istick 50 watt exploded
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So for those that have them that autofire or blew up etc. How long did you have it before it started to exhibit the auto fire or when it burned up? If it did start to auto fire, how much vaping did you use it for a day (in ML)?
I'm really just rather curious. My 50w is doing fine so far (keeping fingers crossed, knock on wood etc.) but my partners made it about 2 weeks before it continued to fire after he would let off the button. He went back to the store who asked if he had leaked any juice (he said he didn't) they took it apart and called him back in and gave it back to him telling him that they had cleaned it out and found some metal dust particles that they believe was causing the contact and make it stay on. His only exhibited this if he held it at a certain angle to vape, then he'd release the button and it would continue to fire.
In any event, I charge mine up (if I can't keep an eye on it) inside of a document safe (one of those small fire resistant small boxes) just like I have all my lipo's from my model car and airplane days. But mostly I just charge it on my desk at the office or my desk at home when I am awake to make sure nothing goes wrong.
I use a Logitech walwart that comes with their rechargeable mice to charge my 50w, so far (knock on wood) it doesn't even heat up at all when charging, in fact it's on the charger right now, and the body of it is stone cold.
I'm guessing it would take some thing really catastrophic (death dismemberment, serious burns, serious house fire etc.) for the govt. to step in and make the mfg issue a mandatory recall. Personally I think their whole "we are looking into it" is just another way of saying "if we keep saying this things will die down and we won't have to do anything about it and just move on to our newest model" at least that's kind of what it feels like to me.
I'm really just rather curious. My 50w is doing fine so far (keeping fingers crossed, knock on wood etc.) but my partners made it about 2 weeks before it continued to fire after he would let off the button. He went back to the store who asked if he had leaked any juice (he said he didn't) they took it apart and called him back in and gave it back to him telling him that they had cleaned it out and found some metal dust particles that they believe was causing the contact and make it stay on. His only exhibited this if he held it at a certain angle to vape, then he'd release the button and it would continue to fire.
In any event, I charge mine up (if I can't keep an eye on it) inside of a document safe (one of those small fire resistant small boxes) just like I have all my lipo's from my model car and airplane days. But mostly I just charge it on my desk at the office or my desk at home when I am awake to make sure nothing goes wrong.
I use a Logitech walwart that comes with their rechargeable mice to charge my 50w, so far (knock on wood) it doesn't even heat up at all when charging, in fact it's on the charger right now, and the body of it is stone cold.
I'm guessing it would take some thing really catastrophic (death dismemberment, serious burns, serious house fire etc.) for the govt. to step in and make the mfg issue a mandatory recall. Personally I think their whole "we are looking into it" is just another way of saying "if we keep saying this things will die down and we won't have to do anything about it and just move on to our newest model" at least that's kind of what it feels like to me.
My iStick 50W only auto-fired once and it shut off at 10 seconds. I had to plug it into USB to reset it. A day later the display went dark and never came back on. It would vape, but you couldn't see the display to change anything without doing it blind.
The second one (warranty replacement) died in about 3 weeks with a dark display. I took it back and the dealer offered to replace it again or let me choose something else. I looked around and chose the Innokin Cool Fire IV. So far, it's been great. I like the ergonomics and most everything else about it. It feels solidly made and the tapered design feels good in the hand. I don't get the sore thumb from firing it all day like I did the iStick.
The second one (warranty replacement) died in about 3 weeks with a dark display. I took it back and the dealer offered to replace it again or let me choose something else. I looked around and chose the Innokin Cool Fire IV. So far, it's been great. I like the ergonomics and most everything else about it. It feels solidly made and the tapered design feels good in the hand. I don't get the sore thumb from firing it all day like I did the iStick.
The iStick 50W was a good idea that was poorly manufactured. Whether it's sloppy sloldering, metal chips, inferior electronics, or improper clearances to ground, they are failing in numbers too high for an ecig mod. The design is good, but the implementation produced some shoddy builds.
I'll have to use it for a while to prove it, but IMO the Innokin Cool Fire IV is a better device, built solidly, and a pleasure to use. It only lasts a day between charges, but it's well made and appears to be without QC defects as far as I can see in the short time I've had it. Time will tell.
That said, my iStick 20W has been rock solid for a year or so.
I'll have to use it for a while to prove it, but IMO the Innokin Cool Fire IV is a better device, built solidly, and a pleasure to use. It only lasts a day between charges, but it's well made and appears to be without QC defects as far as I can see in the short time I've had it. Time will tell.
That said, my iStick 20W has been rock solid for a year or so.
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iSmoka is the manufacturing company. eleaf is the name of one of it's manufactured products. eleafworld.com is the official iSmoka website. Joyetech has no relation with iSmoka.Bikenstein said:What this shows is that the iSmoka trademark was filed in the U.S. by Joyetech and now the status is listed as abandoned. It is listed as dead. The eLeaf trademark filed in the U.S. by JT is still current. The Shenzhen iSmoka plant in Guangdong, China is up and running as is the Shenzhen Joyetech plant in Guandong. I'm still not sure what is going on with the eLeaf since Joyetech doesn't list eleaf products as their manufactured products. iSmoka does. I still see nothing that states that JT is the parent company of IS. Eleaf is not a manufacturer, it is a brand name of iSmoka and trademarked in the U.S. under Joyetech. Maybe Shenzhen Co. owns both of them
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Date: 2015-08-05 20:08
Name:Bikenstein
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Message: Can you answer some questions for me? Is eleafworld the official site of iSmoka or just another distributor. Also what is the connection between iSmoka and Joyetech? Does Joyetech own iSmoka? Thanks for your help.
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Today at 4:00 am
Dear friend,
Thank you for your email and sorry for our late response.
http://www.eleafworld.com/ This is our iSmoka official website which introduces our products in detailed and release our new products at first time.
We have no relation with Joyetech. Joyetech is another e-cigarette brand.
Thank you so much.
Best regards,
Winni
iSmoka service
Funny because when i disassembled my istick 50w, the batteries were labeled as joyetech and when i returned it for a replacement, the conformation email came from joyetech.
There are three possible explanations.
1) Winni is new and has no clue.
2) Winni is lying for some reason.
3) Joyetech dumped iSmoka.
Carry on.
Agreed.
No problems with my iSticks 20 and 30 either, knock on wood, but I know that I'm one of the lucky ones.
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