I fully agree with you on all but one thing; on the subject of 'hard hitting' a HR rogue doesn't come close to a dynavap. Dyna and Mighty are imo in the same league. But a Rogue can't make me cough even if it wanted to. I totally love it and would rate it as one of the best electronic vapes at that pricepoint. But it aint as big hitting as a dynavap.
I was using the HR rogue and mighty as an example of similar temp variability, not as an equivalent hit. Totally agree with you though, the rogue is a great little device but it’s punch power is a notch or two below DV and anvil for sure
This idea that all their newer tips and caps are flawed is an opinion though. If nobody was truly buying them or liked them, I doubt you’d keep getting emails for new M’s, right?
Seems to me like the real problem is this group of people that are actually really, really happy with their legacy dynavaps; but then still feel compelled that they need to buy something new. Why can’t they just enjoy their old tips, which will basically never break, and be happy? This strange loop of demanding constant innovation while also being beyond content with older models is very interesting.
I would disagree. If you’re looking at it from the angle of extraction efficiency (in how many heat cycles can we get this bowl to dark brown AVB? CAN we get this bowl to dark brown ABV) then the old tips and caps handily beat the new. Sure you can go past the click on the new tips, but then you are introducing an additional and unpredictable variable to get the hit you want. I’m not saying you can’t get high off them or that they don’t work as DV intended, I’m saying they don’t have as high a ceiling as the old parts.
So from that perspective, they are flawed. From DV’s perspective, they are better as they are harder to combust with = more noob friendly = more sales. So of course people are buying them, and the limited edition sparkles also help by fuelling FOMO.
Hell, maybe long term it’s the most profitable strategy - in fact it probably is. But the point still stands that they’re willingly alienating a crowd looking for a certain hit in order to do so.
And the real problem, is the legacy guys are annoyed because they can’t get replacement parts for their legacy stuff. To use your tech analogy, is it really hard to have a “pro” and consumer line? We’re happy to stick to our old stuff, but these caps don’t last forever man.