You can learn all you need to know here on this forum and on Youtube.
This place has accumulated several hundred thousand members over the years and I've yet to hear of any of them having killed themselves, so I think your odds are pretty good.
There was a guy on here awhile back that killed himself when a mech mod exploded and put the atty through his face. I can't remember his name but he was on VU also.
I read about that incident, but was not aware he was a member here.
You can come visit the stocking up thread.
I'm leaning to agreeing. I used to get bronchitis a few times a year and got pneumonia a few times. Was on a nebulizer once. Smoking is not healthy.I read about that incident, but was not aware he was a member here.
But even so, one out of a few hundred thousand is still way better odds than smoking.
It is a brand of mechanical mod. They have been around for a long time. I have one but I don't use it, and don't want to give it to anybody.
Yes but that was not the problem. The guy was an idiot and had no clue what he was doing but thought he was some kind of vape guru. Sometimes stupid actions have very bad consequences.
Technically the brand is Smok E Mountain. I dug mine out.
For the record I used this mod safely for quite a while. I used RDAs on it and 25Rs and kept my builds above .25 ohms. I don't use it because I have much better devices now. Newer mech mods are much better made and better ventilated than many of the older ones.
IIRC the one in Florida was a sub ohm tank. A lot of those have .15 coils which could be way too low for a lot of 18650s. Sometimes dud coils can make it.through QC. A dud coil could be an inconvenience for somebody using a regulated mod. If the coil is a dud due to a short, that could be disasterous on a mechanical. I have used clearomizers on mechmods before I knew better. I was fortunate somebody showed me before I learned the hard way.
Okay, you've been sufficiently scared off from using mech's it sounds like. No worries, IMO they're really only suitable for someone dedicated enough to use them safely, not someone that just wants to diy juice & coils.
IMO regulated mods aren't suitable for someone that just wants to DIY juice and coils, as regulated mods still also require more than just a little bit of dedication to use them safely, just not as much dedication as a mech, but then again... most people who use a regulated mod aren't using it safely, which has sufficiently scared me off from people who use a regulated mod and who try to insinuate that regulated mods are suitable for those who just want to DIY juice and coils, not want to care about battery safety.
