Unusual 'ribbing' on my Ego battery

[Rachy_B]

Hi guys! It's been AAAAAAGES since I came on here! I've been happily vaping away with my EVOD and Ego 650 batteries... vaping wise (aside from a few hiccups), I've been a veritable a pig in poo!

I bought my Ego-C nearly a year ago and just this week I've noticed a strange ribbing around the base of the battery, close to the connection. This is not the case on the other battery which came with the kit, or my old Ego-T battery. There's a picture at the bottom...

Is it time to ditch this battery and buy a new one?x

 

[DavidOck]

Hi Rachy, nice you're back

Has it been dropped a lot?

Looks to me like the connection's starting to pull out of the tube. Probably not a major issue. Maybe clean it well with alcohol, to get any oils and such off, then a drop or two of super glue, and push it back in.

 

[Rachy_B]

It has been a long time, hasn't it?

I think it might be as well just to buy new ones to be honest. This one has done well to last as long as it has - something like about 7 or 8 months and it has been knocked about quite a bit!x

 

[DavidOck]

Well, you certainly do want to have backups, and backups to those, and ....

Yes, rough use can lead to problems, but if it's otherwise performing ok, just the "slippage" of the fitting, it might be a good backup unit for you.

 

[patkin]

Yeh, looks like the button mechanism just slips into the battery tube. I would do what DavidOck suggests if you can just push it back in. If its still firing, it hasn't come out so far that the electronics to the button have been harmed. Super glue should work and, as said, if you're worried just keep it as a backup. I would.