Regarding the battery, that has been my experience as well. Love the hit efficiency, hate the battery and slow charging. If this battery issue is an upgrade from the Crafty, I am glad I never got the original. If this thing had changeable batteries so you could keep a set charged at all times it would be perfect. Instead it's a good vape that has a major flaw. I like S&B but I really hate the planned obsolescence built into their portables. It's kind of mercenary, considering it wouldn't be difficult to make the exact same vape with the ability to swap out batteries. They are seriously inconveniencing the user by doing this. Myself, I went to this from a Haze V3, which I really liked. Sadly, Haze went under. I do believe that the Crafty Plus is a bit more efficient of a hitter, although the Haze did quite well but the big plus on the Haze was the swappable batteries. S&B dropped the ball on that aspect, for no reason other than greed and while it's not a deal breaker, it is very disappointing.
I really hate the planned obsolescence built into their portables.
They are seriously inconveniencing the user by doing this.
for no reason other than greed....... ...it is very disappointing.
The last Crafty was fine if you had other vapes and used it for outdoors or visiting friends. It was the only compact vape I tried that satisfied me (especially outdoors) after having a Mighty.
I feel a little bit sorry for those who bought a full price OG Crafty to use as their primary vape, especially if you got an early unreliable one, I was advised on here to get the Mighty first. If you knew what you're getting into there was little to complain about although more sessions per charge are always desirable!
Maybe I was lucky to get the advice here first.
The Crafty and Mighty batteries can be changed by user or third party, it is difficult to do correctly and not recommended by the company.
We are able to change them though.
To me, it would be more important if the plastic casing does not crack in this new model.
We could get full use from the insides, change out batteries or have them replaced for us, or sell them secondhand without guilt.
If your batteries start to become sluggish within warranty, which is up to 3 yrs now, the company used to replace them for a fee. If you think the fee is too much for your situation there are other ways.
In the video tour of S&B factory, one of the founders is asked why they won't go to easily replaceable cells by the user.
He said it was for security reasons.
Some interpreted this as danger to the user or damage to the vape internals, but it could be shipping restrictions too.
If I order any batteries they are confiscated by the mail in my country mainly because of leakage they say, and many carriers and countries don't accept lithium cells, particularly via air.
That's what I took from it anyway. Maybe smaller fish or non EU companies can still offer seperate batteries in their respective markets.
While browsing some regulations I found this image which shows an accidental result of lithium-ion cell transport by air!
Possibly an incident that caused these restrictions?
