I feel your pain on the non squonk DNA250c
They literally gave away the lost vape drone DNA250c for less than what the chip costs.
It irritates the hell out of me too because all they did was remove one battery slot and replace it with a squonk bottle & hose.
I didn't even care.
So now I have a lost vape drone DNA250c squonk mod with an RTA on it.
But cost me $47 bucks shipped
I look at that squonk bottle daily thinking I could maybe pull something off with removing it and adding a battery but then I come to my senses and just leave it alone.
They're so hard to find! I wish Lost Vape Paranormals were still available. By chance, I bought one with a broken battery door for $50 on reddit, supposedly the part to fix it is like ~$20 shipped from Evolv. The chip by itself costs more so it seemed like a good deal.
I need more though. If I could get a completely functioning Paranormal, I could keep the one I got as a unit to cannibalize parts from.
I need the RTA's more than mods though as I have like two devices sitting waiting for a tank of some sort and I cannot make my mind up/nor can I find what I want in stock anywhere (at least in the United States - don't have patience to wait for it from Europe).
On reddit, I was offered a brand new Kayfun 5^2 for $85 shipped, and a Hussar Project X for $88 shipped. Am concerned with how large the Kayfun is, and wish the Hussar was like 24mm instead of 22mm. I also think the Hussar is a much better deal in terms of how much less the price is than the MSRP.