Noobie hoping for some time-sensitive battery help.

[fiver]

I've been lurking on ECF for some time now, but haven't posted till now. This place is huge and can be a bit intimidating.

I started vaping about 4 months ago and haven't had a tobacco smoke since March 1st (woohoo!). I've gone from Blu to eGo-C to Stardusts to a three week old chrome lavatube/lambo (bless you orachel) and things are going great.

But I messed up.

Just got a great invite for Memorial day camping/canoeing trip but none of the canoes has an outlet for my 18650 charger. I could probably manage with my eGos and some sort of USB connection, but, um, I probably won't. I'll be having beer. Beer makes me want tobacco smoke - a lot.

My new lavatube/lambo takes care of that craving really well. EGos - not so much anymore. Especially over three days.

Where can I find a brick and mortar place to buy either a car charger or a few extra 18650 batteries? Price is not nearly as important as I thought it was a week ago.

Radio Shack's website was a dead end and so was Fry's, but I haven't gone to either's physical store. Am I stuck with resigning myself to smoking some time this weekend, or is there some way I can convert canoe paddling into e-power into vape into theheckwithyoutobacco?

Help.

 

[Ratchet]

ohhh - you're running out of time.... Internet ordering won't get it to you by Saturday, probably. Sorry, I'm in Texas and I don't know of a B&M in your area. There is one down here but that won't do you any good...... Guys, anyone in the Chicago area know of any stores????? Running out of charged batteries for the Lavatube? MAJOR disaster! I have 6 batteries that are always charged or charging.... I hope someone can help this poor vaper!

 

[ByeByeCoffinNails]

What about looking for a solar charger with a USB port? There should be somewhere where you are that sells those. Camping store? Electronics shop?

 

[fiver]

Heck, I'll happily buy another half dozen 18650 batteries now.

But does anyone in the non-cyber world sell them?

 

[bunnyscrunt]

Best Buy and a ton of other places including Walmart sell little bricks, lithium batteries, that charge by AC and spit out USB power later. Duracell does one made for the powergrid system, they are super cheap (i got mine for $10 each but I am in Canada where this stuff costs more than for the US), and they charge directly from your computer or a AC/USB adapter. If you are out of time, just grab a handful of them and get em all charged up.

 

[fiver]

Just found out about a power inverter (turns a car's outlet into a plug) that I can get from Walmart. I think that should work.

Thanks all. Have a great holiday weekend.

 

[X P3 Flight Engineer]

For future reference here is a thread from The Canada Forum discussing options for camping:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/canada-forum/296256-camping-vaping.html

Obviously the eGo types, even the Twist, are easier to accommodate power wise since they only require 5 volt DC to a USB. The solar cell phone chargers look promising but it's just the beginning of the camping season here so there is not much feedback yet.Lol Our long weekend was the 19th to 21st of May.

Good Luck and let us know how you made out and if you find anything that may be helpful to others.

Relax, Enjoy!

 

[fiver]

Power inverter worked fine. Since then, I've gotten a new charger (Xtar WP2 with a car adapter) as well as some more batteries.

 

[fiver]

I hit post way too quick. Thanks again to all for the advise and the quick responses. Much appreciated

 

[Flyer]

Jucy Vapors has a store in Volo. The are only open M-F though. I bought my LT and the 18650 batteries there.

 

[fiver]

Thanks, Flyer. Cignot in Elmhurst is closer to my stomping grounds, but the brick and mortar places are hard enough to find that it might be worth a trip to Volo just to visit one with some APV supplies. Cignot is pretty much all eGo.

Know anyone with a plane? I've gotta neighbor with a pretty big back yard

 

[Flyer]

Ya, I know someone with a plane