Mech mods are not electronic cigarettes

[sofarsogood]

Mechs aren't electronic cigarettes because they have no electronics. When news reports say an "electronic cigarette" exploded they are always talking about mechs, which are not, in any way shape or form, regulated by any sort of electronics therefore they should not be called electronic cigarettes. That may sound like a quibble but it's not. May be making the distincition will help the public understand the difference.

 

[Racehorse]

The public you speak of, who don't know much about vaping, well that distinction will be lost on them.

Besides, There are people who come on here and don't even know what a "mechanical" is as opposed to regulated and they are already vaping.

Not even sure what the distinction you are trying to make would DO....I mean, most of the stuff that "blows up" are mechanicals........I wouldn't be giving them "more" notice

 

[AzPlumber]

Plenty of Ego type batteries have also been the culprit.

 

[sofarsogood]

The public you speak of, who don't know much about vaping, well that distinction will be lost on them.

Besides, There are people who come on here and don't even know what a "mechanical" is as opposed to regulated and they are already vaping.

Not even sure what the distinction you are trying to make would DO....I mean, most of the stuff that "blows up" are mechanicals........I wouldn't be giving them "more" notice

When I post on a news story about an ecig blowing up I say it was probably a device called a mech mod which is not an electronic cigarette because there are no electronics and if there had been electronics it wouldn't have blown up. If they don't know what I'm talking about then they don't know what they are talking about.

 

[RoseB]

When I post on a news story about an ecig blowing up I say it was probably a device called a mech mod which is not an electronic cigarette because there are no electronics and if there had been electronics it wouldn't have blown up. If they don't know what I'm talking about then they don't know what they are talking about.

Are you an attorney? If not you might want to consider becoming one. Hopefully you don't take this as an insult. It's meant to be a compliment.

 

[snork]

I call 'em all electronic cigarettes because they all require electrons to do their thing.

 

[Ed_C]

I'm not sure I'd buy that a mech is not a electronic device. It's a very very simple electronic device. The most basic definition of "electronic" is just, deals with the movement of electrons.

 

[LMS62]

Mechs don't use an electrical current from the battery to heat the coil? I must be doing it all wrong.

 

[IMFire3605]

Mechs aren't electronic cigarettes because they have no electronics. When news reports say an "electronic cigarette" exploded they are always talking about mechs, which are not, in any way shape or form, regulated by any sort of electronics therefore they should not be called electronic cigarettes. That may sound like a quibble but it's not. May be making the distincition will help the public understand the difference.

Does it control the flow of some type of electrical current to vaporize liquid? Personal Vaporizer more to your liking? But yes it is an electronic cigerette at its basic principle. Doesn't matter if is a mechanical tube or variable wattage with a circuit board, it is electronic because it moves "Electrons" from positive to negative, the mech just has a simpler, manual, mechanical connection and pathway.

 

[ddirtyvapes]

This is really ignorant of the history of electronic cigarettes.

If it weren't for mechs, we'd have nothing of what we have today. The first mods were modified flashlights, mech only.

Saying a mech is not an e-cig is saying a square is not a quadrangle, IMO.

It is merely a matter of semantics, though choosing to be more specific is certainly your right. Calling it something else doesn't make it something else, though.

For whatever it's worth, I own mechs-- partially because I've been vaping long enough that those were really the only option beyond a joye 510 an ego-- but I am certainly not primarily a mech user.

ed: also worth pointing out that iStick 50W, a popular REGULATED device, caused a huge amount of issues, including autofiring which occasionally lead to venting.

I have ignored content, so sorry if I've repeated anything

 

[Downgraded286]

The first mods were modified flashlights, mech only

That's interesting. Is that where the term "mod" comes from? That's always bothered me. Honestly I feel like a bit of an ... when I talk about mods, because I never modified anything.

 

[Ed_C]

That's interesting. Is that where the term "mod" comes from? That's always bothered me. Honestly I feel like a bit of an ... when I talk about mods, because I never modified anything.

Yeah I feel the same way. The word "mod" doesn't really apply to the devices that we use today.

 

[Racehorse]

Plenty of Ego type batteries have also been the culprit.

Yes, I know.

I think maybe I didn't express myself correctly AND I didn't read the OP post correctly.

However, I still don't think that telling people that mechanical vape gear "isn't" an e-cigarette has any usefulness.

If you do that, then what ARE you going to call them?

It just doesn't seem like an important distinction that needs to be made. A better "blurb" would be to say "most ecigs are regulated and very safe."

I just don't think "separating" these different types of gear, to a public that doesn't really understand the technology of vaping anyway, is going to help anything.

I could be wrong.

Despite the stories about ecigs "blowing up", that is really not the sticking point anyway. Even with the FDA.......it is based around the "chemicals" that are being inhaled into lungs. They don't understand THAT either, but I would say that 9 times out of 10, it's the vapor......not the equipment.......that causes people who don't vape to worry about it all..........

 

[Completely Average]

Mechs aren't electronic cigarettes because they have no electronics. When news reports say an "electronic cigarette" exploded they are always talking about mechs, which are not, in any way shape or form, regulated by any sort of electronics therefore they should not be called electronic cigarettes. That may sound like a quibble but it's not. May be making the distincition will help the public understand the difference.

Trying to make the distinction only makes the public more confused.

And if you're going to be pedantic about it, the word "mech" refers to a Mechanical Mod, but the word Mod means that the device was originally a different device that was MODIFIED and turned into a personal vaporizer. I'm quite certain that your "mech" isn't a mod at all. It hasn't been modified, it was designed from the start to be an Unregulated Personal Vaporizer.

So for accuracy sake we should tell the news media to refer to these devices as Unregulated Personal Vaporizers, which I highly doubt will help anyone, even many people who vape, understand the difference.

 

[TVC70]

Okay, how about this: a purely mechanical device is an "electric" cigarette, and a regulated device is an "electronic" cigarette?

 

[Ed_C]

They are both electronic, one is regulated and the other is not. Like Racehorse said, the main point is the liquid.

 

[Haktuspit]

Umm guys? Technically OP was correct. A mech mod is an electric cigarette, not an electronic cigarette.

Electric Versus Electronic Systems

 

[ENAUD]

And then there's my favorite term...battery holder.

 

[sonicbomb]

Love threads like this...

 

[retired1]

Prefer this one.