I'm gonna be a little harsh here But........
The end result from this POST should be less about the danger of batteries
and more about the danger of acting Foolish/Dumb trying to RECHARGE a Non-rechargable Batt
Yes, acting foolish was definitely part of the equation. However, the batteries that I ordered were NOT the same as the ones that were pictured, and they DID NOT WORK when I initially put them in my device.
Moreover, the picture in the sales page shows the batteries as silver, exactly like the batteries I got for my Little Chuck when I first got it.
So I put them on my charger, they showed a red light, sometime later, green, put them in, and they worked. And they worked like this for two cycles. They probably weren't rechargeable, but they drained and recharged like they were.
Plain and simple this guy bought non recharg cheap 2 for $1.98 batts and kept trying to charge them..........................
no where on the site he was on do they sell rechargable batts

He was looking to buy cheap and acted dumb
False. As I have mentioned time and time again, MY ERROR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SAVING MONEY. I purchased some UltraFires previously, and if you read the "No joy at 6v" thread
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/thag-built-chuck/74050-no-joy-6v.html I asked about the lack of functionality with the UltraFires there. Several members mentioned that the batteries I got had a different kind of "protection" than another (first I heard of that) and that I should order a different type.
So, I went online and all my usual vendors were out. I Googled, found some, and ordered. Also, in the "works in" section of the page the devices listed commonly use rechargeable batteries, but I don't think I made too much a note of that.
its common sense to buy rechargable protected batts its all over this subforum
OP is ok but has learned a lesson
Dont let it happen to yourself
Buy protected use basic logic
Yes, it is. It is also important to note that in many cases information from Internet vendors is incomplete, and that it is EASY to mistake one thing for another, and to let your guard down and put yourself in danger.
It is easy to be "harsh" and call me dumb or cheap or what have you, but that is not only false it is counter-productive. I am sharing as much as I can about my decision making process as well as the elements involved in my accident in order to save other people the misfortune of such an accident--one that I was lucky to have not lost an eye from.
The tenor of your (and other's) post would be understandable if I were BLAMING the website or BLAMING the battery manufacturer or BLAMING the fact that it doesn't say anything about rechargeables one way or the other or BLAMING the Chuck itself--but I am not. For once, I feel that BLAME should be left out of it. Of course, it seems that people in our culture are all about BLAME and not so much about fixing and follow-through. I'd hoped to change that in this instance, but golly! wouldn't you know it, others are there to pull up the slack.
It is my hope that this never happens to anyone who uses a Chuck (or any other mod for that matter) EVER, so I am being as honest as possible.
If this thread exasperates you somehow because people have questions, don't read it. But do not take it upon yourself to lay out the reasons for why I may or may not have made the decisions I did--you do not know me and you CERTAINLY do not know my mind (either now or at the time I made any decisions) so it would behoove you to stick to what you do know and leave it there.
Look at the number of battery threads on this sub-forum alone. Obviously, there is a lot of information to wade through and lots of people have questions. Again, look at the thread I posted BEFORE I went out and got the batteries that blew up.
Avoiding this is not as simple as "don't be cheap" or "duh, they don't say rechargeable on the website" blah blah blah. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. My mistake was being more excited about my new toy than being concerned for safety, and an accident happened.
I appreciate all the well wishes from everyone.