Dangerous to use an unvented mod?

[holly9000]

I won a cheap bottom firing mech mod in a giveaway but it seems to be unvented-not a hole to be found. To be honest I'm a little afraid to use it. I use these Panny 18650's https://www.fasttech.com/products/1141101

I never vape sub ohm, my lowest res anything is 1.5. How dangerous is this thing to use?

 

[pokerplayer]

Sub ohm or not, if the battery fails for whatever reason & discharges gases and the mod is not vented it could be pressurized into a personal handheld IED. Scares me.

 

[crxess]

Any idea what brand/model?

 

[ubergeek922]

Maybe it is vented thru the bottom button. Take the top cap off and blow in it, do you feel air coming out of the button at a decent rate? Try the same with the top on but bottom off. If in doubt, grab a drill and put a couple small holes around the bottom.

 

[Barton]

You could always drill a few small holes in the battery tube or possibly in the bottom cap / button. Safety first

 

[dr g]

Has anyone calculated the actual pressure that would be built up inside a mod if a battery were to vent?

 

[Bosco]

I would not vape an unvented mod. If it's vented through the threads . .ok . . but if I blow into it and it's airtight, I'm not using it. I'm really not worried about what might happen when I'm actually using it . . but I'm worried about what might happen if the mod fired unattended . .like if I forgot to lock it out or if the lockout failed or something.

I have no idea if a venting battery could actually make the mod explode - but I definitely don't want to find out. I think it probably can . .isn't that what happened to the dude who got his teeth knocked out?

 

[Caridwen]

Your putting it in your mouth- between your teeth.

I'd use the best batteries I could find from someone that sells batteries. I do not know about fasttech batteries. So I can't comment.

It's a pretty simple thing to buy a pallet of reject batteries and throw new labels on them. Get a multi meter and check your batteries after you're done charging them before you use them. Inspect your batteries frequently. I use a sharpie and put the date on my batteries and label them.

 

[Rickajho]

Can't tell from the photo what model it is. Whatever it has to be able to vent somewhere for it to be safe. Is the bottom solid? Or does it possibly have a bottom cap/insert that will release under pressure?

 

[dhomes]

I won a cheap bottom firing mech mod in a giveaway but it seems to be unvented-not a hole to be found. To be honest I'm a little afraid to use it. I use these Panny 18650's https://www.fasttech.com/products/1141101

I never vape sub ohm, my lowest res anything is 1.5. How dangerous is this thing to use? View attachment 236451

Buy a drill bit for metals, maybe 1/8" and drill 1 or 2 holes? That would do it.

If you do above 1 ohm and high quality imr batteries you should be 99.99999% safe ( .0000001% is for counterfeit or defective batteries)

Use some panasoni cgr18650 ggray ones) and if you dont want to drill buy a cheap battery fuse (smok has a new one for $5)

 

[Tripster]

Well my Original P18 was not vented and the 18650 bats I was using never had a hiccup/vent, I also used flashlights that had no venting for years and never had an 18650 vent/hiccup. My Precise Simplicity has hidden venting but even if the bat does vent, you will still get slightly burned...for me, if the top portion of my mod gets hot to the touch, I simply thread off the atty and top cap and allow the bat to cool down (this is my routine).

 

[Ryedan]

That PV looks mechanical. Your batteries are good, but even great batteries can malfunction. You are not going sub ohm, but any atty can short, shorting the battery. I agree with the people who have said to drill holes in it if required, as long as you are comfortable doing that and feel you can judge the number of holes and pick good locations. I would not vape it without vent openings in it. My K100 has 3 holes in the switch, 3 in the middle and 3 at the top. If flames ever shoot out of those holes I might burn my fingers before I drop it, but the mod will not explode. OK, so I'm being a bit dramatic here, but that is really the idea behind venting. Vape happy and vape safe