New Reo user + 1 Question

[sevar]

So I got a Reo today - its a used one, but that fits the budget, lol.

I like it so far, with a micro coil. The plumes are a little on the light side, but so are my coiling skills

I just have the one question: I am scared that the switch will turn and get in the fire position if I carry the Reo in my pocket. Is this not something you worry about? I would feel *much* better if it actually locked (clicked) in position and required more work to get unlocked and ready to fire. As it is, I would feel nervous carrying it in my pants and would have the keep checking compulsively to make sure the switch in the no-fire position, at which point I could just carry it in my hand all the time.

Thanks!

 

[RightCoastVap]

Hey Sevar, welcome and glad you are enjoying your new Reo, I am speaking with only a couple of weeks of experience but I have yet to find the firing pin in the firing position when I take it out of my pants pocket, and I carry this thing every where I go. I am sure more experienced Reo users will respond.

 

[pdib]

It's never happened to me. I don't think it would be the end of the world if it happened to you. It took me a while to learn to trust that the REO wouldn't leak in my pocket and etc. Take your time, get to know it. You'll soon find that you needn't worry. (pretend you're OCD and the treatment is 5 minute pocket sessions with a safety check after )

 

[dustinmj]

I actually have been going back and fourth on the delrin button covers because of the same concern... the massive buttons make it 10x more likely as far as I can tell.

I just figure either a coil will pop, I'll hear the noise, feel the heat of the atty, or smell the fumes way before I drain the battery enough to have a meltdown. Oh and the fact that it hasn't happened so far makes me feel a bit better.

 

[pdib]

I just had a thought; it's a used REO. So, I guess the firing pin might be bent down and that makes it easier for the button to turn. The button basically depresses one end of a leaf-spring. That spring should be pressing the button back up to it's full height. (In doing so, it is supplying the button with enough friction, that . .. although it's easy to turn . . . it doesn't just turn by itself when it feels like it.) If your button is jiggly loose, or if you pinch it and find that you can pull it up farther than it's "resting" position, then your spring is a little bent or saggy. Were this the case, I would be a tad bit more cautious about it. There's a simple fix. You would need to remove the black delrin cover to rotate the pin out 90° and bend the exposed part up a little bit. Enough so that it pushes the button all the way up and there's a little tension to spare.

I don't use the button covers.

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

Welcome, sevar
That is actually the reason the buttons are on top of the metal mechanical Reos instead of on the side. The likelihood of it firing in your pocket is severely minimized because of where it is. I've carried mine in my pockets, purse and consoles....and never have I had one fire accidentally. Now I can't say the same for my Reos with the side button....but that is why there is an on/off switch inside of those.

So which one did you get?

 

[mackman]

Perhaps I can give you a new user perspective since this is day two with my Reo. I have the delrin button. From the locked position the firing button must rotate almost completely to the far left and be pushed down to activate the battery. While not impossible, for the button to turn completely to an unlocked position (left) and have a downward force great enough to fire it seems improbable; even less likely if nothing is on top of the Reo.

 

[johni]

I have a button cover on my Grand and have never had it fire or come unlocked in my pocket.

 

[bunker0617]

+1 has never fired in my pocket

 

[bones1274]

I have been using the Grand for almost 3 years and always carry it in my pants pocket. I have never locked the firing button. I always leave it unlocked and have never once had it fire in my pocket.

Leaking is a different story though. Up until 2 weeks ago I used cartos and always laid my Grand flat when I wasnt using it. Now I am learning that with the RM2, it will leak. I am having to train myself to stand it up when I am not using it. Clorox wipes do work well though to get juice that leaked off of my recliner arm rest and bed spread......

 

[Raynman]

With the button cover on I had the problem of it moving to the off position. I opened it up and pulled the locking pin out so I never use it. I shirt pocket carry when it isn't in my hand.

Doh I forgot to say....Welcome to Reoville and congrats on your new/old Reo. But as we say pix or it didn't happen......ca'mon man we gotta get our drool on.

 

[sevar]

I got the Reo Grand. It's beautiful, although used, and so far so good. With the RM2, it is tricky to get enough juice up there, but not too much.

What are "tops" are there, and which of these enable squonking without the leakage?

Thanks a lot folks, you set me at ease - nothing beats hearing from folks with experience.

 

[JC Okie]

With the RM2, you need to squonk for a good three count. For a little while until you get the "feel" for it, take your drip tip off and watch the liquid come up and flood over the coil/wick and remember what the squonking feels like. It's pretty hard to flood an RM2 because the juice will drain right out. The only time I get a leak at all will be if I W-A-A-A-Y oversquonk and a drop will come out the airhole. Doesn't bother me much.... Even then I usually need to squonk after every 3-4 hits. Just don't be afraid to flood it because you probably won't.

 

[Crash Moses]

Went shopping for new clothes yesterday and I took two Reos with me (my coat has lots of pockets and I've had a bit of vapor's tongue the last couple of days) and I was flinging my coat all over the place. Putting it on, taking it off, draping it across the shopping cart, throwing it on the floor in the dressing room (actually, I dropped it). No juice leaks...no accidental button presses...nuttin'. Was going to start a topic about the whole experience but this serves as well.

 

[pdib]

I have been using the Grand for almost 3 years and always carry it in my pants pocket. I have never locked the firing button. I always leave it unlocked and have never once had it fire in my pocket.

Leaking is a different story though. Up until 2 weeks ago I used cartos and always laid my Grand flat when I wasnt using it. Now I am learning that with the RM2, it will leak. I am having to train myself to stand it up when I am not using it. Clorox wipes do work well though to get juice that leaked off of my recliner arm rest and bed spread......

I had some leakage when it was in my breast pocket, and I was laying on my side, early on. That's when I figured out, one does need to vape off what they've squonked up . . . . and then I can lay it on it's side, face or lay on my side, face and it's all good.

 

[custom-classic]

I never lock the button and I've never had it fire in my pocket. I typically wear carpenter's jeans and I keep my Reo in one of the lower pockets halfway down my leg. No leaks with the Rm2 either.
Oh, and we need pics!!!

 

[sevar]

I apologize for the lack of pics - will fix that soon

In the meantime, everything works fine when I test things out immediately after putting in a charged battery, with the RM2, at 1.1 ohms.
Twice now, I have burnt springs. The first time I try to vape later, after taking the REO out of my pocket or wherever, I get a half-assed vape, and the battery starts clanging.

FWIW, I am an electrical engineer by training, and I have verified that there is no short between the negative (the screw that holds the spring in place) and the positive (the metal contact for the switch). The RBA shows up at 1.12 ohms consistently.

What am I doing wrong?

As with anything, I am more than willing to pay my way through a learning curve, but I do hope this is a robust solution. This is almost my Hail Mary to see if I can get something to work. Else its back to sucky eGO batteries and cartos

 

[pdib]

If the short only occurs when you're firing; I'd say you need to look at the action of the firing pin (the leaf-spring that touches the battery top and is attached to the +post at the 510). It may not have the insulator sleeve on it that prevents it from touching the body in it's midsection. (middle of pic). Or that sleeve may be damaged.



This pic is a modded version, but you see where the body is closer to the pin. The delrin cover pushes it up in that midsection; then, flexing it at button press, may make it touch the shoulder of the body in the middle there.

 

[pdib]

Normally (although this is another different modded pin) the insulative sleeve runs all the way back to the 510 post, like this sleeve here.

 

[sevar]

Here are the pics:
Reo - Imgur

If you see in the pics, there is a "gunk" inside the hole. I have a pic of some of that on a paper.
It's rubbery and I suspect its an old, rotten gasket of some sort that holds the metal piece that the atomizers screw into. That, or its some sort of glue that was used to stick the metal part that atty screw into, to the metal box.

Also - I can't seem to find any help regarding replacing that metal part that the attys screw into. I can't let that gunk be, so any ideas on how to remove the metal piece that attys screw into from the box itself?

Thanks.