Well, I thought that *perhaps* the E-cigarette had finally come to a point where Chinese-made APV's were starting to really compete with the super-expensive, hard-to-get mods out there. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with those really awesome mods- in fact, like I said, they're really awesome! I just hate that they are so hard to get on "the list" for, expensive when you DO make the list, and *ridiculously* expensive when they make it to the classifieds (which, with some exceptions, the classifieds itself is just one big LOL to me). One of these mom-and-pop shops has to come up with a better means of production to make it easier to get our hands on these great products.
Anyway, to stay on-topic, I've been using the Chrome Varitube for 9 or 10 days now. It's generally great- up until recently it has done everything exactly as advertised, and everything has pretty much worked the way it was supposed to. Then about a day ago, I noticed some looseness in the 510 connection at the top of the device.
There are two major faults here, and they play into each other: For one, the outer threads that connect to your atty/carto etc are extremely loose; They're at the limits of what you could call an "acceptable tolerance". I have old ego batts that would put those threads to shame with their tolerances. They're so bad that some cartos will not even catch the first few rows, and when they finally do catch, the whole carto is able to swivel around at an angle, which makes you want to keep tightening it until it's straight- This brings me to the second major fault:
Today, the center post finally seemed to loosen itself to a point that it only fires intermittently when the carto/atty is partially screwed in, and does NOT fire when it is screwed all the way in. I suspect a loose connection inside the top of the device. Either way, NOT good. For those about to say I need to pull the post (either on the device or on my cartos), no, I don't need to. It makes the connection perfectly.
Up until a few hours ago, I would've recommended this device, solely because it did its job at a VERY reasonable price point. But unfortunately, I now will steer people away from this into something more expensive, which is a bit of a shame- but on the other hand, I guess it gives me the chance to recommend more small businesses, which IS something I enjoy doing (screw the Wal-Mart economy, I say...). As I said, I just hope some of the smaller companies out there come up with better ways of competing with the utter loads of crap APV's finding their way to our shores from the Chinese.
By the way, the Chinese did invent the Ecig (and patent it, for that matter), and when it comes to standard consumer grade ones, I feel they do a pretty good job. They need to do a lot more reverse-engineering to get some of the more advanced devices right, I would say- and use much better base materials.
My hopes have been dashed, at least for the time being...and it appears I need to return my second-ever VV device. oh well...
Anyway, to stay on-topic, I've been using the Chrome Varitube for 9 or 10 days now. It's generally great- up until recently it has done everything exactly as advertised, and everything has pretty much worked the way it was supposed to. Then about a day ago, I noticed some looseness in the 510 connection at the top of the device.
There are two major faults here, and they play into each other: For one, the outer threads that connect to your atty/carto etc are extremely loose; They're at the limits of what you could call an "acceptable tolerance". I have old ego batts that would put those threads to shame with their tolerances. They're so bad that some cartos will not even catch the first few rows, and when they finally do catch, the whole carto is able to swivel around at an angle, which makes you want to keep tightening it until it's straight- This brings me to the second major fault:
Today, the center post finally seemed to loosen itself to a point that it only fires intermittently when the carto/atty is partially screwed in, and does NOT fire when it is screwed all the way in. I suspect a loose connection inside the top of the device. Either way, NOT good. For those about to say I need to pull the post (either on the device or on my cartos), no, I don't need to. It makes the connection perfectly.
Up until a few hours ago, I would've recommended this device, solely because it did its job at a VERY reasonable price point. But unfortunately, I now will steer people away from this into something more expensive, which is a bit of a shame- but on the other hand, I guess it gives me the chance to recommend more small businesses, which IS something I enjoy doing (screw the Wal-Mart economy, I say...). As I said, I just hope some of the smaller companies out there come up with better ways of competing with the utter loads of crap APV's finding their way to our shores from the Chinese.
By the way, the Chinese did invent the Ecig (and patent it, for that matter), and when it comes to standard consumer grade ones, I feel they do a pretty good job. They need to do a lot more reverse-engineering to get some of the more advanced devices right, I would say- and use much better base materials.
My hopes have been dashed, at least for the time being...and it appears I need to return my second-ever VV device. oh well...
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