(I don't use a lanyard and I hate the naked look & feel around the firing button, so I glued on a bit of black rubber tubing)
Bought this oldie a few days ago (I understand the design is from around 2009 - no idea who manufactured this one) as new and unused. It seems to work fine, but has one strange habit.
When I take a puff and then stand it up (upright) on the table the firing button flashes 3x blue. This only happens when I put it down inside 1 second or so from pulling, definitely not if I hold it in my hand longer than that before putting it down. The e-cig is still on and working fine after it does its blinky-blinky.
If I do the above - stand it on the table inside one second - after a 5-click-safety shutdown, I get the same behavior after the usual shutdown confirmation blinks, when the e-cig should be switched off. But it isn't. To reliably switch it off, I need to wait > 1 second before putting it down.
I only own one other e-cigarette - an eGo-T starter kit sold on Amazon - and have absolutely no idea how older eGo cigs used to behave.
I did a bit of searching on this forum and the 3 blinks appear to point to a battery or voltage problem, except that my thingie works fine, the battery charged normally... it's not a VV mod, doesn't react to three clicks or long presses and only ever blinks in blue, and then always three times (shutdown confirmation).
If I'm banging it down too hard - so the battery inside jumps a little - might it be signalling undervoltage or something? The voltage supposedly drops during a puff... and might have recovered a few seconds later - so it doesn't blink...
Maybe a slighty longer battery - button-top or protected - should fix the issue?
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