I actually took the time to go read what the thread said and here is my response:
Its actually a mature thread with reasoning behind the debate, I didn't expect that. No matter what they say about me over there, its a classy bunch. Everyone will have their opinions and they should be able to post what they want.
There are a few post that have errors though. Pumas said he gave me ideas and that is false. Murdock gave me ideas and a few other on what they would like to see and I take notes. I will try and add what I feel would make the vaping community feel satisfied with a PV. I also didn't ask Zen for permission, this is false also. I live in a free country and I have fought and taken a bullet for it. Anyone can take anything from anyone and try to improve it, it the american way, we like to advance and most of the worlds technology is from here. iPads, iphones, PC platforms etc. Do you think the droid is a copy of the iPhone? No, its there own take of what would be user friendly. There are so many things wrong with calling something a copy unless it is a copy. A copy would be like me making a Zenesis and not putting a Zen logo on it and selling it for cheap, like China does. That is a copy. I took innovations from other PVs, crossed them and added my own stuff to it, thats it. I made this PV to satisfy me and put it out here for people who were looking for these specs in one unit.
They say its too high for an aluminum body, but fail to mention the cost of the machines and man time to make the iHybrid. It has a ton of threads and thats a lot of machine time and tooling. They say its the highest hybrid on the market, that is false also. Especially if you take in the fact that your going to pay $300-$500 for a hybrid on the classies due to not being able to meet demand. The thing with me is, I can go buy any machine I want to keep up with demand, so people dont run into that dilemma. They even bash ECF and if it wasnt for this site, I would have never gained a lot of information about vaping when I first started 3 years ago. This site is full of information and if you got banned, its probably deserved.
The atty adaptor will be kickable, I have yet to see that but I'm sure they could say someone had that idea a long time ago. Ideas are ideas. I have an idea to make a flying car! So anyone that comes out with one is just copying me
I'm not one for debate either and heres why. Usually people who debate are very stubborn, even if you prove them wrong 100%, they stick to their opinion, its a worthless cause in my opinion. I choose to surround myself with people who are relaxed. I would rather sit around and drink with people who joke around and have a good time than sit around and debate, thats a waste of beer.
It can be made a fail hybrid no matter what I would have done. Almost everything has been done already. If I put a press button on it, it would have been an orion copy (even though other mods have push buttons). Side button I would have been copying the GG, its a lose lose if you look at it in a negative mindset. Maybe I should have it activate to your fingerprint. If anyone uses that idea, its a copy from me lol. Every hybrid has a positive post, wick hole, negative post and a tank. Its kind of hard to not copy that lol.
Someone also said I would ban them if they talked trash in here, that is false also. I have no power to ban lol and I have never said that. Once again false claims.
I also did the aluminum so I could have different colors, so you could save money by buying colors instead of a whole new unit. What other hybrid has that? If the metal gurus knew you couldn't anodize SS, they would understand that philosophy. I am sorry no one did that before, but anyone that does that will be copying lol. See how its ludicrous to say copy?
Zen has been very supportive and I didn't put him in a corner either, thats another false claim. I never contacted Zen about my design at all. He saw it when yall did. I highly respect that man and if he isn't upset it makes me feel relaxed. I am looking forward to meeting him at vapercon and supporting US modders.
In short, anything can be sad bad about any design. Anyone could say the Zen is a copy of the katana minus the tank sleeve and locking switch. The point is, its not, we all have our own ideas of what we want and the iHybrid is what I wanted
one more thing: someone made a comment on the forum about why the i is in front of hybrid that its not proper english and then put LOL. Well, LOL isnt proper english either but it has a meaning, just like the i. So I put the i on the sleeve sort of like a trademark.
I appreciate the defense put up by some but I would rather you just not debate about it, its a waste of time and I have all the support I need in this forum. It is appreciated though
