upsetting Old Goat mod fired in my backpack burnt up atty and melted drip tip

[rook2pawn]

i was fumbling for my cell phone in my backpack, old goat mod on/off switch must have gotten triggered on. I am always super careful when placing the mod in my backpack. For the last three days I have been searching for a travel soap dish or some small hard plastic carrying pouch to make doubly sure the old goat mod would never accidentally go off.

i was actually searching for a soap case today at a CVS didnt have one. Oh well, keep on going throughout my day.

Old goat mod stayed fired on in my backpack after i had picked up my cell phone call, melted my drip tip, killed my LR 306 atty, and i got really upset. I went out and bought a pack of smokes after almost 60 days of 0 cigarettes.

I then went online to avidvaper and they didnt even have a phone number or email address because i wanted to overnight express a 306 atty and drip tip and see if they could still fulfill it tonight. instead, they offer a regular physical US mail address for all inquiries. Jee.


im going to suggest that you do not buy an old goat mod until you have a fifty-cent carry case that could prevent exacctly this type of scenario. In fact, i read about someone having this accidental firing scenario before and knew i should be getting my travel case for it, i just didnt figure my accident would come on the same day that i was planning on getting my travel case to prevent exactly this accident.

Very foul mood ><.

 

[Nomoreash]

Your foul mood is understandable but the same thing goes for all plastic box mods. Basically all of them have the on/off switch in the same place and can get switched fairly easily moving around in a purse, etc.

I wouldn't single out Old Goat when pratically all AA battery boxes are designed them same. Best thing that can be done when carrying it like that is remove the atty and/or batteries.

 

[jj2]

Sorry for your misfortune. When I carry my PV around I give the atty, carto, or clearo a turn so it can't engage.

 

[six]

The lesson here is that having spare attys and cartos is important. The old goat button is very easily triggered and I've seen at least two people say that a piece of paper on their desk was enough to fire it. But, I've had mine for a few months now and I've had no accidental firing. And, if I ever do, I'm 100% certain that it will be my own carelessness that will be the cause.

Don't blame the mod for the fact you only had one atty on hand. When that atty blew the coil sooner or later, you would have been in the same boat. When you get your order placed with avid, add at least one spare atty and maybe a box of boge 2.0 ohm cartos for the next event that fries an atty or when your next one just plain gives up.

 

[Nomoreash]

I'll second the box of cartos as spares. They may not be cisco or your fav but in a pinch it's good to know you have them and they're cheap.

 

[beckah54]

I had mine accidentally fire once so I always loosen the atty before I put it in my purse....only takes a second and I don't have to worry about it firing.

 

[rook2pawn]

Thanks guys. hearing your support helps believe it or not

i bought 2 extra attys and two extra drip tips, and will continually replenish the "insurance" on an as-need basis or when I come into more money.

 

[six]

i bought 2 extra attys and two extra drip tips, and will continually replenish the "insurance" on an as-need basis or when I come into more money.

The one thing that has been constant in the ~ year and a half I've been vaping is that a few extra supplies are sure nice to have. Batteries fail, attys fail, mishaps occur (the last mishap was losing a mod out of my pocket when I was 125 feet up on a communication tower - the one before that was knocking a mod in to a sink full of water), juice spills, chargers die, and buttons get pressed accidentally....

No one really needs to keep the amount of supplies I do, but a few odds and ends can mitigate problems. A cheap box of cartos, an ego batt, and a little bit of juice stashed away might get you by for a couple of weeks when there is another catastrophe.

 

[Azzure]

Be very careful with this.
I put it in my pocket and it gets turn on. Before I knew it, my pocket becomes so hot and this smells foul. I was so panicked. Remove batteries whenever I put it in my pocket now. . .

 

[silkakc]

Rook,

I've had every Ecig I own fire inside my purse My Ego, my Infinity, my OG box mods and my KK box mods all have. I started putting them in a hard shell eyeglass case that I got at Walmart for $3. There's enough room to carry 1 mod, an extra set of batteries, 2 atties and a 15 ml bottle of nic juice in the case. It works perfectly!

Lori

 

[classwife]

(2 month old thread...rook2pawn is all set now....)

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Thread resuscitation day, classwife?!?!?

From a vet -- it happens to everyone!!!!!

 

[StotheK]

It's halloween time, that means zombies roam the earth now, right?

Still it's good that mod safety threads make their way back out every now and again. I had the same thing happen to me with a box mod. I wasn't around, and I was lucky the atomizer fried itself before it set my vaping bag, and probably eventually the whole house on fire. Removing batteries and/or atomizers is certainly a best practice

 

[John Phoenix]

In case it helps anyone - I love my old goat ( the Mod not the wife) and I carry it in either my shirt pocket or on a cell phone belt holder, the open style models. Now and then I can look or reach down and verify the switch is still in the off position. I don't take the mod out of the holder, but just bring the whole holder and mod up to vape then clip it back on my belt. I would tend to worry about the switch more If I threw it in a backpack where I could not get to it quickly.

 

[Azzure]

John,
I did check it constatly too. Once every 15min-30min. But even 3-5 min is enough to heat it up. Just becareful or just take the batteries out.

BTW, I tried pressing the bottle's juice, but the juice comes out to the juice well too which makes it messy. And it leaks to the botton beside the on and off switch occasionally. I'm dripping the OG for now which makes it less messy. Can someone help me out on this?
Thanks.

 

[donnah]

I only use cartos on my old goat bottom feeder. They don't leak. give the bottle a squeeze, when the juice pools up into the well, give a suck on the carto (I use boge) to suck the juice up in there and you're good to go.

 

[KrisBKream]

I had the same issue with my old goat. It's a good mod, but with being a plastic box mod and its soft touch switch, it's not very pocket friendly. Mine burned up cartos, though, so not as aggravating