Local NW Floridian with severe injuries from exploding ecig battery

[Calypso53]

And this article, from ABCnews is very bad publicity for e-cigs and also contains a lot of false info: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/electr...-fla-mans-face/story?id=15645605#.Tz1q11F618F
I really think more details should be forthcoming from SOMEONE about this, perhaps the victim since he is now released from the hospital, can give some details about what he was using, even if just to protect someone else from a similar fate. I hope he doesn't keep everything to himself in the interest of suing someone.

 

[ChaosTheory]

Every time I take a vape I anticipate an explosion. Damn hype got me! I refuse to put it down for good. I hope my brain in all of its' reason and logic will eventually put this whole thing on the back burner. Still, even if 1 in 1,000,000 people get a battery explodin' in their face.. it has to be someone who will be the victim. No I don't think there should be any laws banning them (that's ridiculous), but the personal relative risk factor has to be asked, "Is it going to be me?"... maybe this guy's story will stop people from smoking and vaping. Who knows? I doubt it. .. but there's one thing that's true for me at least---- I'll never listen to the news again.

 

[DynamiteShikoku]

Oh no guys! One battery explodedededz. It's the end for all e-cigs and liquids oh noez!

Please, i bet the guy kept draining the battery and only charged it when the battery stop feeding the atomizer, barely took care of his battery, dropped it hundreds of times, used it as a hammer etc. Either using some low quality third party battery etc. Notice no details about the battery was released, because the news corps want to make it as broad and vague as possible to group ALL batteries as a danger.

 

[Batsu]

i think the exploding batteries adds to the excitement, living like a rebel.

 

[marcellus7]

Ok so I just took my stacked Tenergy RCR123A's out of my Reo and am about to throw them away before I leave work, lol. Anyone know anything about these batts? Tenergy 3.0v with yellow band at the bottom. I havent had any problems out of them but.... I'm also using a UltraFire charger, Have I had a bomb in my mouth or what? Should I stick to the AW IMR 3.7 batts?

 

[Batsu]

Ok so I just took my stacked Tenergy RCR123A's out of my Reo and am about to throw them away before I leave work, lol. Anyone know anything about these batts? Tenergy 3.0v with yellow band at the bottom. I havent had any problems out of them but.... I'm also using a UltraFire charger, Have I had a bomb in my mouth or what? Should I stick to the AW IMR 3.7 batts?

im pretty sure the tenergy yellow bands are safe chem lifepo4 batts. as long as you exercise safe battery practices charge and discharge in pairs, use the proper charger. you should be ok.

 

[Calypso53]

Here is an article published 5 YEARS AGO, about exploding Li-ion laptop batteries. I vaguely remember anything about this, there apparently was a recall of certain laptops, but we all still use them! Of course, laptops were not considered a huge controversy to be regulated by the FDA, either. Is there a safety issue with Li-ion batteries?

 

[jlazarus]

And this article, from ABCnews is very bad publicity for e-cigs and also contains a lot of false info: Electric Cigarette Explodes in Fla. Man's Face - ABC News
I really think more details should be forthcoming from SOMEONE about this, perhaps the victim since he is now released from the hospital, can give some details about what he was using, even if just to protect someone else from a similar fate. I hope he doesn't keep everything to himself in the interest of suing someone.

On a sidenote, I found it interesting that the story AFTER the exploding e-cig (on the link you gave) was about....an exploding glass TABLE. Seriously.

To your other point - yes, I DO wish the victim would be forthcoming about his experience. I mean, if I were to suffer such a horrendous fate, I believe that I'd want others to learn from it, whatever information *could* be learned.

 

[rothenbj]

"I've also heard the argument that our cell phones are potential bombs as well - but we aren't putting an atty on a cell phone and hitting a button while it's in our mouth. "

That's true BUT-

Cell phone explodes, killing young Indian man believed to be mid-conversation - New York Daily News

Technolog - Man claims phone 'blew up' in his ear

Incidentally, I had one fry in my original Droid. Fortunately neither the phone or I was was damaged, just the battery and battery back.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/iphone-4-explodes-midflight-on-australian-airline/

"S" happens.

 

[Scotay87]

On a sidenote, I found it interesting that the story AFTER the exploding e-cig (on the link you gave) was about....an exploding glass TABLE. Seriously.

To your other point - yes, I DO wish the victim would be forthcoming about his experience. I mean, if I were to suffer such a horrendous fate, I believe that I'd want others to learn from it, whatever information *could* be learned.

Unfortunately as noted in one of the many stories the man requested the return of all of his devices from the fire dept that he had previously released them to for inspection... Premise of the quoter/report for possible litigation... If that happens we may never know the facts... Sadly

 

[DynamiteShikoku]

Lithium does not explode, they just vent then catch on fire.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

One of the things that I find interesting is that I went on about 8 news websites reading this story and they were all the same except one which claimed that during the conversation the guys wife was having with the 911 operator, she said that the device was an electronic cigar.

Also, how the heck could the guy not know that something was wrong, I am almost 100% positive that the battery would have started getting warm before it blew.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

Unfortunately as noted in one of the many stories the man requested the return of all of his devices from the fire dept that he had previously released them to for inspection... Premise of the quoter/report for possible litigation... If that happens we may never know the facts... Sadly

I read that he only asked for the return of the battery pieces that exploded.

 

[Batsu]

I read that he only asked for the return of the battery pieces that exploded.

i read he asked for the tube back, there seem to be a lot of small variations and spins on this story across the media outlets.

 

[Col. Gaunt]

i read he asked for the tube back, there seem to be a lot of small variations and spins on this story across the media outlets.

Yes, that is quite true Batsu, but one thing that can be agreed is that all the news medias that have reported on the incident reported it in a negative manner as opposed to the people who died from using chantex gum.

 

[Batsu]

Yes, that is quite true Batsu, but one thing that can be agreed is that all the news medias that have reported on the incident reported it in a negative manner as opposed to the people who died from using chantex gum.

yeah, big pharma seemed to have settled and swept that under the rug real fast, and i still see adds for chantix like the whole thing never happened

 

[mgabrys]

I'm not going to pile-on and say "oh he was a modder using stacking and whatever" - having that happen to you is horrible, so he has my sympathies in spades. That said - compare this to all the deaths from smoking by house-fire, forest / field fires etc, to one accident that leaves the victim standing (hurt to be sure - but not dead), nor anyone else in the household dead is something to keep in perspective. When was the last time you heard a house-fire from a smoker make the national news?

But one unit goes off at the worst possible time, sending the user to the hospital - and the entire global media chain goes into action? Doesn't seem a proportional response to me. I'm glad to hear chatter that reminds me to unplug my chargers and other safety issues tho.

Hopes to his recovery - hopes that he hasn't decided that burning things into his lungs is a better option - and hopes that some perspective will be applied to the media-stream.

 

[Scotay87]

I read that he only asked for the return of the battery pieces that exploded.

Regardless of what the guy asked for back if he decides sue somebody his lawyer will put a gag in his mouth... Thus limiting any useful information for the vaping community... Probably already has had 50 or more lawyers banging on his door...

 

[thenut]

Every time I take a vape I anticipate an explosion. Damn hype got me!
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I hear you. Now, lets see a show of hands from people who think about this incident, every time they lift their e-cig up and put it in their mouth now. Yep...that's what I thought. Almost all of you. (Ok, you can put your hands down now).
It's amazing what the media (and especially the internet), can do to you. I find myself closing my eyes and crossing my fingers now, every time I take a hit. This story is all over the place.
My thought's and prayers go out to this man....just an awful thing. (In the mean time, I'll be praying for myself as well, every time I pick up or charge my PV).

 

[SubGothius]

The way this story has blown up (no pun) into a s**tstorm of nationwide mainstream media publicity over one exploded battery has me smelling a PR rat.

Gee, who are masters of PR, with deep pockets and established media contacts, that would stand to profit from casting FUD about the "dangers" of e-cigs when their own, competing product is known to cause millions of deaths per year...?