- February 5th, 2023, 3:00 pm#4978422
85 usd, only 100 and they are sold out. Seems he will do more batches
dantonvfx wrote: ↑February 5th, 2023, 3:00 pm 85 usd, only 100 and they are sold out. Seems he will do more batchesI bought one.
I have little doubt that mods will be all over the place on price.
I could see a complete electronics overhaul kit with lights, sound, and vibration replacements being $300 based on offerings for other packs. Even though LEDs and vibration motors and speakers don't cost that much.
I could also see mods being $30, particularly if they require self-installation, maybe $50 for the pack and the wand? But this not only requires experience, it requires sacrificing some degree of control. If somebody makes a mod that requires replacing both the pack and wand microcontrollers, you have to change both. You only get the mod that's being offered, as good as that is and with the features its designer wanted it to have.
Here's what sold me on Noah's:
He's an electrician.
He was critical in his videos of people doing something that works once for a video but won't necessarily work if you leave it on for 12 hours.
He tested it for 3 weeks and demonstrated with two packs.
It's plug and play.
While he has a compatible wand mod, he's insisting on installing it himself and having people mail wands in if they want it so only he is responsible if anything breaks. I respect that. It's how I'd do it.
It does what I want. Not more, not less.
It doesn't have a break in the power after two minutes.
It works with the vestigial switch on the pack and can be turned off.
It doesn't require messing with the wand. It doesn't alter the wand. It no longer reacts to the wand aside from powering the wand. I especially don't want wand heavy mods because I know from build quality that the wand WILL break before the pack will and the wand is harder to repair than the pack is. I want to have a spare wand in my closet and just switch wands someday when my wand breaks. And I can probably buy a third wand for under $400 when that one breaks, as long as I don't care about tip color. That isn't going to be that easy if my wand needs to be modded. These wands are nice but they're absolutely the weak link. They jam. They slice wires. They have multiple failure points and are annoying to disassemble. This pack will be fine in 25 years assuming I don't get assaulted with it on or fall down some stairs. The big liability with the pack is that the wires can come out easily and get lost and can't be replaced currently. The hardest repair with the pack will be replacing the LEDs when they go.
Overall, I'm impressed with the reliability and build quality of Noah's mod from his demos. I don't think I'll need to replace it every six months. It's unobtrusive. It's thoroughly tested. It's reversible. He demonstrated it live on two packs. It doesn't have features I don't want. It has the features I do want. It's easy. He says he'll stand behind it for life.
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