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A few weeks ago, whilst preparing for the Fundraiser, I had occasion to revisit the threads about previous events we have run on here, it was quite interesting to go through them all and refresh my aged memory. The biggest thing I noticed was just how many Fine Apes have departed now and that in turn made me look rather more closely at what had changed so much.
Things certainly have changed since the days when the idea of raising some money for various Charities was first mooted by @joe clay @vapemac and myself. LOL
What brought me thoughts together in a more coherent way was listening to the Blog Post that Dean (The Vaping Biker) put up and then reading the views expressed both here and elsewhere on the web.
Several of us have spoken about how the whole vaping scene has changed over the last 18 months or so and where POTV sits within today’s world of vaping. The general consensus was that whilst the market is still as buoyant as ever, the excitement factor has diminished as trends changed, by which I mean, perhaps vaping is now regarded as rather more “The Norm” than say 3 years ago? I do think that a great many of the longer term vapers have found their comfort zones and tend to remain with the gear that satisfies them. I know that here at home, we seem to have reached a plateau by dint of finding the items that work perfectly for our needs. Yes, it has taken time, but for our part.. and I do completely understand that every vaper has their own requirements and thankfully, we are all different in our choices, which has remained one of the really good parts of forum life. This plateau …… for want of a better word, causes me no concerns at all, in some respects, it is almost a relief to feel as settled with things as they are now.
Obviously, the newcomers, hopefully get the same enjoyment that we all experienced when we first started out? I hope that’s the case anyway?
I would prefer not to get into the whole debate about whether the market has now become saturated? Perhaps it has, but possibly not. There are still areas where our “hobby” could use improving and I expect there always will be, my main beef would have to be Battery technology, but that appears to be gaining pace nowadays? Certainly with the flurry that was created when people suddenly rediscovered 18350 Tube Mods has had an impact, I well remember how appalling the battery life used to be when we were both using 18350 Mods permanently LOL. Now we see a single 18350 Cell which has seemingly prodigious life between charges compared to the old offerings. The LiPo market seems to have listened too, with rather more advanced performance than was once the case.
POTV still remains the most active forum out there, the content and discussions have changed dramatically compared to the forum that I first stumbled across in 2013 LOL, it’s all too easy to look back and regret some of the changes, but…. One Man’s Meat, another Man’s Poison” as they say. I do wonder where we will all be and what we will be discussing in another 10 years time? HOPEFULLY NOT BREXIT!!!! LOL
Here’s to the future, whatever it may hold.
Things certainly have changed since the days when the idea of raising some money for various Charities was first mooted by @joe clay @vapemac and myself. LOL
What brought me thoughts together in a more coherent way was listening to the Blog Post that Dean (The Vaping Biker) put up and then reading the views expressed both here and elsewhere on the web.
Several of us have spoken about how the whole vaping scene has changed over the last 18 months or so and where POTV sits within today’s world of vaping. The general consensus was that whilst the market is still as buoyant as ever, the excitement factor has diminished as trends changed, by which I mean, perhaps vaping is now regarded as rather more “The Norm” than say 3 years ago? I do think that a great many of the longer term vapers have found their comfort zones and tend to remain with the gear that satisfies them. I know that here at home, we seem to have reached a plateau by dint of finding the items that work perfectly for our needs. Yes, it has taken time, but for our part.. and I do completely understand that every vaper has their own requirements and thankfully, we are all different in our choices, which has remained one of the really good parts of forum life. This plateau …… for want of a better word, causes me no concerns at all, in some respects, it is almost a relief to feel as settled with things as they are now.
Obviously, the newcomers, hopefully get the same enjoyment that we all experienced when we first started out? I hope that’s the case anyway?
I would prefer not to get into the whole debate about whether the market has now become saturated? Perhaps it has, but possibly not. There are still areas where our “hobby” could use improving and I expect there always will be, my main beef would have to be Battery technology, but that appears to be gaining pace nowadays? Certainly with the flurry that was created when people suddenly rediscovered 18350 Tube Mods has had an impact, I well remember how appalling the battery life used to be when we were both using 18350 Mods permanently LOL. Now we see a single 18350 Cell which has seemingly prodigious life between charges compared to the old offerings. The LiPo market seems to have listened too, with rather more advanced performance than was once the case.
POTV still remains the most active forum out there, the content and discussions have changed dramatically compared to the forum that I first stumbled across in 2013 LOL, it’s all too easy to look back and regret some of the changes, but…. One Man’s Meat, another Man’s Poison” as they say. I do wonder where we will all be and what we will be discussing in another 10 years time? HOPEFULLY NOT BREXIT!!!! LOL
Here’s to the future, whatever it may hold.
Nowadays you can be certain of far better results from initial purchases than we could have dreamed possible back nearer the beginning.
