What Mod did you buy and then immediately regret

[R. Scott Kennan]

I was going to make a joke about regretting not buying two Provaris, but one is enough for me for now.

What I really regret is dropping $100+ a few years ago, on a shiny looking automatic switch device that came with two black batteries that were as thin as a cigarette, and prefilled cartomizers with proprietary connectors that you could only get from the vendor of the device. I wish I remembered the name of it, but it looked really slick online. It wasn't a blu, but I'm almost positive it had a blue LED on the end of each battery. It was my first encounter with vaping. I think it was a Chinese device distributed from a European site.

Back then $100 was a whole lot of money for me, and I blew my whole cigarette budget on the blind faith that as the website said, each cartomizer was worth a carton of cigarettes, and that it would perfectly replace smoking in a safe way.

The day I got it, one of the batteries crapped out, so I'd have to wait to vape for about 4 hours while the other one charged. I was stuck in that situation until I could afford cigarettes again.

Long story short, it didn't work out for me, and it turned me off from vaping for years. It was really an accident that I tried it again at all. If only I had gotten a decent device back then, I might not have gone so many years smoking.

I wasn't as heavy of a smoker back then, so I might not have even needed WTA like I do now.

That device is my big vaping regret.

 

[hendrixjp]

Innokin SVD and it's wonderful firing button issues

 

[Cliven]

Vamo v4..........

 

[ppeeble]

12 generic eGo batteries and 50 generic c4 clearomisers from a Chinese site. The batteries wouldn't charge after a couple of uses and the resistance of the clearos ranged from 2.5-8.0 ohm.
Ahh those were the days !

 

[Dampmaskin]

There is only one mod that I regretted buying almost immediately: Vamo V5. I already owned a Provari, so the Vamo did not see much use. Still the up/down buttons started drooping after a few weeks, and occasionally it turned itself off for no reason. Luckily I found a buyer (who was made aware of its shortcomings before she bought it).

 

[p7willm]

When I went to my local vape shop for my second mod the people working in the store said MVP and I said the hammer looked so cool. I have since decided it is better to vape well than look cool.

 

[granolaboy]

FT Nemesis clone. Button died in a week. Did the magnet upgrade, works okay, still a waste of money.

FT M16 clone. Stripped the 510 connector in a couple of days. (MODERATED)

Desire ecig GP Paps clone. Was awesome for about a week. Button gets hotter than the coil. Now it's garbage.

 

[Pclarity]

Eh, if we're gonna talk beginner stuff, my Inferno was utterly useless. But I don't regret it. It got me into vaping.

 

[K_Tech]

Just mods? Then three.

Vamo V3 - 510 threading stank out of the box. Everything wobbled on it, and they completely stripped a month later. However, I spent $6 on a replacement SS top cap, and it's been going strong since then.

Panzer (original). The threading between two of the body tubes was BAD. For what we pay for originals, they should not require TLC out of the box. I polished them up a bit myself, and they're much better now, but they should have been much better from the start.

FT Origin clone. Bad threading. Flimsy materials (It feels like I could crush it like a soda can). And the locking ring is just a tiny bit smaller in diameter than the button, which makes locking and unlocking it a total pain.

 

[KY_Rob]

Innokin SVD and (hold on to your hats) an authentic Nemesis (VW Edition).

I already had a Provari when I got the SVD. I used the SVD for all of 60 minutes, unscrewed my Carto tank, removed the battery, and put it back in box, where it sat for 2 months until I sold it. The wonky fire button and rattlesnake vapor hiss just about drove me nuts.

The Nemesis was my second mech (never have been a big mech fan...had to learn the hard way). The fine threading on every connection damned near drove me batty! Felt like it took forever to lock/unlock it.

 

[delinx32]

ITaste VV. First one dead out of the box, replacement died a week later, replacement for the replacement is black and sparkly and works like crap.

 

[proudrookie]

Innokin Coolfire and iTaste 134.

I was over coolfire by the end of the first day using it, and the iTaste 134 remains untouched in my cabinet for almost two months.

 

[lucky_x16]

Innokin Coolfire and iTaste 134.

I was over coolfire by the end of the first day using it, and the iTaste 134 remains untouched in my cabinet for almost two months.

What's wrong with the 134?

Mine is my second MVP 2.0. sinking pin syndrome. Caught it on second day did not want to mess with replacing the O-ring under the pin so I sent it back to have it repaired/replaced under warranty. Thin is, I have the 1/4" Viton O-rings on hand, it just peeved me off.

 

[duc916]

Private V2 clone by EHPro. Right out of the box it burnt my finger. No amount of polishing the cap, body or switch fixed the problem. Avoid at all costs.

 

[pancing]

Pegasus non engraved, from random ebay person, its a raggedy piece, the button is finnicky and the top pin constantly falls off.

 

[Lexx]

Caravella. Beautifully made, solidly build, non adjustable brass paperweight.

 

[Rule62]

The only one that comes to mind, for me, is the EA. I bought one fairly early on in my collecting career. For a telescope mod, it's huge and heavy. The side button switch is difficult to disassemble. All in all, not a bad mod, but certainly not worth the original price of $190.

 

[The Cloud Minder]

The IPV3.

Now I love my IPV2, the IPV3 not so much. In retrospect, I'd rather have another IPV2 and the extra $50 bucks. In fact, I'd just rather have the other IPV2 and to Hell with the extra $50 as a lesson learned.

 

[PLANofMAN]

eGo's, all six of them. Two Vamos. Cloupor ZNA 50 watt. What a hunk of junk., luckily, FastTech let me return it.

The Robbot ZNA is also a regret. It's such a good clone I decided I needed an original one too. Just purchased an authentic today, actually.

I also regret buying the GP PAPS clones. Not only did they spoil me for other mechs, but also led me to spend way more money buying authentic Vapourart stuff.

 

[Brandon David]

I have to go with my starter kit I bought early in the year. $25 got the kit. Then 4x$10 for extra batteries/replacements for ones that died, $2 for an extra charger for work/jeep and 3x$8 for t3s and later t3d tanks. That's $100 that I could have to put towards a sigelei 100.

I can't say I regret any of it due to being off cigs because of the intro to vaping, but I thought vaping was new and didn't think to practice a bit of Google-fu and would've found ecf a lot sooner thus upgrading earlier and wasting less on a crap kit.