Explosion at Vape Blast

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JoppaRoadCruiser

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There is a local shop here that wants to put on a cloud comp but the owner is hesitant for this exact reason. There a lot of idiots out there that have no clue ... they are doing with a mech mod. I got my first mech from them and they taught me what I needed to know and stressed how important the ohm meter was. The owner is a master electrician. He says buying a mech mod is kinda like owning an airplane, just because you have it doesn't mean you can operate it safely lol!!!

I agree 100%. This is confirmed via the various threads I see posted over in the new members forum. And that is by no means a knock on that forum...just some of the people that post there. Specifically in regards to mechs and batts.
 

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That question, of getting thru to "kids," is probably the $64,000 question of the ages.



Having been an extremely foolish youth myself, I'll stand by that. It's really a bloody miracle I'm still here. :D

Andria

Oh yeah, ditto for me. I'm still not sure how ,I or my parents, survived my childhood.

For those that don't like this thread consider that it have gotten a number of dangerous videos bounce from YouTube, brought awareness to what can happen if you don't know what you are doing and shown that a large chunk of the vaping community are responsible vapers and want to help educate those whose knowledge is lacking. There are links to this thread from other sites and, hopefully, people who might not otherwise come to ECF or be aware of how dangerous a venting battery can be, now are and just might join our little community.
 

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I've lost track of the recent posts here, so please forgive me if this has already been shared... but I just got this in an email:

http://myvaporsite.com/vape-blast-vape-blast/


He's a little late to jump on the bandwagon, but there are some other links included in the article, and a pic of all the parts from the exploded mod!! :ohmy:
 

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Oh yeah, ditto for me. I'm still not sure how ,I or my parents, survived my childhood.

For those that don't like this thread consider that it have gotten a number of dangerous videos bounce from YouTube, brought awareness to what can happen if you don't know what you are doing and shown that a large chunk of the vaping community are responsible vapers and want to help educate those whose knowledge is lacking. There are links to this thread from other sites and, hopefully, people who might not otherwise come to ECF or be aware of how dangerous a venting battery can be, now are and just might join our little community.


As of a couple hours ago, none of that idiot's videos had been removed yet. I reported most of them & reported his account as well. The one with the venting battery that someone said was deleted yesterday was not deleted. The age restriction was there before he was mentioned on this thread as well.
 

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The end result of this incident is that event sponsors might just see a sharp increase in the price of liability insurance.
Also because of this incident, an event sponsor would be out of their ever lovin' mind not to have liability insurance.

Yeah... And many Venues may not want to Rent Out their Facilities to a Future Vape Meets. Especially if there is going to be a Cloud Blowing Contest.
 

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Pockets aren't going to work for me until I figure out how to stop leaking. Besides, I wear skirts and the ONLY vendor I knew that sold skirts with pockets went out of business. Hence the Renaissance-Faire-style belt pocket I started with, but 18650 mods fall out of it.

Just got my first mech mod and had not used it, now I'm panicking. I can not find any vent holes on my King clone. But I'm going to buy a "2-cents-for-safety" short circuit protector, they're down to $14 or so.

Looked up " Renaissance-Faire-style belt pocket," those are cool! I spend a lot of time running around in the brush so a deep pocket is more practical for me.

Yikes on the no vent hole. 8-o Woe be the vaper that doesn't know about safety.
 

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As of a couple hours ago, none of that idiot's videos had been removed yet. I reported most of them & reported his account as well. The one with the venting battery that someone said was deleted yesterday was not deleted. The age restriction was there before he was mentioned on this thread as well.

Weird, I'm the one that said it was deleted. You can still view it from here but when I went to YouTube it said it had been removed. :(

ETA: You're right, it is there and not restricted any more either. When I looked yesterday it had been removed. YouTube is a lot dumber than I gave them credit for. Frankly, I find it outrageous and hope they are held accountable when somebody blows themselves, or worse, somebody else, up.
 
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This is Kinda a Double Edged Sword.

If No One Posts his Vids, No One Complains or Posts Comments about his Vids.

This is probably true. However I don't know if you noticed this the other day, but when the first video was posted the views for ALL his videos have gone up since then. I remember seeing 2 on his channel that had 0 views. Not now though. I'm pretty sure that's the reason he keeps making them. :/

If they're not posted here then there probably won't be as many people watching them (which is a good thing imo).
 

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As of a couple hours ago, none of that idiot's videos had been removed yet. I reported most of them & reported his account as well. The one with the venting battery that someone said was deleted yesterday was not deleted. The age restriction was there before he was mentioned on this thread as well.

How do you report an account? I reported the videos but didn't know how to do that.
 

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How do you report an account? I reported the videos but didn't know how to do that.

It was really difficult to find it. Click on the user name under the video to go to their page. Go to the About tab. Click on the little flag. I forget what the options are, but something about the user. Not a clue where I went from there. There was a lot of following some links & backtracking part of the way until I finally was able to report him & fill out a comment field to explain why.
 

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I like the way de jay got 122 Thumbs Down for his Last Video. And Only 1 Thumbs Up.

Shows that more than just ECF Members are Not Liking that BS that he is Filming.

BTW - I'd like to send him a Link to this Thread.

He's probably just happy that he's being talked about.
 

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Everybody who was there is terrified the ANTZ will get this story and trying to be as quiet as possible. I see no reason for them to join the fray, they certainly didn't hire the guy to do this. I also see nothing to be gained by beating up on them.

Why would/should the promoters comment on this?

Photos and comments have been all over the web for days, predictably so. Playing a game of pretend that the explosion did not happen by placing one's head firmly in the sand with .... prominently in the air will do nothing to help with ANTZ.

Taking effective action to try to prevent repeat performances of the the explosion requires facts. The promoters have chosen not to share those facts leaving, any prevention efforts to the tender mercies of speculation.
 
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