I guess I don't understand people who would make this type of purchase without doing any research. When my wife suggested I switch to vaping to get off of cigs, I did a lot of reading before I bought an eGo and clearo. And then when I decided to upgrade, I read even more. I know a lot of people won't do that but it's hard for me to fault the mod manufacturers if buyers don't do their own due diligence. Do I wish YiHi would've limited the output to 130W or thereabouts? Sure.
I'm still waiting for more concrete info from YiHi about how the chip functions.
I did some research before I bought my first Ego kit, but back then that was pretty much all there was available for a beginner. Egos with basic ce4 clearos where pretty safe, in that you couldn't really push them too hard. Nowadays 100w+ mods are cheaper than my first Egos, and a many beginners will end up with one of those (better than starting with a mech). It was several months in before I bought my first replaceable mod, the Innokin SVD. That was only a 15w mod and while I did what I considered a lot of research and I still ended up with batteries that weren't optimal for the device. There's a lot of info out there and it can be difficult to find the correct one when starting out. Every day I have to school people on how amp draw actually works on a regulated device (and always someone fights against that information, like in this thread), and about actual amp ratings and bad rewrapps (again, someone always feels the need to contest that). As I said, if even supposed experts such as Rip Trippers and PBusardo don't have their facts straight, how can a newbie be expected to know. They'll trust reviewers. To this date I haven't seen a single top reviewer point out that two-battery 200w mods are dangerous.
And yes, manufacturers have a responsibility to create devices that are safe when used within their specs. In any other business a manufacturer will be behind liable when their device causes a dangerous situation, or when a potentially dangerous design flaw is found. Vape gear manufacturers should be held to those same standards. And, again, when a manufacturer such as Yihi demonstrates that they don't comprehend how amp draw on a vw mod works by talking about resistance limits and non-existent 35 amp batteries, how is a regular consumer supposed to know, or even find the facts when he/she gets bad information from a supposedly reliable source.
This is not about Yihi only, and while it's off topic I think it's a very important issue to discuss.
This is educating vapers.
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