What company is the counterfitter?

[OrangeBlood]

I've seen & used the ego tank, the Janty Jet, the Joye tank, and the totally wicked tornado.


Someone is a lying cheat because all of these are the same.

I own a Janty Jet, and they claim that everyone has copied them. I like them, I think they've been honest and forthcoming with me, so I'm inclined to believe them unless someone else has evidence to the contrary.

Thx!

 

[dormouse]

I think Janty and Joye are identical - I think Janty designed Ego models and Joye (Joyetech of China) manufacturers it for both of them.

Any "named" thing that looks like Ego-T may or may not be a clone. Some are just rebranded Joye. Some are rebranded clones (or parts may be mixed - some real and some clone).

I know the atty of the 510 I got at TW looked like a clone (messier slimmer bridge, not neat like a Joye atty)

If you want to buy something different - Gotvapes has a 3-stage Ego clone battery - 5-clicks go from 3.2v to 3.7 to 4.2 (heard it was more like 3.9)

Or get a 3.7v mod box or juice feeder mod box (visit Buying & Selling... Mods and Accessories). Uses cheap batteries (use protected or AW IMR only) and they usually have an on/off switch (great for pocketing). Check out the Classifieds too - I saw some Reo grands in there and other stuff.

Or browse the ecig mods database which also includes some alternate juice-feeding addons

http://www.ecigarette-mods.com/

 

[DaBatMan]

I'm still a newbie myself but I believe Janty was the first to come out with the eGo and pretty soon other manufaturers offered their versions of it. All based on the eGo as I'm sure it was a marketing ploy to take advantage of the "household name" so to speak.

 

[Bdbodger]

I ordered an ego once and what I got was a Kgo . Soft rubber button and not the hard concave button you find on the joye egos . It was ok but stopped working the first time I dropped it .

 

[dormouse]

If something is not called "Joye" or "Janty" but is called Ego, then it is usually a clone that is just close to Ego shape and function. Joye and Janty are the real thing, as are some rebranded ones that don't use the word Ego at all.

 

[Uma]

Mik at Janty invented the eGo with the cone, the original eGo. Janty Mik created it, Joye manufactures it. There are legitimate eGo's out there by different vendors now, but Janty still holds the best guarantee/warrantee that I know of. (it's been a long time since purchasing or researching, I'm probably outdating myself lol). The Joye eGo's are sold by many vendors with just as many "logos".

Then there are the "clones". They're not made by Joye, they are made entirely by different companies. Some are actually quite okay. (Riva for instance). Some are not so okay. (tinny, falls apart, thin, short life, bad threads, just overall bad product).

A purchaser really has to do their homework nowadays. It's not easy. I recommend buying your very first from the company themself ... Janty... because well, you KNOW it's original and you KNOW it has a warranty and you KNOW you can rest assured you can leisurly vape for a good 6 months while doing your backup kit research. Your Joye research. Your clone research. That's just to make it easier. I know there are lists of qualified downright righteous classic eGo vendors out there... but I don't have it on me and Janty is the only one that I do KNOW and fully trust (to date). (but there really are lots of honest Joye vendors out there. List!! we need list!!!)

I also like buying my Cisco's from Cisco, my Reo's from Reo's (or a close friend of Robs)... my Silver Bullet from Altsmoke ... my Boba's Bounty from AveJuice ....

 

[Chrissie]

Just to add that Totally Wicked's Tornado is a rebranded ego.

 

[cubanjinx]

So what would you consider a "Mega T-Rex"? Since they say it is the latest eGo class model.

 

[dormouse]

T-Rex is a different style. I consider it different. I also consider the 3-voltage (clone I imagine) "Ego" 3-stage at Gotvapes to be different. And something like E-power is different - looks similar not Ego but has user-replaceable inexpensive industrial-type protected batteries in it.

 

[r77r7r]

interesting read--

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/totally-wicked-e-liquid/100865-warning-fake-ego-tornado.html

 

[Warlordxxx]

interesting read--

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/totally-wicked-e-liquid/100865-warning-fake-ego-tornado.html

Except that it's now a year later and multiple companies are now manufacturing an "eGo" apparently with no care or concern of being shut down or sued by Joye (or Janty) some are of course possibly have a deal to make an eGo and even use the name - others however don't seem to have had any issues making and selling "eGo's" for the last year

 

[Chrissie]

Then again .......

... Joye battery in a Riva -

eGo Vs. Riva: Are the batteries the really Same? - YouTube