Replacement tubes for Stardust???

[vapspaz]

Chris/Dan - Do you plan on getting replacement tubes for the Stardust any time soon? I know most of the Stardust you have sold do not have the crack issue but I'm sure there are a few folks in the same boat as me out of the second batch that had them come in the package with hairline cracks straight out of the package. They weren't DOA so I know I'm SOL getting them replaced but if you could please have your supplier toss a hundred or so extra tubes in with your next shipment and sell them at a fair price I would gladly grab a few.

Would this interest anyone else?

 

[badkolo]

ill ask no problem

 

[vapspaz]

Cool! Thankya bro!

 

[Cookster]

I'm in...4 of mine are showing vertical cracks.

 

[BonnyC]

I would buy some for sure. If only to have some on hand.

 

[Sethenes]

Are they even removable anymore? I have the new ones, but I'm not keen on banging them with a hammer to take the tube off like in the recent cleaning rewicking video by rockinrobiee.

 

[vapspaz]

Sethenes - Yes they can be removed but if you don't like to tinker and mod things then it's not for the faint of heart. Many of us around here like to tweak things so taking one of these apart we take for granted because it's not that hard if you do these kind of things.

If you do decide you want to take them apart, keep looking in the threads because the hammer technique is obsolete now. That was just the first attempt Antfuzz did and it got the ball rolling. The best way I have used is to "press" the innards out with a drill press and a 1/4" rod. The latest technique folks are removing the bottom metal ring first then pulling the tube off. I can't do this because all my tubes have small fractures and it'll break them even further. Do some digging and you will find a video RR and someone else recently posted.

 

[Sethenes]

Oh, I'll have to look into that. The only reason I wouldn't want to have done the hammer is I would have probably ended up damaging the center post. I know they're only 5 bucks, but I'm just not confident enough I guess. I'll have to look into the drill press technique.

 

[CountSmackula]

Even though I'm planning on gluing them per moultons' post, I'd also definitely be up for replacement tubes.

 

[samsun]

Not sure if I am right on this but I did see a vidieo on how to take them apart and it is really easy but not sure of the username of the person who made the vid so do not get upset if I get it wrong ( Rockinrobbin ). I will see if I can find it.

 

[RockinRobbieSF]

No need to use a hammer anymore!

 

[samsun]

RockinRobbieSF He is on youtube and his video is good

 

[samsun]

You Beat me to it

 

[vapspaz]

Chris - What's the latest ETA for these tubes? Last I heard they were in the air but that was early last week me thinks.

Thanks

 

[badkolo]

2 to 3 days away

 

[vapspaz]

Cool. Thanks!

Where will you be putting them on the site? In the same section as the Stardust?

 

[badkolo]

yes and in accessories

 

[badkolo]

 

[timothy]

Like the way he calls BS ...its so true I've used ce2's and so you gotta turn them upside down every couple hits when it gets low but never had to vape it holding any carto pointing up good revue

 

[Aunt Cranky]

So let me ask a possibly stupid question.. does this work on the lower ohm versions or not? My understanding is that the top does not, in fact, wiggle off as easily in the lower ohm version. My understanding, from watching the threads, is that this second batch is assembled much tighter and makes pulling the tube off much more difficult and more prone to cracking.

I saw a video on taking this version apart, but it involved tools that I have no hope in ever owning.

What say you, vaping community?