I started vaping about 5 years ago and fizzled out because I got sick of the junk hardware, leaking and hassles. More recently, my interest was resurrected and I discovered a whole new world of devices that actually work. As part of my new initiative to reduce and then eliminate my smoking habit, I also have to shed the 40+ pound I collected since I started working from home and sitting on my backside all day, every day in front of the computer.
So, every night while on a long bike ride, I spent a good portion of the time worrying about dropping my provari with protank attached and what amounted to roughly 200 bucks worth of hardware in my sweaty hand. After some searching and striking out, I went ahead and made up my own safety wrist strap out of items I found around the house. I thought about using the vent hole, but that has obvious safety consequences and would no longer allow the unit to stand on end. I also considered drilling a new hole and tapping it, but it just seemed wrong to start machining on a 150 dollar PV. I'd like to see what others have done to solve this problem. Are you using anything at all? Did you make it yourself, or did you buy it from a vendor? Here's my rig, show us yours
For this, I found a flashlight that I had in my desk that I got from Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Hig...9113&sr=8-2&keywords=energizer+LED+flashlight ). It had what amounted to a metal washer with a loop nub on it and a wrist strap. I removed it from the flashlight, and used the lathe to enlarge the inside diameter so it would fit over the provari cap threads. A little time with a rat-tailed file and sandpaper could do the same job. I then went a step further and used a flat bed sander (since I don't have a vert. mill) and flat-sanded the washer thickness down a little more just to minimize the thickness and allow more of the cap threads and minimize the amount of overall length this would add. This step was not really necessary, I only took off maybe .010 inches and was mostly a waste of time, but it does make for a perfectly flat surface so the provari endcap seats perfectly and will stay tight. There is no slop inside; the battery negative terminal spring is more than enough to take up the extra .090 inch thickness added to the unit overall length.
So, every night while on a long bike ride, I spent a good portion of the time worrying about dropping my provari with protank attached and what amounted to roughly 200 bucks worth of hardware in my sweaty hand. After some searching and striking out, I went ahead and made up my own safety wrist strap out of items I found around the house. I thought about using the vent hole, but that has obvious safety consequences and would no longer allow the unit to stand on end. I also considered drilling a new hole and tapping it, but it just seemed wrong to start machining on a 150 dollar PV. I'd like to see what others have done to solve this problem. Are you using anything at all? Did you make it yourself, or did you buy it from a vendor? Here's my rig, show us yours
For this, I found a flashlight that I had in my desk that I got from Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-Hig...9113&sr=8-2&keywords=energizer+LED+flashlight ). It had what amounted to a metal washer with a loop nub on it and a wrist strap. I removed it from the flashlight, and used the lathe to enlarge the inside diameter so it would fit over the provari cap threads. A little time with a rat-tailed file and sandpaper could do the same job. I then went a step further and used a flat bed sander (since I don't have a vert. mill) and flat-sanded the washer thickness down a little more just to minimize the thickness and allow more of the cap threads and minimize the amount of overall length this would add. This step was not really necessary, I only took off maybe .010 inches and was mostly a waste of time, but it does make for a perfectly flat surface so the provari endcap seats perfectly and will stay tight. There is no slop inside; the battery negative terminal spring is more than enough to take up the extra .090 inch thickness added to the unit overall length.
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