First charge for 8 hours?

[kitemap]

Hello,
I'm new to the site and new to E-cigarettes.
I've just bought a Mini from Ebay (this could have bee a mistake, but never mind). The Item I bought was from smart smoker listed here:
eBay item=390010624881
SmartSmoker ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE +56 Cartridges.
In the instructions it says to charge the battery for at least 8 hours for the first charge to 'prime' the battery. Mine went from red to green after about 2 hours, do I need to leave it in the charger for another 6 hours? Surely if the light is green then it's not charging, so why leave it plugged in?

Thank you

David

 

[MagusSteele]

First, welcome to the e-cig world

Leave it go the full 8 hours the first time.
Next time it will take about 3 hours.
The light is not always right, plus what you doing is over charging to, sort of pack it for useage.

 

[kitemap]

Thank you for a promt reply.
Will it do any harm if I have a quick go then slap it back on charge?
I want to play

David

 

[Chrissie]

Hi David, I've just had a look at the eBay item number you have bought & though it says it's a mini, from the photos it's a Super mini.

 

[Chrissie]

Re wanting to play with it before the full 8 hour charge. So did I when I got my first kit. So I decided to risk it with one battery & put leave the other on for 8 hours & tbh, I've not noticed much difference in the performance of either of those batteries.

 

[kitemap]

It may well be, it's 102mm long.

Thank you, do you know it they're any good? I want to try it!

David

 

[kitemap]

Re wanting to play with it before the full 8 hour charge. So did I when I got my first kit. So I decided to risk it with one battery & put leave the other on for 8 hours & tbh, I've not noticed much difference in the performance of either of those batteries.

Thanks Chrissie, I'll give it a go when I fancy a ...[1] then.

[1]-UK term for cigarette BTW.

 

[Chrissie]

David, my first kit was the Super mini & it's still going strong 4 months later

However, a couple of months ago I bought my first mini (Dse901) & it produces a lot more vapour than the Super

 

[kitemap]

I think there's something up with it. It does vapourize a little and you can tell you get a hit but.............
After taking a drag the filter flashes for a while and makes a noise, also it gets quite hot at the metal join. Is this normal?

Thanks again

David

 

[Chrissie]

It sounds to me like it has gone straight into the auto clean mode, which it shouldn't be doing. have you actually put a cartridge in? The mouthpiece that comes attached to most e-cigs when you unpack them is a blank.

 

[trog100]

the 8 hours first time charge thing is nonsense.. when the light goes green its done..

its a maker/seller make sure (have u charged your battery) idiot customer thing... a left over from the earlier battery technology days..

the chargers are fully automatic and switch off when the light goes green..

trog

 

[kitemap]

It sounds to me like it has gone straight into the auto clean mode, which it shouldn't be doing. have you actually put a cartridge in? The mouthpiece that comes attached to most e-cigs when you unpack them is a blank.

Yes I've put a cartridge in, it appears to be working OK now although I think maybe that I over did it the first time. I'm quite dizzy now

 

[Chrissie]

Which strength cartridge did you put in ? It should say on the thin plastic wrapper of each cart.

 

[kitemap]

I put in high strength as I smoke B&H.
I have 6 fags left in my box, I wonder how long it will be before I need one. At the moment it's the last thing on my mind.