Why mod?

[Dill67]

I've been using a riva for a while and quite happy with it. But I see that many people straeted off with such a device but decided to move onto box mods. Whay exactly are the advantages over a more traditional battery and carto setup?
It seems that perhaps changing flavors abd changing the batteries on a box mod would a lot more hasstle too.

 

[nanovapr]

As long as you are happy with it, that's the most important thing! One reason is battery life. To use opposite extremes, a well-used mini e-cig might require recharging after every half a dozen puffs. Some of the mods could have three or four days of use between charges.

Some like the increased vapor production. A very cool thing you can do with the variable voltage (or variable wattage) mods is that you can make the same juice taste several different ways. I have an applemint that I like. At lower temps I taste more apple. At higher temps, I can taste more mint. I can switch between them on the fly.

 

[BardicDruid]

I went to mods because of cost/fixablity, I like the fact that a lot of mods have replaceable switches, a standard type batt. So if a switch goes out that's all I have to replace, same with batts, and standard batts are usually cheaper than ones that has the switch already attached. I still vape at 3.7 volts, use an atty and cart most of the time but still have the flexibility to try whatever looks neat. And with the mods that have a built in switch that's not user replaceable, their usually of a very high quality that you don't have to worry about them. Also with just an adapter or two you try anything you want.

 

[bstedh]

I would say the two biggest reasons for building your own mod are...

1) Just gotta "Tim Allen" anything you lay your hands on.
2) You can build a device way cheaper than any you will buy and it will be to the spec you desire.

 

[Java_Az]

Variable voltage would have to be the main one for me. Being able to dial in a perfect voltage with what ever juice i happen to be using at the time. Also gives you the ability to change the voltage with the atomizer or carto your using , even when i have have bought a batch of atomizers i will get one or two out of the five that like a little more voltage or a little less.

You can look at it like this , You have to drive 20 miles to work every day. You have two choices on how to get there. First there is a old Ford pinto. It runs it will get you there. It might lack style and features but in the end it gets the job done. Second you have a Ferrari 599 GTO . Stylish lots of features and fast. Which one are you going to take to drive yourself to work ? I for sure would be hopping in the Ferrari And not just cause i know the chicks would dig it.

 

[Dill67]

is it a good idea for me to try out a box mod then? I dont want to get into the variable voltage ones , they seem too $$$. There seems to be many choices, can you more experienced guys reccommend one for a novice? Bottom feeder, manual pump, the battery voltages all these things must have certain advantages over others i assume?

 

[NicksVap3]

you can build a decent VV mod for under $10 + cost of batteries pretty easy... the poorvari looks pretty easy and cheap @ $12

 

[Lazrah]

This is a pretty good one to start on. It is simple and has few solder points.
510 Box Mod Kit

The first one I made was the PUCK. The Puck is pretty simple aswell, with the EXTREME detail on his mod you can't go wrong if you can follow directions.

 

[brewsterfrank]

@Java sorry but i would have to go with the pinto. 1 its american, 2 a classic, 3 gas milage (even at almost 40yrs old its still cheaper), 4 with the pinto you know the chicks will like you for how you are not how much money you can blow.

but in the case of mods you are correct, except building your own is better than buying.

 

[nanovapr]

The parking lot at work is so crowded, and filled with poor drivers I would have to take the Pinto, if only to preserve the Ferrari. As long as anyone doesn't back into it too hard.... (insert the very old Pinto jokes here, because they blew up often in rear-end collisions).

 

[Java_Az]

Yeah i forgot about that a little tap from the rear and something like this could happen

But then again if your not careful the 599 GTo can get away from you and something like this could happen

Id still take the ferrari to work

 

[NicksVap3]

Ferrari Enzo Crash in Malibu
interesting story, totalled ferrari... what a shame. but i think he was trying to get away from work, if ya know his background

 

[brewsterfrank]

sorry just have to share because i have owned and loved the pinto. plus the mercury bobcat was the same car and was never accused over exploding from rear end impacts.


In a 1991 paper, The Myth of the Ford Pinto Case, for the Rutgers Law Review, Gary T. Schwartz said the case against the Pinto was not clear-cut.
According to his study, the number who died in Pinto rear-impact fires was well below the hundreds cited in contemporary news reports and closer to the 27 recorded by a limited NHTSA database. Given the Pinto's production figures (over 2 million built), this was not substantially worse than typical for the time. Schwartz said that the car was no more fire-prone than other cars of the time, that its fatality rates were lower than comparably sized imported automobiles, and that the supposed "smoking gun" document that plaintiffs said demonstrated Ford's callousness in designing the Pinto was actually a document based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulations about the value of a human life — rather than a document containing an assessment of Ford's potential tort liability.
Schwartz's study said:
The Pinto Memo wasn't used or consulted internally by Ford, but rather was attached to a letter written to NHTSA about proposed regulation. When plaintiffs tried to use the memo in support of punitive damages, the trial judge ruled it inadmissible for that purpose (p. 1021, Schwartz study).
The Pinto's fuel tank location behind the axle, ostensibly its design defect, was "commonplace at the time in American cars" (p. 1027).
The precedent of the California Supreme Court at the time not only tolerated manufacturers trading off safety for cost, but apparently encouraged manufacturers to consider such trade-offs (p. 1037).

 

[mj64]

Why not mod?

 

[NicksVap3]

Why not mod?

i like your thinkin

 

[Rocketman]

I vape a mod because:
I can answer "what is that"? with "an e-cig", "that doen't look like any e-cig I've ever seen",
"EXACTLY".

or,
the Crocodile Dundee approach "that's not an e-cig, THIS is an e-cig"

The I made it makes it work better than I bought it,

Love vaping mods.

 

[bmwjen]

My husband mods because he likes to He doesn't even vape. I just buy random stuff that I think is cute, & he mods it for me. He's just your regular good 'ole boy from the south that grew up fixing stuff....... He's a mechanic by trade, built both my street legal & 1/4 mile mustangs for me & keeps the BMW in tip top shape. The SUV is still under warranty, so he's not touching it, lol. A few weeks ago, a big storm/lightening fried the relay(whatever) on my central air conditoner outside. So, he fixed that.

I'm college educated & consider myself fairly intelligent, however some of the stuff my husband comes up with truly amazes me. He explained to me once that when you "grow up poor, you learn how to fix stuff yourself". I guess he is right, & i'm glad that he knows how to fix stuff/make stuff.

Yes, my husband was really shocked when I went from a joye 510 to my first mod, the Reo Mini..& kept buying more & more mods. He keeps telling me to STOP because he can make them.........I keep buying them anyway. lmao.

There is nothing more satisfying than vaping something that my husband made strictly for ME!!! The solar mod was for ME & ME only!!!!!!! Now everybody is gonna have one.........ah well, I guess it's pretty cool that other people will be vaping off his work. Did I mention that he'll be installing solar panels in our house once it cools down a bit?

One of his mods is even being used in Singapore, as he donated a bottom feeder to a big ecig mission.

I tried to convert one of my husband's work friends with a 510 starter kit...........no go.......... So, the guy asked my husband about ecigs again, so last night he whipped him up a bottom feeder & took it to work to give his friend today. Not only is my husband smart, he's also kind. He knows how ecigs have helped me become happier & healthier & I know that he wants to see the same in his friend at work.

My most favorite mod made by my husband is my hand carved wooden bottom feeder. I don't know what kind of wood it is, but it's small, takes a 14500, & holds 3ml juice. Now that mod will NEVER be duplicated.

 

[Gummy Bear]

OK The car analogy is what I use too but I compare my mod and an E-cig Like an e-cig as a go kart and my tube mod as a semi-truck or if you like, the E-cig as an VW and my mod as a top fuel rail dragster.
Also when asked if that is an Electronic Cigarette, I say NO it's an "Electronic Vaporizer" I don't want it compared to anything "Cigarette".

But to answer the OP,,, Why Mod?

Because I can!


Your question is kinda like asking why buy an expensive bottle of wine when a 4 dollar bottle will get you just as drunk. The answer is Quality and performance. If you had used a high end EV ( "Electronic Vaporizer" ) for any length of time I doubt you would have even asked this question.