The original Noisy Cricket is serious. As in, I'm scared to death of it. I have one, used it once, and put it back in the box. It's too much for me.
Now one of the Luxotic NCs has made its way back to my house. My son moved and most of his vape gear came here. It's over there in a chair, waiting for me to do something with it.
At least the Luxotic NC has a potentiometer on it, so I can dial it down, should I decide to use it. The OG NC, no such luck.
As much as we all want to say the safety features are between the vaper's ears, there are some things I don't trust myself with. I have too many rigs around here and too many details to remember already. I don't want to use a mod that could go into thermal runaway if I just put a battery in it upside down. As it was, the first and only time I used it, I had to watch a YT video just to be sure I put the batteries in correctly.