The REOville lounge

[Robinowitz]

Happy Sunday! One week to go to the Super Bowl! I feel like a kid in a candy store. What a close match up! Yep, i am a die hard 49er Fan but I also have respect for the Chiefs.

Hoping some of our other Reonauts find their way here @PapawBrett @Papa_Lazarou @Sloth Tonight. Let’s remind our friends where we are now.

 

[SteamStack]

I will say one should check their battery tops for black pits. Tiny holes that form from arching.

Just yesterday I was sanding down my battery tops to remove the pits.

Figured something was up on my grand as it just wasn't hitting like normal.

Anyways it's hard to notice till it's real bad. Week hits to basicly non functioning.

Check the positive contact pin while your at it.

Also if you goto buy new batteries either fix or replace the positive contact.. cause if it was arching and causing pits to form on your old batts it will happen right away on the new ones.

Also try to use deoxit gold on the battery tops so it also gets on the positive contact pin. It helps to prevent arching.

I know it's hard to keep up on it as the reo is so easy to use and never really need to do anything to it. Try to use the deoxit gold atleast once a week.

Heres the pics from yesterday.

Pitting on battery tops before and after cleaning.

 

[Robinowitz]

Thank you @SteamStack for the reminder! I do a pretty good job of cleaning my contacts with alcohol and using deoxit but have never actually filed the itty bitty pits. How course is the sanding paper? Great photos btw.

 

[SteamStack]

Nothing real course. Fine sandpaper. Cant tell what I used as it's a small piece. I'd say very fine.

I usual always do the same with cleaning.. guess too lazy lately.. not paying attention..:/

Nuts cause its a newer mod and newer batteries. All 6 had pitts. :/

 

[ed101z]

Man, that 18650batterystore is very good. Ordered on Friday 1-24. It shipped that day. Arrived Monday 1-27. Very fast shipping. Was concerned about the Xtar VP4 being authentic, but it's Legit. Even scratched off the code and verified it on Xtar website. Very good experience with 18650batterystore. Wanted to pass it along if others want to order from them.

I can't really tell much of a difference in using the 3 Sony, and 3 Samsung flat tops. Perhaps maybe, 1mm of additional push. They work just fine in the Reo Grand LP though. I always use Dexit Gold as well. Love that stuff. Use it on everything I have.

 

[bushmaster]

I switched to flat tops years ago too. For awhile, I had been concerned that the extra flat-top throw distance would tax the positive contact arm and eventually cause a breakdown. Never has happened, so no worries there.
All things being equal, flat tops are the better choice. All cells come from the factory as flat tops. The buttons are spot-welded on by a separate party prior to labeling. Depending on the quality control, the spot-welds are often the weak link in the power chain. If you measure the internal resistance of 2 identical batteries--one flat top and one button top, the button top will almost always measure higher IR and sometimes drastically so. Might not make any appreciable difference in everyday usage but worth knowing just the same.

 

[jifjifjif]

I found you guys!!!!!

 

[SteamStack]

I found you guys!!!!!

He made it! Hehe

 

[ed101z]

I switched to flat tops years ago too. For awhile, I had been concerned that the extra button throw distance would tax the positive contact arm and eventually cause a breakdown. Never has happened, so no worries there.
All things being equal, flat tops are the better choice. All cells come from the factory as flat tops. The buttons are spot-welded on by a separate party prior to labeling. Depending on the quality control, the spot-welds are often the weak link in the power chain. If you measure the internal resistance of 2 identical batteries--one flat top and one button top, the button top will almost always measure higher IR and sometimes drastically so. Might not make any appreciable difference in everyday usage but worth knowing just the same.

Yep, that's worth knowing. I was concerned about the button throw distance. Has anyone thought about modifying the delrin base connector? I'm thinking about trying to take some delrin off to allow a little more room. The spring should push it up more. Just a thought. But things seem ok though as it is. I am noticing a harder hit with these new Sony VTC6 flat tops. I'll give it that they're new, but the punch is stronger than what I remember getting from the AW 2200mah Button Top.

 

[Robinowitz]

I found you guys!!!!!

We couldnt hide for long
Welcome to our new digs!

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Hey Reofolks, just checking in.

Haven't been on this forum much of late as I'm currently not vaping (no, not smoking, either). My wife and I had a long trip to Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, etc.) and I made the decision not to vape while there. While stories on the internet may or may not be entirely truthful, these particular countries are reported to lead the world in fining and confiscating gear for vaping. A couple of people I know personally had been shaken down for hundreds of dollars by police last year (in separate incidents).

I'd cut my nic down to 1mg about a year ago anyway, so I just dropped the nic (I DIY juice), compensated with some koolada (which gives you a throat hit) for a month, and then dropped all flavour for a month, so 2 months prepping for D-Day.

It was startlingly easy to go without anything while overseas, but I chalked that up to being in a strange environment with no comfortable everyday triggers and plenty of things to occupy my attention.

We got home about 2 weeks ago and I still haven't vaped since returning, so 4 months without nic, 2 months without vaping. Still get the occasional "ooh, a vape would be lovely right about now" feelings, but they pass quickly. Not sure if this is my new steady state, but there you have it.

Oh, and let's go 49'ers. I'm a Seahawks fan, and while they're out, at least Richard Sherman is in the game.

 

[bushmaster]

Hey Reofolks, just checking in.

Haven't been on this forum much of late as I'm currently not vaping (no, not smoking, either). My wife and I had a long trip to Indochina (Thailand, Vietnam, etc.) and I made the decision not to vape while there. While stories on the internet may or may not be entirely truthful, these particular countries are reported to lead the world in fining and confiscating gear for vaping. A couple of people I know personally had been shaken down for hundreds of dollars by police last year (in separate incidents).

I'd cut my nic down to 1mg about a year ago anyway, so I just dropped the nic (I DIY juice), compensated with some koolada (which gives you a throat hit) for a month, and then dropped all flavour for a month, so 2 months prepping for D-Day.

It was startlingly easy to go without anything while overseas, but I chalked that up to being in a strange environment with no comfortable everyday triggers and plenty of things to occupy my attention.

We got home about 2 weeks ago and I still haven't vaped since returning, so 4 months without nic, 2 months without vaping. Still get the occasional "ooh, a vape would be lovely right about now" feelings, but they pass quickly. Not sure if this is my new steady state, but there you have it.

Oh, and let's go 49'ers. I'm a Seahawks fan, and while they're out, at least Richard Sherman is in the game.

Good for you, Papa. That is a great story. Gives the rest of us weaklings hope. Keep up the good work.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Good for you, Papa. That is a great story. Gives the rest of us weaklings hope. Keep up the good work.

The hell of it is that it's not really about will power - you just sort of grow used to not doing it. Indifference, if you will. Not meaning to sound glib, it's just that none of those nagging, itchy, craving urges came up. I felt a little light headed about 3 times a day for a week when I gave up the nic, but that's it. The hardest thing, really, is the mimetic memory - the physical act of vaping, which had replaced a 30 year habit. I brought stress balls, a fidget spinner, and a hand exerciser to cope with that, but haven't touched any of them since the first week.

Oh, and you're not weak, of course, bushy - you're here.

 

[SteamStack]

The hell of it is that it's not really about will power - you just sort of grow used to not doing it. Indifference, if you will. Not meaning to sound glib, it's just that none of those nagging, itchy, craving urges came up. I felt a little light headed about 3 times a day for a week when I gave up the nic, but that's it. The hardest thing, really, is the mimetic memory - the physical act of vaping, which had replaced a 30 year habit. I brought stress balls, a fidget spinner, and a hand exerciser to cope with that, but haven't touched any of them since the first week.

Oh, and you're not weak, of course, bushy - you're here.

You that's the real deal.. it's not the nic. It's just the routine habit of the act itself that keeps us vaping.

I'd feel like a free man if I could do the same.. but my life is really like groundhogs day. I'd need a trip away as well to break the habit. Hehe

Wife always brings it up to me and I always say.. well it's not hurting me or anyone else and i enjoy the act.. so I'll prob always do it.

If i could just limit it to driving.. I'd be better off

I'm like chained to it.. in my bathroom sitting on the thrown most of the day (only place i can vape freely cause of the vent fan) and chained to my phone as well.. we all know that's not good either.

Stay at home father with 2 kids.

And I wonder why I feel so much better when I have a project or need to fix something around the house.. freedom.

:/

And yes.. the world trying to push that crap about vaping is unhealthy and will kill ya! Lung issues ext. Yeah here it's not the flavoring.. its the vitamin A in the juice that's mixed with the HTC people are getting from the HTC juice from the black market.. yet they use that to hurt vaping and get people back on cigarettes so they can continue to kill people!

Must be working cause last 2 times I was at the casino I didnt see a single person vaping!! Its been like 3 years prior since I was there and prior I seen tons of people vaping!

And just being out and about I barely see people doing it like I've used to.


Kids home from school.. time to get dinner together.

 

[bushmaster]

You that's the real deal.. it's not the nic. It's just the routine habit of the act itself that keeps us vaping.

I'd feel like a free man if I could do the same.. but my life is really like groundhogs day. I'd need a trip away as well to break the habit. Hehe

Wife always brings it up to me and I always say.. well it's not hurting me or anyone else and i enjoy the act.. so I'll prob always do it.

If i could just limit it to driving.. I'd be better off

I'm like chained to it.. in my bathroom sitting on the thrown most of the day (only place i can vape freely cause of the vent fan) and chained to my phone as well.. we all know that's not good either.

Stay at home father with 2 kids.

And I wonder why I feel so much better when I have a project or need to fix something around the house.. freedom.

:/

And yes.. the world trying to push that crap about vaping is unhealthy and will kill ya! Lung issues ext. Yeah here it's not the flavoring.. its the vitamin A in the juice that's mixed with the HTC people are getting from the HTC juice from the black market.. yet they use that to hurt vaping and get people back on cigarettes so they can continue to kill people!

Must be working cause last 2 times I was at the casino I didnt see a single person vaping!! Its been like 3 years prior since I was there and prior I seen tons of people vaping!

And just being out and about I barely see people doing it like I've used to.


Kids home from school.. time to get dinner together.

Yes, vaping is a bit of a frustrating mess right now, isn't it? Here in WA, our fine governor seized the opportunity during the mass hysteria to executive order a ban on flavored vapes for 120 days. Now he is apparently considering making the ban permanent. Ok, but it's not like he's "seen the light" or some such. He's hated vaping for some reason for years. Every year he has tried to install a 90% tax on vape juice and mods. Legislature has voted it down. His anti-vaping campaign absolutely drove one of the best vape juice companies (Mt. Baker Vapor) out of the state. I have no idea how many vape shops this "temporary" ban has eliminated but I'll bet the numbers are grim.
It really pisses me off. It's a sham. Vitamin E Acetate mixed in black market THC pods makes some people sick and who pays the price? Legitimate nic juice suppliers and those of us who have have relied on their smoking-cessation products for years.
Ok, ok, ok, I suppose I'm not telling my fellow Reonauts anything they don't already know but I just had to vent.

 

[SteamStack]

Yup trying to cause hysteria! A few months ago it was every 2 days I'd see an article in the news and every freaking time at the end of the long article that pointed blame at vaping.. at the bottom they would mention that people using a vaping device with htc that was found getting sick or dying.

Point was just to scare people away from vaping.

And also attaching kids to the story.. always use kids to grab people's attention.. oh the kids are attracted to vaping cause of the candy flavor juice! So we gota get rid of those flavors!

Well kids were attracted to smoking for decades prior! Were was the outrage then?

Changing laws to keep cigs out of kids hands was ok but the same laws wont work for vaping for some reason?

Full on attack on the vaping industry.

I vaping my own juice btw.. flavorless for many years now. But I understand the game plan and know that something as simple as killing flavor juices will kill off all the vaping shops as they all have their high profit margin juices they all make.

 

[Papa_Lazarou]

Yes, vaping is a bit of a frustrating mess right now, isn't it? Here in WA, our fine governor seized the opportunity during the mass hysteria to executive order a ban on flavored vapes for 120 days. Now he is apparently considering making the ban permanent. Ok, but it's not like he's "seen the light" or some such. He's hated vaping for some reason for years. Every year he has tried to install a 90% tax on vape juice and mods. Legislature has voted it down. His anti-vaping campaign absolutely drove one of the best vape juice companies (Mt. Baker Vapor) out of the state. I have no idea how many vape shops this "temporary" ban has eliminated but I'll bet the numbers are grim.
It really pisses me off. It's a sham. Vitamin E Acetate mixed in black market THC pods makes some people sick and who pays the price? Legitimate nic juice suppliers and those of us who have have relied on their smoking-cessation products for years.
Ok, ok, ok, I suppose I'm not telling my fellow Reonauts anything they don't already know but I just had to vent.

You can tell there's an agenda. If someone got sick or died from drinking something, the first thing that would be investigated is what was ingested - the 'what', not the 'how'. Or, if you will, the noun, not the verb.

What's being vilified here is the verb - 'to vape' - not the noun - 'what was vaped'. It's a gross overgeneralisation, and to go after something in this fashion speaks to thinly veiled special interests candy coated in misplaced social justice "pride". It's either that or some egregiously dim people at work. Call me an optimist, but I don't think they are that dull and ignorant - my bet is on money and/or power being the culprit.

As for the effect on the population's behaviour, there are two kinds of fails: 1) vapers who quit and return to smoking, and 2) smokers who won't try vaping. I met one of the latter on my trip - an Englishman, about 40-ish with a 25 year smoking habit, who had a head full of anti-vaping talking points. That's a loss. More worrying, IMHO, are the first type - vapers who return to smoking due to negative press and social pressure. Sadly, about half of the vapers in the last office I worked in did this.

 

[jifjifjif]

Great to hear from you, Papa!

Much like Steam, I also need to prepare dinner for the kids. Talk to you soon. Congrats on stopping vaping

 

[bushmaster]

You can tell there's an agenda. If someone got sick or died from drinking something, the first thing that would be investigated is what was ingested - the 'what', not the 'how'. Or, if you will, the noun, not the verb.

What's being vilified here is the verb - 'to vape' - not the noun - 'what was vaped'. It's a gross overgeneralisation, and to go after something in this fashion speaks to thinly veiled special interests candy coated in misplaced social justice "pride". It's either that or some egregiously dim people at work. Call me an optimist, but I don't think they are that dull and ignorant - my bet is on money and/or power being the culprit.

As for the effect on the population's behaviour, there are two kinds of fails: 1) vapers who quit and return to smoking, and 2) smokers who won't try vaping. I met one of the latter on my trip - an Englishman, about 40-ish with a 25 year smoking habit, who had a head full of anti-vaping talking points. That's a loss. More worrying, IMHO, are the first type - vapers who return to smoking due to negative press and social pressure. Sadly, about half of the vapers in the last office I worked in did this.

Amazing response, Papa. Absolutely spot-on and I'm still sifting through the finer nuances to see what I may have missed.
Thank you.

 

[SteamStack]

Sadly, about half of the vapers in the last office I worked in did this.

Not everyone is lucky enough to of found how easy vaping can be on a Reo! Haha.. find a good combo and just stick. Figuring they just whimped out and went back to how easy it was to just grab a cigarette.

Sure it had something to do with it.. ya know.. if the force wasn't as strong in them, they just turn back to the dark side! Lol