Technology question...

[PPN]

Hi, I ordered some weeks a go a Evic mini 75W to pair with "the Projects", I'm impressed to see the amount of technology there is in a such mod for less than 40$!

So I'm thinking "why are the vaporizers so expensive while they are using a not so high tech?"

Please I would like to get answers (I'm thinking cause the larger e-cig market...but is it the only one reason?)

 

[MoltenTiger]

Hi, I ordered some weeks a go a Evic mini 75W to pair with "the Projects", I'm impressed to see the amount of technology there is in a such mod for less than 40$!

So I'm thinking "why are the vaporizers so expensive while they are using a not so high tech?"

Please I would like to get answers (I'm thinking cause the larger e-cig market...but is it the only one reason?)

From what I understand, it's a basic supply and demand issue.
There are more e-liquid vaporists, and so that is where most of the market R&D is going.
Most developments at this stage with herb vaporisers have either been a total solution realised in a product (expensive) or small scale, not market-ready modifications to existing e-liquid tech hardware.

I assume at some point soon, there will be a merge effect when the tech in mod batteries is enough to allow cheap herb chamber add-ons. There's some kind of thermal sensor in the newer batteries that has allowed successful convection based herb heaters, but this has yet to be realised as a commercial product.

 

[Delta3DStudios]

Hi, I ordered some weeks a go a Evic mini 75W to pair with "the Projects", I'm impressed to see the amount of technology there is in a such mod for less than 40$!

So I'm thinking "why are the vaporizers so expensive while they are using a not so high tech?"

Please I would like to get answers (I'm thinking cause the larger e-cig market...but is it the only one reason?)

Part of the reason as you suspected is the larger e-cig market.

The other part of the reason comes down to the heating. It's much easier to heat up some e-juice with a simple coil, and there's not as much heat generated when vaping the juice. So they can focus on cutting the price and improving exterior styling, and spend less effort on the vaping coils themselves.

Dry herbs require substantially more energy transfer to fully (and evenly) cook the herbs. This additional heat requires more insulation and careful designing to avoid exposing certain components (such as the battery and the control board) to the heat.

I do think dry herbal vaporizers are overpriced, but not by as much as you'd think. More competition is entering the industry and that will drive prices down slightly, but not by much.