Find good looking LT from Vapedudes on they web page, VV 'LavaDude' 3.0 Stainless -. Called they phone, but even they are not sure if this is Version 1, 1.5 or 2. Need help from anybody, more familiar with LT , to find more info for this model. Thanks!
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It's a version 1. Apparently, it's a pre-order and not in stock.
The one at Apolloecigs.com is in stock for $73 shipped, with a year warranty.
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Hint: The generic batteries that come with these kits aren't the best. Not bad, but not the best.
The best is the Panasonic 2250mah CGR18650CH, available for $8 shipped from orbtronic.com
The one at Apolloecigs.com is in stock for $73 shipped, with a year warranty.
Discount code Vtube30
Hint: The generic batteries that come with these kits aren't the best. Not bad, but not the best.
The best is the Panasonic 2250mah CGR18650CH, available for $8 shipped from orbtronic.com
It's a version 1. The version 1.5 is rated at 3.2amps, and there is no stainless model. They are all like the aluminum models. And, AFAIK, they are all black.
Version 1 = 2.5amps. Aluminum, chrome plated copper or stainless steel., Chrome and stls. versions eGo compatible. Has LED display, 7 press battery indicator.
Ver 1.5 = 3.2A Aluminum, Black, has flat metal caps with plastic covers. OLEO display, one touch battery condition indicator
Ver 2 (or 1.5T) = 4.0A, Aluminum, Black, tapered metal head cap but not eGo compatible Same display options as ver 1.5
Edit: Almost forgot. There is one more version, the "Lambo". This one is a version 1 with a nice body and a spring loaded center post. Given the lower prices of the other Stlss models, it's uncompetitively priced, at least it was the last time I saw it.
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Unless you know for a fact that vapedudes purchased them from L-Rider, I would avoid it. The knock-off's are a fire hazard and most vendors have pulled them from their sites. L-Rider is the only manufacturer that I would trust.
Where did you get that? There were a small number of units from one of four different manufacturers that had spontaneous firing issues, not catching fire. The one manufacturer was Yung June and it was the version 1.5, zillions of which are still out there and not catching fire. CCV pulled it from his site. Most of the other sites just sold out of them. We don't know what caused it, the extent of the problem or even whether it was isolated to a particular shipment that CCV happened to get. It's a little early for a blanket condemnation or pre-fact hysteria.
If you have any information about any lesser known manufacturers of the version 1 Lavatube who had their units spontaneously firing or causing a fire hazard, please inform me. I've not heard of any. AFAIK, it was one version from one vendor and one manufacturer.
The version 2, made by J. Lin, has had no such issues, nor has the Lambo, the other "knockoff". BTW, when you make significant changes in the circuitry of something and improve it substantially, it hardly qualifies as a "knockoff" when the word is used in the derogatory sense the way you use it.
When L. Rider starts copying the circuitry of the J. Lin version and calling it the V2, that will be a knockoff.
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I have just ordered a LT from Liberty-flights does anyone know what version they are shipping?
Additional, the reason for my confusion is the Liberty-flights site states the unit is 2.5 and "Stainless, not Chrome", but they also state it has an LCD screen and is not Ego compatable, which does not fit any of the version 1,1.5, or 2 descriptions?
There is a version that looks just like the aluminum ones, with a flat top and bottom. I saw a pic of it the other day but I don't recall who was selling it. It had a shiny stainless steel body where the normal black or colored aluminum body would be.
It was a version 1.
It looked just like this, except shinier, and no "Vtube" or Apollo logo. This one is silver aluminum. The one I saw had the plastic covers on the top and bottom caps with stainless in the middle section. Definitely a version 1
This is the Chrome version 1. It is eGo compatible.
This is the Stainless Version 1. Also eGo compatible
It was a version 1.
It looked just like this, except shinier, and no "Vtube" or Apollo logo. This one is silver aluminum. The one I saw had the plastic covers on the top and bottom caps with stainless in the middle section. Definitely a version 1
This is the Chrome version 1. It is eGo compatible.
This is the Stainless Version 1. Also eGo compatible
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I just saw the LF site in the U.S.. They are asking $60 for the black aluminum tube only. It's a version 1. The Chrome Apollo V-tube is selling for $60 for the full kit with free shipping with the 30% discount code. The stainless one is $73. They are all version 1, but the same tube that costs $60 at LF costs $38 at apollo.
Read through the whole thread......it JUST MIGHT OPEN YOUR EYES.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...s-new-lavatube-3-0-about-hit-4-amp-limit.html
Anything that is a lavatube that ISN'T made by L-Rider is a knock-off.
I have 2 of the Apollo VTube Mini's and they work great. I don't need anything over 2.5 amps as I like to vape - not weld. Vendors aren't doing any of us any favors by not specifying exactly what they are selling - can anyone say "misleading"?
I do think it's a bit bizarre that the people who manufacture LavaTube are being a tad unclear about their versioning. There is a chrome version 1. What are the specs on the version 2? Do we know?
I have a Lavadude and I belive it is the version 3.0 they just dont do a good job updating there product descriptions on that site. the top of it is not flat it has the lambo type shape but my ego c atty cone combos do not thread far enough on to it to fire. it has the atty ohm reader and the little battery power display next to your voltage setting or atty ohm reading.
I also have what they call the version 1.5 from ccv and while the screen is the same the top cap is the flat dimpled one like the original lava tube. I am not certian that the dude is version 3 but after talking to there staff on the phone they assure me that it is. also there is a problem with it as there is with the one from ccv if you turn the power off and hit the fire button it still fires the atty all be it at a very low voltage.
that is what I know hope it helps
I also have what they call the version 1.5 from ccv and while the screen is the same the top cap is the flat dimpled one like the original lava tube. I am not certian that the dude is version 3 but after talking to there staff on the phone they assure me that it is. also there is a problem with it as there is with the one from ccv if you turn the power off and hit the fire button it still fires the atty all be it at a very low voltage.
that is what I know hope it helps
I read that earlier. What's your point? Certain knockoffs had some units with issues powering off. Nothing in that thread contradicts anything in my post. Saying that any non-L.Rider Lavatube is a "fire hazard" is a hysterical over-reaction.
FWIW, 2.5 amps on a 1.5ohm coil is only 3.75 volts. A freshly charged unregulated mod does better than that. Hence all the "why does my lavatube suck with a LR atty/DC carto?" problems.
The problem is that there are three or more manufacturers. Technically speaking, they're ALL version 1 from their respective manufacturers. There really is no version 2. It's a matter of what the amp limit is, or is supposed to be.
The L.Rider is 2.5A
The Uniq is 3.2
The j. lin is supposed to be 4, but it's not clear if it really is.
The Lambo is 2.5, just like the original.
I might have Uniq and J. Lin swapped.
The 3.2A version is referred to as the version 1.5. That's the one with the power-off problem in some units.
The J. Lin is referred to as the ver 2 or 1.5T, depending on who's selling it.
So don't use 1.5ohm DCs. There are 2.5 and 3ohm DCs out there anyway. I use 2.5-3ohms and have no problem.
Funny that the same people who will say their Lavatube sucks with a 1.5ohm DC will argue all day that DC's are wonderful on their 3.4V egos.
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