I don't know if it is that I have really caustic sweat or what, but none of the mods that I have had with a finish seem to last more than a month or two before they start chipping or wearing off.
I once had a Vamo 3 that did it, but wrote that one off easily, because it was a cheap mod that I picked up at a flea market. I went with an IPV iTaste SVD, that still looks incredibly good today (stainless steel), but the fire button on that was total crap. It does still look great though, even though it is now obsolete (15W max and doesn't fire under 1 ohm). I went with a Cloupor mini (great for its size, lasted a year and died promptly on around its anniversary). finish was total crap. Then I went to a KBox Mini, which was a semi serviceable mod for about a year (the paint chipped off in about a month). I hated that I couldn't lock the buttons for the wattage, without shutting off the mod, too. Next, I went to the Cuboid, which for some reason a number of people hate... Even though I happen to think that it functionally is a great mod. The black finish on it even held up a little bit, and is still trying to stay on everywhere that my sweat has not broken it down (bare metal exactly where my hand rests when holding it).
You've read this far, and are probably wondering why you read all that shit and what the fuck my point is. Fair enough.
I've come to the conclusion (that at least for me), and (based on pictures I've seen people post of their mods with similar finish wear) I think I am not alone, that mods pretty much universally have craptastic paint jobs. The only solution that I have found is to get a stainless mod, as I never seem to get a mod that I can find a silicone sleeve for (most of them seem to look like crap, anyway).
Now, I do have a "more modern" stainless mod (just picked up a new cuboid, in stainless).
However, there does seem to be fairly limited options for this. I went to about a dozen vape shops over the last week or so, and found that there really are not a lot of stainless options and that not all that appear to be stainless actually are,
I thought I would ask people to post stainless mods (that they have actually held in their hand, and can reasonably vouch for their being actual stainless), and maybe for people that have mods they use for their ADV and still have their finish on them after a year of use (without a protective covering). If a mod can handle ADV for a year without a cover, that company may have found a legit way to keep a finish on a mod.
Plastic mods are not always a viable option, either. I don't know what other people do for a living, but I work on an assembly line for customizing emergency vehicles for specialized options. I've broken a cell phone in a Defender Otter Box at work, so I don't think a plastic mod would survive. I know by experience, that not every vaper out there works under florescent lighting or enjoys the wonders of air conditioning.
I once had a Vamo 3 that did it, but wrote that one off easily, because it was a cheap mod that I picked up at a flea market. I went with an IPV iTaste SVD, that still looks incredibly good today (stainless steel), but the fire button on that was total crap. It does still look great though, even though it is now obsolete (15W max and doesn't fire under 1 ohm). I went with a Cloupor mini (great for its size, lasted a year and died promptly on around its anniversary). finish was total crap. Then I went to a KBox Mini, which was a semi serviceable mod for about a year (the paint chipped off in about a month). I hated that I couldn't lock the buttons for the wattage, without shutting off the mod, too. Next, I went to the Cuboid, which for some reason a number of people hate... Even though I happen to think that it functionally is a great mod. The black finish on it even held up a little bit, and is still trying to stay on everywhere that my sweat has not broken it down (bare metal exactly where my hand rests when holding it).
You've read this far, and are probably wondering why you read all that shit and what the fuck my point is. Fair enough.
I've come to the conclusion (that at least for me), and (based on pictures I've seen people post of their mods with similar finish wear) I think I am not alone, that mods pretty much universally have craptastic paint jobs. The only solution that I have found is to get a stainless mod, as I never seem to get a mod that I can find a silicone sleeve for (most of them seem to look like crap, anyway).
Now, I do have a "more modern" stainless mod (just picked up a new cuboid, in stainless).
However, there does seem to be fairly limited options for this. I went to about a dozen vape shops over the last week or so, and found that there really are not a lot of stainless options and that not all that appear to be stainless actually are,
I thought I would ask people to post stainless mods (that they have actually held in their hand, and can reasonably vouch for their being actual stainless), and maybe for people that have mods they use for their ADV and still have their finish on them after a year of use (without a protective covering). If a mod can handle ADV for a year without a cover, that company may have found a legit way to keep a finish on a mod.
Plastic mods are not always a viable option, either. I don't know what other people do for a living, but I work on an assembly line for customizing emergency vehicles for specialized options. I've broken a cell phone in a Defender Otter Box at work, so I don't think a plastic mod would survive. I know by experience, that not every vaper out there works under florescent lighting or enjoys the wonders of air conditioning.
