Yeah I can't speak to mods at all, but this is ofcourse different tech (in the heater at the very least) so I don't know how fair of a comparison that really is myself...
There are many future ideas kicking around, I too am looking forward to a regulated single battery, would be a true Zion Mini then. We need these ones to take off first though, until the company becomes establish with actual profit, I don't see any new models materializing beyond a prototype...
However, battery life wise, with the Zion tuned to max power, and even more importantly for this convo, in the unregulated dual unit with true raw max power, the battery life is phenomenal, right
@IAmKrazy2? So I'd expect the single battery betas to have similar efficiency being turnt up, you press the button for just a few seconds before you've got more than enough heat for a massive cloudy hit, so battery life really should be great here too.
Long battery life should be constant throughout the Zion line with the same heater technology and high quality 18650 batteries, regardless of their other differences
Appreciate the insight. I also am not really all that familiar with ecig mods, but from the little experience I have, they seemed very similar in terms of what's going on with "regulation" but I am not knowledgeable enough to know if its truly similar.
Battery life, while awesome that it's phenomenal, I still think the dual unregulated would encounter the same idea (its not a problem, just way it works) I'm talking about. But, I could be totally wrong just was a thought I had as I hit my ecig and read this thread.
Here is maybe a (crude) example to illustrate my point. The Zion Heater and the Wire Wraps aren't pertinent, imo, but maybe they truly are?
You have a water tank. You open the valve, water gushes out. When the tank has less water, it doesn't "gush" out like it did at the top of the tank. It trickles. The amount of water being forced out the valve when the tank is full, is higher than the amount of water being forced out the valve when the tank is less. That's my crude "unregulated" example. Water/Power on, Water/Power off. Just consider the water tank as a battery. Water as the "energy"
For my "regulated example" you have the exact same tank, but this time you have a valve that when you push it, it always shoots out X ounces of water. Whether you hit that valve when the tank is full, or when the tank is low, you'll always get X ounces of water (provided the water is there). Again, substitute water tank for battery and water for energy.
Does that make sense? So while a dual unregulated may still last 3 days, the hits at the top of day 1, are going to have more OOMPH and energy to them than the hits on Day 3. If you don't need to use a lot of energy on a hit, it's probably not an issue. But I'm a guy who likes taking big rips. I can't help but feel there would be some sort of quality difference if I packed the stem of the unregulated at a "fully charged" then if I packed it up at 70% empty. If I need the batteries for the "optimum" hit for me to be running at like.....60%.... unregulated, I'd be drawing more power than necessary at the top (still will get quality hits), but then eventually won't be able to draw enough power to satisfy me, but it still will draw some power. The regulated I should be able to set it to "60%" , I should get more quality hits of my liking because the hits at the top are just drawing enough power for my level.....so the extra power that isn't being used can be used for more quality hits on the backend. That make sense?
Reason this was on my mind was because yeah I used to use the Mechanical Unregulated Ecigarette mods and they wouldn't really satisfy me through the day; I'd get decent hits on the second half of my battery, but they just clearly were not up to the quality of the hits when the battery was fully charged. Comparatively, I'm running my stuff right now at 30w and it will keep giving me same quality hits until the battery is "dead".
But that "dead" battery would probably have more juice in it than the unregulated one if I cashed them both out. Because the one in the regulated was only not firing because it couldn't reach the levels I set for it. If I turn down the wattage/voltage, it will fire (to a degree) The unregulated will keep on throwing out energy until its totally needing a charge. Hopefully this makes sense lol. I'll be following this along to see what comes of it.
forgot where we were. Given that the single will be running hot, I think it will be similarly efficient for quick hits, but half the power of course. Probably 4-8 bowls or so? Too soon to know now, only one real 18mm prototype
) I'm still super happy to be on the preorder list can't wait to see ever more happening on this thread now the mighty Zion is sorted and shipping out. 
