http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...e-me-your-best-pitch-line-36.html#post4472278
Link shows the photo of the Metal Proto VVPV for "EVAL" ... take a look.
My impression:
OMG Whoa baby! First impression is wow; this VVPV in its metal form, after seeing it all tore up in plastic is like witnessing magic. I know it's a whole new unit, from the ground up, and super impressive Mike.
If this is what the production units are going to be like as far as materials, I will go on, but if this is just a mock-up and to be done in something different then I'd better tone it down, because it is some kind of metal (aluminum body, brass top and bottom plates, thick domed brass connector mount) a full 2mm thick!!! Light enough, but thicker than a Reo and more like the Provari solid (even more maybe).
Yep double the thickness of the Buzz Pro.
- Necessary? ... an improvement? I'd leave that up to the engineers to decide, but for me.... I love the solid feel. It's only a tad more than 2" wide, 3" high, and 3/4" thick... Nice small profile; but very solid feel.
Flawless contours and fit. +1 on the machining work.
The juice-bottle side door slides out from the top with a fingernail; smooth. Angle out from the top, and a little tick of a bump at the bottom which fits into a hole (notch) on the inside of the bottom brass plate.
Has a 1/8" wide, 1 1/2" high open sight window to see the bottle from the bottom. It's a little dark in there as this is a Black unit, so unless it had an LED somehow shining on the bottle from inside, not much gauging how much juice is going on there.
On/Off switch on the back upper center. A real sliding on/off switch! +1
Raised LED bubble light is red when on (charged) and blue when firing. +1
VVPV came charged. I don't know if there is a warning or anything for low power source.
LED bubble is situated near to the famous
little firing button on one side.... Does it get in the way of firing? ...not a problem really, when you press the button, it doesn't go all the way down to the top of the bubble so a non-issue. +1
VV dial adjuster is a mm or two smaller than the BuzzPro slot and dial is a little smaller too. Still doable as i have my uke playing fingernails. In current orientation, dial not sticking up much, a finger tip will do it but hard to gauge.
*One worry; if you get leaks from atty you may get juice in the dial slot.
Voltage Metered: lowest setting 3.55v, to Green: 3.61v ... Yellow: 3.80 .... Red: 4.8 Clocked 6.4 at highest tick. (6.4v !!!)
Proto VVPV came with an awesome looking raised brass dome connector; 901. I was hoping it was a drip well, but doesn’t look like it . For some reason there is an o-ring at the bottom of the threads..
Mike included a couple 901 to 510 adapters and an extra “Dripper” setup which includes a glass bottle. The Dripper is a pump style top button (like those soap dispensers, but much smaller of course; I’d say about 6 ml.)
The pump button is on the opposite side of the connector on the brass top plate, and pops up through a hole. I was pleasantly surprised that 2 pumps brings one nice drip, and a third press brings your second drip. My juice is around 60% VG, sometimes more, so control is good there.
*The proto unit has the tube fitted into a hole on the base of a plastic 510/901 atty whistle tip cap and the tube is aimed down to the atty coil. Perfect.
Other than a drip well, another thing I would hope for is a delrin fitting so you can put you own drip tip.
I’m prejudiced; nothing like dripping. It’s better than bottom feeding or a carto or a tank (because you get the same every time) and this VVPV settles it for me; a TOP FEEDER that works!
First on the market; go to the head of the class. +1
There is nothing better imo than a fresh new DSE SR 901 atty (2.8 Ohm) on a kick ... regulated VV. Anywhere from 3.5 to 4.2 volts on a fresh one, is like vapin Heaven. Kick it up if you like as the atty gets worn in.
I've only had it in use a couple hours and it works as good as it looks. As soon as i saw it i knew it would. I'd love to buy this right now ... heheh.
I'll keep it for the weekend and pass it to Gramakitty. We'll see a few things about the charger etc. but wow Mike, really ....
DIBS on one ! serious.