vmax...3rd post...

[AnsonJames]

Wow 6? Sounds like people should stop worrying about how hard it hits and try to figure out why they are such junk!

I know of a few people that have had two die on 'em, I just stuck with it a tad longer!
Before my units died I didn't mind the Vmax's foibles, it's a great device once you get past the PWM "issue" (as I perceived it) since then I've heard about the 30% fail rate and it makes me happy I bought a Provari.

It works as advertised and hasn't failed me, which is all I want.

 

[Optimo]

Guess I got lucky and didn't fall in that 30% fail rate... with 2 units (V1 & V2/R4) that work flawlessly for a long time now. It's not like they don't come with warranties. If you get your VMax from a good vendor they will ship you a new one to you free of charge if it's still under the 6 month factory warranty. I seen one or two vendors offer extended warranties up to 1-2 years.

 

[thedoc610]

I don't know I had issues wit my rev 4 vmax... it only vapes when I use my vivi nova tank wit the 3.2 ohm atty on it and I will not complain about it being to hot or putting out more power I absolutely love that lol... I just can't use my other cartos because my vmax won't fire with them I do not understand why all it does is make a buzz sound... when I first got my vmax it worked with all my cartos and clearos over 2 ohms... now i get the 9.99 error or what ever it is... but the vivi nova tank wit the 3.2 atty is lovely... i dont know why it works with this tank and not any of my other tube tanks or anything else but its whatever...

 

[Lt. Col. Killjoy]

I've only been using my vmax for a couple of days now. My first one was defective, but I'm not foamin about it. I like it, but have to say, its pretty intense. I'm an electronics engineering dropout, so I won't pretend for a second to have any technical knowledge. My technical analysis is that Smoktek is installing an angry little Chinese vaping demon in every vmax at their factory in Schenzen. I am using 3ohm cartos in a tank on mine. I can't go much over 3.7v comfortably. I let a coworker who is a smoker hit it at 3.5 today. When she started choking and her eyes started watering, I did find it completely hilarious. That little demon was strangling her.

 

[AnsonJames]

I don't know I had issues wit my rev 4 vmax... it only vapes when I use my vivi nova tank wit the 3.2 ohm atty on it and I will not complain about it being to hot or putting out more power I absolutely love that lol... I just can't use my other cartos because my vmax won't fire with them I do not understand why all it does is make a buzz sound... when I first got my vmax it worked with all my cartos and clearos over 2 ohms... now i get the 9.99 error or what ever it is... but the vivi nova tank wit the 3.2 atty is lovely... i dont know why it works with this tank and not any of my other tube tanks or anything else but its whatever...

The Rev 4's have center pin issues on the atty connector - I'd send it back - it's a very, very common problem with this version and has been known to damage the board.

I'm wondering what fault they'll introduce with version 5.