worst thing ever....lost spring to screwdriver button :(

[siggywiggy]

I got my new SD and it was AMAZING. But then 2 days in, the damn activator button just fell off the bottom because it wasn't screwed in tight and the spring fell off into my thick brown carpet....never to be seen again (believe me I have looked and looked and looked and looked)

The problem is, without a spring, the button has to be held toward the floor or it will activate the battery and overheat the atomizer. So now, in between EVERY vape session, I have to unscrew the SD and take the battery out or it will accidentally overheat the battery.

It's like a nightmare really.

I went to home depot, no springs....radio shack, no springs...computer repair shop...you guessed it.

On the Wicked.com site they don't even SELL the darn thing and I feel so upset right now. How can they send me an SD with the button not even tightened???

Bottom line.....ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A REPLACEMENT SPRING???

Thanks a billion!

 

[optsmk]

I have no idea what the spring looks like, but I'll bet you can cut one to size from a ball point pen. I would think that the switch is very small and a pen spring would work just fine.

 

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Mine came without a spring .. so while waiting for a spring I took a spring out of a ink pen I had and cut it down a bit. I had to wrap it around cuz it was a tight fit but it worked till I got the spring E-mail TW and they will help you out!

 

[ApOsTle51]

that's what i was thinking , retractable pen spring..hunt around the house for one and rob the spring

 

[prof beard]

Have you contacted TW? I would have thought they would sort this out?

 

[siggywiggy]

Oh wow that is brilliant!! Going to look for a pen now

 

[Houdini]

You can get a replacement switch at Radio Shack. I think it's 2 for under $5.

 

[ApOsTle51]

You can get a replacement switch at Radio Shack. I think it's 2 for under $5.

going by the op and saying the spring is missing from the switch says he's talkin about the MKII SD Houdini , which uses a different type of switch.

 

[quasimod]

[...] (believe me I have looked and looked and looked and looked) [...]

You're probably not interested in looking some more, but you can stretch some panty-hose or similar material over your vacuum-cleaner hose, and find all kinds of little pieces and parts. Attach it with a rubber band or tape.

I even saw a similar idea with an empty CD case (one of the cylindrical types) attached to the hose, and the material stretched over that.