep, since I have sleep disorders and thus am drugged into oblivion. rofl Anyway, that began my wild whirlwind of research on batteries and safety. THIS seems to be an amazing source for excellent quality batts, inexpensively, and he has everything. This seems to be who the major modders use, and he's highly regarded. I found that out after searching for all the sizes I need at about 25 different places,and noone had all the sizes I need except this guy. lol Anyway, sorry for the lecture, but I wish to hell someone had told me this when I first started using mods. I was using wrong batts, wrong charger, wrong everything. lol
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ers-exporters-america-shipping-worldwide.html
And if you're worried about weird charger issues, like I had, Eric at discount vapers also has a battery charging bag, for safety. If there's any fire or es'ploding, it stays contained in the bag.
Here's a link to a great review on the xtar WP2 charger, in case any of you, like me, have almost nil info on the importance of a 'smart' charger. I found out that using a cheapo charger like ultra or trust fire, or god forbid, like a rechargeable duracel charger, can cause a short... what that leads to is continuing to charge batteries well after they're at their 4.2 max voltage. This leads to the super overheating that I had. BTW, if that ever happens, everyone seems to agree that once a batt overheats that much, it is dangerous to use it or the charger ever again. lol All the info I regurgitated I gleaned from this review, and follow-up reviews I hunted down on a well regarded forum for batt/flashlight enthusiasts (used by many hobbyists to get reliable info on batteries) called 'candlepower'. I hunted thru about 30 reviews, and all seem to agree that this $18 2 channel Xtar charger is comparable to a $50 pila. 6channel one is almost the same, but it doesn't have a usb out port (so you can't charge your phone from the charger) like the 2 channel one does. Another safety precaution is a cheap $10 multimeter. Not only can you use it to check the actual ohms on the stuff you're vaping with (since they have a tendency to drop significantly over time, it seems), but you can also test the voltage of your batts right off the charger, to make sure they're not overcharged. Whew... ok, so I just gave you guys all the bare bones of the stuff I learned in about 25 hours of batt/charger 101. Sure hope it helps save someone from the scare I had. lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CBJZu8htZ0
I think we can all agree that someone... be it apollo or lrider.. owes us some interest. lol They've had thousands of dollars for a few mos now... someone's getting some benefit out of it, and it sure isn't us. But I stopped expecting life to be fair a while ago. It officially sucks, but I'm hoping when this thing finally arrives, I'll be happy. And really, the only vv options in anywhere near this price range are the lava tubes, the Tox (which will be an awesome low cost/high feature vv, but not until a few weeks when they finally upgrade the controller heads), and some variety of vv box. The boxes are NOT my fave, due to lack of safety features and odd size in my tiny hands. So its not like there was something comparable I could have bought instead. If I had the extra $80.. forget it, I'd be in a mini provari, hands down. I really love that new silver metal one with the diamond pattern. But I don't. lol So I wait. 
are you freakin kidding me?
i waited 3-4 months for a mod thats already obseleet?
wth man thats REALLY REALLY FRiggin LAME! effe that...
