I'm proud to say I own quite a few authentics, and I own some pretty decent clones. Now on the flip I have owned terrible clones and great ones, the same can be said for my authentics.
More or less this is just a statement of what issues I've encountered with the IPV3 so far.
So I just, and i mean this quite literally, bought an IPV 3 from the shop I work at, I have only heard great things about them in the past but I had never used a box mod outside of a T6 by Cloupor, which has been really really satisfying and without problem. I was absolutely in love with the IPV 3, I'd run it at any setting just to get a nice feel for it and ultimately settled on 100 watts the same as my T6. It wasn't long before I noticed an issue with the batteries, the life span just wasn't lasting for a device running a dual 18650 setting, and these were brand spanking new never before used batteries I had charged up just for this puppy. Only one battery was draining while the other was hardly touched, switched their locations (battery b draining before and a didn't drain) the result was just what I expected, this time a drained and b didn't. It has to be a wiring issue and I'm quite pissed because of the internal set up, this unit can easily have this problem since its a spring set up inside. Pulling out the batteries pulls the contacts inside and that has to be what has caused this failure.
I want so badly to enjoy this mod and I will be able to exchange it since the device is covered under our shop warranty, but this is a problem that will simply occurs again. Not to mention my buttons are sticking and auto firing which is beyond me as to why they are doing this. I haven't seen anyone surfacing with this problem yet but it is a big deal to have an autofiring issue and easily broken spring contacts. When will they learn that if you do a spring contact it needs to be set instead of just held by wire.
When this unit works, and it does work, it works like a champion, so very impressed, but these problems really kill it for me. I wanted to have this be my main unit but I'm too terrified of using it very much for fear of the easily damaged internals. If anyone has a solution to set these springs and help prevent the strain on them from removing and installing batteries, please share with me.
More or less this is just a statement of what issues I've encountered with the IPV3 so far.
So I just, and i mean this quite literally, bought an IPV 3 from the shop I work at, I have only heard great things about them in the past but I had never used a box mod outside of a T6 by Cloupor, which has been really really satisfying and without problem. I was absolutely in love with the IPV 3, I'd run it at any setting just to get a nice feel for it and ultimately settled on 100 watts the same as my T6. It wasn't long before I noticed an issue with the batteries, the life span just wasn't lasting for a device running a dual 18650 setting, and these were brand spanking new never before used batteries I had charged up just for this puppy. Only one battery was draining while the other was hardly touched, switched their locations (battery b draining before and a didn't drain) the result was just what I expected, this time a drained and b didn't. It has to be a wiring issue and I'm quite pissed because of the internal set up, this unit can easily have this problem since its a spring set up inside. Pulling out the batteries pulls the contacts inside and that has to be what has caused this failure.
I want so badly to enjoy this mod and I will be able to exchange it since the device is covered under our shop warranty, but this is a problem that will simply occurs again. Not to mention my buttons are sticking and auto firing which is beyond me as to why they are doing this. I haven't seen anyone surfacing with this problem yet but it is a big deal to have an autofiring issue and easily broken spring contacts. When will they learn that if you do a spring contact it needs to be set instead of just held by wire.
When this unit works, and it does work, it works like a champion, so very impressed, but these problems really kill it for me. I wanted to have this be my main unit but I'm too terrified of using it very much for fear of the easily damaged internals. If anyone has a solution to set these springs and help prevent the strain on them from removing and installing batteries, please share with me.