yihi G UI and functionality is like playschool compared to DNA, IMO.
every single main vape function on the G works with clicking the joystick to cycle, what could be easier? no multi button combo for res lock, just click joystick. This is the easiest mod I have ever used in my life, and sometimes I wonder if people complain about it cause it's expensive so they try to find more fault with it.
you only need to go into the menu to set up bluetooth and wallpapers and a few other things that are entirely optional. Everything else is a joystick click away on the main page. Wire/temp/joules/watts mode/pre heat ramp up profile choice/memory selection/brightness.. so so easy. I wish i had 10 of these tbh, one with each of my different tanks.. response in watts mode at 170 watts feels faster than dna to me, tc mode about equal.
I could do without the snarkyness, Ive been reading through the thread with some of your other responses and you are far to defensive. People are having difficulties with their mod. You arent. Thats great for you.
To address this point specifically, Im not complaining because Im looking for a reason to complain. Absolutely insulting.
To address the issue of 'easiest to use mod ever', this is all a matter of perspective. Yes, there are no multi button combinations to remember. Instead, you have to remember that rather than using the joystick to scroll around the different numbers you want to adjust and then pushing the joystick in to select the number you want to change and then pushing left or right (which would be the more intuitive way to do it), you push the joystick in multiple times to make it automatically move around the screen. Changing a value is also perplexing, up and down rather than left and right.
I am getting used to the ui, that doesnt forgive it.
When nearly every user says, the ui takes some getting used to, but once you get the hang of it, there is a problem. How about the ui working the way it should, or even better,
put out the ui designer that was promised months ago!!!
I have used the M, Q, and now G class. The ui was always bizarre, the G class is the most bizarre of them all.
Lets talk about battery profiles. Strangely absent!
Lets talk about "custom wallpapers". Strangely absent! Yes, Im a weirdo who would like just a straight black background without cartoon graphics in the menu that both look ugly and make it extremely hard to read.
Lets talk about customizing what information
I the user would like to display on the screen. Also absent!
Evolv isnt great either. However, the one thing that Evolv has effectively done on 4 occasions is pushed the industry forward. I do have my issues with their quality control and their ui is not much better. Its been awhile, I cant recall, I believe Evolv (or Provari, one of these two) introduced variable wattage with the Darwin. Temp control, while not perfect, especially when it was released, came from Evolv. Escribe brought unparalleled customization. Evolv is now seeing another problem, the UI is overly complex in the devices we are using.
I am not a fan of Evolv. I have my issues, like I said, especially, their quality control (anyone remember the DNA40 screen issues)? I have a DNA 200 device that wont boot from battery power. DNA locked out 2 amp charging and gave this feature exclusively to Vaporshark until very recently. Temp control was terrible and should have been tested further before it was initially released.
I keep my opinions balanced. I am not a fan of any company. I use what works.
Ive used many devices I hated, many I liked, many I loved until something new came along. I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Provari. It is and continues to be to this day, my favourite device. However, I cant use it anymore because we have moved forward. I dont know if any modern atomizer will even fire on an original Provari (v1 or v2 are practically the same and I have both - with the original red LED display and all).
I am continually disappointed by manufacturers who dont utilize the the full potential of the device, primarily because of limited time by said companies development team. If said software was open sourced with some built in protections to protect users, I imagine we would start seeing some amazing possibilities.
I am talking about having two layers of firmware, you could think of them as a bootloader that has built in protections, digitally signed by the manufacturer to prevent people from modifying this, the second layer would be user customizable, this is the behind the scenes layer where the nuts and bolts are that tell the device how to function. The third layer is the UI which, provided with the correct software, could allow for users to design the ui.
This would protect the manufacturers by having in-built protections while allowing the uber nerds that might want to design better algorithms to program the bare metal without risk of hurting the device or its users, and those that just want to get in to be able to change how their functions from a ui level would have that option.
We could see things like improved battery life, improved algorithms, smart wattage, experimentation, bugs fixed by the community, faster progress, etc.
Sadly, this will never happen because this would drastically increase the longevity of these devices. It would potentially hurt the bottom line as users buy fewer and fewer devices because the community would be addressing and pushing the industry forward rather than a vaping company.
It is curious because, vaping hasnt seen anything new in several years. TC and clapton coils have been the most recent revelations. Otherwise, its been improvements on things we already have. Maybe I could include bluetooth, except Yihi umm... wouldnt need bluetooth if everything were accessible via the menu system and the bluetooth actually stayed on and wasnt tied to the screen on time. Sort of defeats the purpose if I have to go into a menu to turn it on and then change my screen on time to make it stay on long enough to use my phone.
