leaking is an issue with tank type topperz, polyfill cartridges dont have the trapped air in the system as a tank will have
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leaking is an issue with tank type topperz, polyfill cartridges dont have the trapped air in the system as a tank will have
and something else to consider... if you fill the tank completely ( no air what so ever) it wont leak. ( no air in the tank to expand and push the juice out)
I'll vape in the bathroom on the plane. Never had an issue but I'm the idiot who pushes his luck. The thing with the fines... it's not against federal law to smoke on the plane. Only to tamper with the smoke detectors. It's up to the airlines whether to allow smoking on the plane and all airlines have banned it.
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I just completed 2 2 hour flights. Wrapped 7 partially filled mini PT2s in a double layer of Viva paper towels. There was no noticeable change in the levels in the tanks, but there was a stain along the part of the towel on the bottom of the tanks. The stain didn't go through both layers, so not much juice loss and no mess. I don't think the length of the flight makes any difference. I think it's the pressure change on descent. I say this because I've noticed that a partially filled bottle of water will collapse some at that time.
I fly often and just keep the tanks upside down. When the pressure drops and the juice expands it is only forcing air thru the holes. I got off a plane a few hours from a cross country flight and 3 aero tanks, 2 kayfun sand a protank 3 mini didn't leak a drop. I had them in an e-go case and put that in the magazine holder to keep them vertical. For all anyone knows it's a glasses case
Just finished flying for a couple days, one short leg, one very long (9 hour) leg. I kept my Halo Triton (1/3 full) tank in an old pill bottle. At the end of the day in the hotel, checked it: sure enough, it leaked. At this point, I'm not sure if it's the pressure change or orientation of the tank (I don't know how long the tank spent upside down or right side up for the trip.
ON THE PLUS SIDE: with the pill bottle, the leak was small. And while I*did* dump the tank and clean it and the bottle thoroughly afterwards, the pill bottle I can totally re-use (unlike a baggie, which just gets tossed in the garbage.) So score this method as an advantage over baggies.
Still looking for that bomb-proof unleakable tank, though. I imagine whoever designs a tank-type model that positively doesn't ever leak on airplanes (or by keeping it oriented wrong) will advertise that fact to the hilt.
Somebody always comes along and builds a better mousetrap eventually.
ON THE PLUS SIDE: with the pill bottle, the leak was small. And while I*did* dump the tank and clean it and the bottle thoroughly afterwards, the pill bottle I can totally re-use (unlike a baggie, which just gets tossed in the garbage.) So score this method as an advantage over baggies.
Still looking for that bomb-proof unleakable tank, though. I imagine whoever designs a tank-type model that positively doesn't ever leak on airplanes (or by keeping it oriented wrong) will advertise that fact to the hilt.
Somebody always comes along and builds a better mousetrap eventually.
Although I haven't verified in in airplanes, people whose jobs involve driving in mountainous territory (which can involve just as much altitude/pressure change as you'd experience in the cabin of an airplane) report that their bottom-feeding mods do not leak.
Kanger protank 2 mini went on 4 commercial aircrafts all within 1 week and never leaked. Tank was 80% full and tossed into my carry on bag, so it's anyone's guess what position it was in during the 4 trips.
I was wondering what would happen, but nothing did.
TSA didn't say anything about it either.
I was wondering what would happen, but nothing did.
TSA didn't say anything about it either.
That probably has to do with how quickly the pressure change is when flying.
I commute to work from Alaska to Montana twice a month and the orientation of the tank doesn't seem to matter. On my Nautilus i've tried leaving the airholes open as well as closing them and it still leaked. Someone mentioned filling it up completely so that there is no air in the tank and I tried that but I guess I only got about 99% of it filled because that leaked as well.
a small update: flew again, and this time the pill-bottle thing worked. The differences: the tank was maybe a fifth full (really, basically a wet wick plus a little); I made a small effort to keep the pill bottle upright (or at least not upside-down); I made sure the bottle was tight (although I believe it was tight the first time).
Another 8+ hour flight plus a 1.5 hour flight. If it keeps working or not, I'll update this thread.
Another 8+ hour flight plus a 1.5 hour flight. If it keeps working or not, I'll update this thread.
Sometimes we have to use our own common sense about what is okay and what's not. Vaping in a head onboard a plane will never hurt a single thing anywhere, ever. I haven't done it, probably won't (I use patches while flying), but it's borderline idiotic for the FAA to have a policy about such a thing, and the same goes for individual airlines.
I keep mine in a small Pelican case with a pressure valve. No leaks- not from Halo tanks or IBTanks.
A few weeks ago the smoke alarm was sounding on a plane I was on. Quite a few people looked concerned. A flight attendant who came out said it must be her hairspray- she did have a bottle in her hand. Oddly enough, the photo electric sensors in airplane smoke detectors can't tell the difference between hairspray, smoke or vapor...
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I flew yesterday for the first time since I started vaping back in December. FL -> PA. I had two bottom-feeders, both almost full. One upright in my shirt pocket and one in an unknown position in a zip-lock baggie in my carry-on. Neither one leaked a drop.
I did not vape on the plane. Interestingly enough, I didn't even resort to nicotine gum (which I did have with me), and I surely would have when when I was smoking. However, I did grab a quick vape in the airport john the moment I got off the plane.
Anyway, bottom-feeders for the win if you're flying. In fact, bottom-feeders for the win in general!
I did not vape on the plane. Interestingly enough, I didn't even resort to nicotine gum (which I did have with me), and I surely would have when when I was smoking. However, I did grab a quick vape in the airport john the moment I got off the plane.
Anyway, bottom-feeders for the win if you're flying. In fact, bottom-feeders for the win in general!
So, there you go, take a hair spray with you and vape to your heart's content in the bathroom
the wife recently flew from Florida to Ohio. I packed seven ProTank2 Minis for her in plastic baggies in her checked luggage within a hard sided carry case, and one attached to a battery in her purse.
All were filled..... no leaks!
All were filled..... no leaks!
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