This all just sucks lol. I just kicked analogs and started vaping already have spent a .... load just getting started can't really afford to "stock pile".
Why are people concerned about stockpiling batteries and PG/VG and flavorings and stuff like that? NONE of that will be effected by the regulations because NONE of it is sold as ecig related products by the manufacturer. Do you really think the FDA is going to try to regulate replacement batteries for power tools? Or regulated already approved ketosis treatments for cows? Or require you to be 18 to buy ingredients used in baking cakes and cookies? Banning the sale of WIRE? Because obviously no one uses wire for anything else, right?
Completed mods, atomizers, and certainly nicotine solutions will be regulated. There is no doubting that.
But the FDA does not have the authority to regulate products that are designed for and have been used in other markets and industries for decades, with FDA approval I might add. As it so happens PG and VG are already FDA approved and sold in farming supply shops and health stores. The FDA isn't going to try to claim those are suddenly tobacco products. They can't, there is no tobacco in them and they aren't being sold as anything related to vaping. Batteries are batteries, and rechargeable batteries have thousands of uses. There are no batteries being sold that are exclusively designed for vaping, and the FDA isn't about to try to regulate batteries used in toys, powertools, and even cars claiming they are tobacco products. Flavorings have been around since forever and are available in virtually any grocery store. The FDA isn't going to suddenly ban them all. Could you imagine the FDA trying to tell Walmart that it cannot sell LorAnn flavorings for cakes and cookies because 0.001% of their customers may use them in ecigs? How long do you think it would take a major corporation like Walmart to challenge that silliness in court?
Mods, atomizers, and nic. That's all you really need to worry about. Everything else will be available just as they were available before the ecig was ever invented.
You should have some time (I think and hope). The clock starts ticking now. I'm guessing two years max.This all just sucks lol. I just kicked analogs and started vaping already have spent a .... load just getting started can't really afford to "stock pile".
If there is someone in your area who does watch/clock repair they likely have the correct sized screws.
If you are stock piling for an inordinate amount of time - 20/30+ years. Boxing electronic devices could backfire on you if they just sit without being periodically used... I guess if you store them in a vacuumed / hermetically sealed container you might be alright, but who is going to take that extra step...
And people call me crazy.
[stops digging pit to hide nicotine in]
/hides the 1000 feet of SS316L (behind the 1000 feet of kanthal)
I sort of feel like I have been at the amusement park for years and now I have to leave because it is being closed for ever and I am trying to stock up on cotton candy, trinkets and salt water taffy to last my lifetime![]()
Texas Instruments tested their products stored for up to 15 years in moisture barrier bags (metallized) in a warehouse (<40°C and <90% RH) and found no changes in them.If you are stock piling for an inordinate amount of time - 20/30+ years. Boxing electronic devices could backfire on you if they just sit without being periodically used... I guess if you store them in a vacuumed / hermetically sealed container you might be alright, but who is going to take that extra step...
I'm a guy. Just turned 61.Yes he/she did and it was great. We have all said something we were not aware of in a huff
True enough.
Cuz your thinking is rational.
I doubt very much that the same can be said about an agency that deems a few lines of program code ( to update your regulated mod ) a tobacco product.
I doubt very much that the same can be said about an agency that is howling and mewling that they are chronically underfunded and overworked. If thats truly the case, then why on earth would it burden itself with yet more work ? Especially from an industry/community that - so far - has done fairly well sorting itself out ?
Diacetyl, diketones, tall claims from shady vendors, exploding batteries, etc.
Tons of threads where it's been discussed - sometimes ad nauseam.
Unlike some outfits in BP or BF, who are more apt at covering up ' oh it's ok, deary, have another chantix and try to sleep..' we've got nothing to hide.
Been there, seen it. Done it. Lot's of fellas and fellesses here that been around the block - more than once.
A few decades livng are apt to teach you some lessons. And while it seems in increasingly short supply elsewhere, there is plenty of it here: common sense.
Applying common sense to you post it's makes..well, sense
But after having read ( or tried as much as my very limited command of 'reg speak' allows ) 499 pages of deeming reg with an appalling lack of common sense, I - for myself - wouldn't bank on their rationality.
If they expected for that to pass without a legal challenge, they persons responsible for that are more gone south than I thought.
If they do all that on BT's bidding, they're more corrupt than I thought.
In either case, they present a clear and present danger to the people of the United States and should be removed from office.
Just my seven cents ( 2 cents plus 3 cents vape tax plus 3 PMTA)![]()
I think some of us are already thinking along these lines...but really do we want liquid and its ingredients sitting two = years? technology changes in vaping all the time.. I only think stockpiling will have to wait till last minute and hope inventories will support demands.You should have some time (I think and hope). The clock starts ticking now. I'm guessing two years max.
Do a little each month. Check out the DIY section of the forum to see what you need as far as nic to stock up. How you store it and all that jazz. Learn how to make your own coils and get a device that will allow you to use your own.
Hopefully we can get this turned around, but you need to learn to be self sufficient. We can help you get there. Ask questions. Be SAFE above all else.
Texas Instruments tested their products stored for up to 15 years in moisture barrier bags (metallized) in a warehouse (<40°C and <90% RH) and found no changes in them.
http://www.ti.com/lit/wp/slva304/slva304.pdf
Many companies put some components, boards, etc. for long term storage for servicing their product long after it was discontinued.
Nicotine base has been kept in a freezer for six yearsI think some of us are already thinking along these lines...but really do we want liquid and its ingredients sitting two = years? technology changes in vaping all the time.. I only think stockpiling will have to wait till last minute and hope inventories will support demands.
You have some time. Just buy what you can when you can. if you spend as much each week on gear as you would on smokes, you can prep up pretty quick.This all just sucks lol. I just kicked analogs and started vaping already have spent a .... load just getting started can't really afford to "stock pile".
Wow thats controversial. Ive read articles saying its the last place to keep eliquids! whats your research?Nicotine base has been kept in a freezer for six years
I would keep flavors in the freezer too.
Get the VG and PG as you need it.
You have some time. Just buy what you can when you can. if you spend as much each week on gear as you would on smokes, you can prep up pretty quick.
Wow thats controversial. Ive read articles saying its the last place to keep eliquids! whats your research?