Shortly after I began vaping back in July I decided to make a venture into the world of mods and order one for myself and one for my wife. I wanted something customized to suit our personalities, so a pair of new Chucks was the obvious choice. I spent days searching the internet for pictures, making several full size print outs which I then carefully cut and taped together to get a sense of what the mods I'd be ordering would actually look and feel like. Final decisions were made and orders were placed. A few weeks later I excitedly ripped open the package that held our newly born Chucks. The performance improvement over the eGos we'd been using was fantastic. Battery life was spectacular and all was well in the world. Well, almost...
One thing I noticed right away was that the printing of the graphic on both Chucks was not as clean and rich in color as the samples I'd been printing on my HP ink jet printer, even though the images I sent in were large enough to be printed full size at 300 dpi. The was also a few small bubbles in the clear coat on my Chuck. The clear coat on my wife's was nice and smooth though. I decided that I was happy enough with the performance to let those little details go and enjoy the vape from my newest toy.
It's been almost five months now and those few bubbles have been joined by another five small bubbles. For the most part it still looks decent enough, but it's disheartening to think that it's only going to look worse as time goes on. The clear coat on my wife's Chuck has fared even worse. She now has huge bubbles all over the body of her Chuck and it looks absolutely terrible. Clearly, the clear coating process needs some refinement.
The switch on our Chucks has also been a sore spot, both figuratively and literally. The surface area of the switch is very small and has a tendency to painfully dig into the thumb or finger that presses it. It also has a very light touch and easily fires in a purse or pocket. I've trashed more attys from accidental fires with my Chuck than any other mod I've owned.
To make matters worse, the switch is grossly underrated. 3.7 volt PVs should have a switch rated for at least 3 amps, but the switch in the Chuck is only rated for 0.5 amps. About a month or two ago, the switch in my wife's Chuck began intermittently not engaging. The problem worsened until it died completely and I had to replace it. My switch is now exhibiting the same intermittent behavior and I expect it's only a matter of time before I have to replace it as well.
While this review has focused on the problems we've had with our Chucks, one positive thing I can say about them is that vaping performance remains stellar.
I'm sure this review will be a surprise to many since The Chuck gets so much praise, but as time has gone on, my satisfaction level has continued to drop. In my opinion, the Chuck falls solidly in the category of first generation mods in dire need of improvement if they are going to last in this world of ever expanding consumer choices. With the large variety of mods that hit the market in the last few months, my recommendation to someone looking for a mod would be to look elsewhere until Thag Built works out these problems.
One thing I noticed right away was that the printing of the graphic on both Chucks was not as clean and rich in color as the samples I'd been printing on my HP ink jet printer, even though the images I sent in were large enough to be printed full size at 300 dpi. The was also a few small bubbles in the clear coat on my Chuck. The clear coat on my wife's was nice and smooth though. I decided that I was happy enough with the performance to let those little details go and enjoy the vape from my newest toy.
It's been almost five months now and those few bubbles have been joined by another five small bubbles. For the most part it still looks decent enough, but it's disheartening to think that it's only going to look worse as time goes on. The clear coat on my wife's Chuck has fared even worse. She now has huge bubbles all over the body of her Chuck and it looks absolutely terrible. Clearly, the clear coating process needs some refinement.
The switch on our Chucks has also been a sore spot, both figuratively and literally. The surface area of the switch is very small and has a tendency to painfully dig into the thumb or finger that presses it. It also has a very light touch and easily fires in a purse or pocket. I've trashed more attys from accidental fires with my Chuck than any other mod I've owned.
To make matters worse, the switch is grossly underrated. 3.7 volt PVs should have a switch rated for at least 3 amps, but the switch in the Chuck is only rated for 0.5 amps. About a month or two ago, the switch in my wife's Chuck began intermittently not engaging. The problem worsened until it died completely and I had to replace it. My switch is now exhibiting the same intermittent behavior and I expect it's only a matter of time before I have to replace it as well.
While this review has focused on the problems we've had with our Chucks, one positive thing I can say about them is that vaping performance remains stellar.
I'm sure this review will be a surprise to many since The Chuck gets so much praise, but as time has gone on, my satisfaction level has continued to drop. In my opinion, the Chuck falls solidly in the category of first generation mods in dire need of improvement if they are going to last in this world of ever expanding consumer choices. With the large variety of mods that hit the market in the last few months, my recommendation to someone looking for a mod would be to look elsewhere until Thag Built works out these problems.
) and three chucks. Love my graphics....sure there can be some imperfections etc but come on, for the most part they are excellent. I've dropped my chucks more times then I can count, haven't killed it yet though I dumped my gunsmoke chuck and did bubble and chip off the coating BUT, I sent it flying onto asphalt!-my fault. However, when I do get around to it, I am sure Jeff will be more than fair in regards to repair. And that is the beauty of it, I've never read that he refuses to fix his mods and if the repair is because of malfunction, it is done for the price of shipping. 
