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I've been vaping for fractionally less than a year, and it seems to me that innovation has largely been driven by the 'enthusiast sector' of the market. In effect it is 'men in sheds' and not large corporation who have led the way. Personally I find that an attractive proposition, but inevitably in a young market we have not seen companies committing to massive R & D to generate innovation. Given the current uncertainly surrounding the future of vaping it would be a huge gamble to spend serious money developing a truly better refillable device (just in time for the politicians to potentially ban it).

If the market is left alone and allowed to grow though I'm sure it will happen. For many years all car engines used a carburettor - nowadays sophisticated computer-monitored fuel injection is favoured. It took plenty of time and R & D investment to bring that innovation. Unfortunately the 'big boys' (who could commit to serious R & D if they wanted to) will only invest in cigalikes because it suits their business model and experience.

I think we're still in the early days of vaping. If you look back to the early days of air travel (or even motoring!) you will see the difficulties and inconveniences that people had to put up with. Nowadays we can jump on a plane or get in the car and it's comparatively painless. If I think back 50 years I can remember my father (a hi fi enthusiast) building speakers roughly the size of a wardrobe to get the sort of sound he wanted - today I get a far better sound from speakers a fraction of the size. It's called progress, but it takes time, investment, and the prospect of a flourishing market that will appreciate and buy the 'better mousetrap'. We don't have that prospect right now. Until a clear future for vaping emerges it will be the men in sheds who continue to lead the way. Consequently the 'best vape' will involve a good measure of user involvement and input.

As I approach the end of my first year of vaping I am using rebuilables all the time and enjoying them immensely. I have had to learn to adapt my vaping technique, but it was so worth it! Vaping is different from smoking (and much more enjoyable in my view). Like many others I have good days (when my builds go well) and not so good days (thank goodness for the Spheroid!) but I have no great manual dexterity. If I can do it anyone can - if they want.

I'm probably non-typical, but I actually believe that the 'fiddle factor', the 'having to learn how to do it' element, the actual challenge of having to learn how to set these devices up and get them working properly has helped to take my mind off the rather singular fact that I'm not smoking the normal 30 to 40 fags a day....

Done - No's well ahead so far

Tooooo tempting

Thank you for posting the link

These Pannies are the best and longest lasting batteries I have used. I use them in mech mods with a fuse and in electronic mods too.

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I'll have to try some of their other flavours in the new year. Prices are very good (I like 100ml bottles)