Hello all,
I'm sad to see that this forum isn't anywhere near as lively as it used to be. I've never been a contributing member (that I can remember, anyway), but I used to read on here all the time. Sorry if this post is too long, but I wanted to share my story at the same time I hopefully get some answers/advice/help. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and replies!
I've been a loyal Vapor4Life customer for nearly 6 years now. Yup, you read that right. With the exception of some juices ordered from other sites many years ago (which were all way more expensive), every bit of vaping gear and liquid I've ever used has come from V4L. I went from a pack and a half a day smoker to almost none within a day of receiving my first order. Now I've been completely smoke-free for a very long time (cigarettes make me physically ill and I don't know how I used to smoke them). I guess I'm old school when it comes to vaping and now use a simple Vapor Titan/CoolCart combo. I don't even understand 90% of the lingo on these forums anymore. The vaping world got way too complicated with too many companies coming/going and new products being introduced on a seemingly daily basis. No offense intended to anyone who's into all of this, but I simply don't have the time or energy to keep up. I found something that worked for me and stuck with it.
Introduction and pleasantries aside, I have a very serious problem going on:
A few days ago, one of my (admittedly pretty old) Vapor Titan batteries began showing signs of dying. It charged fully, but within an hour or so it started putting out less vapor and the LED got dimmer. It kept hitting, sort of, but produced less and less vapor to the point of nothing. It never actually died though. I re-charged it and tried again - same thing. Now that's all it does.
I thought that was sad and chalked it up to age. Nothing lasts forever.
However, yesterday, another one of my Vapor Titan batteries began doing the exact same thing. It works great for an hour or so, then dims and provides almost no vapor. I can try to hit on it for hours and it won't flash repeatedly as though it's actually dead; it just plays dead. The LED struggles to light up and I get a tiny puff of mostly air.
One battery dying in an odd way is par for the course. Two batteries doing so in the exact same way in the course of a couple of days is more than coincidence.
Could one of my chargers be doing this to my batteries? I don't know enough about the physics involved to know if this is a possibility. I have three slim chargers that I switch between as the day(s) go on, so don't even know which one could be the culprit if this is what's happening. I'd need an endless supply of batteries for any sort of trial and error here.
The primary reason I'm looking at the charger is because I ran into a stream of (very) bad luck with them. I currently have 4 (yes, four) slim chargers that either arrived dead or died within a couple of weeks. V4L was kind enough to replace them. Two years ago or so, one of those chargers killed two of my Titan batteries (I charged each battery with it and suddenly they would no longer connect to any cartomizer, no matter how much I adjusted the post or what I tried). V4L claimed that the charger wasn't responsible, but thankfully replaced those batteries and the charger anyway. After 4 years of vaping at the time, I knew what I was doing; the only change was that new charger.
I'm scared because I've now had to break out some (almost) brand new batteries that I've had in storage for some time (and use on occasion) and really, really don't want them to succumb to the same fate. My mom passed away last year and I have no money to order anything new, possibly ever again. I was already looking at being forced to quit once I ran out of juice and cartos, but that was thankfully a long ways off because I stocked up when I could (and am still trying to figure out my finances for the future). I can't afford my mortgage, let alone an order for a bunch of new batteries and chargers. This stinks.
Now I may have to (somehow) quit in a week or so because something is frying my batteries. If it's not one of the chargers, then I'm lost because that's the only thing I plug my batteries into...
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
I'm sad to see that this forum isn't anywhere near as lively as it used to be. I've never been a contributing member (that I can remember, anyway), but I used to read on here all the time. Sorry if this post is too long, but I wanted to share my story at the same time I hopefully get some answers/advice/help. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and replies!
I've been a loyal Vapor4Life customer for nearly 6 years now. Yup, you read that right. With the exception of some juices ordered from other sites many years ago (which were all way more expensive), every bit of vaping gear and liquid I've ever used has come from V4L. I went from a pack and a half a day smoker to almost none within a day of receiving my first order. Now I've been completely smoke-free for a very long time (cigarettes make me physically ill and I don't know how I used to smoke them). I guess I'm old school when it comes to vaping and now use a simple Vapor Titan/CoolCart combo. I don't even understand 90% of the lingo on these forums anymore. The vaping world got way too complicated with too many companies coming/going and new products being introduced on a seemingly daily basis. No offense intended to anyone who's into all of this, but I simply don't have the time or energy to keep up. I found something that worked for me and stuck with it.
Introduction and pleasantries aside, I have a very serious problem going on:
A few days ago, one of my (admittedly pretty old) Vapor Titan batteries began showing signs of dying. It charged fully, but within an hour or so it started putting out less vapor and the LED got dimmer. It kept hitting, sort of, but produced less and less vapor to the point of nothing. It never actually died though. I re-charged it and tried again - same thing. Now that's all it does.
I thought that was sad and chalked it up to age. Nothing lasts forever.
However, yesterday, another one of my Vapor Titan batteries began doing the exact same thing. It works great for an hour or so, then dims and provides almost no vapor. I can try to hit on it for hours and it won't flash repeatedly as though it's actually dead; it just plays dead. The LED struggles to light up and I get a tiny puff of mostly air.
One battery dying in an odd way is par for the course. Two batteries doing so in the exact same way in the course of a couple of days is more than coincidence.
Could one of my chargers be doing this to my batteries? I don't know enough about the physics involved to know if this is a possibility. I have three slim chargers that I switch between as the day(s) go on, so don't even know which one could be the culprit if this is what's happening. I'd need an endless supply of batteries for any sort of trial and error here.
The primary reason I'm looking at the charger is because I ran into a stream of (very) bad luck with them. I currently have 4 (yes, four) slim chargers that either arrived dead or died within a couple of weeks. V4L was kind enough to replace them. Two years ago or so, one of those chargers killed two of my Titan batteries (I charged each battery with it and suddenly they would no longer connect to any cartomizer, no matter how much I adjusted the post or what I tried). V4L claimed that the charger wasn't responsible, but thankfully replaced those batteries and the charger anyway. After 4 years of vaping at the time, I knew what I was doing; the only change was that new charger.
I'm scared because I've now had to break out some (almost) brand new batteries that I've had in storage for some time (and use on occasion) and really, really don't want them to succumb to the same fate. My mom passed away last year and I have no money to order anything new, possibly ever again. I was already looking at being forced to quit once I ran out of juice and cartos, but that was thankfully a long ways off because I stocked up when I could (and am still trying to figure out my finances for the future). I can't afford my mortgage, let alone an order for a bunch of new batteries and chargers. This stinks.
Now I may have to (somehow) quit in a week or so because something is frying my batteries. If it's not one of the chargers, then I'm lost because that's the only thing I plug my batteries into...
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
