Evolv-ing Thread

TrollDragon

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I may have blown the seal on my brand new x8 NiMH AAAA batteries. I dunno yet. I probably shouldn't have charged them at 1A. I didn't notice the white power until the next day (I guess after it dried). It cleans off easily (CH1 I didn't clean yet) and doesn't seem corrosive at all. The batteries look and perform just fine days later. I dunno, maybe it will take awhile before they dry out.

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I charged a NiMH AAA at 1A once, it was making strange snapping and creaking noises so I disposed of it.
 

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I dunno, I haven't been able to build coils as flavorful and offers the performance of ceramic and mesh coil heads yet. Not to mention them as being convenient.

For me it's more about making sure I'm never again without all the supplies I need for vaping. About a year after starting I was about an hour from home when my battery died on my Twist, at that time there wasn't any vape shops around here, I stopped and picked up a pack of cigs to get me back home. I vowed that day I would never again put myself in a situation where I couldn't vape, I started building redundancy to my vape supplies. I never again wanted to be in a situation where I'd end up buying another pack of cigs, I'm done with them forever! A couple years forward from that I had a day when I needed a new coil head, thought I had more on hand but I didn't, I had to jump in the truck and make a 45 min trip to the nearest vape shop that sold the heads. Now that I've got years behind me building coils, I just don't want to go back to buying heads, and making sure I have enough on hand. Yeah, I could use both and always be able to build a coil if I ran out of heads, but I just don't see a need for it. Everyone is different and to each their own, it's just the way I roll. Main thing is, how ever you roll, just don't smoke!!! :)
 

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RBAs in the Billet Box are a PiTA, you have to drain the tank if something is wrong so make sure your build is perfect from the get-go. The EUC Ceramic and EC-Mesh are just so easy, they provide an awesome vape without any hassle, but like anything YMMV.

If I can't access the build deck without draining the tank I'm not interested, wouldn't matter how great the vape was. :p
 

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About a year after starting I was about an hour from home when my battery died on my Twist, at that time there wasn't any vape shops around here, I stopped and picked up a pack of cigs to get me back home.
I'm screwed if they ever ban vaping products through the mail. The closest vape shop is 100 miles away from me. :( Then again, they don't have enough man power to check every single package from China. Some of them will make it through. :)
 

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An unnamed friend got me hooked going to Best Buy's website. BB made me enter my name and password every time I visited. But if I entered my cellphone number in once, this hassle would end once and for all they promised. After months of this abuse, I gave in. I only gave it out to friends and family before and nobody else got it. Not even my doctor.

Now how do I shorten the rest of the story? Oh I know, I'll use an outline:
  1. Certain females like to come visit a bachelor, I say ok fine
  2. They generally want to do something nice and want to cook something in your kitchen
  3. Now the bachelor is left with scratched up pots and pans
  4. Bachelor tries to order new pots and pans through a place they never ordered from before
  5. Unnamed site pops up possible matches on who you are based on some master list somewhere
  6. Lo and behold, there is my name and address complete with my cellphone number :facepalm:
 

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I checked those sites that lists what companies that got hacked with your information. And according to those lists, only my home address was leaked. Remember someone is using my home address to send Amazon stuff to me so they can give feedback on their own products? Guess what they sent me last time? A vibrator! What in the world would I do with that? Hey, I wonder if that lipo battery would work inside of a mod?

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I checked those sites that lists what companies that got hacked with your information. And according to those lists, only my home address was leaked. Remember someone is using my home address to send Amazon stuff to me so they can give feedback on their own products? Guess what they sent me last time? A vibrator! What in the world would I do with that? Hey, I wonder if that lipo battery would work inside of a mod?

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Use it for a secret Santa party gift then stand back and enjoy the show. :laugh:
 

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ok, since i need a decent flashlight to walk the dog early in the morning now that fall is approaching i looked at that c8 thing but not sure why all those different modes. all i want is to turn it on and off. could somebody explain? :?: i don't want to be bothered with heaven knows how many clicks ................
 

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tiburonfirst: Most of the modes are just different brightnesses. The brighter you use it, the faster it drains the battery. You just set it for the brightness that you want through the modes and then just use the on / off switch from there on until you've changed your mind.
 

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