I bought an Xros Pod system plus 4 pods a while ago to experiment. Kinda liked it for pocket use, but when I went back for more pods they were sold out everywhere. Today I got a Black Friday email from MistHub, so I poked around their Pod systems and noticed a pattern. Tell me if I’m wrong.
It seems the major brands are cranking out pod systems like mad, but they are all short lived. I suspect they make an initial batch and then quit, moving on to the next generation. As each batch sells out, replacement pods disappear from the market. At MistHub I looked at 8 name brand Pods. Every one was sold out in the primary “neutral” colors (black, gray), leaving only the ugly pinks and greens nobody buys. And the replacement pods were sold out in the “sweet spot” resistance (0.8 to 1.0 ohms), leaving only the extreme 0.2 and 1.2 ohms.
So if you buy a Pod system ($20 to $40), 4 to 6 months later you can’t find new pods, making the system trash?