istick 50 watt exploded

[ElevenEleven]

I've been using it for three months without a problem. This reminds me of people freaking out because of a lemon. Just be careful.

There's more than one lemon. Quite a lot more.

 

[twgbonehead]

I just called a friend who is a new vapor. She's been charging her isticks on her computer, oy! I told her not to do that when I first gave them to her.

Actually, charging devices on your computer is probably much safer than doing it with a wall-wart. The computer has circuitry to detect excessive current (and disable the charging). The wall-wart doesn't. I charge mine all the time on various computers. (But I don't own an istick50, and don't intend to!)

 

[Niloy63]

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Glad you and your girl are ok. That coulda been real bad......
The 50's have been known to autofire like mine here did. I pulled the atty off before it got too hot. It never stopped tryin to fire. iSmoka has a 90 day warranty on em.

I have an stick 50W as well and had it autofire a few times. It worked amazingly without a glitch for about 2 1/2 months. For me, it only has occurred immediately after taking a hit, and not randomly on it's own.

 

[tomdon]

That's nuts. Hope my 30w never does that

 

[hurricanegirl100]

Man, yet another reason to avoid anything istick like the ever-loving plague! Scary stuff!

 

[Bikenstein]

Man, yet another reason to avoid anything Istick like the ever-loving plague! Scary stuff!

The 30s are good units as well as the 10s and 20s. A lot of the 50s are ok but I don't recommend them until they fix the kinks.

 

[roxynoodle]

Actually, charging devices on your computer is probably much safer than doing it with a wall-wart. The computer has circuitry to detect excessive current (and disable the charging). The wall-wart doesn't. I charge mine all the time on various computers. (But I don't own an istick50, and don't intend to!)

If that's true, why have there been so many ego fires from charging on computers? A year ago, everyone here said it wasn't safe to do that.

 

[Katya]

Actually, charging devices on your computer is probably much safer than doing it with a wall-wart. The computer has circuitry to detect excessive current (and disable the charging). The wall-wart doesn't. I charge mine all the time on various computers. (But I don't own an istick50, and don't intend to!)

I'm more worried about frying my computer than I'm about frying a cheap wall wart. That was my main point. As for safety, I don't know.

Woman Claims E-Cigarette Exploded, Shot 4-Foot Flames Across Living Room - Breitbart

 

[mix1983]

Well that's terrifying. I've had mine for about 12 hours. Got it in the mail today. It came charged so I haven't had to deal with that yet.

I'm a bit nervous to let it charge overnight now. It would be nice to know if there was some type of revision (and a way to tell if a person has it).

 

[zoiDman]

I'm more worried about frying my computer than I'm about frying a cheap wall wart. That was my main point. As for safety, I don't know.

Woman Claims E-Cigarette Exploded, Shot 4-Foot Flames Across Living Room - Breitbart

I hit the Like Button 17 Times but it Only gave you 1.

 

[AndriaD]

I'm more worried about frying my computer than I'm about frying a cheap wall wart. That was my main point. As for safety, I don't know.

Woman Claims E-Cigarette Exploded, Shot 4-Foot Flames Across Living Room - Breitbart

I'm with you! I just got this nifty new laptop, I ain't jeopardizing it for NUTTIN! After 9 yrs with Win XP Pro... I LIKE WIN 8.1!! But what I REALLY like is 16gb of RAM. The mod gets charged at the wall.

Andria

 

[Bikenstein]

This seems like a logical answer to the problem and readily explains my own experience. It is also from a reputable source. If this is the case..... Quit Shakin Your Sticks to see if the buttons RATTLE!

[–]FartsMcPoopIPV 3 & Mutation v2 4 points5 points6 points 19 days ago (6 children)

I have a friend who has gone through two iStick 50s with this same issue. He's in the process of sending the second one back now.

He got an email today from the site he bought it from (rocky mountain vapor) saying that the issue is caused by the boards not being properly secured and coming loose, not from juice getting in there, and that the new batch they are getting in has had this issue fixed.

IDK how much truth there is to this but that is what they said.

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[–]bigbrentos 2 points3 points4 points 19 days ago* (2 children)

Interesting to hear. Do they have the new batch in now? I'm looking to order an istick 50W and a subtank mini as a straight upgrade to my current Nautilus mini + istick 20W setup.

Also, how is Rocky Mountain Vapor as a vendor and do they have any ongoing discount codes?

EDIT: I got a reply from contacting them on their site:

Hello,

We got in a new batch on Monday and have been told this batch is from the fixed batch. I haven't had them long enough to confirm this myself. It will take a couple weeks for me to get an idea if they truly fixed the issue.

With that said the ones with problems is still a low number and less than 10% of them. If you do order put in the comment section that you want a new batch one. We have them in all colors.

 

[Newtovaping94]

This is some scary stuff and i'm glad that you weren't holding it or had it near you when it finally died out

 

[CardinalWinds]

Next question, same order eleaf Istick 50W kit, does it come with the wall charger or will it come with charger that plugs into my computer? Ordered from vaperoyalty.

I bought the two 50's I have from VapeRoyalty. They came with the charging cable but not the wall adapter. Both of mine work fine, btw.

 

[Shigura]

Just seen this on reddit, too soon?

He was just trying to live a longer life ... - Imgur

 

[btpowers]

My wife inherited my 20, has anyone heard of any issues with them?

 

[AndriaD]

My wife inherited my 20, has anyone heard of any issues with them?

Only that it won't step down, so at lower settings, it seems to "run hot". Think that's the only one I've heard of. I just ordered another 30w; found an ever better price on them, at Mt Baker.

Andria

 

[The_Nom]

This seems to be a pattern with the 50w. I've heard of a few randoms like this in the vape shop too. We started pre-charging them for people so they don't have to deal with a potential mess.

 

[Shigura]

Although I don't own one, almost did get one, I've came across several posts about it auto firing like crazy. Tis a sad thing too Eleaf does make some good products.

 

[gandymarsh]

Only that it won't step down, so at lower settings, it seems to "run hot". Think that's the only one I've heard of. I just ordered another 30w; found an ever better price on them, at Mt Baker.

Andria

That and the 510 threading is soft so some have had stripping problems. If you use a 510 to Ego/510 adapter it will prolong the thread life.

Also the 20w 510 connector has a fixed center pin that causes some connectivity problems. The 30w and 50w have a spring loaded center pin.

Oh, and the 30w and 50w have stainless steel threads.