The E-Cigarette Torture Test

[James]

This is a great press release (funny too): E-Cigarette Torture Test to Determine if an E-Cig Can Be Forced to Explode

 

[bnrkwest]

I wondered when a Myth Busters type group would do that, glad they did! I just checked their website and the prices are oh my goodness expensive! A slim ecig kit for $349.00??? And people complain about APV VV prices??- yikes! bnrk

 

[VapApe]

This is what caught my eye.

(However, the court documents reveal that the gentleman was using non-rechargeable Li-ion batteries from Radio Shack and modified it's intended use.)

In true Myth Buster fashion, Now there's your problem. If true.

 

[Petrodus]

I wondered when a Myth Busters type group would do that, glad they did! I just checked their website and the prices are oh my goodness expensive! A slim ecig kit for $349.00??? And people complain about APV VV prices??- yikes! bnrk

Here's what ya get for $349
3 Batteries
1 USB charger
1 AC Adapter
5 Cartridges
and a 2 Year Warranty

 

[VapApe]

Here's what ya get for $349
3 Batteries
1 USB charger
1 AC Adapter
5 Cartridges
and a 2 Year Warranty

They get the mine and you get the shaft

 

[Petrodus]

They get the mine and you get the shaft

There's a sucker born every minute
P. T. Barnum

 

[Sanity Challenged]

13. The e-cig was placed in front of a television and subjected to a marathon of every episode of Jersey Shore ever produced. The e-cig did not explode.

14. The e-cig was forced to play 8 hours of online FPS video games vs. cocky 13 year-old pros. Despite being characterized by its opponents with various euphemisms for "flaming", the e-cig did not explode.

15. The e-cig was dropped on colony LV-426 from orbit, just to be sure. Unfortunately, the e-cig did not explode.

 

[jamentertainment]

#16. Gave one to Rosie..Sure enough..just like any human, to much of her voice will make anyone/thing explode..

 

[Vocalek]

#17. Took e-cig to a public hearing where ANTZ were testifying. E-cig began to vibrate, but no explosion occurred. Further investigation revealed that the e-cig had been unable to control its laughter.

 

[36tinybells]

Thanks for posting that vid. I don't care what White Cloud charges and I would never recommend their product due to type/price, however I commend them for doing the mythbusting!

 

[Bill Godshall]

The last paragraph of White Cloud's press release states

There was a rumor that a second man also had an E Cigarette explode, but no documentation can be found for that incident.

The folks at White Cloud must not have heard about or seen a copy of the lawsuit filed in federal court against Puresmoker and Radio Shack's battery company in CO two weeks ago.

The last several sentences of White Cloud's press release state

However, given the experiments by White Cloud, it seems unlikely that an e-cig could explode on its own. Perhaps someone put a practical joke e-cigarette load into the tip of the e-cig like an old film with the Three Stooges or Abbott and Costello. However, even after inflicting the tortures of the damned, the White Cloud e-cig mythbusting team was unable to get anything more than a puff and certainly not a pop or a bang from their e-cigs.

Don't think its helpful to publicly doubt reported explosions of e-cigarette products.

 

[TomCatt]

Has there been any more details of the Florida incident? Seems to me that WC is referencing the CO incident.

And at their prices, that was an expensive set of "experiments"