Original or Clone?

[jollypirate]

*sits back and waits for boobs*

 

[Carlos]

No reason for a civilised open debate to be locked, it's not as though we have called each other twats or anything

i have my views
whit has his
sam has his
blossom has hers
meg has hers
oh hell everyone has there own lol

 

[Mawsley]

No reason for a civilised open debate to be locked, it's not as though we have called each other twats or anything

i have my views
whit has his
sam has his
blossom has hers
meg has hers
oh hell everyone has there own lol

I know, but history says these things tend to degenerate - especially if I start throwing in what I think

 

[Carlos]

I know, but history says these things tend to degenerate - especially if I start throwing in what I think

throw it in seeing as your a reviewer mate, you should know what's what And have a valid view point

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

The only way it will get closed is if people start getting carried away and start resorting to personal attacks.


Oddly enough, I think the clone/original stance has been beaten to death over the last 6 months and you all have said your piece more than once, myself included and I think none of us should waste our times repeating ourselves If our opinions havent changed from last month to today, I can see none of us adding anything NEW to the debate

So shut up all of ya!

 

[jollypirate]

 

[stylezuk]

Ok i started of with a Vamo v5 nice and cheap and then purchased a UDT-v9 to then getting the The Vengeance to which looks like a Nemesis but has no logo's, since then I've purchased numerous things from UD as they cheap from the offset, recently have purchased Grand Vapor Private v3, Cerberus SS, Atomic and a Trident v2 as i prefer my money to go towards innovations, the only thing that i have purchased as such "Klon" KFL+ EHPRO but this is just to see if i'd like to spend the extra money to buy an official product, it gets past a joke when you see Numbus's etc being cloned when can be got got £49 and even worse and IGO-W clone, they'll clone anything and everything,

 

[Mawsley]

throw it in seeing as your a reviewer mate, you should know what's what And have a valid view point

This is my current stance, I reserve the right to amend my opinions as I see fit

After fielding a number of emails from some people who read the blog I feel it’s appropriate to lay out my position on what I review and where I spend my money.

First and foremost, without original manufacturers there would be no clones. Original manufacturers innovate, invest and labour to produce vaping gear that is of the highest quality they can release to the public. I buy original equipment because I like the look of it and I believe it will work well, having carried out a lot of research and read/watched other people’s opinions. Very few people can be on as tight a budget as we live on and so when I want something I do a thing very new to me – I save up for it.


Clones. Without clones I would not be buying original products. I bought clones from China exclusively while I was working out what worked for me and what didn’t. I believe that the clone market will never go away and attacking it with legal action is a waste of money. I believe that threatening shops and group buy organisers is a wholly counter-productive thing. I am sure that I am not the only person who will never buy a product made by one certain manufacturer due to his actions in the States.


I believe that the way forward for manufacturers is to adopt a Harley Davidson/Triumph motorcycle model of business. Both sell high-end motorcycles to enthusiasts but they also include budget-priced options within their ranges in order to attract new customers and build brand loyalty. I wish more mod makers would produce affordable lines of products within their product mix.


I will continue to buy both original products and clones and I intend to carry on reviewing both clones and originals. My finances mean there will still be more clone reviews than original ones as much as I would like have a better balance between the two. This is because my reason for writing this blog is a) for enjoyment and b)to be informative in an entertaining way offering something different to the video reviews.


I do not believe that clones stop the sales of genuine products, I believe they enhance them. I would never have spent virtually £180 on a genuine Maraxus before trying the clone first. I would never have regularly spent over £60 on dripping atomisers had I not found out how poor most clone versions were. I owned the clone of the Immortalizer – it means I will now buy the original Immortalizer (albeit waiting for the next version). This supports my position that if manufacturers could offer cheaper, scaled-down versions of products people would be more inclined to shop locally than from the Far East.


Finally, I believe that vaping (as much as we are one giant community sharing a hobby/obsession) is a personal thing. Life is not black and white and we all move around in the shades of grey. The sole intention of this blog is not to advocate buying one thing or the other but just to offer my perspective on whether an item is up to the job or not. And, to reiterate, I believe that everybody should support original manufacturers at what ever level they see fit as without them we would not have the options in front of us.


Vape on.

 

[Mawsley]

And to support that - you can buy original Pinoy mods from £40 from midlands vaping.

I receive neither discount nor free products to say this.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

And to support that - you can buy original Pinoy mods from £40 from @midlands vaping.

I receive neither discount nor free products to say this.

lol spammer