Physical store to buy battery charger, STAT please

[bmwjen]

Recap: got my mini yesterday, realized that I bought a charger that needs spacers, ordered the spacers last night, should arrive by Saturday at latest.

I've used 2 of my 3 batteries from lighthound, took a valium & am still about to panic.

Before I go on a scavenger hunt across Houston & the surrounding suburbs, does anyone know if Home Depot, or Lowes will have the battery charger I need for the Reo Mini? My husband is at work, so he can't rig up my current charger from there.

I'm basically looking for a physical store to buy a battery charger for lithium ion protected rechargable 14500 batteries. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

Reo Love,
Jen

 

[Moonflame]

We have a batteries only type store here in Roanoke, Va, which is a pretty small city, that only sells batteries and chargers. In Houston they might have the same thing, especially since it is a MUCH bigger city. Check out the local yellow pages and see if there is one there. I feel for you, nothing worse than getting a device and not being able to use it, it sits there and actively taunts you (I hope I'm not the only one that feels our electronic devices have human characteristics ).

 

[bmwjen]

i'm thinking batteries plus or radio shack. google is my friend.
thanks for your suggestion!!
yeah this little mini will be taunting me especially since my cute as heck drip tips & LR atomizers from nhaler.com came in the mail like 10 minutes ago.

 

[Mudflap]

Why don't you just cobble together the spacers you need and use the one you already have?

 

[Mudflap]

Also, check your local hobby shops. I understand their chargers are very expensive, but they might charge your spent batteries for you.

 

[mlinky]

I think a hobby shop is the only place you are likely to find a 3.7v charger.

Why don't you go with Mudflap's suggestion to DIY a spacer? Just cut a dowel slightly shorter than you need, screw in the screws at each end, wrap wire around screws. The screw heads should touch the battery and the charger, and the circuit is completed between the screws by the wire.

 

[Big Hitter]

Why don't you just cobble together the spacers you need and use the one you already have?

Yep, A stack of pennies or dimes would work I think.

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Can't you just stack dimes at the positive end to make up the space? Or no?

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Yep, A stack of pennies or dimes would work I think.

hahaha, great minds...I didn't see your post first. But yeah, that's the quick fix as far as I know.

 

[pianoguy]

Can you just go to lighthound? They're near Houston.

 

[unsure]

Rob once told me when the spring on my Old Woody flatten out not to use coins which were working. It was do for a tune up and he fix the spring. I realize that not a spring problem your having but he was against that type of a solution.

 

[bmwjen]

I live in a northwest suburb of Houston, and Lighthound is in a southeast suburb. It would take me over an hour to get there. Houston is HUGE. I did speak with the good folks at Lighthound on the phone and they love ECF, e-cig users, etc and are very familiar that their batteries & chargers are recommended for the Reo!

My husband is at work, & he deals with the mechanical stuff at my house. I am just the money behind those type of projects, aka "nurse with a purse". It wouldn't be a pretty sight if I started cutting dowel rods, using screws and stuff. I promise. However, I wish i'd seen the dime/penny suggestion before I headed to radio shack!

I located this charger online. Drove 5 minutes to my local radio shack, physically showed him my batteries, he opened the charger up in the store showed me everything, so I bought it. The technical specs looked correct. (but I still wish my husband was with me to be sure). Anyways, 30 day warranty.

Radio shack saved my vapaholic a**! Here it is in action charging

Here is my black mini (matches both my BMW & my street legal Mustang). It's shown with a pink & black swirl drip tip & LR atty from nhaler.

Sorry for the long post & darn near melt down a few hours ago. haha You guys rock!
Reo Love!!!
Jen

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

It happens to all of us, Jen! And don't worry about the near melt down....that's what we're here for! Just glad you got something that looks like it might work. Keep us posted.

 

[pianoguy]

Looks like that should work - hope it does the trick for you!

 

[mlinky]

Hope it works (and if it doesn't, one angry, would-be vaper will be making a hard return to Radio Shack)