Is there something inherently wrong with IPV mods?

rj9923 · Dec 26, 2016

About a year ago, I had an IPV4 and it had issues where the resistance readings would jump all over the place (from 0.3 to 1.5 each press of the button) and often not fire. I ended up gutting the board and disconnecting everything, just using the battery pack of it for something else.
And just a few days ago, a friend gave me his barely used IPV5. When I say barely used, I mean it. He said he only went through one 10ml bottle of juice and then decided vaping wasn't for him. Now this essentially new IPV5 is giving me some of the same issues, but less often. 1/10 presses of the button and it will not fire. Also, every once in a while it will give an entirely inaccurate resistance reading. Again, not as often as the IPV4 did, but it seems to be becoming more frequent every day.

It seems like most of the people I know who vape have had an IPV device, and experienced similar issues. This is sad because the IPV is being treated like an industry standard, where anybody new to vaping is pointed in that direction. I've seen plenty of regulated mods for the same price that are of such higher quality, such as the Alien 220.

I just wanted to bring this discussion here. I'm curious if these IPV issues are as common as they seem they are.

ej1024 · Dec 26, 2016

IPV mods are CRAP

AndriaD · Dec 26, 2016

I have 2 iPV Minis, both now a year old, and neither have given me any problems; they're as good as my Innokins and Sigelei's.

Andria

Deucesjack · Dec 26, 2016

rj9923 said:
About a year ago, I had an IPV4 and it had issues where the resistance readings would jump all over the place (from 0.3 to 1.5 each press of the button) and often not fire. I ended up gutting the board and disconnecting everything, just using the battery pack of it for something else.
And just a few days ago, a friend gave me his barely used IPV5. When I say barely used, I mean it. He said he only went through one 10ml bottle of juice and then decided vaping wasn't for him. Now this essentially new IPV5 is giving me some of the same issues, but less often. 1/10 presses of the button and it will not fire. Also, every once in a while it will give an entirely inaccurate resistance reading. Again, not as often as the IPV4 did, but it seems to be becoming more frequent every day.

It seems like most of the people I know who vape have had an IPV device, and experienced similar issues. This is sad because the IPV is being treated like an industry standard, where anybody new to vaping is pointed in that direction. I've seen plenty of regulated mods for the same price that are of such higher quality, such as the Alien 220.

I just wanted to bring this discussion here. I'm curious if these IPV issues are as common as they seem they are.

A lot of people forget to reset the resistance on the Ipv5. Every time you put a new tank on you have to hold the +/- button to reset.

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Neunerball · Dec 27, 2016

rj9923 said:
About a year ago, I had an IPV4 and it had issues where the resistance readings would jump all over the place (from 0.3 to 1.5 each press of the button) and often not fire. I ended up gutting the board and disconnecting everything, just using the battery pack of it for something else.
And just a few days ago, a friend gave me his barely used IPV5. When I say barely used, I mean it. He said he only went through one 10ml bottle of juice and then decided vaping wasn't for him. Now this essentially new IPV5 is giving me some of the same issues, but less often. 1/10 presses of the button and it will not fire. Also, every once in a while it will give an entirely inaccurate resistance reading. Again, not as often as the IPV4 did, but it seems to be becoming more frequent every day.

It seems like most of the people I know who vape have had an IPV device, and experienced similar issues. This is sad because the IPV is being treated like an industry standard, where anybody new to vaping is pointed in that direction. I've seen plenty of regulated mods for the same price that are of such higher quality, such as the Alien 220.

I just wanted to bring this discussion here. I'm curious if these IPV issues are as common as they seem they are.

On my mods (any brand I own), when the resistance is jumping, it's usually a sign, that the 510 connection needs cleaning. In order to prevent that from happening, I do a little maintenance at least every other week. I use a bit of 90% Isopropyl alcohol on one side of a q-tip, clean the 510 connection, use the other side of the q-tip for drying, let the mod sit for a few Minutes, in order to make sure, any left over alcohol has evaporated. However, if you're using a RDA, or other rebuildable atomizer, it could be a loose contact on the posts, that need re-tightening.
Regarding the mod not fireing sporadically, could be caused by the misread resistance, and the mod's board thinking, the resistance is out of the specified range.

jbone6977 · Dec 27, 2016

I bought the 6X a month or so after it came out and have no complaints. It was bought with the intention of firing dual fused claptons and dual aliens in power mods at 100-125 watts and it does that wonderfully. I never had any intention of updating the firmware being as power mode would be the only use it would get. Add the fact that it still looks brand new and im happy. I have had the battery door pop open twice when setting it down, thats the only negative thing I have to say about it. If I would have gotten a preorder that didnt lock I would have been pissed

Alter · Dec 27, 2016

I had to look back through my records and I bought a IPV2 in October 2014. I won't say its been my all day hitter but its always had a atty on it and gets grabbed to vape many times a day. The paint has worn off the bottom also where my thumb and index finger sit, dropped once enough to scar the case. I don't like using onboard charging so I took the screws out, manually change the batt and use a vape band to hold the door inplace. I don't know if I'll buy another IPV hitter but this particular IPV2 musta been built on a Wednesday since I've had no problems what so ever with it. Been vaping almost 4 years now and haven't gone over 30 watts with any of my hitters so maybe not stressing the board could be why my IPV2 and the other regulated boxes I have haven't kicked the bucket yet.

AndriaD · Dec 27, 2016

Alter said:
I had to look back through my records and I bought a IPV2 in October 2014. I won't say its been my all day hitter but its always had a atty on it and gets grabbed to vape many times a day. The paint has worn off the bottom also where my thumb and index finger sit, dropped once enough to scar the case. I don't like using onboard charging so I took the screws out, manually change the batt and use a vape band to hold the door inplace. I don't know if I'll buy another IPV hitter but this particular IPV2 musta been built on a Wednesday since I've had no problems what so ever with it. Been vaping almost 4 years now and haven't gone over 30 watts with any of my hitters so maybe not stressing the board could be why my IPV2 and the other regulated boxes I have haven't kicked the bucket yet.

I think I agree with you about not stressing out a mod; both my iPV Minis are 30w mods, and have never gone over 10.5w -- and both work perfectly, after a year of fairly regular use.

I wish there was a way to do that vape-band thing you mentioned with them, though; the battery door is a threaded cap, and a real PITA, so I just leave batteries in them and charge via USB. No problems with that, but I always keep a close eye on them while they're charging.

Andria

rj9923 · Dec 27, 2016

Deucesjack said:
A lot of people forget to reset the resistance on the Ipv5. Every time you put a new tank on you have to hold the +/- button to reset.

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I didn't know that, but every time I change tanks or batteries I turn it off and on again. I don't know if that counts, but I'll start resetting it anyways. Thank you for that tip

Wingsfan0310 · Dec 27, 2016

Personally I think the last good mod P4Y made was the IPV3 Li. It seems like after that, the mods got cheaper and they performed like that. The IPV3 Li is built like a tank.

Cheers,
Steve

Angrygod50 · Dec 27, 2016

I have 3 P4U mods and they work fine but you do have to keep the 510 clean. Mine have never misfired.

Deucesjack · Dec 27, 2016

rj9923 said:
I didn't know that, but every time I change tanks or batteries I turn it off and on again. I don't know if that counts, but I'll start resetting it anyways. Thank you for that tip

Np, turning it on and off will not necessarily reset the resistance. It really doesn't matter much if all your builds are close or if your using the same factory coils in all you tanks. If you have different tanks your going to notice a big improvement in your vape. I think the IPV5 is a great mod. I just wish it had a 316 SS preset. I get by with the tcr though.

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Deeks · Dec 27, 2016

I have an IPV 3li that I still use for straight power mode when I'm doing things like camping and or fishing where if I drop or lose it I don't really care. I do have to say that it will misfire maybe once every 20 or so times I fire it, maybe even less. I also have 2 IPV 5's that I've never had any misfire problems with though.

Dan DePippo · Dec 28, 2016

It's the board. I had 2 ipv mini v2 and a ipv 4 do the exact thing, it will stop working. I think mine went about a month or so before quitting. I do have the ipv d2 that has worked perfectly so maybe yihi makes them better chips now. I hope so because I really like the look of the ipv8

f1r3b1rd · Dec 28, 2016

I had one ipv mod the ipv mini 70, I gave it away after a month

wrxin · Dec 28, 2016

i have a ipv d3s with the new chip? been using it everyday for a month now with no problems. i actually prefer it over my pico.

Is there something inherently wrong with IPV mods?

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