Has anyone seen The BOLT......looks like a copy of the SB to me but not as nice.....
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I have not seen it but, I doubt it is as well designed, built or supported as the Silver Bullet.
You can never copy the professionalism, the customer service or that "part of the family" feeling you get from dealing with AltSmoke.
You can never copy the professionalism, the customer service or that "part of the family" feeling you get from dealing with AltSmoke.
Yah I seen it to, the manufacture tried to keep me from seing it when they first released word of it. I look at it this way, they seen how popular the SB was a decided to make something to it's likeness. Not much I can do about it though, it sucks, but there is still a strong desire for USA made products
I wouldn't worry, the Bolt is not as well made as the SB. It is cheap, and if you read the reviews on the various vendors sites, falls apart fairly rapidly. It should be flattering that they tried though.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - if anything seeing the Bolt is what drove me to buy my first Silver Bullet, especially considering that the price difference is not that significant, but the quality and craftsmanship is vastly superior on the SB. One of the best vaping decision I've ever made was to buy a SB.
SB's performance is in a totally different league aswell, not to mention i got one that's 2 years and 5 months old, so durability of these units has long been proven.
Same here. The bolt came out right about the time I was looking for my first mod. Just didn't trust it. But $$ was tight so I almost went for it. More importantly all the raving on the quality build of the SB, I got the SB. One of the best decisions I ever made!
Love my SB!!!
Love my SB!!!
Yah I seen it to, the manufacture tried to keep me from seing it when they first released word of it. I look at it this way, they seen how popular the SB was a decided to make something to it's likeness. Not much I can do about it though, it sucks, but there is still a strong desire for USA made products
The amount of straight-on dead-bang copies is increasing rapidly, I have seen it with some of the other mods I own (woohoo, just scored a DBSB!!!
) and the sad fact is not only is it not compensating the designer but its always a POS, too......
It's a shame but it's happening to every mod/accessory maker. Just look @ how the Chinese blatantly ripped off the Cherry Vape drip tips, or the Empire drip shields. A lot of people don't seem to consider the tremendous amount of work and money that went into the design and manufacturing of these devices, and instead of encouraging these great innovators they go out and buy a cheaply made replica which doesn't do any justice to the original and then complain when it breaks or performs poorly.
In an industry in which most vendors are mom & pop shops I personally prefer to pay the extra few dollars to encourage the small guy rather than the Chinese conglomerate mass producing cheap knockoffs.
In an industry in which most vendors are mom & pop shops I personally prefer to pay the extra few dollars to encourage the small guy rather than the Chinese conglomerate mass producing cheap knockoffs.
The SB is definately mom and pop. I'm mom and cddz is pop lol That's all we have, unless you count the machinist and powder coater. Thats it
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