Surge Tank: what's the point at that price?

[Giraut]

I'm looking at the JCModTronics Surge Tank and I'm thinking: what a brilliant idea! It's VERY well made, and it can turn a proper VV/VW mod (something that's sorely lacking in the BF world apparently) into a bottom feeder. It's absolutely perfect in every way, but...

99 smackeroonies???

I can get a complete, real bottom feeder mod for less than half that price. As a result, unless you absolutely insist on having a cylindrical mod that does BF, or you want to mate it to a E-Huge to create the most humongous mod in the world for shits and giggles, I find it very hard to justify buying it.

Can someone give me a rationale for buying the Surge Tank?

 

[six]

Well, I think you said it yourself. If you already have tube mods you like, the surge tank is the only device of its kind that lets you enjoy the benefits of a bottom feeder while using those tubes.

I agree with you that the price tag seems steep. At one time, they talked about making one out of delrin at a lower price point. I'm not sure whatever happened to that. I've never seen one in the wild, anyway.

As to the size... Well, there are quite a few really large mods out there and some folks will take a giant mod (think 26650 tube sized) and then put a zenisis on it. - For that matter, there are tanks out there larger than 5ml that tend to be bigger than I would care to use and folks put those on full sized provaris or vamos etc etc etc. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so they say.

 

[Baditude]

99 smackeroonies???

I can get a complete, real bottom feeder mod for less than half that price.

Oh really? Which one and where?

Anyway, I agree the device is huge and probably too expensive. After all, an authentic Kayfun Lite + is over $100 and they are extremely popular. At one time I would have possibly been interested in a smaller version of the Surge Tank, but its been 2 years and none have been offered. Since getting the Kayfun I'm no longer interested.

 

[six]

Oh really? Which one and where?

The boge revolution v2 sells for 39 bucks.

 

[Giraut]

Oh really? Which one and where?

This one here. Ok it's 79.90 eur, so it's more like $110. Still, it's complete, not just a topper.

 

[six]

This one here. Ok it's 79.90 eur, so it's more like $110. Still, it's complete, not just a topper.

That is an interesting looking unit. High School French was thirty plus years ago, but from what I gather, that takes an 18500, has a boost regulator (vv/vw), and an 8ml bottle. - It looks like it has a Vmod-style cone. I think it says that it is limited to 5 watts, though? Is that what it says?

EDIT: Nevermind the question. I got it. It says 15 watt maximum and variable in increments of .5 watts.