I've ordered a Innokin SVD, two more 18650
batteries, a few more iclears (going to give the 30b a whirl) and another nitecore i4 charger today strangely enough.
Had the Vamo roughly four months now (ish) and it's working like a champ, but you know when you get that feeling it's going to go wrong? The buttons are starting to feel "flimsy" - and I've dropped it a ton so my fault entirely. Happy to report it's going strong though! The button finish is faded, and it's scratched a fair bit, but using it exclusively since January I kinda expected that.
Threads seem to be holding up, I sometimes use an airflow controller to reduce wear and tear but I found if I tightened it too much it pushed the center pin down on the Vamo. I'm more careful these days with not over tightening and had no issues since.
I think the buttons will fail eventually, so I've ordered a backup. When this dies, I'll order another V5 for sure. For the money it's a decent purchase.
Interested to see how the SVD compares to be honest. Plus, the first Nitecore I had crapped out on me and I never got around to sending it back, but if the new one works, has to be better than the Trustfire TR001 I have. If I have one battery on charge and the light is red, if I pop another battery in more often than not the first battery that was supposedly charging is suddenly "charged" and the light goes green. I'm pretty much charging one at a time currently which is a pain, but I figure I don't know if it's actually getting two
batteries up to full charge being charged side by side. Not got much faith in it to be honest in regards to charging efficiency. I can't test it sadly, don't have the gear for that.
