Why the intermediate blank function steps?

[VNeil]

What is the purpose of the "--" display between function changes? The biggest complaint about the Provari is the "endless clicking" required to get things done. Everything else about the Provari screams elegant design - except this. Surely there is a reason?

 

[Ozwald]

I use them as a 'Cancel' button. If I missed my menu item, it's usually quicker to stop at the next '--', wait for it to time out & start over. On rare occasion, I'll go into the menu by accident as well... usually when I'm concentrating on something else, or if I didn't press the button fully & the circuit registers breaks in my press... and they time out a lot faster than waiting for a menu item to show the setting & then time out.

I don't know why they're there, but that's how I use them. I'm not aware of ever hearing an official answer.

The 'complaints' about endless clicking come from non-owners/non-users 99% of the time. Once you actually use one for a week or 2, you find that using the menu really isn't tedious as some of the General Forum threads would have you believe. I'll admit that it was one of the biggest hangups in deciding to buy my first one. When I got it, it didn't take long to realize it's a complete non-issue. The other 1% are the impatient people who like to click the menu all the way around when they miss their setting... and miss that same setting again.

 

[VNeil]

You seem to understand that the idea of a "cancel" function is what we use it for, but probably not what it was designed to do. It does not makes sense to double the effort to do something right, in order to save an extra 1-2 second wait when we do it wrong.

To be clear, this is not a huge deal for me. Like you, I was initially turned off by all the button presses, and particularly all those 'wasted clicks" I saw when I read the manual prior to purchasing. And probably like you, I read all the comments suggesting it wasn't a huge deal. And it isn't...

It is just the one oddity in what I otherwise consider a marvel in good basic engineering and ergonomics. There is absolutely nothing wasted on a basic Provari, except those button clicks!

Maybe someone from Provape will respond. I know they monitor this and I am sure they had a reason.

 

[AstroTurf]

To give you time to think...