Anyone else have ego probs?

[scapegoat]

Hi all. Anyone else have problems with their ego PV? I charged 2nd battery overnight, switched out the dying 1st batt and whooooaaaa!!! That one on the charger was hot! It and the end of the charger. And that battery is now dead. The charger I’m not sure of.. I just ordered a new one of each from cignot. Three weeks is a short life expectancy for a $78 kit because at this point the only thing I haven’t had to replace is the cone!

Someone tell me I’m not wasting $$ and this is just a fluke thing, as we all know those do happen…

 

[AlexTM]

Do contact cignot, from what I heard, their service is excellent. And yes, that can happen, as it can happen with every electronic gadget out there. It's quite the exception, though.

 

[scapegoat]

Yeah Alex I already ordered a new battery, charger and a few e liquids from cignot, and put a long, rambling (but to the point) message in the options dialogue box to Vicki to see if I had any recourse. Thanks for the reply, and yes indeed cignot is way up there on the list of excellent merchants to deal with, they're so fast with their delivery they sometimes ship it before ya order it! Weird huh?

 

[Dudeman]

While the eGo is a very good pv, I've lost my respect for them. Something as common as an atty shorting out can fry the circuitry in the battery. I've lost 3 of them in 5 months. Luckily I got my eGo from Janty so it has a 6 month warrantee.

I've since moved on to a mod and now only use my eGo as a back-up.

 

[mini_art]

Wow , I have had no problems with either one of my Egos and I got them from Cignot.
I have had them for a couple of months now.

 

[glowgirl]

So far I have had a Hello battery blow out in 1 day and 2 KR808s be Dead On Arrival. I think it's important to buy from a vendor that offers a warranty and have a back up.

 

[Calicomarie]

The same thing happened to my first ego battery from Cignot. I emailed Vicky and they swapped the battery out for me. The second one has been going strong...(knock on wood).

 

[cliff5550]

My wife says I have an eGo problem.
Seriously, nope never had one problem with ours.

 

[bestthingever]

Thank goodness, we've had no problems with ours (purchased from Janty).

 

[zoiDman]

Of the 2 batteries I got with my Janty stater kit, One had stripped threads on the battery connector and the other's weren't that good either.

 

[NCC]

I was surprised today, when one of my new, fully charged XL batteries did NOT make it through the work day. My regular TorneGo battery has always lasted through the day.

One of the two regular batteries which came with my kit (several months ago) was DOA.
An XL I ordered for a friend MAY be DOA as well ... but, I won't know for sure until Monday.

Yes, I know (and often preach) that any manufactured item can be defective. I'm starting to feel these batteries have a much higher than normal problem rate.

 

[scapegoat]

Well if this new battery and charger don't hand for the duration it will end my faith and I'll have to go to an alter-ego... ummm you know what I mean. Anyone have a nomination for the best all around standby? Something reliable but not cutting edge?

 

[rosesense]

If you aren't ready to go for one of the bigger mods, I recommend the Iken lazer. They are inexpensive, the batts are cheap, last a good while and when you need to replace them as I said the batts are cheap. You can get 510 or Kr8 threads and with adapter you can use both attys/cartos.