This is kind of a rant so I apologize.
I went into a local B&M today to get some holes in my IGO-W cap enlarged (from 1/16th to 3/32), because the vapor from my dual coil build was relatively hot. A friend of mine has the same build as me with 3/32 holes in the cap and he let me try it out last night. The larger holes completely solved my problem.
So one employee takes it to the back while I sit at the juice bar and try some flavors. He comes back out and says that the largest the had was 5/64, which I was ok with (1/64th of a difference is fine). He takes it back and drills it. The entire time he's working on my cap the rest of the staff is trying to convince me that larger holes will only make the vapor hotter.
Really? I thought it was common knowledge that larger holes cooled vapor? I get that increased air flow makes the coils hotter, producing more vapor. But the vapor itself has been cooled by larger holes in every one of my past RDAs. And there were 3 employees telling me this. This is their job.
The week before that I went in to another location for a new battery. I asked if they had AW18650s, the guy pulled out an AW 18650 and a generic ICR18650. The AW was actually cheaper, so he was trying to convince me to get the generic ICR. He tried to sell me on it by saying, and I quote, "This one is cheaper, but its way worth it because this one puts out more mAh."
...
The AW was rated at 2000mAh and the ICR was at 2600mAh. At this point I could have brought up what mAh actually meant, gone into detail about safe chemistry, and the C rating of the batteries he was showing me. But I chose to feign ignorance to save him the embarrassment. He also saw that I was using a mech mod and still pursued selling me the unprotected ICR. That's just unsafe. I did end up writing to the stores customer service e-mail about it later, though. I felt they should be aware.
Am I just having bad luck here with B&M employees? Does anyone else run into this issue with local vape stores? It seems like most of them know the names of current trending mods, how to build, and which flavors taste the best, but not much else when it comes to technicalities.
I understand that the demand for vape store employees sprung up rather quickly. Many locations probably didn't have time to field test their new hires. I'm just saying that its the the responsibility of the B&M operator to ensure that his staff is properly trained and educated. Especially when dealing with unprotected batteries. And I don't really see much of that in my local shops.
/rant
I went into a local B&M today to get some holes in my IGO-W cap enlarged (from 1/16th to 3/32), because the vapor from my dual coil build was relatively hot. A friend of mine has the same build as me with 3/32 holes in the cap and he let me try it out last night. The larger holes completely solved my problem.
So one employee takes it to the back while I sit at the juice bar and try some flavors. He comes back out and says that the largest the had was 5/64, which I was ok with (1/64th of a difference is fine). He takes it back and drills it. The entire time he's working on my cap the rest of the staff is trying to convince me that larger holes will only make the vapor hotter.
Really? I thought it was common knowledge that larger holes cooled vapor? I get that increased air flow makes the coils hotter, producing more vapor. But the vapor itself has been cooled by larger holes in every one of my past RDAs. And there were 3 employees telling me this. This is their job.
The week before that I went in to another location for a new battery. I asked if they had AW18650s, the guy pulled out an AW 18650 and a generic ICR18650. The AW was actually cheaper, so he was trying to convince me to get the generic ICR. He tried to sell me on it by saying, and I quote, "This one is cheaper, but its way worth it because this one puts out more mAh."
...
The AW was rated at 2000mAh and the ICR was at 2600mAh. At this point I could have brought up what mAh actually meant, gone into detail about safe chemistry, and the C rating of the batteries he was showing me. But I chose to feign ignorance to save him the embarrassment. He also saw that I was using a mech mod and still pursued selling me the unprotected ICR. That's just unsafe. I did end up writing to the stores customer service e-mail about it later, though. I felt they should be aware.
Am I just having bad luck here with B&M employees? Does anyone else run into this issue with local vape stores? It seems like most of them know the names of current trending mods, how to build, and which flavors taste the best, but not much else when it comes to technicalities.
I understand that the demand for vape store employees sprung up rather quickly. Many locations probably didn't have time to field test their new hires. I'm just saying that its the the responsibility of the B&M operator to ensure that his staff is properly trained and educated. Especially when dealing with unprotected batteries. And I don't really see much of that in my local shops.
/rant
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At least you have one you can 'vetch about. Yeah, Boston - store count still zero.
