Vivi Nova Heads, or are they?

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I've been using the vivis for a while now, and finally broke into the heads from my previous order. The first one wasn't great, muted flavor, and slightly harsh hits over 4 volts. Very uncharacteristic, so I wrote it off to an off head and threw it in some vodka to soak.

Put another on and the same thing, so I popped the silicon cap off and it was different than my previous nova heads. First off, the slits were more narrow and the wicks didn't sit quiet the same way as with the older ones. The big difference is that there is a ceramic cup inside instead of the fiberous cup the novas have, almost the same as what's in the Titan heads.

I remember Dan mentioning the new heads from Smoktec for their rebuildable stardust clone, but never saw them on the site.

So I'm wondering, did Vision "improve" their heads, or are these actually the smoktek clones? I got 10 of them, so I'd like to know what the deal is with these heads.
 

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Stardust and ReDux heads have the little pip, Vivi's do not. That would be a quick way to distinguish between one for a Stardust and one for a Vivi. I prefer Stardust heads for my Vivi's, but that is beside the point ;). I took a look at all of my Vivi heads and none of them have a ceramic cup, they are all the fiberous sleeve. The last Vivi's I have were ordered about 3 weeks ago, since then I have been getting Stardust.
 

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Stardust and ReDux heads have the little pip, Vivi's do not. That would be a quick way to distinguish between one for a Stardust and one for a Vivi. I prefer Stardust heads for my Vivi's, but that is beside the point ;). I took a look at all of my Vivi heads and none of them have a ceramic cup, they are all the fiberous sleeve. The last Vivi's I have were ordered about 3 weeks ago, since then I have been getting Stardust.

I have stardust and vivi heads too, so I know what they're supposed to look like. These were shipped to me in an order I place on August 16th. They look just like the vivi heads until you pop the silicon top off.
 

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I have stardust and vivi heads too, so I know what they're supposed to look like. These were shipped to me in an order I place on August 16th. They look just like the vivi heads until you pop the silicon top off.

8/26 was my last order of "ViVi NOVA™ Twist-On HEAD 2.4ohm Long Wick" Nothing out of the ordinary with mine. Interested to see what you may have there. I sure do hope Vision didn't decide to improve the heads. If ain't broke......
 

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8/26 was my last order of "ViVi NOVA™ Twist-On HEAD 2.4ohm Long Wick" Nothing out of the ordinary with mine. Interested to see what you may have there. I sure do hope Vision didn't decide to improve the heads. If ain't broke......

Well, either Vision "fixed" the heads, or I didn't get what I ordered.

ETA: Looks like it was just one of them that were that way, so I'm not going to worry about it.
 
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