Okay, Rossum - don't leave us hanging.All of these points are valid to one degree or another. There are a few that I have minor issues with, such your use of the word "bomb". None of my mods are tubes, and none of them can build any pressure from a venting battery. So "incendiary device" perhaps, but "bomb", no.
Yet my choice of mechanicals does have some advantages:
- Mods that do not fail randomly and in wonky ways such as suddenly deciding to produce a much hotter vape than expected because the mod mis-read the resistance of the coil or the input for the Up button thinks the button is always pressed even though it's not. I've had both of these happen on DNA mods.
- Mods that can be fixed rapidly with common hand tools if/when they do fail.
- Mods that I'm absolutely certain will work if I pull them out of storage one, two, or even more decades from now.
For someone like me who is perfectly content with builds optimized for ~3.7V and for whom a single 18650 lasts through a 600 mile, 9-hour drive with capacity to spare, they are a good solution.
Oh, and cost had absolutely nothing to do with this choice.
But to each his own vape.
Which mods are these?
Guess I'd better start taking stocking up a little more seriously. More ammo for Gottlieb.
In today's Atlanta Journal, page 2, an LA Times article. (wasn't sure that the AJC link would work if you aren't subscribed)
They quote it as a research survey, but they're actually an activist organization.
AJC Headline:
.https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-teen-vaping-increase-20181217-story.html
In today's Atlanta Journal, page 2, an LA Times article. (wasn't sure that the AJC link would work if you aren't subscribed)
They quote it as a research survey, but they're actually an activist organization.
AJC Headline:
.https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-teen-vaping-increase-20181217-story.html
They are coming after vaping more aggressively because of the children. I think being prepared is wise
If they come after online sales, we are all screwed.
Shelf life for OLED screens is estimated @ 10 years unused, probably less if used, probably much less if mods get bounced down the street out of bikers' pockets or thrown out of our laps getting out of our cars or just plain dropped on the floor etcBuy a few chips, I bought one just in case
~10 spare boards, ~10 spare 510's, ~10 spare battery contacts for 5 Boxers
Get backups for your backups' backups
The blue one has skidded down the driveway and bounced off the floor so many times - it's wearing it's 3rd board, the mechanic that owned the "orange" one let the magic smoke out of it before I bought it DOA for $40 and replaced the board.
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Not if you are stocked up and prepared.... Of course, they are aware of this as I imagine all vape forums are scanned by the feds... They know exactly what some of us are doing. @Rossum has a point about those mechs... You can pick them up decades from now and they will work like the day you put them into storage.... But I wouldn't worry too much about the regulated ones as they are improving in quality and design and there will shortly come a time when there will be almost zero problems with the electronics or anything else in the mod....
One of the biggest problems would be your power source... You need power to run whatever type of mod you use and usually people use some sort of battery (normal people anyway LOL) … That being the case, stocking up on LOTS of batteries/chargers is crucial. Another problem is that all batteries have a shelf life and so if you stock up too many of them early on then they may not function many years later... I don't know if the feds will ban batteries but I doubt it....
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Don't ever believe it's about children. It's always about money.They are coming after vaping more aggressively because ofthe children$$$$$. I think being prepared is wise
Where did you hear this? OLED has always been number of hours times the brightness which limits their lifespan. I have lots of OLED displays much older than 10 years old that are still going strong. And what happens to the display of OLED while using coupled by brightness is they get dimmer. And all of the colors doesn't have the same lifespan either. At sometime in the future after heavy use, one color will be still working fine while the other 2 colors will become too dark to see. Here, look at what Wikipedia has to say.
Is that a luna on the right??? Broadside deal fell throughOnes like this:
, so I’m back on the mech hunt
@BillW50Most of the info I found on Google pertains to OLED TVs.
I did find that oled shelf life is estimated at 10 years in this book from 2013
https://www.amazon.com/Organic-Light-Emitting-Diodes-OLEDs-Applications/dp/0857094254
Here's the direct link to "shelflife" search in that book - Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs)
Good info @Fubar1977
My RX 200's and RX 200S's use different size oleds.
My SX350j modsprobablydo too so I think I'll get a few mechs after all.
I'll need freshly charged batteries because I like my dual coil Aromamizers @ .25Ω and my 100+ Crown coils are also .25Ω. I need 3.7v - 4.2v to get useful output. (55W-70W)
Ohm's law @ Steam Engine
Some (all?) mods for that other stuff use 510 connectors now but I dunno what wattage range they provide.
True, if everything closed up tomorrow I would be fine. But I still order my flavors online so may get a few more.
How about Reo's? I have one in my stashIs that a luna on the right??? Broadside deal fell through
yeah, not sure how long flavors last in storage but I imagine that lots of people will become creative and find things to use as flavors if need be... Just hoping that never happens with the online sales.
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