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Old 11-28-2008, 12:31 PM   #1
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Hello,
I'm new to the site and new to E-cigarettes.
I've just bought a Mini from Ebay (this could have bee a mistake, but never mind). The Item I bought was from smart smoker listed here:
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SmartSmoker ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE +56 Cartridges.
In the instructions it says to charge the battery for at least 8 hours for the first charge to 'prime' the battery. Mine went from red to green after about 2 hours, do I need to leave it in the charger for another 6 hours? Surely if the light is green then it's not charging, so why leave it plugged in?

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Old 11-28-2008, 12:35 PM   #2
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First, welcome to the e-cig world

Leave it go the full 8 hours the first time.
Next time it will take about 3 hours.
The light is not always right, plus what you doing is over charging to, sort of pack it for useage.
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Old 11-28-2008, 12:39 PM   #3
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Thank you for a promt reply.
Will it do any harm if I have a quick go then slap it back on charge?
I want to play

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Hi David, I've just had a look at the eBay item number you have bought & though it says it's a mini, from the photos it's a Super mini.
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Re wanting to play with it before the full 8 hour charge. So did I when I got my first kit. So I decided to risk it with one battery & put leave the other on for 8 hours & tbh, I've not noticed much difference in the performance of either of those batteries.
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Old 11-28-2008, 12:49 PM   #6
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It may well be, it's 102mm long.

Thank you, do you know it they're any good? I want to try it!

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Re wanting to play with it before the full 8 hour charge. So did I when I got my first kit. So I decided to risk it with one battery & put leave the other on for 8 hours & tbh, I've not noticed much difference in the performance of either of those batteries.
Thanks Chrissie, I'll give it a go when I fancy a fag[1] then.

[1]-UK term for cigarette BTW.
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David, my first kit was the Super mini & it's still going strong 4 months later

However, a couple of months ago I bought my first mini (Dse901) & it produces a lot more vapour than the Super
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Old 11-28-2008, 01:00 PM   #9
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I think there's something up with it. It does vapourize a little and you can tell you get a hit but.............
After taking a drag the filter flashes for a while and makes a noise, also it gets quite hot at the metal join. Is this normal?

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It sounds to me like it has gone straight into the auto clean mode, which it shouldn't be doing. have you actually put a cartridge in? The mouthpiece that comes attached to most e-cigs when you unpack them is a blank.
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