What is so great about a Provari?

[The Ocelot]

The Provari does have it's drawbacks. It's electronics are great for smooth vapes. Ok. They are bad for speed of display/changing settings. Let me elaborate with one example:

Powering On from being turned Off:

Vamo: hit fire button 5x fast. vape

Provari: Hit fire button 9x, wait for display to read Po then Of. Hit fire button once again to change Of to On, wait for LED to go out. vape.

I have to turn the Vamo off, since more than once the adjust buttons have activated just by the weight of the device itself. I picked it up to take a vape and it had climbed up to 10 watts on it own. I never turn my ProVari off. I know I should when I put it my purse, but I always forget.

 

[denali_41]

well that having to click the single button several times to change anything also has a positive side to it,,it won't just change when in your pocket


perhaps i missed it ?? but i haven't see anybody complaining about the single button feature,the trolls use to use that as the main reason the provari wasn't worth buying ....

 

[The Ocelot]

Based on what I have read thus far, I am still not convinced to spend 200 dollars on a black provari mini which is what I am looking to buy with a black extension. That comes to about 200.

There must be one factor above all else that separates this mod from the others...I am not reading that here. I can buy many mods for about a hundred that can do the same thing. Also, why do I keep reading about the Provari haters. who are these people and why would they hate a mod and the people who own them. Seems strange to me?

If you already have a charger, and perhaps batteries, you won't pay that much. You can also look for batteries and a charger on sale somewhere else. I have never paid $200 for a ProVari from ProVape.

You might consider getting verified and browsing the classifieds. I picked up a black mini 2.5 with a green LED and a battery for $160. It's in perfect condition.

ETA: I edited my post when I remembered that I did pay over $200 for a ProVari Stealth, but it's a special edition and not sold by ProVape.

 

[eda123]

Based on what I have read thus far, I am still not convinced to spend 200 dollars on a black provari mini which is what I am looking to buy with a black extension. That comes to about 200.

There must be one factor above all else that separates this mod from the others...I am not reading that here. I can buy many mods for about a hundred that can do the same thing. Also, why do I keep reading about the Provari haters. who are these people and why would they hate a mod and the people who own them. Seems strange to me?

Well, as with any high end, high quality, USA made item, it's going to cost more. Prohibitively so for many. Provape stated their margins are not big, they aren't pocketing a truckload of cash with each sale.

If you want a low priced product, it's a zero sum game. You are NOT getting the same quality for a mod you can buy for $40. That $40 pays for Chinese labor which is more concerned with cost and speed versus quality. And you simple can't get high quality material and tooling to make a $40 mod either. Think about it. They pay for materials, manufacturing, assembly, testing, labor, advertising, marketing, shipping to the USA, dealer overhead, distributor overhead.... And still make a profit? You are getting a piece of junk, it's simple. Will it vape well? Maybe. But I don't like buying junk.

Then, there is the warranty... That also costs time and money for provape.


In the end it boils down to:

If you want an extremely high quality, solid, rugged, attractive, dependable mod with warranty.. which gives an amazingly consistent vape during its life, provari is for you.

If you want cheap, maybe a throwaway device when it breaks, which doesn't truly give the voltage it tells you on the LCD, you should consider another. Same with VW... If you can't bear to have VV to achieve the same end goal with your vape, consider something other than the provari.


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[EddardinWinter]

Based on what I have read thus far, I am still not convinced to spend 200 dollars on a black provari mini which is what I am looking to buy with a black extension. That comes to about 200.

There must be one factor above all else that separates this mod from the others...I am not reading that here. I can buy many mods for about a hundred that can do the same thing. Also, why do I keep reading about the Provari haters. who are these people and why would they hate a mod and the people who own them. Seems strange to me?

What mod can you buy for $100 that:

-Comes with a 1 year warranty.
-Is backed by a company proven to be the best service in the industry
-Is accurate with output voltage by +/-1%
-Does not suffer voltage drop off as the battery life wanes
-Is fashioned with premium steel, head to toe, so that nonsense like threads wearing out just don't happen

Please tell me who this manufacturer is. I will recommend them without hesitation.

The ProVari is expensive. The cost of the ProVari is so prohibitive that I have only purchased four.

 

[SirSteve]

I don't know if I'll ever get up to four ProVari's, but I salute you. Wishing you the best in the New Year.

 

[exnihilo]

Mine's on its way, I'll let you know! I'm happy with my cheaper devices. I'll probably be ecstatic with the Provari.

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[DPLongo22]

I, for one, have come to prefer the single button. About the only thing I'd change is that I'd PREFER (far from "require") to have the Power On/Off as the first option instead of the third. But there's a potential downside to THAT too, so I'm not complaining about it.

Like Eddard before me, four reside here too. Two for me, two for wife. If all others fail, these will still be here. For that comfort alone they were worth every penny spent.

But you know what they say about opinions, and mine is far from the exception.


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[EddardinWinter]

I, for one, have come to prefer the single button. About the only thing I'd change is that I'd PREFER (far from "require") to have the Power On/Off as the first option instead of the third. But there's a potential downside to THAT too, so I'm not complaining about it.

Like Eddard before me, four reside here too. Two for me, two for wife. If all others fail, these will still be here. For that comfort alone they were worth every penny spent.

But you know what they say about opinions, and mine is far from the exception.


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Well I have purchased four, I only kept three of them. I have no wife, so I am using three for myself. Two with KFLs, one with an IGO-T. I find this is a nice balance for me.

One was a Christmas gift this year.

 

[Moonswanni]

The "ProVari is expensive" argument doesn't faze me because I spent $200.00 a month on cigarettes. As they say, everything is relative.

Technically the Provari is $179.00 USD, but most people will need two batteries and a charger which cost more than $200.00. Also, most minis are now $179.00 depending on the color.

I have an MVP and a Zmax (my vape shop called it a Provari clone) but I'm not really satisfied with either. So if I buy another mod it will be a Provari. I wish I would have gone from an Ego to a Provari, but if I did, I would always wondered about the cheaper alternatives. In other words you can't win.

 

[Vicshalls]

I only have one and for now that is fine. I love it and would not trade it for anything. I cant afford to buy things more than once. I could have gotten any other mod and spent less, but how long would it have lasted? from reading other threads here people have problems with the others. Ya they work and they do what they are supposed to, but for how long. You drop it and it breaks then you have to get another one. Just yesterday i was sitting on my couch and had my provari next to me. I went to get up and took the blanket i had on me and slung it off not even thinking that my provari was laying on the blanket. Next thing i knew it was flying across my house. Ran over to pick it up and not a scratch. I dont have carpet i have tile so it was not a soft landing. Everything worked just fine. I have read where others have done that with a SID or Evic or other mods and then they had to sit there and try and put it back together. Even if i had busted it i could have sent it back to provape and they would have fixed it and sent it back like new. Things like that should be our answer. Look on this forum and see how many people dont like their provari or have some kind of issue with it and then look at the forums on the other mods and see what they say. That is all it took for me. Ya it may be expensive but you always get what you pay for in the end.

 

[DPLongo22]

The "ProVari is expensive" argument doesn't faze me because I spent $200.00 a month on cigarettes. As they say, everything is relative.

Technically the Provari is $179.00 USD, but most people will need two batteries and a charger which cost more than $200.00. Also, most minis are now $179.00 depending on the color.

I have an MVP and a Zmax (my vape shop called it a Provari clone) but I'm not really satisfied with either. So if I buy another mod it will be a Provari. I wish I would have gone from an Ego to a Provari, but if I did, I would always wondered about the cheaper alternatives. In other words you can't win.

Eh! What fun are easy wins anyway? The point of a journey is not to arrive.

 

[Moonswanni]

Eh! What fun are easy wins anyway? The point of a journey is not to arrive.

LOL. Very true. I always had an issue with the phrase "its the journey not the destination". It still amazes me that it has been six months since I quit smoking. Fun things happen when you forget about the destination.

 

[zapped]

14 months now without even a puff off of a cigarette. I contribute at least part of that success to owning a Provari because its rock solid, not having failed me once with constant use, and because its dependable. Every time I push that button I get the same hit from a fully charged battery to one thats almost completely dead.

I smoked 2 packs a day for 25 years and never thought I would be able to quit. Why would anyone trust something as important as that to a cheap device thats probably going to fail them at the worst possible moment and cause them to go back to smoking?

My Provari will in all likelihood still be working fine a couple of years from now and I'll have a rock-solid, American made mod that I can be proud of instead of a trashcan full of mods that dont work or need fixing. I see that as just tossing money in the trash.

For me, it was a no-brainer.

 

[DPLongo22]

I just realized I had left a fairly well-known member's name here, and I also added the aforementioned picture. My apologies to BOTH friends for the oversight.

A very dear friend, and VERY experienced (and high-end) vaper, asked me the following question - just the other day:

OK, so, I've taken some liberties here, but have consciously removed her name from the equation. If SHE chooses to step in and speak, that must be her choice. I doubt she'll even see this thread, but it's not impossible.

Please also note that all other mods mentioned are NOT being spoken of with ANY ill-will. All are enjoyed, some VERY MUCH, by me and my family. Everything, as they say, remains relative. And where Provari is concerned, at least in my opinion, most options still remain "equal-to-or-lower-than", conservatively speaking.

For whatever it's worth, read it as you will.

<HER>

I give up! Just what's so WONDERFUL about a Provari anyway? When people see all my "stuff" I always hear ... You don't have a Provari???? (<OOOPS, name redacted> comes to mind as one of em!). So I have a couple tanks that I use on my DNA & Nivel Stealth's. What's the difference? Really?

<Me (edited for relative brevity, believe it or not)>:

On Provari. Performance-wise, when compared to the things WE are using, really not much difference (if any) at all. Quality wise though, I still feel its ONE OF the best things out there. While the EPM matches it in some regards (stainless steel, for one), it still isn't conducive to the easy-maintenance that Provape so wisely built into the unit. A long cotton swab and some 99% alcohol makes the thing perform like new.

I use mine daily, but it doesn't travel with me any longer. The length has now become unattractive to me (for travels). As you will see (in the pic at the bottom of this message) even the DUAL 18650 EPM actually consumes less height.

For me, Provari is my safety net. I've got four and I'd never sell any of them. If everything else fails, I know it will always be there for me. There's also something to holding one, that's very difficult to describe. The it's a very real "intangible" - and I saw it again yesterday when Dan got his. And he's no stranger to good mods. He's been using a BuzzPro for almost two years, and a Hana for the past 6-7 months. I have his Hana now, as it must be sent in for service.

Which brings me to one discernible difference. The DNA's DO NOT LIKE to be dropped. He dropped his, not even far or hard, but it killed the board. My Provaris have "THWACKED" down so many times that I can't even count. Sherry will also regularly knock her's off the nightstand. Dust it off, take a vape. All the time, every time.

I didn't get him a new Provari, because we put a $150 limit on gifts. I found a used one from Hawaii, that you would NEVER know was used. I paid $125, which included the extension cap. If I hadn't found it, he wouldn't have gotten it. He was saving for one anyway, because he grew tired of stuff not being totally reliable. He also has a SVD and a Tesla - but there's NO comparison (I've had both).

So would I say that you MUST get one? Absolutely not. Two years ago, when I got mine, yes - there WAS a difference. Today though? Meh. Do I think you'd recognize the quality and appreciate it? Yes, I do. Someone with YOUR experience would recognize it immediately.

 

[The Ocelot]

..In other words you can't win.

You already did. It doesn't matter what mod you use, you stopped smoking.

 

[DPLongo22]

You already did. It doesn't matter what mod you use, you stopped smoking.

Wonderfully put, TO.

And your pictures CONTINUE to CRACK ME UP.

So, THANKS!

 

[Krint]

I bought my mini about a month ago out of desperation. I had been vaping for 3 months and went through 6 mods all of them had firing issues or thread issues and lasted less then a month.
I read about how sturdy the provari was and how long they last with no issues, was skeptical so I went to a B&m and told them my problems with other mods. He bypassed all the high end Chinese mods and said your only choice would be a provari. He said I have only heard of one needing replacement and that is cause they left it on their car and ran over it.
Since I have gotten it no problems yet and the vape is far superior to any other mod I had used. Plus I have the comfort of the warranty to fix the mod if there ever is a problem.
Yes it was more than I wanted to spend but in 3 months of vaping I had spent twice that and almost went back to analogs cause I was left without a mod or backup.


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[olderthandirt]

I really hate hate hate threads like this.

Wanted an 18650 device.
Wanted one that had VV.
Wanted a reasonable level of quality for dollar spent.

Bought an Evic. Right.

Shoulda got a Provari instead.

 

[Moonswanni]

I had been vaping for 3 months and went through 6 mods all of them had firing issues or thread issues and lasted less then a month.

This is the issue I'm having with my Zmax. I can also tell how "old" the battery is by the vape. My MVP is more consistent but I don't like the form factor. I need to get off this forum before I buy a white mini. LOL ...... Bye