So... My $65 PIU solo has arrived! Ordered Friday got it today (Monday). CALI to Ohio THAT DAMN FAST!!! Love PIU. I'll post pics n stuff after I get home. Anxious to get back to the vape life. Stay tuned folks....
I got mine, actually two (one for a friend, who gets 'first choice').
The two I got are the old (real PA) version, M1A4XXX for those hung up on that. The battery packs have date codes about two years old, so that makes sense to me. They are definitely used, one way more than the other. One has a few scratches on the body but is otherwise in very good shape (four solid corners). The other is a true Veteran. It looks like some used a pipe wrench on the top (slight exaggeration, but it's 'rough' for sure). All four corners are seriously broken out and the baseplate has several long cracks across what's left. The bottom is also quite scuffed up in the parts that are left, showing it's been dragged over some rough surface a lot.
Both came mostly charged, and cycled normally at step 4. They're both charged fully, I'm about to do a 'step7, top open' battery life test. Then comes some serious repair work to save what's left of the beat one (the one I'm sure to end up with, and rightly so).
The came with 2 brand new
straight stems (no bent ones), two used chargers and two of the funny little oil cups. The packing is somewhat primitive. The unit it tossed into the original 'nearly cube' box with the charger and bubble wrapped glass and filled with 'Styrofoam noodles'. The smaller box (with the glass) and the custom packing is gone, but at the price.......
It looks to me like Randy has cleared out 'tested working just fine' units. Stuff from last year? Or maybe units he just got in, which have been replaced by new style? This may or may not mean this could happen again.
IMO it's a great stroke of luck that they are the older style. The 'use while charging' might be convenient for those not keeping track of their charge and all, but I prefer the older ('true PA') version I think not that I've tried both.
I hope others 'luck out' in their buys as well.....whatever they consider lucky?
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