I just bought a dotmod mech mod and a velocity v2 rda and im told tat it wont be safe if i dont handle these properly now i dare not fiddle ard w them.
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Simply not trueand one mistake and it's going to be bad.
Simply not true
Tell that to the people with the incidents that made the news...
I'd rather recommend that it's better to be safe than sorry, and until one takes the time to understand the requirements for safety, it's better to not push your luck.
I understand that vaping is splitting people over the mech and the regulated, and I don't have issues with those that want to go with mechs for the various reasons, but at this point, the regulated have come a LONG way in the last few years and from a safety point of view, I really no longer see a true reason to choose mech over a regulated anymore... durability of regulated has been fairly proven as reliable... in the several I've had around, it's been the battery that died that was the only issue, and switching to a 18650 model, that's no longer a concern.
I know the mech crowd will probably not agree, but meh, it's just my view on it. Mechs don't offer the advantage that a Reg. does, not the backup up safety, etc. All a mech needs is something off to create the short (just long enough) that can blow the battery, and it'll be in the news by the next hour. I've yet to hear/read about a single reg. mod blowing at this point. Again, I know that a lot of mech users do know what they are doing, but at some point, how does the "experience" of vaping with a mech over a reg. can truly be different, when you can set your reg. mod to do just about anything, with any tank, coil, etc. as long as you pick the right type for your wants.
For me, there's absolutely nothing more head slapping than being in a store and seeing kids (legal age) and the first and only thing they say or concerned about is: "BIG CLOUDS! COOL!" and it always goes with "Friend told me MECH MODS!"... and it's like a really bad storm is brewing in the background, wondering... "will these kids end up on the news...and make it bad for the vaping world again..."
Not to say that the guys in the store will not explain everything correctly, it's that these kids won't listen because they "know everything" and "CLOUDS, COOL, MECHS!".
Sorry for the rant, but that (the big "COOL" to have a ricer mech mod, instead of vaping being for better reasons) is a big (even huge) part of the problem that vaping has to deal with and why so many are trying to shut it down. The reality is: a defective/bad mech mod is basically a pipe bomb waiting to happen. So yes, it is true, even if you don't want to believe it. Luckily, the numbers of these incidents are small, but every kid or person that doesn't understand the safety measured needed, is an incident waiting to happen. Regulated mod: the later models all have instant shutdown/no activating and such safety feature the moment it detects something off. Odds of a reg. mod blowing... near impossible at this point. Between a user error or a reg. circuit somehow being defective, I'd give the odds to user error a few thousand times over.
Whoa!
Some were quite scary, some could have been bad.
But, none of them were.
So that statement is, in fact, untrue.
Even if you don't want to believe it.
I would say you have been "lucky".My comment was directed at the statement 'and one mistake and it's going to be bad.'
I made plenty of mistakes learning to use mechs, even though I did my homework. Some were quite scary, some could have been bad.
But, none of them were.
So that statement is, in fact, untrue.
Even if you don't want to believe it.
Sorry, but I stick with what I'm saying... one mistake and it's going to be bad.
How badly.. that's open, but it still has the possibility of a little bad from burnt fingers, bad bunt smell in the house, burnt marks on your table, battery that needs to be disposed of, to the house burning down, exploding in your face, etc.
My definition of the opposite of bad is good.. so...
So we have "scary" and "could have". Let me know what mistakes you did were so great and fun that you redo them on purpose on a regular basis because they were good to do, because they weren't bad. They must have been so risk free that you'd let 5 year old children do them... right?
Not being a jackass, but you want to debunk my point of view, then go for it.. just a fun debate. If you don't think that there's a potential risk with all the potential mistakes one could do, only because of your individual experience, then educate me.
I would say you have been "lucky".
It's my interpretation that ImFallen_Angel was speaking in general terms. We've all had close calls, including myself. Batteries are extremely unpredictable once they are shorted. You can consider yourself lucky if you merely have a "soft venting" of gas. If you have a full blown thermal runaway, you'll get flames and explosions.
Most of the recent mod explosions seen in the media, as far as we can determine, have been with direct battery mech mods (faux hybrid) using incompatible juice attachments which shorted out the battery. That's "one bad mistake" if you wish to be picky.
Sorry, but I stick with what I'm saying... one mistake and it's going to be bad.
How badly.. that's open, but it still has the possibility of a little bad from burnt fingers, bad bunt smell in the house, burnt marks on your table, battery that needs to be disposed of, to the house burning down, exploding in your face, etc.
My definition of the opposite of bad is good.. so...
So we have "scary" and "could have". Let me know what mistakes you did were so great and fun that you redo them on purpose on a regular basis because they were good to do, because they weren't bad. They must have been so risk free that you'd let 5 year old children do them... right?
Not being a jackass, but you want to debunk my point of view, then go for it.. just a fun debate. If you don't think that there's a potential risk with all the potential mistakes one could do, only because of your individual experience, then educate me.
I'm really not sure why you have such an unpleasant attitude with me, as I was quite cordial and clear with you.
I don't deserve it and I really don't appreciate it.
Obviously I would not redo them on purpose on a regular basis because they were good to do.
Also obvious is the fact that a 5 year old child doesn't have anything to do with what I'm saying, or to this discussion in general.
I stated that I agree with most of what you said.
The simple fact remains that one can have a situation with a mechanical mod that is not desirable, but that doesn't end in tragedy.
If you just want to argue and throw things out that have no bearing or relevance, please take it over to YT.
But what about Ego's? Are they not considered regulated as well? What most encourage people to start out with because the are easy to use and safe? I've heard several more reports about them blowing up because of people using the wrong chargers than I've heard of any mech's blowing up.
I get mech's aren't for YOU. I get YOU don't like them and have no need for them in YOUR life. That's fine. But you are coming off that they are ALL unsafe and dangerous in anyone's hands and that is incorrect. If you don't want one, don't buy one, that is your choice, but to deem them all unsafe and dangerous would be like me saying all regulated mods are dangerous because I once watched a VMax go into thermal melt down because the board fried in it and blew the battery up! I don't make that claim.
I'll respect your opinion, I hope you can do the same with mine, but lets try not to make exaggerated claims, please.