So, yeah.
The remarkable heft is the first impression I get upon tearing it out of the substantial bubble wrap. The finish, the weight... It reminds me of a finely crafted handgun, honestly. Something classy like a Hi-Power, not one of those newfangled plastic things. I used to think Super-T had the finest machine work in this business, but I think you've taken that crown, Doug. This is simply stunning craftsmanship.
I'm generally not a huge fan of carbon fiber, either. But, then, it's usually a cheap, fake veneer. This stuff is miles deep.
And if you didn't know where the door was, you'd never find it. The lockup is incredibly tight. It feels like the door is the same monolithic block of metal that the rest of the unit is. Three thousand years from now, they'll be digging these up and praising the unbelievably tight tolerances like we speak of the Egyptian pyramids. And like them, I suspect some BB owners will be buried with their treasures..
I've not had the opportunity to play with any of the super-fancy custom hybrids out there, but there's no way they compare to the value in this thing. $200 for a full kit? Madness. You could charge double that for this kind of work. I think that months from now, the mantra of "just spend the money on a Provari, it's rock-solid and it just works" will have a couple more Bs in it. You could hammer nails with this thing.
Which is the real kicker. My main desire was for an indestructible mod to carry at work. Something that wouldn't snap in half like my poor eGos. But this amazingly rugged device is also damn classy. This would fit just as well in a suit pocket as in my filthy work pants. The one flaw I see is that it's almost too pretty to abuse.
That's enough gushing for now. I'm sure we'll see more praise as more new Boxers wake from their nicotine overdoses...
Another reason is that I still use eGo's, and it's really hard on those to use LR carto's and atty's - puts a bit of strain on the batteries.
