??? Two different versions of Davide mini, or do I have a counterfeit ???

[djtonyb]

I've had a Davide mini for over a month now, just last week dropped it and shattered the pyrex. I ordered 4 replacement glass tubes and another Davide mini from a different vendor. I just tried to fit the replacement glass into the damaged Davide, and it doesn't fit. The glass is exactly the same diameter as the caps, and there's no way it's going to fit. I broke open the new Davide, and the replacement glass tubes all fit like a glove on this one. Upon comparison, the new one looks like it is built a little better, and it has a flat white grommet on the bottom of the drip-tip receptacle, where the old one does not. The laser etching is the same on both, with a QR code and the Anyvape Davide logo. The packaging was similar, but I'll have to compare them side by side tomorrow. Did someone actually take the time to counterfeit a $15.00 clearo, and use thinner glass and slightly smaller caps to shave off a few cents?

 

[DavidOck]

Did the new one come with the DBC? Maybe they changed the size for that?

 

[ctkid57]

I have a knockoff Protank 2 mini, its thinner at the top. The drip tip looks like a Christmas tree on top of the clone.

 

[TomCatt]

I had a similar experience. Got a Davide Mini with a blue tank. After a few weeks the blue coating started to get scratched; so I ordered a couple of clear replacement tanks. Neither fit. I contacted the vendor I got the tanks from, just to let them know that this had happened. They said they checked their replacement tanks and that while most would fit, some wouldn't. They sent me two that fit their Davide Minis; but they didn't fit mine.
I purchased another Davide Mini from a different vendor than the first, and the replacement tanks I have do fit this one.
Never did find out what the problem was.


I did run across this item at fast tech this morning; may order one or two of them to check out:
$6.83 RG200 Bottom Coil Clearomizer (2.0mL) - removable glass tank / 1.8+2.2ohm at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

 

[djtonyb]

Upon inspection in daylight, I guess there isn't a grommet in the drip tip receptacle, must have been a trick of the light. When I .... the bottoms of the tanks without the coil holder assemblies together, the older one is 1mm smaller all around, so in total it's 2 mm smaller in diameter than the new one. Tlhe packaging for both is identical.

 

[djtonyb]

Did the new one come with the DBC? Maybe they changed the size for that?

No, they're both just plain Davide minis. I'm just going to order another one from the second vendor and know that I have 2 fully functional tanks and 4 backup pyrex tubes that will fit.