Thevyrus, just wanted to write ya and give you my own personal experience. I've been doing this a LONG time, vaping that is. I've used just about every type of mod out there. Think I still have a screw driver laying around here somewhere. Here is my and only my personal view. I think any long shiney tube or box hangin out of your face is kinda funny lookin to start with, whether its 1000$ or 10$. With that said, it stopped me from smoking and I'm great full. It seems like your thread got more into the " what should I buy" rather then "performance difference". For me when it comes to performance there's a lot of high price vs. clones that I can't tell a difference on. I'm sure if I busted out all my measuring equipment I'd be able to see a diff, but as far as vape I just can't tell. Take your vamo for instance. I have a provari and a vamo, I get the same great feeling out of both of them without getting into the high end vs. low. I also have an EA and a china gg.. Guess what? With my coils in the same atty... Nope both are awesome! Only thing I did was take 2 mins and sand off the plate on the china. So.. I can see and appreciate the collector aspect of this hobby of ours but I also think and thank the people who make everything available to the masses. I for one would be on stinkies again if all I could use was an ego. So I give props to the designers who put in the hard work making those fancy mods that I've always drooled over. There will always be a market, but I do like the "clones" also. I can drop um, scratch um, whack my kids with um, and keep my wife at bay with um and not have to worry to much. The high end stuff is for you and you alone I don't think I've ever had anyone say wow! That's an awesome vape machine you got there! But to me it's pretty!
Anyway, there may be a a small difference in performance but like I said, for me, I can't really tell. If I build a good coil it's all relative. There is something to say for customer service though. If your gonna spend 200$ if BETTER come with damn good service. If it cost 17$ who gives a sh!te? Once again that's just me. So good luck in your hunt. Take those mechs you got on order build some kick@ss coils and I bet you'll love um, if you do find a pretty high end one and go with it, or not. Spend your money how you like and do what makes you feel good. You will always be happy this way.
Cheers my friend!