I don't feel calling the kuwako vulgar and pointless was harsh as I clearly indicated that it was my personal opinion. I place it in the same category as the stick on hood scoop. It has no practical purpose, it is simply an aesthetic add on and one I feel detracts from the original design. I'm sure many disagree, I certainly see enough autozone customization here.
I've seen mods made from actual 'pipes'...metal, pipes. Now to me, that's vulgar. To each his/her own...
If you're referring to the copper mods I have to disagree. They have a pure, functional, industrial look about them. That same look is what drew me to the roughstack for my first mod. And having spent a lot of time with it I still think its quite good looking in an "everything you need, nothing you dont" sort of way. There are many good looking mods, some moreso than others. A mod is in and of itself functional. It is a casing that holds and protects a battery and connects that battery to a switch and a connector. My problem with the kuwako is that its none of the above. Had jaunty built a pipe style ego battery, utilizing the shape to hold larger cells or more advanced electronics then I would happily count myself amongst its proponents. But its simply a piece of plastic that slips over an ego battery, making it needlessly bigger, destroying the unity of line, and providing no real improvement to the vaping experience than making your ego look like a poorly crafted, disproportionate (crack) pipe
