That and all the Smok/Wismec/etc. regulated stuff breaks down after a few months so everyone who uses those need another new $30-60 mod that often. So better have the "hot, new" mod every cycle or they'll move on to the next budget Chinese mfgr!
lol ...while it sells to have a new thing slightly different color with one different screw, they will keep on doing it.
or just too expensive
Most of those are also
A lot of atties jumping on the squonk-train - and it is very clear that many of the makers do not understand squonking at all
And still not enough decent regulated squonk mods for my non-mech brothers and sisters
But at least there is some variety out there that doesn't cost as much as a car payment
I'm not overly thrilled with anything now, every now and again I'll pick up something that tweaks my interest a bit. I got a new Silverwolf Customs Series Mod that is absolutly beautiful. Nothing new but I got it purely because of it's looks. But other than that something needs to reach out to me and 99% of the gear today just does nothing for me.
But look at this beauty that I'm heading out to the PO during lunch to pick up, it gives me a Woody
Very NiceI'm not overly thrilled with anything now, every now and again I'll pick up something that tweaks my interest a bit. I got a new Silverwolf Customs Series Mod that is absolutly beautiful. Nothing new but I got it purely because of it's looks. But other than that something needs to reach out to me and 99% of the gear today just does nothing for me.
But look at this beauty that I'm heading out to the PO during lunch to pick up, it gives me a Woody
I tend to wait a few months and get deals. I just picked up a tesla steampunk for $39. It takes time and patience and I have ordered from many vendors but you can find them. I guess they are not "new" by then.
^^^this
LMAO I agree with all of you. Oh the tedium.
Funny, I've said since I started vaping 5 years ago. The 510 is the weakest point on any mod. one thing provari did right was the p3 connection. I wish that connection would have caught on.Way I see it the stuff in between fills the void until you can get yourself some gems ...like that mech above ^^^
Not all of it is shite though I don’t agree with that ...I reckon gear changes around a “bit” once a quarter or a good change once every 6-10 months
Lest we forget those just hitting the vape scene don’t care about the older stuff so they aren’t so washed out...there’s new vapers making the switch all the time and this transitional part of the market is really geared towards those people who want the latest gadge.
I’ve definitely noticed the speed of releases pick up massively even in past year at the same time transition over to vaping is equally picking up
I’d much rather companies spend time really beta testing their products and honing qualities - the end result of this though is increased development costs and higher retail pricing - then there’s the whole clone side which screws that for those companies...
although I will say this we are stuck with standards In vaping 510/810 for instance, partly because companies don’t want to risk to much change they know what sells and that people like using things they already have. Also people shy away if something is too different.
How long did/will 18650 stay the standard, we are slowly seeing a shift there now towards 20700/21700 that will become the norm at some point I expect.
Take TC mods there’s only so much you can do with a 510 connection, perhaps someone will make a dedicated mod with a tank to suit -completely different connection type, that can provide feedback from the atty itself ....it if they knock it out the park perhaps others follow suit and that becomes the norm too
I dunno end of the day you heat a coil and vape it so unless someone figures a way to make that process more efficient or a much better experience we are stuck will small incremental gains, just have to appreciated not everyone is long in the tooth with it and help steer them away from the shitty products out there
Until then I appreciate the artwork and quality of the custom mods and hope one day to own some of them
Right? I've owned one of each of their releases. They've since been sold because they didn't serve a purpose fore anymore; but, damn was that connection point Superior to what's out now.
Honestly, I have no clue.Not only that they also did an adapter for a standard 510 why did it fall away @f1r3b1rd that’s a better connection in every way?
Reminds me of the train track argument in the uk the shitty standard we ended up with today is the reason we struggle with high speed trains in this country tracks are too narrow should have backed Brunel
Ok so almost everyone hates the new stuff. But what are us new to vaping industry going to use? I got the Smok Baby Beast with an AL85 because it had good reviews. It appears that it expensive to test all the gear and juice and batteries to try to figure out how to quit smoking the nasties and get furstraited or broke. So what's the reasonable priced easy to use stuff?
I think mods have reached the point of not needing more development. Ultimately they are power supplies with various levels of control designed into them. We have more than enough power for vaping, multi battery mods for charge capacity, we can run resistances from about 0.1 - 3'ish ohms and great accuracy is available. That pretty much covers the technical end and just leaves aesthetics.
Current atomizers have also pretty much been developed as far as they can. We have great options from 5 - 200 watts, various airflow designs, tank or dripper styles, etc. I mean, how many different ways can you move air over a hot, wet heating element with a wick in it.
Yes, someone could try to replace the wick and wire with something else, or change the way we heat the juice, or something else really different like juice injection or design a good reliable TC system, but what we have now is cheap, simple and works very well. Without an external need to drive change, that's hard to beat.
Of course, now that I've gone and said that someone will probably come along and do it next week
Don't want to speak for the @JuicyLucy but what I think she meant was... there are a lot of people who would like to start squonking but don't due to the lack of regulated stuff on the market.
My thoughts as well.
