Any mod is gonna claim that. At work I remove the guards from my saws. Does it work better for me. Yes. Should manufacturers sell saws without gaurds. Hell no.
If tv told us to throw out the heat shield and use shorty mouth pieces on the cartridge. We would all cry when we burn our lips. They did it the best and safest way they could.
Do I run mine without shield. Yes. If I burn myself it's my fault.
This part right here is amazing. I wish everyone understood this. I love modding things and taking them apart. However when I overclock something and run it hot or do a motor swap on a vehicle I don't expect to have it be just as reliable as it was from the factory...for the general population anyway. For me my motor swap was a great success, but >95% of people buying it would say the bike was ruined if it came the way that best suits me.
Every now and then someone comes up with a mod that improves a design all around. Manufacturers love and embrace this almost all of the time. That being said they also spend a TON of time/money making things the best possible way for the majority. Any tinkerer should understand that you can break it in the process, and once the device is altered, you MAY no longer be able to expect what you could when the product was tested as designed.
Now with that I hope these mods keep rolling in! As a general rule of thumb, if you want to mod it, make sure you don't care about the warranty. Luckily the TV is so modular and we can buy small parts to replace when our experiments go sour.
