It is my concern gained through years and years of experience that the "coils" that we all use in order to make one of our favorite pass times: "vaping" possible are among a group of technologies that have taken the dollars of honest, hard-working people that are willing to pay an honest price for an honest product, to the cleaners.
The average "life" of a coil made by most companies varies so widely that it leaves those same, hard-working people baffled as to what causes these coils to fail--sometimes in 3 days and sometimes in 2 hrs. After-all, there is no recourse that does not take time and money to pursue the Establishment of some sort of Quality Standard for these often faulty devices. IF your car battery had such a record-would you purchase that brand---- ever? IF a real cigarette burned up in your hand in two puffs one day and then five puffs in another-- would you buy that same brand of cigarette again? NO. Chances are the people that make the cigarettes would sell NO MORE.
Why do we tolerate the shoddy workmanship and variance in the quality of these coils? MY answer is that I NEED them and have been accepting that this is part of the price I pay for vaping. CHANGE is in the wind! It smells like a high-quality vapor made by a well-made coil!!
I am learning by trying tricks myself and by reading many articles on the subject. I have found that the REASON these devices have such a preposterous quality standard is that most of you believe as I did: " It is all a part of vaping." NOT!!
Now I am learning that a person can make their own! I used to be a certified sewing machine mechanic. The wages I earned fixing those machines put me through school to become a certified psychologist. Now-- somewhere in that mix there is an answer.
It is obvious: I will soon be building my own coils and I will stop going crazy! In the meanwhile-- I have watched U-tube and read articles about "cleaning" old coils in order to get more life out of them and believe it or not-- there can be some success in this endeavor. I found an easy way-- I take the rubber washer off of the stem of the coil- put the old coils in an open- top food-strainer and strategically place it in the dishwasher and set the machine on: POTS AND PANS. I then run them through & dry them slowly in the sun on a brick. NO- They do not last long but they will get you through a couple of days. If you have cleaned 20-30 of them- half of them will give you a few hours of quality vaping! Some of them last longer than the brand new ones!
But the real answer is to not allow ANY company to produce junk and sell it for a high price. Put the pressure on the staff/manager/owner at your favorite vape shop and let them know that you don't want to give them $2.00 ea. for a product that might not even give you one day of enjoyable vaping. (in fact don't let them get away with this NO RETURN policy) SOON--They will in-turn put the pressure on the (out of the country) manufacturers that currently notice sales going UP not down.
Americans that built this country did not buy the pistol that blew up in his hand nor the cartridges that did not fire any less than 90% of the time. Americans have learned that other nations can build high quality products. We buy them. WE have also learned that some countries produce junk on purpose. i.e. How do these "throw away vacuum cleaners" seem to last almost exactly one year??? Simple: The manufacturer removed the ability to grease or oil the main shaft to the motor. They tested a few hundred and know EXACTLY how many hrs. that motor will run on the grease they DO put in the casing when that allowed lubricant wears out---the motor will simply burn up... Every-time! Then the busy/"thrifty" American will run down and buy the same damn thing! ITS only $80.00!!!!!!!! YEP! EACH & EVERY YEAR!
MY old dad used to drill a hole in a spot on a "sealed vacuum cleaner" that would allow him to add grease to those machines and they would last MUCH longer. He drove folks crazy with his ways of getting around what he called "the built-in failure date" of many machines that sold for less but lasted half as long. I have written too much IN THIS POST--I will be more careful next time. oR I'll get chased out!
We "vapors" need to learn how to drill a hole in a "sealed vacuum cleaner"!!!! Simple as that.
Warren E. Justice NCARPT, CAS< CADAC (retired)
The average "life" of a coil made by most companies varies so widely that it leaves those same, hard-working people baffled as to what causes these coils to fail--sometimes in 3 days and sometimes in 2 hrs. After-all, there is no recourse that does not take time and money to pursue the Establishment of some sort of Quality Standard for these often faulty devices. IF your car battery had such a record-would you purchase that brand---- ever? IF a real cigarette burned up in your hand in two puffs one day and then five puffs in another-- would you buy that same brand of cigarette again? NO. Chances are the people that make the cigarettes would sell NO MORE.
Why do we tolerate the shoddy workmanship and variance in the quality of these coils? MY answer is that I NEED them and have been accepting that this is part of the price I pay for vaping. CHANGE is in the wind! It smells like a high-quality vapor made by a well-made coil!!
I am learning by trying tricks myself and by reading many articles on the subject. I have found that the REASON these devices have such a preposterous quality standard is that most of you believe as I did: " It is all a part of vaping." NOT!!
Now I am learning that a person can make their own! I used to be a certified sewing machine mechanic. The wages I earned fixing those machines put me through school to become a certified psychologist. Now-- somewhere in that mix there is an answer.
It is obvious: I will soon be building my own coils and I will stop going crazy! In the meanwhile-- I have watched U-tube and read articles about "cleaning" old coils in order to get more life out of them and believe it or not-- there can be some success in this endeavor. I found an easy way-- I take the rubber washer off of the stem of the coil- put the old coils in an open- top food-strainer and strategically place it in the dishwasher and set the machine on: POTS AND PANS. I then run them through & dry them slowly in the sun on a brick. NO- They do not last long but they will get you through a couple of days. If you have cleaned 20-30 of them- half of them will give you a few hours of quality vaping! Some of them last longer than the brand new ones!
But the real answer is to not allow ANY company to produce junk and sell it for a high price. Put the pressure on the staff/manager/owner at your favorite vape shop and let them know that you don't want to give them $2.00 ea. for a product that might not even give you one day of enjoyable vaping. (in fact don't let them get away with this NO RETURN policy) SOON--They will in-turn put the pressure on the (out of the country) manufacturers that currently notice sales going UP not down.
Americans that built this country did not buy the pistol that blew up in his hand nor the cartridges that did not fire any less than 90% of the time. Americans have learned that other nations can build high quality products. We buy them. WE have also learned that some countries produce junk on purpose. i.e. How do these "throw away vacuum cleaners" seem to last almost exactly one year??? Simple: The manufacturer removed the ability to grease or oil the main shaft to the motor. They tested a few hundred and know EXACTLY how many hrs. that motor will run on the grease they DO put in the casing when that allowed lubricant wears out---the motor will simply burn up... Every-time! Then the busy/"thrifty" American will run down and buy the same damn thing! ITS only $80.00!!!!!!!! YEP! EACH & EVERY YEAR!
MY old dad used to drill a hole in a spot on a "sealed vacuum cleaner" that would allow him to add grease to those machines and they would last MUCH longer. He drove folks crazy with his ways of getting around what he called "the built-in failure date" of many machines that sold for less but lasted half as long. I have written too much IN THIS POST--I will be more careful next time. oR I'll get chased out!
We "vapors" need to learn how to drill a hole in a "sealed vacuum cleaner"!!!! Simple as that.
Warren E. Justice NCARPT, CAS< CADAC (retired)
