Interesting Video on Wicking Material

[NoizMaker]

Hey all,

I came across this video earlier and I wanted to get everyone's thoughts on it.



I am a big fan of removing my wicking ever since I found I couldn't even try to vape on my old 510 kit after a month or so of use. It was burnt and instantly gave me a headache so I went back to smoking for around a week. After I saw phee's video on how to remove the wick, I tried it and was immediately impressed with the drastic improvement of the flavor and lack of a pounding headache, lol.

So what do you think?

 

[hardtailmtber]

After watching this I am still not convinced that what is in the atomizors is fiberglass, but what do the veterans have to say on this.

 

[heXy]

Even with the possibility of the fiberglass becoming friable and accidentally inhaled. The lungs can push fiberglass out. Fiberglass has been used for decades in analog filters.

But if the attys are kept lubricated (as they should be) that would drastically lower any risk of the fiberglass becoming friable.

I would be more concerned about inhaling burnt poly fiber fumes from the factory cart stuffing.

 

[DrZEUS]

this video has certainly raised a brow and has quite honestly got me a little concerned....quiting smoking is great...but substituting cigarette smoke for fibreglass seems deadly...

 

[DrZEUS]

Even with the possibility of the fiberglass becoming friable and accidentally inhaled. The lungs can push fiberglass out. Fiberglass has been used for decades in analog filters.

But if the attys are kept lubricated (as they should be) that would drastically lower any risk of the fiberglass becoming friable.

I would be more concerned about inhaling burnt poly fiber fumes from the factory cart stuffing.

After a quick wiki search, I found that most cigarette filters are made from a cellulose acetate and synthetic fibres.

 

[heXy]

Well after all the Asbestos training I've had for Facilities Management (where we learned the difference between Asbestos and fiberglass) I can honestly say that for the trace amount that I might inhale from this device (if it ever becomes friable from being dried out), and the trace amount I might inhale in Facilities and your own basement, doesn't concern me much as our lungs CAN push fiberglass out.

But to be fair, the atomizers are NOT designed to be cleaned, and using alcohol amongst other chemicals to try and clean them can cause extreme dryness of the material. To avoid this, you should replace your atty rather than try to salvage it.

Even with new atty's and fluid once in a while, it's still not as expensive as analogs.

 

[NoizMaker]

I'm not really sure if I should be concerned or not. I just find it interesting and I can at very least agree that testing would probably put our minds at ease. I love e-cigs but even before seeing this video I have hated the wicks so I just thought maybe this could perhaps be part of the reason.

I have heard people tell me that Players Light analogs have fiberglass in the filter and that always made me question if it was true or not. I have no clue and I also don't know about the potential health effects of vaping on it but I am fairly safe because my CE2's are sitting in a junk drawer and I always remove my wick.

As always these things are subjective and what works for me certainly won't work for others. I just think it is best to completely understand what it is that we are using and ask hard questions along the way. I'm more than a year in and I didn't really question what wicking was, I just remove it and go really.

 

[heXy]

I agree with you NoizMaker. Just wanted to put some restless minds at ease with a bit of facts on fiberglass. It's not going to cause your lungs to scar up like Asbestos will.

We inhale thousands of friable materials and chemicals just walking along a sidewalk near a busy street. And you WILL inhale fiberglass in your home.

But... Your lungs have it covered for fiberglass, it will be coughed up with all that crappy phlegm that they're pushing out from all the years of harm we put them through just by lighting up a smoke.

If we put half as much energy into researching what was in the cigarettes we smoked, we'll realize VERY quickly that this is still thousands of times healthier as an alternative. But then, if we truly knew what we were inhaling off of cigarettes, would we have started to begin with?

 

[Switched]

I agree with you NoizMaker. Just wanted to put some restless minds at ease with a bit of facts on fiberglass. It's not going to cause your lungs to scar up like Asbestos will.

We inhale thousands of friable materials and chemicals just walking along a sidewalk near a busy street. And you WILL inhale fiberglass in your home.

But... Your lungs have it covered for fiberglass, it will be coughed up with all that crappy phlegm that they're pushing out from all the years of harm we put them through just by lighting up a smoke.

If we put half as much energy into researching what was in the cigarettes we smoked, we'll realize VERY quickly that this is still thousands of times healthier as an alternative. But then, if we truly knew what we were inhaling off of cigarettes, would we have started to begin with?

... not to mention the chemical imbalance cigarettes caused in our system, smoke was but one side effect, amongst many others.

 

[melder215]

are there any threads here with other alternatives? is there a denser less fiber-y fiberglass we can use. is there some non conductive way we can get juice to the coil? ive opened cartomizers with no wick, you just end end up getting a puff of burning fill

 

[NoizMaker]

Hello melder215,

I have been informed that there are other alternatives by other members here (heXy & Dustydragon in this thread http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/canada-forum/166401-ego-t-review-2.html ) and some speculation that it is Silica or Aramid fibers rather than Fiberglass. I am really unsure about what it could possibly be, but Aramid fibers do fit the bill from what I read on wikipedia.