Do I have a dud '901 battery?

[OREGATO]

The blowing into the battery is to try and get it unsticky, it can come from the factory a bit sticky and blowing into it is just trying to loosen it afaik...

I heard the risk of fluid going into the battery only happens to some models, but i think it doesnt happen with the 901..

i could be wrong on the two things..

[jimmy2pax]

About the battery/switch thats stick in the ON mode.

Well, gave it a day of taking off the battery and blowing through the LED end, but the conclusion is it doesn't work. But I find that just blowing through the mouthpiece when it sticks at least stops it going into overheat mode, (when the LED flashes 10 times), and switches it off again. Have to be quick though!

Bit of a pain, but there you go. Might ask for a replacement when I make my next order of spares.

The good news, though, is I've found a way to fix the other battery. (That one had the opposite problem of just not working intermittently.)

This trick/tip has been working for me:

I cover the hole and puff. As soon as the LED glows, I take my finger off the hole and continue the puff.

An 'advanced' variation is similar, but with a 'primer' puff:

Cover the hole and take a short puff, uncovering the hole as soon as the LED glows.

Immediately repeat this, but take a longer puff, ie. once the LED starts to glow, uncover the hole and continue to puff for as long as you like.

This method seems to give a better hit too!

Try it!

:-)

[Misty]

Oregato, Hope you're right cause it gives me one less thing to worry about with the 901 battery..that already is tempermental!

Jimmy, tried it - works ! but have to do it again when I put it down for a while & start vaping again..
Any tricks for that fluid in the mouth though?? Driving me nuts! I'm making sure the sides of the cart are not wet when I put it back in after I add drops..then have to worry about dragging too hard or too little.. never know when I'll get that liquid *yuck*

[jimmy2pax]

Jimmy, tried it - works ! but have to do it again when I put it down for a while & start vaping again..

I'm using this method now for all puffs, not just when the battery gives problems, and it's great. One primer puff covering the hole, uncover as soon as the LED lights. Quickly followed by another puff with the hole covered. Again, uncover the hole as soon as the LED lights up and continue the puff as long as you like. Gives a much better hit.

Unless you're happy with the way your '901 performs, of course. I just like the extra kick it gives.

Any tricks for that fluid in the mouth though?? Driving me nuts! I'm making sure the sides of the cart are not wet when I put it back in after I add drops..then have to worry about dragging too hard or too little.. never know when I'll get that liquid *yuck*

About getting liquid in your mouth. I had that problem at the start too. Now I just top up with 2 or 3 drops of liquid when vapour runs low. That usually lasts for an hour or so, or just repeat when the vapour runs low. Sounds like your overdoing it with the liquid, Misty, or drawing too hard?

:-)

[jimmy2pax]

So this is my 3rd '901 battery and it doesn't seem to be performing well.

But as I'm new to the '901 and e-smoking in general, is it the battery or me?

I have had 3 batteries now. One performs brilliantly: easy draw, lots of vapour and taste, etc.

Number two, I have to draw extremely hard to get it to work and when it does, it produces little vapour and flavour. I ordered a replacement from the supplier.

Number 3, which is the replacement from my supplier for number two, seems to be more difficult to draw on, and produces less vapour and flavour than number one, but slightly better than number 2.

So how should a proper funtioning '901 battery perform?

I'm hoping it's like my number 1, and that I have 2 duds.

:-(

[Grumpysanta]

One performs brilliantly: easy draw, lots of vapour and taste, etc.

That is how your 901 battery should perform. The problems are fairly typical of what most people find and that is why so may have looked at using an alternative battery source. I'm using 3 AA rechargeable batteries as an alternative source, they perform better for longer and using them I never get backwash (liquid in the mouth) because the atomiser is working immediately I press a button. You are getting backwash because you are relying on the autoswitch so the atomiser has not warmed up on the first part of the draw. Think Kissbox with the manual switch.

[jimmy2pax]

Well, 6 months later and I've had to go back to analogues several times due to the '901 batteries. How I managed to stay off them for 4 months is a mystery. Maybe things just got worse battery wise.

Mind you, I still have the same chargers.

Does charger performance drop off after a few months?

It's not the duration of charge that bothers me so much, it's the inconsistency of performance. Some work well for a while, others don't.

When they work, everything's fine.

Since I prefer to vape than to smoke analogues, I've ordered a Screwdriver. That should hopefully sort out my battery issues.

:-)