How fragile are the eGo Twists?

[hrlw817]

Hello all. I was wondering if the eGo Twist is more fragile than the regular eGo batteries? I dropped mine a few hours ago, in my driveway and it landed on the twist end. Now it won't work. If I screw something on to it, it blinks a few times. If I try and charge it, the led on the charger stays green. Is my Twist toast now or is there something simple I can do to get it firing again? Thanks to anyone who has ideas.

 

[Leothwyn]

I don't know anything about electronics... the only thing I can think of trying is to check if the center pin somehow got knocked down some by the impact. Maybe it's only making partial contact now, causing it to not start charging and to not fire.

 

[GIMike]

I had something very similar happen. My regular egos were almost bulletproof. Never had one die from being dropped. And they went through hell. My first twist was dropped within a week of purchase, and it had the same problem you're talking about. If you shake it next to your ear, I bet you'll hear the lovely little parts flopping around like mine does. I got the gripper, found it to be even worse, and bought another twist. This one has been better, fallen out of my lanyard a couple of times (on the buttom, not the top thankfully) and it's been ok. I might one day get around to opening up the dead one and see if it's fixable.

 

[hrlw817]

I don't know anything about electronics... the only thing I can think of trying is to check if the center pin somehow got knocked down some by the impact. Maybe it's only making partial contact now, causing it to not start charging and to not fire.

Thanks for the reply, but, I did try and pull up the pin to no avail.

 

[hrlw817]

I had something very similar happen. My regular egos were almost bulletproof. Never had one die from being dropped. And they went through hell. My first twist was dropped within a week of purchase, and it had the same problem you're talking about. If you shake it next to your ear, I bet you'll hear the lovely little parts flopping around like mine does. I got the gripper, found it to be even worse, and bought another twist. This one has been better, fallen out of my lanyard a couple of times (on the buttom, not the top thankfully) and it's been ok. I might one day get around to opening up the dead one and see if it's fixable.

I have dropped my regular 650 eGo batteries several times, like you, and mine are still going strong. My Twist isn't making any type of broken noises when I am shaking it, though.

 

[Namgic]

I have 2 twist!! They are my toto bat.

Have twelve kgo 's that back them up.

 

[ninjuh]

I've had my 900 twists for months, dropped it a dozen times, works like brand new. That's just how electronics are, sometimes their tanks, sometimes not so much.

 

[1vapeatatime]

I love my EGO twists, having 6 of them since I've always got different vapes going on. I have two plain ego batts too, for dripping alone. Being an obsessive hiker-backpacker I've put them through outdoor hell. They'e all come through without a scratch and are working fine.

When I started vaping I purchased a Bluestar Ego T spinoff and one of my batteries simply stopped working after two weeks. The other still works fine.

 

[Marianol]

Check the forums but I found some posts a while back talking about fixing eGos that said that the most common thing is that the positive wire gets disconnected from the post, any they had instructions on opening it and soldering the wire back

 

[sgenn99]

Fortunately, the twists are relatively affordable, if all else fails. I have dropped mine a few times. They seem pretty durable to me, but they aren't bulletproof. I wonder if they make some kind of case or something like they do for cell phones that might absorb shock when dropped or otherwise oops-ed.

 

[mwa102464]

The Potentiometer is a delicate item, on pretty much every ecig made, it is not something that is manufactured in a way to take a beating or dropped and get banged up on any ecig/Mod, you always need to protect this part on every stick style or Mod style ecig. As far as the Ego Twist go it is the weakest part next to the switch so always be careful with the twisting end/Potentiometer on the Ego Twist.

 

[GIMike]

Actually my most recent one is a bit scratched up from falling out of my lanyard and landing on the potentometer. I think it's the switch'connector end of these that are the most sensitive. Or perhaps the QC on these has gone downhill and some are being shipped that aren't made well at all.

 

[billo]

For what it's worth, I have dropped my Twists many times onto concrete with no problem. At least 5 times. (They fall out of my shirt pocket when bending over.)

 

[sgenn99]

oh, yeah-they handle drops pretty well. i know they make those lanyards that you can hang around your neck-that would solve your shirt pocket issue, but i think they look kinda silly...function over form, i suppose. lol

 

[BumbleBee]

I had a 650 this happened too. The wire pulled away from the bottom of the circuit board. There are videos out there showing how to pull them apart. If you are good at things like this, you could probably fix it yourself, if not, maybe a nearby shop?

The shop that fixed mine said this is actually very common.

 

[LTV1]

Mine have rolled off tables onto carpet without damage, more then once.


Dropping any VV device onto concrete is a risk to the potentiometer.

 

[Pampavich]

This happend to 2 of mine too exactly the same.. 1000 mah twist. Yes i do believe the are fragile.