I agree with the OP in the sense that I think many/most mods are ugly. I disagree that the vea is nice looking - but to each his/her own. I think there are a few reasons why . . .batteries, for one, are the shape and size they are. There are a billion tube mods out there because the batteries we use happen to be cylindrical. Your only other choice is to use a container larger than the battery so you can make it any shape you want . .but then it's bigger than it needs to be which is a bummer, too. The e-cig is just emerging from it's infancy, today's pvs are only a few steps away from re-purposed flashlights relative to where they could be heading.
All my mods are ugly, though . .and/or huge. Nemesis . .ugly. Magneto . .ugly and huge. Microstick .. ugly. Ego twist . .ugly. All of it ugly and tacky and gaudy and just entirely too big. But I got to have my performance over all. There is no point to a pretty vaporizer that doesn't give a good vape . .not that I've really seen a pretty vaporizer. Now that I think of it . .I really think every e-cig ever made is just ugly as ..... What the f is the Hanna V3? It looks like a freaking military grade garage door opener. Would love to have one, though . . .