Why do you think e-cigs are getting bigger?

[skyfire322]

I remember about three years ago when I bought my first one (the Blu *cringes*) and it was the size of a normal cigarette. I was at a party this past weekend, and two of my friends had some that were about the size of a 2D cell Maglite! It gave off huge amounts of vapor, but the first thought that came to mind was "Holy crap."


I'm curious as to why they are getting to that size. Is it better battery life or something?

 

[drewspuppet]

I don't like the super huge vape setups. I smoke in public, nic mixtures only and I just feel weird with a flashlight size device. I think people appreciate more quality vape smoke and flavors that have been developed, so that is one reason.
I use T3s with a smoktech 650 winder... Nice and small enough with good vape

 

[Griff.J]

Longevity.

 

[edyle]

I remember about three years ago when I bought my first one (the Blu *cringes*) and it was the size of a normal cigarette. I was at a party this past weekend, and two of my friends had some that were about the size of a 2D cell Maglite! It gave off huge amounts of vapor, but the first thought that came to mind was "Holy crap."


I'm curious as to why they are getting to that size. Is it better battery life or something?

Cost.

The big cost is the battery.

 

[eratikmind]

More power . . . aargh, aargh, aargh.

 

[Ashmo]

Clouudddddssss serious battery life and durability
Fun as well ;-)

 

[JCSMOE]

Mods like those are interesting and are somewhat for the vaping connoisseur. They are for the most part rebuildable and like the name, modifiable to have more power, with the increased power there is a need to have a lower nic level as there is so much vapor being produced, .06% or 6mg even .03% or 3mg liquid is used for these.
If you don't want to tinker with your ecig then you probably don't want one of these devices. The standard ecig has a bunch of built in safety features that don't allow you to over exert the batteries, mods usually don't have these computerized safety features and have been known to allow the lithium batteries to go into thermal runaway. For those not in the know, thermal runaway can cause the ecig to explode. A mod system requires the user to pay attention to the entire device from atomizer to battery charge levels and battery cycles(number of charge discharge cycles). Mods are impressive to look at and see in action but for my comfort I tend to stay with the cpu controlled devices.

 

[skyfire322]

Longevity.

I can definitely understand that. Every starter kit that I've purchased were the cheap ones, and they all lasted about the same amount of time, which was about a month or so. Ultimately, it lead me back to smoking too.

 

[Griff.J]

I can definitely understand that. Every starter kit that I've purchased were the cheap ones, and they all lasted about the same amount of time, which was about a month or so. Ultimately, it lead me back to smoking too.

I was learning more towards the fact that an 18650 battery mod with a 5ml tank atomizer can last you all day (assuming you're not sub-ohm vaping). No charging, No refilling, No need to carry around spare batteries etc. I fill my tank and pop in a fresh battery before I leave for work and it's usually good until bed time.

 

[VannyPak]

Longevity.

This is the truth.

 

[edyle]

I can definitely understand that. Every starter kit that I've purchased were the cheap ones, and they all lasted about the same amount of time, which was about a month or so. Ultimately, it lead me back to smoking too.

Why?
A cig lasts 5 minutes, so if an ecig lasts a month. So it's not longevity; it is cost.
The small ecigs didn't last long enough for the cost compared to regular cigs.

 

[Kaezziel]

Like Eratikmind said... More Power!!
Go ahead and try to get 100W out of a Blu.... pics and vids or it didn't happen!

 

[Grimwald]

IMO battery life is the reason...other than the occasional vaper who just needs to look bigger and badder.

But I think the trend may be toward smaller devices. Every device maker who introduces a maxi eventually follows it up with a mini. As technology improves and vaping is demonized, small and stealthy may become more of the norm.

I'm old enough to remember my first cellphone which came with a leather bag with a shoulder strap. Huge thing that was. Anyone remember 7" floppy disks? Eight track tapes? Technology usually leads toward smaller.

 

[twgbonehead]

IMO battery life is the reason...other than the occasional vaper who just needs to look bigger and badder.

But I think the trend may be toward smaller devices. Every device maker who introduces a maxi eventually follows it up with a mini. As technology improves and vaping is demonized, small and stealthy may become more of the norm.

I'm old enough to remember my first cellphone which came with a leather bag with a shoulder strap. Huge thing that was. Anyone remember 7" floppy disks? Eight track tapes? Technology usually leads toward smaller.

I think they were 8" floppies. Still smaller than a laser-disk, though! ;-)

 

[drewspuppet]

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But I think the trend may be toward smaller devices. Every device maker who introduces a maxi eventually follows it up with a mini. As technology improves and vaping is demonized, small and stealthy may become more of the norm.
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Agree. And also unfortunately insightful I believe about vaping being 'demonized' ...

 

[Kaezziel]

IMO battery life is the reason...other than the occasional vaper who just needs to look bigger and badder.

But I think the trend may be toward smaller devices. Every device maker who introduces a maxi eventually follows it up with a mini. As technology improves and vaping is demonized, small and stealthy may become more of the norm.

I'm old enough to remember my first cellphone which came with a leather bag with a shoulder strap. Huge thing that was. Anyone remember 7" floppy disks? Eight track tapes? Technology usually leads toward smaller.

I remember the giant cellphones, and the huge floppies, 8-track, Beta-max, and Tandy computers.... but I still can't wait for my 26650 Gladiator mod to get here!!!
Call it "P" envy... compensation... whatever ya want... I love my giant sized vape gear!

 

[Bassnorma]

@OP.... because I talk to mine softly.

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[Gravyboatcaptain]

I'm all about the battery life personally, and I think that's the biggest reason. Nothing worse than nic-ing hard and having your battery die.

 

[JohnnyBGoode]

IMO battery life is the reason...other than the occasional vaper who just needs to look bigger and badder.

But I think the trend may be toward smaller devices. .... Technology usually leads toward smaller.

There was a time a Nokia fitted my zippo pocket of my jeans. My 5.5" smartphone now hardly fits my back pocket.
Functionality also forces the form factor. I don't see phones getting smaller till we have foldable screens or similar.
Ecigs might need better battery technology, eg even more power density, to see them shrink again.

 

[Ghosthunter274]

I think some of it has to do with vanity, but also longer battery life, more power, and can rebuild for better clouds