I have a black chrome Vamo from Health Cabin received right after Thanksgiving last year. My husband uses and abuses it daily at work and home. It looks beat all to hell, 1 of the +/- buttons doesn't move anymore but still adjusts the readings, the black chrome color is almost non existent but she still works like a champ for 7 months now. Because it takes a licking and keeps on ticking I ordered a chrome Vamo from Fasttech. Wanted to order the SS but was reading around and people were saying FT was sending out the chromes so I decided not to risk the extra 3 bucks. The second Vamo works just fine too. I think for the price you can't go wrong and the battery life with and 18650 in it lasts both him and I at least a day, usually a day and a half before having to change out the batt. I don't miss using my Ego batteries 1 bit, they sit in a drawer for now and are great for back-ups or to help start smokers on there way to being smoke free!