Lol...that would be the zmax PCB...it's loud, not particularly efficient and they find a new way to sell the same thing to people every 3 months.
Looks it's a Smok Zmax, now a sigelei zmax, now it has rms, now it's a vamo, now it's an anyvape, now it's an svd, now it's a sigelei zmax with ego threads, now it's an SS smok zmax, now it's a mini, now it's a groove, now it's a telescoping one, now it's an anyvape v2, now it's a vape pro, now it's a sid
I'm still trying to figure out what components the Vape-Pro uses. You guys keep on talking about these apvs like the Vamo and Zmax being noisy, but my Vape-Pro doesn't make any noise at all. Please stop saying it's the same as the Zmax. It's became blaringly obvious to me from these comments that it's not. And none of you even knew what it WAS before I mentioned it, yet you're now assuming it's just the same as the Vamo or Zmax, and it's not. :-/
Quick description of the Vape-Pro from my experience:
- completely QUIET operation
- much easier to understand menu system than the Vamo or Zmax... I read all the manuals before purchase to determine which device had the easier menu system, and the Vape-Pro won hands down... partially because it is capable of displaying more characters, partially because it uses easy to understand abbreviations for all the functions and settings
- accurately determines battery life and stops usage completely along with a flashing "low" display when the battery is too low to provide a consistent vape
- heavy duty steel construction, seamless molded body... there's no pieces to screw up or come off when you drop it, even the 510 part of the connector is recessed in to the body of the device itself so that can't even break, just your delivery system... the button itself is even steel. Cap to the battery screws in smoothly and never has had threading issues. And I have dropped it PLENTY of times on concrete to testify that it's pretty unbreakable. The only gripe I have is the part of the design that has instigated all those drops... it being heavy, smooth steel with vertical stripes in the design for the grips. Just slips right through my hands. Thus why I've started using a lanyard when it's in use. When I'm done, I put it in my pocket or purse. Really IMHO no matter what device you use you should take steps like using a lanyard while vaping to prevent dropping it. No matter how well made a device is, dropping makes its life span shorter. I know that just from being a tech... I don't have to be an expert on vaping devices to know that, it's just electronics in general.
- Just because it may look like a Zmax, doesn't mean it IS a Zmax. I could probably point out half a dozen APVs that look a like but actually have nothing in common with each other. If a body design is popular, it will be repeated, with the only differences being in the details like grip design. I really don't get how so many "experienced" members on this board can't seem to realize that, but I was easily able to tell the differences between the two when I was actually researching this purchase and weighing the Vape-Pro against cheaper devices... Zmax and Vamo included. I.E. I actually *justified* spending the extra $50 on the Vape-Pro by research alone... because through that research I found that it was indeed better built than the Zmax, Vamo, or any of the other $50 range mods. I didn't even need to know about the noises those devices make. Just looked up reviews, read all the manuals, and carefully studied the pictures of the devices. Just on studying the pictures alone, I could tell the Vape-Pro was a better build. Perhaps it's just the fact I am used to knowing what a quality build looks like from looking for the same kind of details that I look for in a laptop or cell phone's picture.
- The vape is smooth/consistent and I don't find a need for more power considering I never need to max out the volts or watts to get enough vapor. Right now I'm resting comfortably at 7.5 watts... normally I don't go above 9, and this is capable of going all the way up to 15 watts. When I first started out with it in fact the vape was SO powerful I had to start out using RMS instead of MEAN, even though I was already accustomed to a different 6 volt APV that I kept maxed out all the time. Now I've graduated to MEAN, and even then I don't have to max out the volts or watts to get a good vape.
- The features keep me happy. I can check the battery voltage, the ohms of the delivery system, change between v/w, change between RMS/MEAN, change the display to show the ohms of the delivery system, the battery power, or the output v/w depending on which I'm using. Probably most important to me about these features is the display is understandable enough to change these on the fly without referring to the manual.
Anything else you want to know... you can ask me or check the device out for yourself. No more snap judgments about it now though without any kind of research beyond a quick glimpse of the picture. I've looked in the Provari more than that... like reading the manual... BEFORE I started this thread. If I can put more thought in to considering the device you're using, you can do the same before making declarations about the device I'm using... or at least ask questions about it like I have been doing with the Provari before jumping to conclusions.
Seriously, all this putting down of the device I'm using when I did plenty of research on it prior to purchase, have been way happier with it than any of my previous APVs, and have enough experience with APVs to compare it to others.... when you haven't even done anything but seen a picture of it... it's downright insulting, and illogical to boot.
