Why not call it a "Pee-Vee"?

[pcrdude]

Why don't we (as vapers) call our devices "PV"? It gets away from the "cig" part of e-cig, and is more realistic. We have the "APV", so why not a "PV"?

That's actually what I call my Personal Vaporizer, but then I have to explain that it is a "High-Tech E-Cigarette". I know calling an eGo with a Kanger T3 "high-tech" is a little bit of a stretch, but what the heck.

 

[mirrorim]

To someone with no knowledge of the PVs we are using... It is pretty high tech

 

[Absintheur]

A lot of people who vape use PV/APV rather than e-cig, it is mostly non-vapers and noobs who use the term e-cig. The cig-a-like devices are the only ones that qualify as an e-cigarette in my opinion.

 

[Thrasher]

sort of like why a lot of places say it is water vapor - to not confuse and drive away people who might be interested in starting without intimidating them with a bunch of tech they dont understand.

imagine how many people would just keep walking if the guy at the mall said "i have personal propylene glycol inhaler"

 

[Ken_A]

A lot of people who vape use PV/APV rather than e-cig, it is mostly non-vapers and noobs who use the term e-cig. The cig-a-like devices are the only ones that qualify as an e-cigarette in my opinion.

I agree completely. I tell people it's a PV and when they get confused, I say it's sort of like an e-cigarette, but much better.
That's a personal opinion, and I tell them that if they want to use an e-cig that is perfectly fine as I know of a lot of people that prefer those.

 

[EddardinWinter]

Yeah, it is dicey. I start with PV, then dumb it down. That way, they do not confuse my device for one of those dreadfully inadequate cig-a-likes...

But the point that blasting them with "personal propylene glycol/vegetable glycerin inhaler" will frighten off many potential new users is well made.

 

[Boiler]

I call it a "VAPORIZER." People don't bother me with too many questions after that.

 

[SissySpike]

I like Mod my self. Just sound cool to me. I do agree the further we get away from calling them cigs the better we are.

 

[440BB]

I would get confused, as I already have some nice American made PV's

 

[Thrasher]

two very rock solid pv's i might add, nice kit.

 

[anavidfan]

I call it a "VAPORIZER." People don't bother me with too many questions after that.

I also call it a vaporizer, less explanations.

 

[mirrorim]

I would get confused, as I already have some nice American made PV's

NICE! My first electric guitar was a Peavey Falcon (junk, but it got me going). Those TNT combos are insane, my first garage band bass player had one for a while, it used to get us in trouble all the time. It's a good thing we were all 14 years old.

I thought about taking a picture of my Studio Pro 112 and posting it in this thread but you beat me to it. So off topic... hahaha

 

[FogHawg]

The first time I pulled out my ego/VVN at work they started calling it a water .....

 

[FogHawg]

Peavey is great music gear IMO too. I've used a bunch of it over the years & it's always been rock solid. We just got a couple of Peavey Impulse powered speakers last year. - Love em!!

 

[mirrorim]

Peavey is great music gear IMO too. I've used a bunch of it over the years & it's always been rock solid. We just got a couple of Peavey Impulse powered speakers last year. - Love em!!

I love their pro sound gear, great speaker cabs, high end power amps are really nice. Not a fan of their instruments over all but I really like the Grind line of bass guitars. The practice amps are solid for home use as well, and I've used my Studio Pro II at gigs many times while my Laney head was in rebuild and it did great!

 

[PRIMER]

I also call it a vaporizer, less explanations.

Too bad "vaporizer" is already pretty much taken by those "other" vapers, leading to noob confusion.
"MOD" is a term that has many other definitions.
I usually call call it my 'lectric cigarette, not as nerdy as "e-cig"
But I'm starting to use "peevee" more often. The other Peavey sucks anyways.

 

[IntelligentDesigner]

I'm kinda surprised that you have 112 posts and haven't read enough in the forum to see that most of the more experienced people here do indeed call them PVs and avoid any association with cigarettes...other than the fact that we have quit smoking them.