where does the ecig names come from?

[Stephanie Page]

I'm a newbie in e-cig, just started vaping. It feels so good.
a big question for me now is how can i choose the e-cig among those strange names?

I originally choose according to their fancy designs, like pipe, violin, perfect for ladies
i also heard/saw a lot talking about clone, chi you, kanger, provari, galileo, megneto, kamry, etc. Where are there names come from? Are they patented? Are these names universal? How can i know these? (chi you is Korean design, i know this....)

can anyone give me some guidance on this?

thanks!

 

[skw12488]

When talking about ecigs most people refer to the actual name of the company that makes the specific model or the actual model name. If you are talking about mechanical mods (which is the battery part) most people refer to the model. For example nemesis, origin, hammer, chi you, king, etc. When someone says clone they are saying that they have said model made by a different company. For example the Nemesis mod is made originally by Atmomixani but companies like fasttech and hcigar made replicas at a fraction of the cost.

 

[skw12488]

Same thing goes for tanks, atomizers, and cartomizers. Most people refer to them by the model name. For example Kracken, Patriot, Kayfun, Igo-w, Protank, etc. Same rule applies, many companies replicate these and sell them at a cheaper price but the same name. Some of them will change the name slightly so you know its a clone. Krackwn clone - Chikrack; Patriot clone - Chi-triot; ect.
With the vaping community growing at an exponential rate, the clone companies are taking over. Original makers (atmomixani, kato, etc) generally only make limited runs of their product and then the other companies step in and make 1:1 replicas and mass produce them in order to keep up with the growing demand for new hardware.

Hope this helps at least a little!

 

[revco]

Like was said, they're referring to a specific model of a given device. In many cases, like those you mention, the actual model is a fairly expensive, limited production run device that is made. Commonly, we see clones of these original devices coming out of China that are more or less replicas of the original device that are typically sold at a much lower price point. The replicas can be nearly identical to the original, but in some cases, there are manufacturing differences as well...and it could probably be universally said that the clones don't typically see as much quality control as the originals.

Anyway, hope that helps. By the way, most of what you were referring to are mechs. In the APV world, it's much more common to have a manufacturer and a model. An example might be Innokin (manufacturer) and MVP (model).

 

[Stephanie Page]

thanks very much for this!
very helpful!