THE JACVAPOUR SERIES-B TILT

A PBusardo Review – The Series B Tilt by JacVapour

In this video we add to the stocking again (it’s really straining now!), we do some happy and cranky post review follow-up on the Smok XCube Mini and the Innokin Endura, and we take a full look at the JacVapour Series-B Tilt.

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Post Review Follow-Up:

12/18/15: I love getting a quality response from a vendor or a manufacturer following a potentially not so favorable review. IMHO it says a lot about the people behind the product. This is one such response that they’ve allowed me to share with you:

Hi Phil

Hope you are well.

Thanks for the very in depth review Phil and it’s a shame you did not like it more,
however it has given us some really useful insight which we will use in future
product development. I hope you don’t mind but I would like to respond with regard
to some of the choices we made regarding the design and would really appreciate any
further feedback you have for us. The SERIES-B was the first box mod we have
designed and therefore we are keen to learn for future development.

The design principles for the SERIES-B, were to develop a product with superior
build quality and a simple to use reliable feature set targeting the mainstream user
and in particular those wanting to upgrade from Ego style devices and obtain the
benefits of higher power, increased battery capacity and sub ohm capability in a
discreet, compact form, whilst ensuring the product’s longevity through a
replaceable 18650 battery at a reasonable price point. Our research indicated that
users in this segment want a simple package and that 40 watts of power and no temp
control would meet the majority of users needs, however we felt simple features
should not mean cheap build quality or run of the mill looks.

We could incorporate a $40 branded chip but obviously this would have significant
price implications which we feel would miss the point, however it would be really
useful to hear your views on this in terms of whether you think this would be a good
approach? I think Vaporshark have already done a really good job of this in the
higher price bracket devices.

The mod is priced at £52.99 in the UK, this takes into account the high tax rates we
pay, to put it into perspective the sub-box here is £54.99 in most stores, we also
do a price including the Samsung 25R for £59.99. The US RRP of the device is
$65-$69. At this price point we believe there are very limited, if any, other
options that offer higher build quality in terms of materials used on devices with
replaceable 18650s. I know our looks are subjective, but I do believe the finish is
at the top end and we do offer a 1 year warranty, the Vaporshark is only 6 months,
so the package also represents good value for somebody that needs a reliable
well-built device with entry level box features.

The screen being squint is unfortunate, I have never seen this before, and hopefully
you can see this on the second device we sent, also out of 20 or so we have here in
the office I can’t find an un-level screen, I can say though, if somebody found such
a fault we would instantly replace the device.

I understand your points concerning the settings memory, however we wanted to keep
the device small and all we could fit is a capacitor that allows a 6 second battery
changeover, you need to be quick and also 5 click the device off for it to work. I
agree that this it is not ideal, but we made this choice as 95% of our users are
making one or less than one battery change a day and we believe for our market the
unit being small was our primary concern.

I have also passed your concerns over the firing delay to our chip engineers, I am
not an engineer myself, but could this have anything to do with you using the
initial batch unit, this batch was predominantly made for beta testing and
reviewers, and during the beta we discovered a firing issue which was subsequently
fixed by replacing a component and a software update. I see in your review you are
using batch number 19710727, the Beta and review batch, but I know you were sent an
updated one from the corrected batch once we realised the issue, did you use the
updated one for the firing test? It would be greatly appreciated to know this if
possible.

Once again thanks very much for the review, there’s lots of useful info in there,
and we will take a lot away from it, so we can improve the device in the larger
wattage TC versions currently under design.

Regards
Robert Patrick
Retail Director
+44 7967 920583

www.jacvapour.com