Moments when you do an epic facepalm

[TVC70]

I was just vaping away on a Griffin a few hours ago and needed to fill it up, so I closed off the juice holes, filled it up, and proceeded to vape away. After a few drags I noticed it tasted vaguely burnt so I let it sit for a while, thinking the juice needed a few more minutes to soak in. I took another hit and it was dry as the Sahara! It was then that I realized I hadn't reopened the juice holes after screwing the top back on.

 

[CagedSpam]

Probably not epic but... Thinking I'm so good at getting my coils in I'll Never accidentally hit the fire button. A small scorched finger later and batteries go in and out.

 

[Baditude]

This didn't happen to me (thank goodness!!), it happened to a co-worker when I worked at a vape shop.

He had just added e-liquid to his rebuildable drip atomizer, but forgot to replace the cap. He absentmindedly tried to take a vape, and gave himself a nasty burn to his upper and lower lip from a sub-ohm coil. It took about 3 weeks for it to heal.

 

[Eskie]

If you have a dual coil tank that offers a single coil adapter plug, remember to use it before building and filling a single coil setup, rather than blaming the stupid tank for leaking everywhere.

 

[Rathamar]

So when using my squonk, I like to use up most of the juice in the cotton before putting it in my pocket. So when I step outside for a vape at work (thanks State of MN) it is power up the mod, squonk, vape.

Well I just went out turned the mod off cause realized I left the mod on, and completely forgot to squonk. Deep lung hit of cotton. Ugh.

 

[tmcase]

How many people have taken the tip off their plastic juice bottles to syringe juice out of it and forgot to put the tip back on, capped it and put it away only to come back later to fill a tank and have juice pour out of the bottle like a waterfall all over EVERYTHING. Not me...nope.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

So when using my squonk, I like to use up most of the juice in the cotton before putting it in my pocket. So when I step outside for a vape at work (thanks State of MN) it is power up the mod, squonk, vape.

Well I just went out turned the mod off cause realized I left the mod on, and completely forgot to squonk. Deep lung hit of cotton. Ugh.

Hmmm, cotton... tasty, tasty cotton.



Never squonked... but I can see that being easy to do.

I TC almost exclusively (I can VW my SS when the mood hits) so I suspect I'd want a TC bottom feeder, though I understand its' appeal for box mechs or just plain wattage RDAs.

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On a side note... we've hade several mentions now of burns due to hitting a naked RDA.

This has been happening since forever (managed to avoid it myself) and it can be bad.

If you're new to the concept and curious to Google imagery of it... DON'T!

JUST DO NOT. You have been warned.

 

[DC2]

Had my Ego Twist with 510 atomizer in a side pocket of my backpack.
And the backpack was my carry on luggage on a trip to New Orleans.

The side pocket was too tight and the button was depressed.
I have NO IDEA for how long.

When I got off the plane and went for a vape it tasted like burnt death.
Luckily I had a replacement atomizer.

And luckily the Twist has a cutoff which must have been invoked HUNDREDS of times.

 

[Jim_ MDP]

How many people have taken the tip off their plastic juice bottles to syringe juice out of it and forgot to put the tip back on, capped it and put it away only to come back later to fill a tank and have juice pour out of the bottle like a waterfall all over EVERYTHING. Not me...nope.

No, and I think you're now the "originality" leader.

Congrats ?

 

[Jim_ MDP]

Had my Ego Twist with 510 atomizer in a side pocket of my backpack.
And the backpack was my carry on luggage on a trip to New Orleans.

The side pocket was too tight and the button was depressed.
I have NO IDEA for how long.

When I got off the plane and went for a vape it tasted like burnt death.
Luckily I had a replacement atomizer.

And luckily the Twist has a cutoff which must have been invoked HUNDREDS of times.

A lot of vapers who just never have need of the 5-click Off feature (like me) probably wonder what the hell you'd need that for.

That's what for.

To be honest... removing the atty entirely for carry storage (if possible) is probably a good idea too.

You got lucky. We have a thread by a guy who took out an office on the factory floor.
Vaping is banned there now. Though obviously it could have been much worse than that.

 

[celticluvr]

Glad to know I am not the only one.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Just like it was in the old days when you went to take the Protank off your mod and instead, just unscrewed the top and all the juice spilled down you mod and shirt!

 

[Robino1]

Just like it was in the old days when you went to take the Protank off your mod and instead, just unscrewed the top and all the juice spilled down you mod and shirt!

Did that with the Vivi Nova a few times.

 

[bwh79]

I bought a Kanger Subtank once

No just kidding though, it's not as bad as all that. Just wasn't the "holy grail" I had made it out to be. I don't know that I've had any really "epic" moments, but I always have to facepalm a little inside every time I get up from the couch with my device in my lap and send the drip tip and battery cover skittering across the uncarpeted floor. I've also almost (thank god it's only almost) kissed hot coils a couple of times when I forgot to put the cap back on my RDA after dripping...

 

[celticluvr]

Just like it was in the old days when you went to take the Protank off your mod and instead, just unscrewed the top and all the juice spilled down you mod and shirt!

Did that a couple times with my Aspire ET-S... Not fun... Thankfully it was usually to give myself a refill so not much got out.

 

[Semiretired]

That was a small error compared to some of the big ones I have read over my time on ECF...

 

[cocacola31173]

Added juice to a Kayfun that I hadn't wicked yet! Didn't notice til I was on the road so went all day with no vape...funny thing is that it didn't bother me!

 

[champions]

I put my 2.5 ohm cartotank on my iStick and forgot to turn the wattage down.

i forget to adjust pretty much every time I switch tanks. lol

 

[r77r7r]

I put my 2.5 ohm cartotank on my iStick and forgot to turn the wattage down.

Lol, I decided to play with Volts on my Istick once. Got distracted. 8V is a Lot diff than 8W with a carto-tank!!

 

[Fozzy71]

If you mean the Juice Flow Control (JFC)... no, I've managed to never leave them open while top-filling. I'll trust you that it's "a bad thing".

I do however occasionally forget to re-open the JFC after a re-fill. Couple times a week usually.

Couple hours ago, in fact... again.

Thank you Temp Control.

I was just vaping away on a Griffin a few hours ago and needed to fill it up, so I closed off the juice holes, filled it up, and proceeded to vape away. After a few drags I noticed it tasted vaguely burnt so I let it sit for a while, thinking the juice needed a few more minutes to soak in. I took another hit and it was dry as the Sahara! It was then that I realized I hadn't reopened the juice holes after screwing the top back on.

I try to always close the AFC after closing the JFC to prevent this. That way if I go to take a hit and can't get any air I know the JFC is closed. It is an extra step before and after refilling but so far it has prevented me from firing my tanks for more than a second before realizing the JFC (and AFC) are closed.