Threads change, topics change, taste changes. I'm all about watching it unfold, and picking up a couple good deals along the way.
Just because the HE stuff is on the minds of many on this forum, doesn't mean it will always be that way. TBH, as a vaper the past year of releases from china have been fairly boring, the predator isn't all that, the RX300 and GX350 are as big as a house, the new noisy cricket is an overprotective demon soccer mom, don't get me started on the Uwell Crown 2. It just seems more and more that watts need to go higher for cheap, and devices can be as shoddily put together as possible as long as they can reach 150watts+. (not that there haven't been HE things that I find lame too) Goon LP, Kodama Minikins.
There are plenty of shapes and sizes, but for me, the smaller and more comfortable the better. Which I tend to only find on a more HE side of things (not always). Also the price difference isn't that insane. People save up for nice things they want, so we can't be putting them down when they finally get it, regardless of whether its a istick basic or Vicious Ant.
I do think the industry is moving away from these over powered monstrosities to AIO devices .... but it's a folly world and nothing makes sense in the vaping scene these days. Luckily you can ignore all of it and stick with your stalwarts ......
Price difference I beg to differ ...... just cause you slap some stabwood (and shyte quality at that) doesn't mean you can hike the price up by 50% .....