I think Vic started it off salty and he knew it. Spent the whole video comparing it to the siren v2 which he had involvement with so toss 'unbiased' out the window. He may have had a credible standpoint but shit all over it in his delivery. The whole thing was condescending from the start, oh well there's a nice photo of phil and dimitris.. is he salty his pic didn't get put on the siren? Oh well this comes with some little tools but they're not needed, I have a COILmaster kit. Big fucking whoop, and I have a DRILL. What's his point? What coil tools did the siren come with, the standard cheapo triple tree?
These reviewers are often just like anyone else, they start off with 'Well I don't want to cause any drama, let me be clear'. Bull - fucking - shit. That's a clear indicator drama is about to begin and they're full to the brim with it.
Phil could've likely done without the original comments he made. Fwiw he did apologize and owned up to the fact he could have handled it differently. Gotta say though, wasn't completely without merit. That wasn't a straight review simply going over the rta from start to finish then commenting on it. It was a full on rant from the start and Vic was acting like a snarky lil bitch and so he got his mouth popped effectively by Phil's kneejerk comment. He had it coming. Anyone who says that was a totally legit unbiased and straightforward 'review' is busy smoking Vic's pole.
Personally I think people need to either avoid slapping their name on anything or having a part in something - or go ahead and take that route then expect the bias to flow. It's no different than anything else. Athletes have been doing it for decades, pc gamers have been doing it for a good decade or more. Fatal1ty had his name slapped all over all kinds of shit from motherboards to gpu's to gaming mice. Fans are going to think it's the best thing since sliced bread, haters will immediately accuse them of selling out or ripping things off and somewhere in between will be some who genuinely like/dislike whatever it is based on its own merits. Doesn't matter if it's a shoe, a glove, a bat, a mouse or a mod or rta/rda. Same shit different day.
At this point, who isn't coming out with something either with their name on it or in collaboration with something? Vaping bogan, Vic, suck my mod, Twisted Messes, Phil and Dimitris, Squidoode, Jai Haze, Jay Bo, Roxy, Rip Trippers etc etc.. and countless more have their own lines of juice. Not sure of too many reviewers these days who don't have their fingers in the cookie jar in one way or another. Whether out of desire to contribute to vaping or a means to put food on the table and cover the cost of doing reviews, none of my business really. Very few have a complete unbiased starting point anymore though as time goes on.