What is the DUMBEST thing you've done in your vaping career?

[Muggs]

I was in need of a carto change, went and pulled the carto out forgetting I never emptied the tank first. juice came pouring out, about 4ml.

 

[The Dingo]

was on my sleeping meds one night and had eyedrops sitting next to a sample sized bottle and grabbed the wrong one. Was blind for about 45 seconds, was nice and swollen until the next day and was red for a couple of days. Needless to say, it was sobering and def an eye opener. Lesson learned!

ouch!
Ouch!

 

[liquidzoo]

signed up for this site. my wallet is still ...... at me.

My wallet isn't ...... at me (yet) after signing up here, but it's getting ready to be.

Head-fi, on the other hand... There's definitely a reason they greet new members with "Sorry about your wallet"...

 

[Spazmelda]

was on my sleeping meds one night and had eyedrops sitting next to a sample sized bottle and grabbed the wrong one. was blind for about 45 seconds, was nice and swollen until the next day and was red for a couple of days. needless to say, it was sobering and def an eye opener. lesson learned!

Oh ouch!

This sort of reminds me of the time I squirted sucralose up my nose instead of nose spray. It certainly wasn't as painful as nicotine in the eye (which I have also done, but just a tiny amount) but it was very very gross. I drank like a gallon of water, but still had that unbearable sweet taste running down the back of my throat until later the next day. That's more coffee related than ecig, but I do also use the EZ-sweetz in my liquid.

 

[BillyWJ]

I'll start Two things actually...

1.) Not know, like a bone head, I got my first iclear 30B tank and promptly filled it with Raspberry Suagr Free Syrup. Not, a VG or PG just DaVinci artficial flavoring made for drinks or Italian Ice. You're not going to believe this but...IT DID NOT VAPE!

2.) This happened tonight. After having a spat with my wife, I figured, I'll show her! I proceeded to order about 150.00 work of vape 'stuff' Doesn't sound so horrible except for the fact, I had ordered almost 200.00 worth of...'stuff' earlier today. Some body is gonna be in some weal twouble

I can't top the syrup thing.

You win.

 

[Grimwald]

Stocking up (like 20 bottles) on the first juice that I thought was what I liked...only to discover a few weeks later, after I could taste and smell again, that it tasted like old socks. Still have that juice, but I will never use it.

 

[28if]

The dumbest thing was thinking that vaping would not turn into a hobby. But I love every second of it.

 

[Miata GT]

MBV is cheap for a reason. Hate to say it but that's my experience. The ingredients you use and the quality of them is important.

No hate but I've ordered from at least 10 e-juice vendors and while maybe I can't say MBV is the best, I will say that Moo Juice and Bananas Foster are the ones that live in my Kayfun and RSST, respectively...I just like them that much!

 

[TRoxx]

I didn't have a replacement wick for my device...
So I Used a string from a tampon instead.

 

[Spazmelda]

I didn't have a replacement wick for my device...
So I Used a string from a tampon instead.

Did it work McGyver?

ETA: assuming you're old enough to get that reference...

 

[BillyWJ]

I don't inherently disagree, but I've been around the block enough to know that cheap doesn't always mean bad. There are countless examples of cheap things doing what they do well. Guitars provide an excellent illustration: in the 70s, Yamaha were regarded as cheap and not necessarily sought after, but today, the surviving 70s Yahamas are considered to be good quality. A similar brand now is Seagull, whose prices I haven't followed since we purchased one, but the sound from our $300 Seagull rivals $1000+ guitars.
MBV is hit-or-miss, but purchase wisely, and you get a good product for a good price. Their Hawk Sauce is delicious, and I liked their Ecto Cooler enough to purchase it again. Demon Energy tastes like any other Red Bull type liquid I've tried. Of the 8-9 of theirs that I've had, only 1 was unvapable (prickly pear.. blech, that crap was awful), and 1 more, USA Mix, just isn't any good. Most of the rest are fine, but I found Hawk Sauce to be truly an excellent vape.

My first guitar was a 1980's vintage Japanese lawsuit Les Paul. Cheap, but they used materials that rival real name brands today, that guitar took a beating and still played and sounded great (Once I replaced the cheap hum buckers). A lot of stuff was built well back then, which is why it's desired now. Sad, kind of. The build quality of even new Gibsons now isn't that great - don't even mention Epiphone.

I'd love one of those Yamaha's that looked like a cross between a LP and an SG - double cutaway, but the rest was all LP. Meniketti in Y&T used them for a while, they sounded great.

 

[JohnDaddyo]

"I can't top the syrup thing. You win. "

hmm?
Maybe, cause I did mine on purpose. Seems everyone else was an accident.
I should explain that 'syrup' isn't like we know it, thick. It is like juice.
But still, I get it! LOL

 

[vaperature]

Left a tank of Voodoo in my jacket chest pocket on a c-twist while I was shoveling snow. The button must have kept getting accidentally pressed, frying the juice who knows how many times. My entire jacket smells like Voodoo, especially whenever I open that particular pocket.

 

[TRoxx]

Did it work McGyver?

ETA: assuming your old enough to get that reference...

Old enough to have a wife that stopped menstruating....

 

[John_]

1) I was building a coil on an rda that was screwed into a mech that wasn't locked... I was a little too rough and the coil fired while I was holding it. Luckily it popped before it burned my hand.

2) Dry fired an RDA that was wicked with cotton to see if the coils were even,

 

[Mushroomie]

I have two things

1) Tried to light my mod with a lighter. (Did this in the beginning of vapeing)

2) It was a very cold day in MN and I vaped away on my way to the store. Get out of the store and my whole wind shield was frozen on the inside. Duh! (I thought my radiator was going out or something) Vape = Water LOL!

 

[Coelli]

- Spent a bunch of time trying to troubleshoot an E1 when building a coil using my Provari. Built a couple of coils, same result. Finally realized the voltage was still set for a different coil and was too high.
- Spent a bunch of time trying to troubleshoot a "LO" error when building dual coils on a dripper. Gave up and put my old dripper on, tried to check the resistance and it also kept saying "LO". Recoiled that one, same result. Got really frustrated, did a Google search, and found my answer - you have to turn the Provari on for it to be able to check the resistance. DUH.
- Accidentally pushed the fire button while touching one end of a coil. Just a second, but enough to burn a line into my fingertip (thankfully a very small one). My electronics teacher from 20 years ago would have slapped me.

Sometimes I am my own worst enemy.

 

[FearTX]

Woke up for work one morning. Cracked open a new 30 mil bottle of juice and filled a tank for the ride to work. Put bottle in my pants pocket and went to work, started feeling leg and crutch get warm on the way. Got to work, empty bottle in pocket, a good rash developing on my leg and crotch. I had removed the drip tip to put a needle tip lid on the bottle. Forgot to put the dispenser tip or even the lid back on when I took the needle tip off.

 

[vaperature]

Woke up for work one morning. Cracked open a new 30 mil bottle of juice and filled a tank for the ride to work. Put bottle in my pants pocket and went to work, started feeling leg and crutch get warm on the way. Got to work, empty bottle in pocket, a good rash developing on my leg and crotch. I had removed the drip tip to put a needle tip lid on the bottle. Forgot to put the dispenser tip or even the lid back on when I took the needle tip off.

Yikes, hope it wasn't three flavor shot menthol.

 

[Diogenes]

What's the dumbest thing I've done in my vaping career? Posting on certain threads.......








Not this one though, it's like a "how not to do."