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I assume when you say switch you mean the power button. On all the current models of VV units I'm aware of the power switch just activates the circuitry so there is minimal current present at the switch so there is no 4amp switch involved.
Not sure what you mean by 3.2amp regulator, that is just a number some have used to describe the V1.5s amp rating. As it works out I think it's supposed to be 3amp though it's short of that in all the tests I have run.
AFIK there is no V3 available so I don't know what you are referring to. From what little, apparently reliable, information I've read a V3 won't be available for several weeks, maybe months.
Errol
Did you read the opening title of this very thread?
"Stop the presses, new lavatube 3.0 is about to hit with a 4 amp limit!"
LIES!!
FRAUD Lavatube 3.0
Specifications
1.Can use Both Protected and un-protected batteries.
2. Max 3.0 Amp Current.
3.Can See Battery Power
4.Low Battery Alert.
Is that meant to suggest that the L-Rider original Lavatube is the only "authentic" LT? I'd be more inclined to consider all Lavatubes (or whatever name they're rebranded with) to be knockoffs of the ProVari. What should we call a knockoff of a knockoff?
Actually, I don't care what we call them, as long as the performance/features/price ratios are advantageous to me personally. We don't know about durability at this early stage, so that can't be factored into the considerations.
Although I may eventually get one, I haven't yet bought a ProVari, primarily because of the weight (heavy) and freight (relatively high price). I also didn't buy a Lavatube V1, because the 2.5 amp limit and lack of resistance checking were deal-breakers for me. I did buy both the V1.5 and V3.0 LTs, however, and so far, they both fill my wants and needs beautifully.
No, I can't verify whether the advertised 3.2 and 4.0 amp limits are true or false, but in actual real-world vaping, I don't notice any diminished performance (of the kind that many LT V1 owners complained about when using dual coils) with any combination of voltages and atty/carto resistances I normally use. I get the vape I expect with great consistency from both units. Plus, I paid less for the two LTs together than I did for my BuzzPro, which was itself about 40% less than what a ProVari with an extension cap would have cost me.
Please understand that I'm not knocking any of these VV APVs. The ProVari, BuzzPro, and all versions of the Lavatube have their respective niches in the marketplace. The half-life of a given Lavatube version is probably much shorter because the Chinese are so aggressive in manufacturing, marketing, and implementing significant improvements and upgrades to that product line.
I only called it a Lavatube because that is what they are knon as now. It is just like the ego was a year or two ago. Everyone calls all the different ones egos even though there was only one true ego. Just like the egos some clones worked as good or better than the original. I don't really care what we call the 1.5 it works good for me and that is what I care about. According to L-rider they don't have one that reads resistance yet so the 1.5 is actually better whatever you want to call it. Like I said I like both of them and when the Lambo with with the nice ego connector that is able to read the ohms value comes out I will get one of those as well!
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Where did you buy a V3 LavaTube. I didn't know there were any on the market yet.
Errol
Depends on what you're vaping Tex. My favorite carto is a 1.6ohm DC clearo and 13watts just barely brings up a decent vapor and flavor when they are new, higher as they age. As I recall you are pretty happy using a 3.7v battery with the Echo DC cartos whereas I needed at least 4.5v to get satisfaction from them. We are indeed to totally different vapers. If a person was wise they would start and stop with the MadVapes VV box mod which is as efficient as any of the high priced units and much better than some of the wannabees. Save a lot of money.
And yes I was a non filter Camel man for most of my smoking years.
Errol
I knew you must have been a camel smoker! You are hard core to the bone! I still can't get over 13 watts!8-o
Pfff...the Lavatube can't hold a candle to the Provari, so it's not a knockoff of it.
And actually, if you want the truth behind the name and where it originated, VOLCANO invented the Lavatube and holds the copyrights of the name here and in Japan.
L-Rider was contracted to build it, but when Volcano couldn't meet their supply contract...L-Rider broke their agreement and started selling the LT worldwide.
So YES, there is only 1 Lavatube and ONLY L-Rider manufactures it!
Half of the problem with all this confusion is people making statements that just aren't true, just making them up outright, or distributors that lie to their suppliers and then suppliers that lie to customers.
If there weren't so many lies all over the place, this wouldn't be an issue....
And it would appear that Errol just confirmed that this BS claim of 4 amps or even 3 amps is just that...BS! (2.88 amps)
Even the distributor Uniq is advertising MAX 3 amps!!
Not to mention the prior April release and all of the failure problems and faulty regulators, well....
Like Mikebabs said, "If ANYONE purchases this before ALL the reviews are in they are out of their mind......."
And I couldn't agree MORE!!
I knew you must have been a camel smoker! You are hard core to the bone! I still can't get over 13 watts!8-o
Sissy!
I bought a 5pack of triple coil cartos almost a year ago and still have 4 unused because I don't have anything that will get any satisfactory service from them. Maybe a true 4amp unit will do it.
Errol
Having a 4 Amp PV would be for me like living in the city and buying a sports car that went 200 miles an hour and I drove it 25 miles an hour all the time!
Forgive my ignorance, im a newbje who will be getting my first variable voltage device and all I want is an APV that will hold the voltage I set it to under load!! I have heard the Lavatube v1s dont do well in that aspect, correct??
Having a 4 Amp PV would be for me like living in the city and buying a sports car that went 200 miles an hour and I drove it 25 miles an hour all the time!
I don't think its a matter of something I will never use, but having the option of running dual coils, checking voltages and omhs is something that appeals to me. I am trying my hardest not to buy a provari. I work on a Naval ship, I really don't want to buy something that expensive on my limited budget and have it stolen or fall into the pacific ocean. It has happened before with an ego. Thank god for DFWVAPOR.
Absolutely wrong!
The unit won't even reach the 3 amp limit and stops at just under 2.9 amps!!
Wherever retailers came up with the 4 amp limit appears to an outright fabrication...
Here's the 'other' lie:
Young June Tech V1.5
And more lies:
Young June Tech LT V2.5
Yeah, plus one on that 100%. But with that being said... We now know virtually all of the 'foibles' likely to occur with the lavatubes being made by lrider, as they've been out close to a year. So there's some degree of understanding of the quality. That's why I was comfortable ordering a stainless v1, because I know the most likely forms of failure are a)random lemons.. nothing can be done about that, but do seem to be a very small percentage of total sold units, and you get a new one from seller b) caps cracking c) buttons doing odd things.. floating, dropping into unit...
And since both of those two main 'pressure points' were resolved with the stainless, getting the odd random dud was my only concern. As we're seeing with these new knockoffs... those issues aren't 'knowns' yet, and unfortunately, unknown in this case is a rather scary issue. So yeah, I'm with you.. I don't care if my pv is made by someones great uncle george who tinkers in the shanty behind the outhouse, provided quality is there. But I think the issue with these other companies is we have nothing to draw on in terms of their track record. Bummer, man! lol And thanks huge to all of you hunting down these details. I went thru that with the stainless during the backorder from hell, and just flat out am not up to it, esp since I can't afford to buy another right away. But in a few mos when I can, I promise, my comfort level (and that of so many other vapers) will be vastly improved because I know guys who know their stuff are doing the testing, and hunting down these odd little foibles. Really does irk the tar out of me that these weren't disclosed as being non Lrider tubes by any of the vendors I've peeked at. That certainly matters, especially with a device that till now has had no direct clones in the marketplace. We have a right to know that, just like we have a right to know if the food we're eating is genetically manipulated... unfortunately the powers that be seem determined to make us work for it. rofl So thanks, huge, all of you! xoxo
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