my week old spinners

[cramptholomew]

So, I got my first real kit of two spinners last Monday. Today, one of them is lasting about two hours with weaker vape, and the other is one the charger with its light still on and the red light on the charger never goes near green. Any ideas? I'm just about sick, because I have to go away for a week starting Thursday, and it looks like I'll only have 1 battery to use (I bought an extra twist just in case I ran into any problems, such as this worst-case-scenario). Please excuse my ramblings, I'm just super ......, and I was HOPING that this vaping thing wasn't going to turn into a frustrating hobby of temperamental equipment. I've been off the cigs for two weeks, and I don't want to go back to them, but I don't want a constant nightmare of buggy devices.

 

[chellemmm]

Did you try cleaning them with Q-tips and alcohol? Clean the charger heads, too.

 

[cramptholomew]

Nope, I'll try that. Thanks.

 

[Gorphus]

Sorry to hear you're having problems with your Spinners. I have had real good luck with them. However having said that...I have experienced the same problem you are having with it never "going green" when charging for long periods. I picked up a new eGo USB charger to try out, and so far it has been working fine with all 3 of my Spinners! You may have just gotten a bad charger in your kit. Also make sure you aren't over-tightening the battery to the charger, it can cause contact issues with your tanks & chargers. Just tighten it to the point where it makes contact and isn't about to fall off.

Hope that helps...and stay away from the analogs!!

 

[gando_salo]

I would return them and get twists.
I had Spinners before and out of 5 that I had at home between 3 people, 4 went bad in less than a month..

 

[lilmrsyeti]

Are they real Vision Spinners? I have three of them and used them every day for 4 months and never had a problem with them. Is it an Ego charger that you are using? I sure hate to hear this! Please, don't go back to smoking real Cigs! Two weeks is REALLY good to be off Cigs...hate to hear of some defective equipment being the cause for someone going back to Cancer stix!

 

[Mario87]

I feel your pain, I went thru the same thing and my biggest worry was to get frustrated and go back to the analogs. So i after a lot of searching, reading reviews, youtube videos reviews and this site I decided to go with a Provari and an Itazte MVP as a back up. Granted it wasn't cheap but so far the only thing I worry about is getting ejuice and a tank or cartos here and there. As you can see in my signature even spending all that money I'm still saving money and have piece of mind. Good luck!!

 

[cramptholomew]

Well, I went back into the kitchen about 1/2 hour ago, and the light finally went off. Just went back in now, and it's charged. How do you like that? Might have been the socket I had it in, because I switched it to a different one about an hour ago. Whew. I cleaned the battery head on my silver one, and it seems to be vaping much better. It didn't LOOK gunky, but looks can be deceiving.

I bought them from GoodEJuice, so I HOPE they're real. They were the only ones who had the 400mAh version in stock when I decided to buy them (my first upgrade from the V2 cigalikes). Luckily I have the twist as a backup to these 2 spinners. I guess I'll order another one when I get back. Thanks for all your help. I don't think I'd go back to the real cigs before I use the old V2's.

 

[Mario87]

Great!! glad you figure it out!!

 

[cramptholomew]

Well, I bought the bullet, and just ordered another Spinner 650 from Vapor Alley. He's only 2 towns away from me, so hopefully I'll get it on Thursday - as a just-in-case.

 

[lilmrsyeti]

Not for sure if you'll even come back and read this...but just a thought for you to consider...those Batteries are only good for so many charges..just like any battery...so, the more often you have to charge them, the less time you'll have to use them. The reason I'm telling you this, is because I see from your posts that you are buying the smaller Batteries. Meaning they don't last as long in between chargers and you'll have to charge them more often.

100 mAh = 1 hour vape time, roughly. Spinners have a 1300 mAh, meaning you'll get more than a days worth of Vape before you have to charge it.

 

[StarDose]

Some of us don't like to carry a broom stick around with us so go for the 650mah. Besides that the switch will probably break before 500 charges are done. Even then its 500 charges or w/e that it is supposed to work with its full capabilities. Doesn't mean it won't work longer just being told it will last that long at best performance.

 

[Rickajho]

Am I reading this right? You bought more batteries but your total charger count is: one.

Since you were questioning the performance of more than one battery, the first thing you should do is put them on a different charger to see if the charger is the source of the problem.

 

[lilmrsyeti]

Some of us don't like to carry a broom stick around with us so go for the 650mah. Besides that the switch will probably break before 500 charges are done. Even then its 500 charges or w/e that it is supposed to work with its full capabilities. Doesn't mean it won't work longer just being told it will last that long at best performance.

I get that..its just a lot of newbies don't know what the different sizes mean..I know I sure didn't when I first started. Just wanted to throw it out there in case the OP didn't realize they could go longer in between charges with another battery. I don't see where the 1300 mAh is all that big...that's just me tho.