An OH NOOOO ! Moment

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Rubber Ducky

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Hello everyone!

I haven't visited these forums much since about a couple of weeks after I got my first PV (and Ego-T), but have just recently rediscovered them. In the 8 months since, the Ego-T batteries died on me after some questionable (that is to say, definitely imitation) atomizers leaked juice into them. Having quickly grown to love vaping, I decided that it was time to go for broke and get myself a ProVari, and man, have I never regretted anything less in my life. So I thought I'd share with you what I find to be my most dramatic vaping-related story to date.

About four months ago, I was on winter break. My girlfriend and I flew out to Wisconsin to visit my parents and, due to the mild winter, take advantage of all the wonderful outdoor activities that are not normally possible during a Wisconsin winter, such as not freezing to death.

On the night that the events of this particular story took place, she and I were relaxing in the family room, watching Child's Play, if I recall correctly. It got to about 3 am, and we were ready to hit the sack. I proceeded to gather up all the necessary items for the trip upstairs: cellphone, charger, blanket, e-juice, extra battery, ProVari, and a tall glass of ice water. Can you see where this is going? She made it up the stairs before me and subconsciously turned off the light. My toe caught the edge of the carpet, I stumbled, and heard a very distinctive *PLUNK*. It took me about 3 seconds to realize that my ProVari had decided to slide out from its neighboring items and go for a little swim. When I say "swim", I mean that the only thing still emerging above the surface was the drip tip on my Liquinator. The next 5 seconds were a maelstrom of cursing and animalistic growling as I emptied my arms of my belongings and furiously fished out my $200+ setup, followed by another 30 seconds of the same as I frantically unscrewed the battery cap and started shaking it out. A decent amount was coming out, and I was truly panicking. After a thorough wipe down with a a rolled up paper towel, my curiosity got the better of me, and I reassembled it. I pushed the button, and... glorious, glorious RY4 vapor rose effortlessly from the device, and I felt my heart start again. This thing has been dropped more times than I care to admit, and now completely submerged, and it has never missed a beat. Hats off to you, ProVape.

Anyone else have a near-ProVari-death experience?
 

Shortstuff116

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Great story and glad it turned out well. I've read a few stories about Provari's getting dunked in various liquids and Provape was quick to help those people out with a simple fix. Just get some isopropyl alcohol (90% or better) and fill the Provari with it and slosh it around. Then dump it out and allow it time to dry out and viola - it has worked well so far.

Like the old "Timex" commercials - "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking". (Yes, we're talking quite a few years ago - wind up watches, etc.)
 

zapped

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I was in a car accident last week and after checking if I was alright,then my wife, our puppy (we had just picked him up that afternoon and were going home) and finally my truck, I thought to check on the Provari.It was a little scratched but fired right up which was good because man did I need to vape.

Some guy was texting and ran right through a stop sign, was actually accelerating as I saw him coming so I jerked the wheel hard to the right and then back to the left as I gunned the engine trying to get out of his way.If i had been 2/10 of a second faster I would have avoided the accident but he nailed the last 18 inches of the drivers side right behind my rear tire and spun us into a ditch.

Thankfully no one (including my Provari) was hurt.He got the ticket for failing to yield the right of way and did 3000 dollars worth of damage to my truck, which Id just paid off.
 

DaveP

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Zapped said: Thankfully no one (including my Provari) was hurt.He got the ticket for failing to yield the right of way and did 3000 dollars worth of damage to my truck, which Id just paid off.

Glad you and your wife are alright (and the puppy). I couldn't help noticing that your forum name adequately matched the post you made!

I'm a little paranoid when I come upon certain stop signs that really ought to be red lights. There's one not far from our house that crosses a busy highway. People are constantly poised to jump when there's a space in the traffic. More than a few have died at that intersection, and now there's a new and busy mall a block down the road that has tripled traffic.

And ... people with cell phones stuck to their left ear while trying to pull out into traffic. It's enough to make you paranoid of other drivers. I'm constantly watching for slight rotation in their wheels as I approach.

ETA: Sometimes you can bias the insurance adjustor in your favor. My wife had someone rear end her while waiting to turn left into a driveway off a highway. She also was spun into a ditch. We met the adjustor at the body shop as he evaluated the damage. I looked with him as he examined the vehicle. After he finished, I pointed out that he didn't notice the sizable dimple in the gas tank where it bottomed out in the ditch. He added that and told me he'd call me when he finished the paperwork.

I followed him to his car and told him, "You know, this was one of those vehicles where you could take your hands off the wheel on the interstate and it would track straight for 20-30 seconds before it began to veer. I'm going to expect it to be that good when it comes out of the body shop." He called me back in a couple of hours and told me that it was close, but they had decided to total it and pay me book value. He did and we bought a new one. I've always thought that my pickiness had something to do with it! :)
 
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