Vamo V2 buttons not functioning properly

[tastyjuice]

For the past 2 days my - and + buttons are not working every time I press them. I either have to press them in really hard or press them multiple times before they function properly. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a simple fix for this? I bought this Vamo back in April. Would this be covered under the manufacturers warranty? Thank you

 

[alcarl]

Doubt it will be covered seeing how its past 30 days. But you can reach out to the vendor you bought it from to inquire. I have a Vamo V2 and have not had this issue. Good Luck!

 

[asf146]

If your feeling ballsy....

Vamo first impression and disassembly how to - YouTube

 

[glasseye]

I'll be doing that ^^^ in a few days. Both my Vamo and my son's have sticking button issues. I'm thinking there might just be some crud in there that needs to be cleaned up since it's happening to both. But I ordered 2 PCBs just in case it's not just crud. I'm planning on replacing the center pin o-ring at the same time too. The PCBs aren't here yet but I'll let you know how it works.
I was reading something on here yesterday that noted that Ryno had worked on getting the top off for a little while before starting the video, so it's not as easy as it appears to be.

 

[Thrasher]

the top is a mother to get off the one i have. lol saw the vid went easy peasy,................. 20 minutes later .........................just rember that plastic piece inside is holding the board in place so go slow and dont yank the wires off lol.

 

[glasseye]

Thrasher, did you replace the board? What were you doing in there? lol Inquiring minds and all that.

 

[Thrasher]

i bought mine when the only place to carry it was health cabin way back. and the finish was gone so i sandblasted it to the brass then polished it. looked awesome, like something you would find on an old steam ship or steam punk-ish.
have the ss from FT coming now cause i dropped that one last month and as luck would have it, it just had to hit every step corner on the way down and bust into pieces lol and i dont take my provari fishing
since the board quit working its not worth worrying about for 35 bucks 8 months ago. i think its in a box here somewhere.

 

[glasseye]

The bare brass does sound nice. Too bad it took a nose dive. Yeah, the boards aren't cheap either...about 1/2 what the whole thing would cost new. Stateside anyway.

 

[Thrasher]

lol for 30 bucks on fasttech if i get 6 months im happy and who knows keep piling up the tubes and maybe make some frankenmods using a nivel or dna 20. to me cheap is cheap and not a loss really - 30 bucks didnt get me a week of smoking so i dont care.....................

 

[glasseye]

Very true, comparing the cost to cigs. I got the Vamo before FT was selling them, 35 from exhale I think. I like it so I want to keep it alive. Besides, I have a Black Mamba skinz on it. That was about 3 packs of cigs. lol