Cherry bomber

[Baditude]

Every full mechanical box mod works under the same principle only difference is is that some of them have a non-conductive piece of material over the top keeping you from touching metal to metal

And that can be a very important thing to know, right? In fact, nearlly all mechanical mods have a protective insulator around the 510 center pin. It's because mods like the SMPL and other faux hybrid mods not having that protective center pin which makes them potentially dangerous to have a hard short and to go BOOM!.

The Cherry Bomber is a fully mechanical box mod. We agree on that point. That is where the similarities stop. It's the way the Cherry Bomber is electrically designed to work which makes them different from most mechanicals.

The problem with it is not about being a fully mechanical box mod.
The problem with it is about positive always being live.

 

[Phillip Phill P Parson]

Read my post:


It is a fully mechanical box mod.
It is a fully mechanical box mod.
It is a fully mechanical box mod.
It is a fully mechanical box mod.

Stop claim that I said otherwise.

You said is a fully mechanical box mod just not a fully mechanical box mod so which one is it

 

[Baditude]

You said is a fully mechanical box mod just not a fully mechanical box mod so which one is it

Is this guy for real?

 

[edyle]

You said is a fully mechanical box mod just not a fully mechanical box mod so which one is it

I say "not just".
I did not say "just not".

As has been repeated by others the issue with the cherry bomber is the positive is always on and the negative is always on connected to the body.

There may be versions that do not have this problem.

 

[Phillip Phill P Parson]

Is this guy for real?

Omg you win i cant talk to a brick wall no lobger

 

[Bad Ninja]

And that can be a very important thing to know, right? In fact, nearlly all mechanical mods have a protective insulator around the 510 center pin. It's because mods like the SMPL and other faux hybrid mods not having that protective center pin which makes them potentially dangerous to have a hard short and to go BOOM!.

The Cherry Bomber is a fully mechanical box mod. We agree. That is where the similarities stop. It's the way the Cherry Bomber is electrically designed to work which makes them different.

The real problem is some people ignore warnings.
For various reasons.
Let's not blame an inanimate object for human failure.
All metal tube mechanicals are, like the CB, negative switched with a constant positive on. The difference is where the switch is located. On a tube mech, the body of the mod carries no current until the button is pressed.
Not so with the CB due to the location of the switch contact.
The body always carries current.
If you couldn't understand this by looking at the mod, you are not informed/ advanced enough to safely use these devices.
Sorry, but that's the truth.

One must know their limitations.

Most of this is common knowledge among advanced informed vapers.

 

[classwife]

The rudeness in here needs to stop now.

You can teach / inform without it.

Thank you

 

[VHRB2014]

The Cherry Bomber poses the same problem to idiots that stop signs do. If they don`t understand there purpose, they are destined for disaster. Its not a bad design per-say, its only if you don`t understand how it works where the design enters into the equation.

Likewise, don`t mix microwaves with lazy people that have to dry off a puddle in 2 minutes.

Saying something is inherently UNSAFE when you simply don`t understand how it works it is the height of ignorance. Its this kinds of fear mongering that make people look uneducated. There is no need to instill fear in a device when education will suffice.

 

[EverPresentNoob]

the issue with the cherry Bomber and idiots is that the atty is insulated from the body. the positive is always making contact with the attys positive pin. the circuit is completed by the switch plunger making contact with the 510 neg. Now here comes the issue for inexperienced users... if anything touches the atty and the outside of the box, that will complete the circuit and cause it to fire.

The wooden clones of it do not have this issue as the wooden body is non-conductive.

To many people get wrapped around the fact that "OMG this thing can auto fire in my pocket or bag!! Its the devil!!" not that its designed that way. I had one. I loved it. I knew how it worked and why it worked that way. I was to lackadaisical with it a few times and had the unintentional fire from it. did I blame the device? no. it was a great box. But i did get rid of it as I knew that "I" was not a good match for it.

Fully mechanical, not just fully mechanical, who cares. simply know your gear and what your getting into.

 

[beckdg]

Now I want a Cherry Bomber.

Tapatyped

 

[VHRB2014]

To many people get wrapped around the fact that "OMG this thing can auto fire in my pocket or bag!! Its the devil!!"

For some reason Plaxico Burress springs to mind. Ha, ha.

 

[Nikea Tiber]

Such a poor, misunderstood beast.
Contrary to popular belief, most cherry bombers won't easily short-fire when a conductive object bridges the atty to the mod's top. It is only a problem if you (are careless and) have removed the clearcoat on a copper or brass cb, or removed the anodizing on an aluminum cb.
I have a hard time understanding how other people can't understand how these work. Electrically they are the same as the battery + switch + lightbulb that has been the introductory circuit diagram in basically *every single* electrical primer I have seen in my entire life.

If you decide to get a cherry bomber, be aware that a lot of the anodized aluminum models are also anodized in the switch-barrel of the mod, adversely effecting conductivity. Mods like this will hotswitch pretty savagely.

 

[Bad Ninja]

People fear what they don't understand

 

[beckdg]

People fear what they don't understand

I'm okay with that.

Just wish they'd stop trying to push their irrational fears on others via disinformation.

The amount of members here that insist it simply MUST be a certain way for EVERYONE over subjects they THINK they understand ENOUGH to make a judgement call is mind blowing.

How much they don't understand about the subject they're attempting to save everyone from is also mind blowing.

Tapatyped

 

[pennysmalls]

My sons best friend, an absolute noob, decided he wanted to try vaping and instead of using his head and talking to me or going down to our local B&M he watched a couple of vids online and decided on a cherry bomber. Yeah, just skipped over the whole starter kit/ego and tank thing, not cool enough I guess. My son told me about "W" ordering the Cherry Bomber and I flipped out because I knew it was a mechanical, but I didn't know there was such a debate going on about it at the time. So I ripped into my son about telling "W" this was something he can't just throw any old battery into and throw just any build on, especially something he might build himself, and that he needs to come see me or at least take it down to our B&M so we can start to teach him the basics. My son passed on my info and "W" ignored it.

The day he got it he threw a build on it that was really low, if I remember right, it was around .2 or something stupid like that, stupid for a noob. I believe he used one of the yellow AWT batteries. Within an hour he was throwing it out his bedroom window into his backyard. The battery didn't explode but it was melted/completely destroyed.

I know nothing about the Cherry Bomber or how it's set up so I'm not knocking it. I'm guessing it was caused by the AWT being pushed to hard and with the user not knowing a damn thing. I do think mechs should be sold with disclaimers of some sort, just something to warn noobs. I'm not sure how much any disclaimers would help though.

 

[MattyTny]

I'm pretty sure almost all of this information has been covered once before. There are many postings about this device. Sucks to get back into it again.

 

[Nikea Tiber]

I'm pretty sure almost all of this information has been covered once before. There are many postings about this device. Sucks to get back into it again.

Its what happens when you put a word that is cursed on your device.

In all seriousness, though, the cherry bomber is the poster child for failure to use a forum search.

One other cherry bomber safety PSA: make damn sure the negative contact "nut" is adjusted so its flat side is facing the switch plunger. Be careful when you put an atty on, overtightening may spin entire 510 & negative contact nut to where the device autofires on battery installation.

 

[JMarca]

If you really want a cherry bomber why don't you just buy the wood version which does not have a static on positive terminal remove the diode install a proper 3034 mosfet and a resistor and call it a day? Speaking about the clone of course, but frankly alot safer.

 

[Bad Ninja]

My sons best friend, an absolute noob, decided he wanted to try vaping and instead of using his head and talking to me or going down to our local B&M he watched a couple of vids online and decided on a cherry bomber. Yeah, just skipped over the whole starter kit/ego and tank thing, not cool enough I guess. My son told me about "W" ordering the Cherry Bomber and I flipped out because I knew it was a mechanical, but I didn't know there was such a debate going on about it at the time. So I ripped into my son about telling "W" this was something he can't just throw any old battery into and throw just any build on, especially something he might build himself, and that he needs to come see me or at least take it down to our B&M so we can start to teach him the basics. My son passed on my info and "W" ignored it.

The day he got it he threw a build on it that was really low, if I remember right, it was around .2 or something stupid like that, stupid for a noob. I believe he used one of the yellow AWT batteries. Within an hour he was throwing it out his bedroom window into his backyard. The battery didn't explode but it was melted/completely destroyed.

I know nothing about the Cherry Bomber or how it's set up so I'm not knocking it. I'm guessing it was caused by the AWT being pushed to hard and with the user not knowing a damn thing. I do think mechs should be sold with disclaimers of some sort, just something to warn noobs. I'm not sure how much any disclaimers would help though.

They do.
Mechanicals are almost ALWAYS sold as ADVANCED USER ITEMS, and have a disclaimer/warning.

People have to be smart enough to heed them.

 

[Bad Ninja]

If you really want a cherry bomber why don't you just buy the wood version which does not have a static on positive terminal remove the diode install a proper 3034 mosfet and a resistor and call it a day? Speaking about the clone of course, but frankly alot safer.

Nice mod but some of us prefer the durability of a fully mechanical device. That's like a 3A switch.
Without protection it would fail.

The Cherry bomber is safe.
Some vapers who buy it however are not.