"A mistake I see on here every day is the idea that a different voltage (or PV) will solve every issue".
If I have ever given the impression that I think that variable voltage will "solve every issue", I would like to distance myself from that notion, which I disagree with 100%.
That said, I cannot think of one single significant advantage that constant voltage has over variable voltage. I can think of several significant advantages that variable voltage has over constant voltage. That is why recommend variable voltage over constant voltage, especially since the arrival of the $22 Joyetech eGo-C Twist.
Could someone please list some of the advantages of fixed voltage over variable voltage? TIA.
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John,
I am not against variable voltage, I just don't think it's for everyone. Some people just want ease of use.
Constant voltage is easy, like lighting a cigarette. Just put a carto/clearo and go.
I have several devices now, but I still use my 78mm constant 3.7v battery every single day for about 7 hours. Why? Because its small and it's easy. I am an landscaper who works outside all day and drives about 100 miles per day. I want something small that I can use just like a cigarette. After 15 years of hanging a cigarette in my mouth while I run a mower or tractor, it's what I'm used to. I tried to use a manual device at work one day, you know what I did, I smoked a cigarette because I couldnt sit there and press a button since my hands were busy. I would have never quit smoking if it weren't for a good automatic mini. I had seen egos and mod boxes for about a year, I wanted nothing to do with them, but when I found a device that looked and responded like an analog, that would last me 3 hours, I immediately jumped onto it.
Not everyone wants to deal with finding the perfect amount of vapor. My wife won't touch anything but her mini. I tried to get her to try my provari, she hated it. Said it was too big, too heavy and too much to think about. She won't even use my 650mah x2 (same as a kgo), she says it too heavy. Same thing with my 67 year old mother-in-law. She wants simple. She won't even fill her cartos, let alone push a button or change the voltage. Every week she brings me 10 cartos and I have to fill them up for her. And let's get to biggest example. My brother in law. I told him to start with a mini or a kgo. He went onto the forums and after reading about how great variable voltage is, he bought a provari (which I personally think is a stupid purchase for a first PV until you know you like it). He used it for 2 days, and said he hates it. Said it was too much work. He wants something that he doesn't have to think about at all. He gave me his provari in trade for a couple of 78mm volt batteries and a few ce3's. He doesn't even like the x2 because it's too big.
Yes, for some people, vv is the way to go. But for someone who is hesitant to vaping, or a light smoker, it may not be. And yes, they may eventually end up there. I know I did even though I swore I wouldn't. It's like feeding a baby. We don't take a 3 month old baby and say "I know that in couple of years you are going to eat pizza, so let's start there now", we start them on formula, move to cereal, to baby food, to small adult food and so on. We don't take our kids and put them on a 24 speed, 26"bicycle do we? No, we start them on a tricycle, move them to a small 2 wheeler with training wheels until they get into that 24speed.
They may spend money on devices that eventually they grow out of, but in the grand scheme of things, it's nothing compared to the amount of money they were probably spending on analogs. If I bought a new provari every month and enough juice to last me for the month, I still wouldnt spend as much as I did on analogs.
As far as I concerned, whatever gets a person off analogs is a good device. For some it only takes a constant voltage mini or kgo, for others, it takes a twist, and for others it takes a $200 mod. Not everyone is like us John. Not everyone wants to find the sweet spot of a juice. I am a very heavy vaper, probably more than most people on here when you consider I use about 6-10ml a day of juice per day. I am very happy with a constant 3.7v device. I own a vv and I know what they can do, yet I like and use my simple constant voltage most of the time. With as much juice as I go through, I use my provari for one reason, because I love the vivi nova and the provari allows me to use my vivi nova without thread adapters. Plus, they look really good together. I have fiddled with the voltage, yet I seem to always adjust the voltage back to around 5 1/2 watts. If I can be happy with that, what's to say that the 1/2 -1 PAD smoker who is only vaping 2ml a day can't be as well.
I like you John. We are on the same side. We are both here on a Saturday night trying to PIF to help people quit analogs. But variable voltage isn't for everyone, and neither is constant voltage.
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