yea apparently its a newer charger, the light on my cahrger stays red too. damn LR attys keep draining my battery quick, i have some normal attys and cartos in the mail thoughWierd, my light always stays green on the charger
The Darwin From Evolv!!!
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If I could take just a moment to reflect on the events of 9/11 and acknowledge all those effected......
i like it... il never forget where i was... in my dorm room in Frostburg, MD i was asleep and my friend val came banging on the door screaming we are being attacked! finally i answered, scary as hell... never thought i would effect me much, but my dad worked in DC on the potomac river very close to the pentagon, phones lines were down and everything (he was ok though) and the one that went down in pa? that was 20 mins from the college i was going to... alot of good and innocent people died that day
chief im not really sure, i got my darwin around 3pm friday and used it on the initial charge till i went to bed around 11pm, plugged it in to charge while i slept
On 9/11 I was at work 8 months pregnant with my hubby, in the navy at the time, stuck on base. They locked down, of course. The Dr. I worked for and I were listening to the radio in between patients. Very surreal listening to it go from a small aircraft lost control and hit the tower to terrorist attacks and imploding towers. I'll never get some of the images of the early coverage out of my mind.
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I was up and getting ready to get on a United flight to NYC. I have the ticket photocopied somewhere. I think it was actually flight number 93. from SF-NYC. crazy.
Thanks for the responses guys! Still trying to see if this is what I wanna get.
Wow...we had a very similar experience that day. I was in the Navy on a base with nuclear subs and weapons, wife and very young daughter were about to leave base for work and preschool. I was doing my morning workout before heading in when the first plane hit. My biggest mistake was telling them to go on and leave base, the rest of that day was hectic and scary for them (and me!). The MP's locked that base down like I'd never seen and it took them four hours to get through security to come home on base and I was at work until very late that night. All that on top of knowing we were attacked and so many lives lost, it just really can't be put into words. It's still hard to think about and changed so many things for all of us.
I think I recently posted a warning about judging Darwin batt life based on the initial charge and assuming the amount of batt life on the gauge as "accurate". We joke about "stage 4a" (reading this thread) but there is an element is serious advice in this too. yes, this is a loooong thread with some social detours. However, it is pretty easy to skim to real content and searching the thread is helpful too. There are many posts/discussions about the batt gauge hanging at the top and then appearing to drop faster (some car gas tanks do this also).
The ONLY way to get an accurate appreciation of the Darwin batt is to fully charge and vape thru a few charge cycles. The gauge is helpful but one cannot say it is "accurate" because it does tend to hang at the top end for several hours and then has a faster drop-off curve. Using LR and/or dual coils will demand higher amps draw which will deplete the battery faster.
"Quick" is relative. Using a dual coil and vaping heavily, I was recently able to deplete a batt to cut-off (well above any safety level) in just over 12 hours. Using a 2.5Ω carto the fastest I was ever able to drain is 15 hours. More often 18 hours is more common. Many in this thread post vaping 5-8 mls on a full charge. But, it all depends on a variety of variables (which ALL come down to AMps draw and aggregate button time). "Days" (1, 1.5, 2...) is not a realistic gauge as we all vape differently. Suffice it to say Darwin batts are amazing but you have to evaluate them based on your own usage and not try to compare to others use.
Also, as has been posted, these batts prefer to be topped off rather than fully depleted (Darwin's cut-off will prevent vaping well above full depletion but still best for overall batt life to not push to cut-off). Darwin has "smart" circuitry and can be left on charger without concern. I just charge mine every night while I sleep.
As you get accustomed to the gauge, you can evaluate if you want to top-off the charge during your day or not. I generally notice the gauge starting to show some depletion at around 4 hours. If I am vaping a lot and plan to be away from convenient power source, I will top-off mid/late afternoon to make sure I do not risk running low (eg. if I will be out late). And, of course you can vape while charging PT style).
Hope this is somehow helpful.
As I posted earlier I have settled in on 3.0 ohm cartomizers and usually at 8.5 watts (vape about 3ml per day)....I do not really even look at the battery charge level much any more...I just charge mine every other night....I just want simple.....Darwin, cartomizer, juice, charge every other night....repeat, repeat,repeat...
I was at work in Boston that day. I spent most of the day at a staging area with 5 other ambulances. Nobody really knew what was going on that day, but we did know that the planes took off from Boston. Later in the day there was also a firehouse in Boston that was broken into while they were out on a false alarm, and some uniforms were stolen. The FBI and State Police showed up shortly after that checking everyone's ID.
I smoked quite a few analogs that day.
That is exactly what I was looking for, tyvm! I vape between 3-5 mils per day and as long as I can throw in the charger cord when I go to bed... That's all i need!
Very similar. My hubby was a nuke...maybe same base? We were in GA. So glad we lived off base! Being a native new yorker, I was simply amazed at the compassion and selfless acts by so many there that day. In many areas, people lit candles outside I believe the next night, no one around me participated, we were the only ones outside. It was sad. But, they were all out with candles when the race car driver died not long after.
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If possible, could someone post a pic of a Darwin with a 1" gooseneck and tank?
i thought you were asking how long it takes to charge, and when he said hwo quick, i said i couldnt judge cuz i used it till i went to bed and charged it, obviously when i woke up it was charged fully, so i didnt know, sorry if thats not what you were looking for.
9/11 was pretty stressful here. Nothing like emergency responders that day of course, but it did ruffle my little world.
I was a high school band director at the time, and only days before I took tons of flack for spending too much time on teaching the flag code, and preparing the national anthem and such. We were 'in the way of the team' having the National Guard present the colors on the field pre-game, and the ceremony would be better 'off the field' and back in the end-zones or stands.
Then the towers fell. All of the sudden we weren't allowed to do ANYTHING but wave flags and play, "I'm proud to be an American" over and over again (even the national anthem took backseat to letting off red white and blue balloons and smoke bombs, and passing out thousands of little flags made in China to wave to POPriotic tunes). It was a mixed emotion, as it was a very small role to play in delivering some small assistance in the nation's healing, but it was also a nightmare in that very little of musical value was actually learned that year. People meant well in wanting to rally and display the colors, but I think more flags were dropped and trampled than were ever flown 'properly'.
Yes, I know it is small potatoes compared to people who actually lost loved ones, or were there that day trying to clean up the mess, or dealt with all the traffic in airports and public arenas, and on and on. Still, it reached out and changed our lives, and forced us to 'react' to our surroundings.
Before it was all said and done...I wanted to choke lots of folks, and lots of folks wanted to choke me.
However you choose to express your love for your country, I hope it is done with daily respect. Next time, lets not wait for the terrorists to force our hand, and lets not get so consumed with it that it changes everything we'd set out to do beforehand.
Just a wish......just one of the many emotions and struggles I personally had during the attack, and several months afterward. It did change my entire life and career...........as I'm sure it probably has all of yours as well.
I was a high school band director at the time, and only days before I took tons of flack for spending too much time on teaching the flag code, and preparing the national anthem and such. We were 'in the way of the team' having the National Guard present the colors on the field pre-game, and the ceremony would be better 'off the field' and back in the end-zones or stands.
Then the towers fell. All of the sudden we weren't allowed to do ANYTHING but wave flags and play, "I'm proud to be an American" over and over again (even the national anthem took backseat to letting off red white and blue balloons and smoke bombs, and passing out thousands of little flags made in China to wave to POPriotic tunes). It was a mixed emotion, as it was a very small role to play in delivering some small assistance in the nation's healing, but it was also a nightmare in that very little of musical value was actually learned that year. People meant well in wanting to rally and display the colors, but I think more flags were dropped and trampled than were ever flown 'properly'.
Yes, I know it is small potatoes compared to people who actually lost loved ones, or were there that day trying to clean up the mess, or dealt with all the traffic in airports and public arenas, and on and on. Still, it reached out and changed our lives, and forced us to 'react' to our surroundings.
Before it was all said and done...I wanted to choke lots of folks, and lots of folks wanted to choke me.
However you choose to express your love for your country, I hope it is done with daily respect. Next time, lets not wait for the terrorists to force our hand, and lets not get so consumed with it that it changes everything we'd set out to do beforehand.
Just a wish......just one of the many emotions and struggles I personally had during the attack, and several months afterward. It did change my entire life and career...........as I'm sure it probably has all of yours as well.
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