Hi Folks. New user here - thanks for your great forum.
I had been vaping basic ego type pens and wanted to upgrade to something better. I went to my local vape shop last week and got talked into getting one of these. I'm now wishing I'd done my research a bit first - reading lots of problems and horror stories about these all over the web. Anyway, I've paid the money now, so I want to stick with it and give it a go, but I think I'm noticing a problem already. It doesn't seem to be charging fully - I've charged twice so far overnight for around 7-8 hours and the battery indicator still only reads 3/4 full. I know the battery indicators on these things are notoriously unreliable, but I feel like I've not been getting a full charge out of it. I'm vaping an Aspire Triton with the 1.8 ohm coil (I tried sub-ohming and don't like it) and I go through around 3-4 ml a day. So far I've only had around a day and a half out of it. Does this seem normal? One of the things that attracted me to this was the potentially great battery life.
Also, how likely is it that this thing is going to blow up while on charge and burn my house down? :S
Hey welcome to the forum! Great place here, be careful of you'll get hooked. ; )
Likely it's the cable man.. Most the time what happens is: the cable is being bent plugged into the mod up off the table. The hanging down causes the cable to short. Your phone still works with the cable because it lays flat. So be weary of that..if you have a non apple smart phone download ampre and test your charging accessories output.
You need a stout charger to charge this well meaning 1 amp or slightly higher.. Many are only 500mah and in my experience it just doesn't work well. Check the output on the adapter and use one that is 1 amp or at least 750. But if the cables are bad or chinsy they won't provide the correct power either. Mine never really took 5hrs with tested cables. (App called ampre) I've Had some bad cables leave me less than full overnight, partial shorting, charging stops and starts on its own.
Mine never had issue. I didn't have much concern just aware for any signs. The auto fire issue was the major problem. Leaving a mod that has auto fired on you, alone, charging with an atty wouldn't be good. Taking the atty off overnight is one thing that some people did as a precaution. But unless you notice it firing on its own I wouldn't worry too much. Just don't charge it on a pile of newspapers. Somewhere more fire resistant. One guy charges it in a coffee cup, I charge items sitting on the stove sometimes if I'm gone. Just in case.
Mine is sitting with a dropper on it the last 6 months in the cabinet, never auto fired or blew up. Just be aware for malfunctions, if none the worry is low.