Our local station ran this story tonight. I find it kind of interesting that they didn't show the battery that was supposed to have exploded.
Exploding Njoy
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Its a big coincidence that it exploded right when she was opening the package instead of all that time sitting on the shelf huh. SOmething is missing on this one it sounds like . Maybe she cracked or punctured it when opening.
I assume it was a disposable, most likely an automatic. Perhaps it was noise activated. We'll never know because the reporters didn't really do much in the way of investigation. They didn't even show the battery that exploded so we really don't even know that it happened at all. I find it interesting that the woman in question called the news station before seeking medical care if she was supposedly injured.
Wait, so it exploded in her hands, knocked a 15 pound lamp off of a shelf and a decoration across the room and she still has hands??
Really? There are firecrackers that will cause more damage to the holder and NOTHING to random items in a room even if held right up to them.
Sorry, something smells fishy here.
Really? There are firecrackers that will cause more damage to the holder and NOTHING to random items in a room even if held right up to them.
Sorry, something smells fishy here.
Not to mention it wouldnt even be fully charged right out of the package and being a super small cell in it to begin with . I cant see this being legit. How a automatic battery explodes with massive force when not even in use plus not venting before it happened is very hard to believe.
The one shown in the report is a non rechargeable throw away type, (you can clearly see it says non rechargeable on the pack), so one would assume it was fully charged at the time of assembly/manufacture and as li-ion batteries lose charge when stood it seems highly unlikely it was still fully charged by the time it reached her wall-mart. It would be interesting to know if these type of e-cigs have any kind of battery venting?. I find it strange also that in this case it managed to damage 2 items at opposite sides of the room, one high up and one at waist height, Maybe it was sheer luck that saved her from blast and shrapnel damage?
Sorry but if the force of the explosion was that great then I would expect her to have physical signs of injury. Clearly that is not the case.
I suspect someone paid her to do a false story to make ecigs look bad.
I suspect someone paid her to do a false story to make ecigs look bad.
The payday would be when she gets to sue two huge companies like Wal Mart and Njoy.
There have been similar reports of electronic cigarette explosions nationwide
Yeah right.
Wait for more of these,prisons awaits them.
Yeah right.
Wait for more of these,prisons awaits them.
It does seem strange that they wouldn't have shown the battery since they were at her house filming the interview with her, relatively soon after the incident, it sounded like. Hard to know what happened, or why, but good there didn't appear to be any serious injuries.
Deep pockets lawsuit. People should do a little more study before attempting one.
I agree there will be more of these the more the media pushes stories like this without giving the full story. People using the wrong batteries or making their own mods being passed off as "another e-cig blows up" and mentioning a lawsuit is going to bring people out of the woodwork.
I agree there will be more of these the more the media pushes stories like this without giving the full story. People using the wrong batteries or making their own mods being passed off as "another e-cig blows up" and mentioning a lawsuit is going to bring people out of the woodwork.
The 7/11 down the street sells these- I'm curious on how this would explode... Maybe I should buy one, and pull it apart... Maybe try and make it explode to see what caused it.
lol, I see you have selected an appropriate screen name, Bob!
The thing about this story that bothers me the most is how quickly the media jumped on it. I hate the fact that the media is trying to villify something they don't even make an attempt to understand. In doing so, they may be scaring off many people who would benefit from making the switch from smoking. Furthermore, I feel we are in for a stronger push for new laws regulating (or banning) vaping...laws based on misinformation like what is seen in this story.
The thing about this story that bothers me the most is how quickly the media jumped on it. I hate the fact that the media is trying to villify something they don't even make an attempt to understand. In doing so, they may be scaring off many people who would benefit from making the switch from smoking. Furthermore, I feel we are in for a stronger push for new laws regulating (or banning) vaping...laws based on misinformation like what is seen in this story.
You guys are starting to notice this misinformation with e-cigs... Now, how about everything else the news tells the public.
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