If I were you, I would grab that Gen 3 Dual mod (not kit) before the discount code expires. Like I previously said, you'll be pretty hard pressed to find a better deal for a dual 18650 regulated mod, and, even if it turns out that your Smok mod still works, soon or later it will break still nevertheless. It's one part of the reason why I only use mech mods, but there is a learning curve involved with using a mech and the specific part of battery safety knowledge that applies to the particular subject of starting to use a mech. Whether you will decide to switch from using a regulated mod to using a mech mod or to not switch, you'll still be needing a working regulated mod, if only for the time being.Really?? that's so great to know. I just found a store nearish by that I'm going to walk to in the morning- they have charged 18650 batteries and said they'd test my smok. From the pictures of their store I see a big variety of mods and kits although some of the names are hard to read. If you were me, assuming my smok doesn't work w/ new batteries, would you stick with the RX Gen3 Dual or is it worth checking to see if this place has something comparable. And get a new kit or just the mod? I can't remember anything about how it works, the cotton and whatever needs to be changed and when. If it's cheaper to use my tank and buy those other things I'd need or better to get a new kit. Too many questions- sorry!!!
some of the brands I see in their pics that I've been looking up are voopoo, Aspire, Pax, Orion, Vaporesso, there seem to be a lot but I can't read all of the names.
As long as you can be satisfied with the tank that you currently have, and you don't accidentally break this tank, you don't need another tank, nor kit. I presume you already have a spare glass for your tank, just in case you might one day crack the glass on it, in which case you won't be able to vape again until getting it fixed. Smok tanks are fairly popular, so finding a replacement glass shouldn't be too hard, for just a couple of extra bucks─and for peace of mind.
That being said, there are things that you can do to try to increase the longevity of a new mod. Like, don't let your e-juice creep inside it (via the 510 connector, the push-buttons, the ventilation holes, or the battery door). Don't use brute force on anything, and, don't drop it on a hard floor (or any other floor, if you can help it...). There's still always a risk that a mod (especially a regulated mod) will break prematurely. Having a spare mod is a major convenience, and will most definitely help to prevent relapsing back to smoking normal cigarettes, especially if you also have a spare atomizer to go with that─plus a working coil to put in there. Sure, I can think of better atomizers than the one you have. But that's always a subjective thing. The most important thing that one can worry about is that the stuff works, and that you have immediate access to a replacement in the possible event that it stops working. (Eventually, all regulated mods WILL break.)