Where is Vaping Technology and Styling going?

[Projectguy]

I've asked these questions on various threads in this forum in different ways so now I'm asking it directly and would like to hear from members on their views on:

1. Technology: Ultimately is there going to be a broad base of technologies from the minimalist PV one button and suck to all the bells and whistles. What are the "way out there" ideas?
2. Style: Will it be consumer driven or imposed by mass production?
3. Market: Will the Zene's of the world survive, grow and evolve or will the Chinese or a "multinational" take over?

I'm sure a lot of you are thinking about government interference. I think its too late form government to stop vaping. Ultimately government faced with the inevitable will try to bring vaping "inside": taxation, regulation, etc. Some of it good but most of it not good.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[therealcmac]

After the week I have had I am just happy to fill the tank and press the button

 

[kingcobra]

Cheaper, smaller, hopefully better Hopefully more options without filler to mute the taste.

 

[water4choc]

It would be nice to get rid of the silica wicking and other materials that may be harmful to health. I would be willing to pay more for something that is high quality, not plastic, and delivers juice without altering the taste.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

A juice injector type system would be killer! When you fire, a pressurized drop of ejuice is sprayed into tiny droplets hitting the coil at the perfect split second! Maybe in 2020?

 

[chagrin]

A juice injector type system would be killer! When you fire, a pressurized drop of ejuice is sprayed into tiny droplets hitting the coil at the perfect split second! Maybe in 2020?

Brilliant .. maybe some day instead of just measuring the ohms of an atomizer, a pv could measure the viscosity of the liquid and figure out how to drip right on to the coil.

And like kingcobra and water4choc, no wick and no filler would be nice. Personally I'd like a 510 auto, tank style set up that worked as good as the nicer pvs, so I could vape like I smoked, in the "look ma no hands" style.

 

[1kshooter]

I loved every idea you folks had!...I as well would like to see a safe material light weight unit that had the power of a LT and the size and weight of no more then say a 100's cig man that would be awesome and auto so like was mentioned you could vape in the same way as we did with the stinkys even if you had a pack deal like cigs and only got an hour of bliss out of a bat/fill and took another pre charged and filled out and onward Mcduff ...pufff pufffff nice!

 

[SloHand]

No fillers for sure. Maybe a cold plasma arc like this.

 

[Spazmelda]

A juice injector type system would be killer! When you fire, a pressurized drop of ejuice is sprayed into tiny droplets hitting the coil at the perfect split second! Maybe in 2020?

Heh, like an inkjet printer!

 

[recidivus]

I would like to see, and am tossing ideas around, for a more communal PV for social tasting and get togethers. Sure I can pull out my dripper and pass it around; but I'd like to see something really designed, ground up, with the social side of vaping in mind.

With that said, I'm trying to figure what I'll need to make one on my own. Still new to this, and not very electronically inclined, but if some neandrethals from the early 1800s can harness electricity, so can I. I have google!

 

[ChellyNelly]

A hookah is your friend, recidivus! I've seen quite a few hookahs re-styled to be vaporizers.

I personally like cartos and don't want polyfill to go anywhere. I also like the large sizes of mods, it'd be nice to have something a tad smaller but I wouldn't want something as small as a cigarette again.

 

[Projectguy]

No fillers for sure. Maybe a cold plasma arc like this.

That's very neat. In current form might need an 18 wheeler to pull you PV around

 

[Projectguy]

A juice injector type system would be killer! When you fire, a pressurized drop of ejuice is sprayed into tiny droplets hitting the coil at the perfect split second! Maybe in 2020?

You never know the technology in Vaping is moving so fast who knows what comes next.

 

[Projectguy]

I would like to see, and am tossing ideas around, for a more communal PV for social tasting and get togethers. Sure I can pull out my dripper and pass it around; but I'd like to see something really designed, ground up, with the social side of vaping in mind.

With that said, I'm trying to figure what I'll need to make one on my own. Still new to this, and not very electronically inclined, but if some neandrethals from the early 1800s can harness electricity, so can I. I have google!

Interesting thoughts.. Technology often ignores or forgets to consider the social drivers.

 

[kingcobra]

Brilliant .. maybe some day instead of just measuring the ohms of an atomizer, a pv could measure the viscosity of the liquid and figure out how to drip right on to the coil.

And like kingcobra and water4choc, no wick and no filler would be nice. Personally I'd like a 510 auto, tank style set up that worked as good as the nicer pvs, so I could vape like I smoked, in the "look ma no hands" style.

Speaking of that, more options that I could hook on my Darwin and close the arm. I do have a gooseneck on order, however all it would take is a 510 to 510 adapter that was Z shaped so you could bring your atty away from the body a bit.

Auto for larger PVs is interesting.

I like the injection idea and was thinking of suggesting that myself only I'm not sure how this would be done. The problem there is that, as you say, you'd have to have something reading the viscosity or you'd get too much or not enough.

Tank cartos that actually came with a big enough hole in it, especially to vape higher VG and darker juices.

A larger 510-t style tank system that actually works well (which doesn't include anything ego style).

 

[fourtytwo]

My thoughts are that, if vaping were to go main stream, the form factor of mods would have to change in many ways.
Our current mods are all built around certain batteries and much too big. Just listen to the comments from those on the new member forum when they ask for advice.
Batteries would have to be integrated and rechargeable like a cell phone.
The most effective juice deliver system will not be feasible as it would be relatively expensive and easy to bugger up. Just look at dishwasher and laundry detergents. People don't want to measure. Instead, a cheap and user friendly system that uses disposable pre-filled parts will dominate.
There will be led lights as people need indicators that the thing is working.
The entire unit will need to be cheap enough to be disposable. Quality of build will come second to cost.

Does any of this sound familiar?

Oh, and the government will tax (at 16 billion percent) all of the consumables.

I believe that there will always be a market for the high end and specialised equipment but it will be niche. The bulk of the real innovation will be in the direction of reducing cost and simple cosmetic changes to the former factor.

 

[Squish]

However PV's evolve, one thing I hope in my heart of hearts is that we don't end up taxed to the 9th degree like cigarettes are. If I pay no extra tax on nicorette and patches, then I should not pay extra tax for ecigs/Eliquid

 

[BuzzKilla]

I think it is already here... it will just be presented differently.

i think the tech will get more complicated, but the end user will have a very simple interface.

MY mechanical mod (Precise +) only has one button.
but contained within is a VW regulator (The Kick).

Set it up, put it together then just vape.
all this tech, but all we do is push one button.

From here on in, it will just get more compact and last longer.

We will always have those who like to tinker, and those who just want to vape. Rebuildable-tank users and carto users respecively.

But i see displays and dials as a novelty.

I think that batteries will eventually come with mAh and watt rating as options. In the same way that cartos come in an ohm rating and ml cappacity.

 

[Toronto_Mike]

Heh, like an inkjet printer!

Exactly! but with an adjustable "wheel" to open/close the jet head - as some liquids are thicker than others. The jet head would also need to be accessible for cleaning. We don't want clogged heads - ever own a Kodak printer?

 

[Toronto_Mike]

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