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The ProVarinati Saloon, V3

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xstitch

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I wanted the green one, but then I heard about all the finish problems. Then it was the gun metal... and more finish issues. With the 2 Poldiacs, I could easily get by with just 1 Provari but with a Stealth & a polished... I just can't part with either of them.

I have an emerald, no problems with the finish! It's my favorite but don't tell the other two! Lol


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I wanted the green one, but then I heard about all the finish problems. Then it was the gun metal... and more finish issues. With the 2 Poldiacs, I could easily get by with just 1 Provari but with a Stealth & a polished... I just can't part with either of them.

I also keep finding reasons not to sell my older ones. I got the green one the day it was released. When the issues with it surfaced, I stopped taking that one out of the house, and therefore, no issues.
 

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I also keep finding reasons not to sell my older ones. I got the green one the day it was released. When the issues with it surfaced, I stopped taking that one out of the house, and therefore, no issues.

Wouldn't it make more sense that if there are issues with the finish, to take it out more and when the issue presents itself, send it back to provape to rectify the issue?
 

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Wouldn't it make more sense that if there are issues with the finish, to take it out more and when the issue presents itself, send it back to provape to rectify the issue?

No, cuz I suffered from separation anxiety the one time I sent one in for repair. Besides, I have 6, so plenty to choose from. Usually it's my v2 or my Dragon I take out with me.
 

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I had 4, I'm down to 2. I'd be ok with 1, but I couldn't get rid of either of these 2.

I had two and thought I was all set. Then the flood of Blems hit and thought, what the heck...the next two came from the classies, and truth be told, those two are my favorites. The silver mini and the V1 that I recently had upgraded. I keep two boxed up now, put away as backups.
Recently I picked up a Provape1, and have been using it for the last couple days as a test run, it does what I need, and does it very well. The next trip I take, I am leaving my ProVari at home, I know that all will be fine with just the little Provape and a couple of Ego batteries for a weeks time.
 

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Hi all. Just wanted to share an experience I had this morning.

Received my 100mg nic concentrate a few days ago. Got my glass bottles for repackaging last night. I had kept my giant bottles of nic in the freezer to wait for the rebottling process.

This morning I took out the conc. nic and started dispensing them into the small glass bottles, leaving 2 - 3 mm of head room

What I completely forgot was that as the nic warmed up to room temperature, it expanded. I ended up with 4x 50ml amber glass bottle spontaneously explode in my face.

That is all.


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You seem to have a thing for shrapnel.
 

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Well I finally got to use, hold, even play with a P3 at a local B&M that has one for beta testing, and of course is a Provape distributor.


Pros:

It seems the unit has an adjustable flat head; meaning you can adjust the contact clearance for different attys.
If the adapter is removed it has the same beveled appearance as the P2, but I do not know if can be used that way?

Feel was good, and adjustment was pretty simple.

It had an extension ring and the extended cap to complete the P3 unit; if the extension ring is removed it is the same length as a mini.

The above set up was using an 18650 battery.

It fired a .8 Kanger dual coil at 2.9 volts flawlessly, but so do my P2.5'!

Cons:

If your a Provari 2.5 owner (I have three) it is a hard sell at whatever the MSRP will be; the owner paid $325.00 for their "tester" and they had nothing to substantiate the production models for sale would be much less.

The display is pretty compact because it has a lot more in it than the P2 series, and it could be a tad larger, but of course again this would be an engineering issue of what you can fit in a small tube.

Compact meaning it had a lot going on (quite a few items being displayed at once and pretty small letters and numbers).

With everything considered, if I did not have three P2.5', yes I would buy one, as with anything from Provape it is a quality product and you always get what you pay for.

Thoughts:

Although I am not a vape tech (meaning I do not use fancy sub ohm attys with weird battery arrangements and the like) some would probably prefer some additional functions like lower than 2.9 volts, or variable resistance (which is a bogus setting anyway, as you cannot really vary resistance).

From what I saw it has some additional settings for varying the wattage which I think is more over to appease the crowd thats wants variable everything as again like resistance, wattage is usually a set value based on the actual electrical load (how much electricity is being used).

If you don't have a Provari and this unit is similar in price to the 2.5, of course I would buy one! If it's $300.00 or more and only available in B&M stores as I have heard, and I could get a P2.5 from Provape, or the B&M stores I may have a hard time spending the extra for more bells and whistles.

Just my humble opinion.

Keep Vaping!

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Yeah. Also if anyone is thinking of transferring 100mg nic to smaller bottles (like I was), PLEASE wear gloves.

I didn't. The skin on my hands are really sore right now. Frowns.


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Why again is glass the recommended container? Fluids do expend and contract when frozen, something I wouldn't think glass does well.

A Google search came up with plastic containers designed to be frozen and this: National Center for Home Food Preservation | How Do I? Freeze It suggests using canning jars that are tempered to withstand temperature changes.
 

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It's really nice!

Although I must say. The consistency standards for Reos aren't the greatest.

The black door is a tight fit in the copper vein, and a super ultra tight fit on the black wrinkle

The copper vein door slides flawlessly on the copper vein body, but is a slightly tight fit on the black wrinkle body.

Excited to see a kick-capable REO. That'll be my third!


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Rob suggests putting electrical tape around the battery to make it easier to pull out, which also makes the door fit tighter.

ETA: Oops! Never mind. Most people have a loose door, not a tight one. Just ignore the post. Carry on.
 

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Just bought my 4th Mini :facepalm:

The polished blem with blue led has been calling my name since July, my 3rd year vapaversary. This last 10% coupon finally got me ;)

I know I'm getting a P3 at some point, but I'm really going to hold out for a special color (BLUE!) or finish...so it'll probably be a while.

Now I can finally retire all the old crappy PV's to the Hurricane drawer and just look at my Mini babies on my countertop.

A silver satin mini/blue was my first and still the one that tends to get the most love. After about the 19th month I finally found the blem. The "ProVari" logo rubbed off. So what? I can still see it, it just doesn't stand out.
 

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Alright REO Lovers... As much as I dislike the box mods, I wanna give a REO a test drive and see if I like it...

I DO like dripping on a mechanical, and that's pretty much what's happening on a REO right? Just feeding the juice up from the bottom instead of dripping it in from the top?

Anyway... I think I'd rather have the 18650 box, so that's the REO Grand, yes?

I've seen folks using a lot of different atomizers on these things though, and I'm thinking that's where my confusion comes from. I know I want a bottom feeding atomizer, but what is the best setup? There's a lot of options out there... LoL Are folks using single coil? Dual coil?

All you REO lovers, your input is greatly appreciated!

I'm happy using a single coil RM2 on mine. It was the first RBA I used and is super simple to build.

ETA: I also like a straight LR306 atty, just like when I dripped.
 
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The rm4 can be setup for single coils, but honestly kinda sucks as a single coil atty, chamber a little too big for great flavor with only one coil. Havent tried the cyclone afc with single coil yet so can't comment on that, but I do think it has better flavor in dual coil mode than the rm4, but the rm4 can produce some really great flavor at lower ohm builds without the vapor getting hot, you get a lot more airflow with it than on the cyclone afc. Not to mention that the cyclone afc is gonna cost close to $120 while the rm4 can be had for around $45. You can get the cyclone at either mountainoakvapors.com, myvaporstore.com, or indyshop.com

Are any of those having a Labor Day sale?
 

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GAH. Had a brunch that turned angry real quick.

There were two women at the table beside mine who were talkin about their friend whose husband is on a 6months on, 6months off deployment in Afghanistan.

They were talking about what a crappy marriage that is, and how their friend should just leave the husband.

Scowls. Fugging beedges. That made me real mad.
 

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I have 2 ProVari's already :) But yeah, I figured with all your DIY talk over the last few days, you didn't mind straying WAY out in left field off topic... LoL

And TBH, there are so many ProVari / REO lovers in here, I figured I would get just as good an answer from you guys as I would get venturing into the unknown territory of the REO faithful

PROVARI!!

I got my first Reos for my one year celebration. You guys are soooo 2013 - and we all know that Vape Years are like Dog Years, so you are really old school.
 

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GAH. Had a brunch that turned angry real quick.

There were two women at the table beside mine who were talkin about their friend whose husband is on a 6months on, 6months off deployment in Afghanistan.

They were talking about what a crappy marriage that is, and how their friend should just leave the husband.

Scowls. Fugging beedges. That made me real mad.

You should have jumped in and said "well then why did you marry someone in the armed forces"?

If you serve, you will eventually go somewhere outside of the U.S.!

Sheesh! :vapor:
 

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You should have jumped in and said "well then why did you marry someone in the armed forces"?

If you serve, you will eventually go somewhere outside of the U.S.!

Sheesh! :vapor:

I was real close to but the missus was eyeing me and squeezing my hands. So. Yeah.

Scowls. I'm just gonna go home and sulk.
 
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