Hello, can you help me solve a puzzle?

[nix]

Hi everyone,

I've been reading the posts and found the forum so helpful and everyone so nice , I thought I'd jump in and register. I've been vaping for 2 months or so, and have stopped smoking completely after 15 years in that time. I previously tried everything... gum, pills, patches, puffers,  champix, you name it, and with some short lived successes, but inevitably always ended up back on the fags. But the vaping is great, and I couldn't imagine going back to the fags, I mean I just don't want to. Congrats to all of you who've given up the terrible fags too, I've read many of your posts.

I've been trying to find a moderately cheap and effective batty/atty setup (I hope I got that right, if batty turns out to mean bum i'll be very embarrassed ) which would get me up and running and bought a kit from ukecigstore.com in the end... bad move.

It isn't that its a bad product per say, its a "Viva La Riva Digital LCD KIT New 2013" (it took over a fortnight to arrive and they still haven't sent the juice I ordered at the same time but that's another story). The batteries both work out of the box and are/were fully charged, the problem is, I cant get the batteries to charge. Now I know about lifting up the atty end connector and I've tried that to no avail. With this model though (and I have no instructions, model number or anything with the kit), the bottom screws off the battery like a micro usb pass-through battery, and low and behold there is another electrical terminal.

Trouble is its screw thread is not compatible with the provided charger any provided charger or any I can find on the Internet. The atty end connects to the charger as you would expect, but it doesn't do anything on either of the batteries. No light, nothing at all, and I have another EGO charger and the result is the same, screw on the atty end up real snug but , no lights, nothing. I can't find another single example of this EGO model to compare it to or find instructions, and ukecigstore.com  have stopped listing the product. I've tried e-mailing them for about 2-3 weeks without a single response, phoning and being told to email by the automated service. So I just have no idea how to get these batteries charged.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as I only have a little bit of hair left (oh I've put a picture up so you can see it).

Thanks,

nix

[Jaguar7777]

I was going to wade in and try to help but I have to confess I've never seen this particular little beast.


Hopefully someone has and will try to help you out.


Jag. (It looks very ..... strange ....)

[Karma]

Hello nix to AAEC

I'm really sorry to hear about your experience with Ukecigstore, unfortunately you are not alone, we have revoked their Vendor status on this forum

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/18454/ukecigstore-experience-customer-service?page=2

you could try PM'ing

allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/user/3382

I can't help you with your kit, unfortunately. personally I'd be wanting a refund. Are you still within 45 days to raise a PayPal dispute?

[andy01424]

ok the usb terminal,you may find one of your mobile phone usb one will fit,these are passthrough,you can use them while they charge now this is the kit that you say it is thats not them in the picture
that looks like a stoptober kit

Stopober kit:

[nix]

Jag, Karma, Andy, wow, thanks for your quick replies.

In all the messing about trying to get it to work I forgot that it was a paypal transaction, ordered on 24/09/2013 so I think I'll follow your advice Karma and open a dispute through paypal, which wasn't an option I'd considered.

As you say Jag it is a strange little beast, great as well if only for this charging problem. Oh well, off to paypal, I'll let you know how I get on...

And thankyou all!!!

Andy, the link you gave is to a product which seemed to replace mine on the website. It is a very close match but doesn't have the idiosyncrazies of mine probably. I seem to always get myself in trouble, I think I'm a feet first person

[andy01424]

if need be nix i have 4 spare usb chargers pm me your address will pop one in the post

[Jaguar7777]

Oct 15, 2013 11:02:55 GMT nix said:

Jag, Karma, Andy, wow, thanks for your quick replies.

In all the messing about trying to get it to work I forgot that it was a paypal transaction, ordered on 24/09/2013 so I think I'll follow your advice Karma and open a dispute through paypal, which wasn't an option I'd considered.

As you say Jag it is a strange little beast, great as well if only for this charging problem. Oh well, off to paypal, I'll let you know how I get on...

And thankyou all!!!

Andy, the link you gave is to a product which seemed to replace mine on the website. It is a very close match but doesn't have the idiosyncrazies of mine probably. I seem to always get myself in trouble, I think I'm a feet first person

Nothing wrong in getting your feet a little wet.


I'm sure you'll get it sorted, and if not there are plenty of people on here who will help you out.


Jag. (Emergency call to Raid incoming .....)

[nix]

Dispute opened in paypal, I've requested a full refund so we'll see what happens... Thanks again guys. I'd still like to know though if anyone knows how to charge one of these? Or has even seen one.

[nix]

Thanks Andy, both of the chargers I have will charge the little EGO XL batteries I got from vapour-room.com when I thought I wasn't going to ever receive the above order. So I know the chargers are ok. On a positive note I can recommend vapour-room.com who managed to deliver my whole order the next day after those who shall not be named let me down. Their menthol and ice mint (I found the menthol vaping to be closest to a real smoke initially) are a bit (very) albas oil tasting for my liking, so I'm still looking out for a good minty menthol juice.

[Fagsareus]

nix ...did you try the usb connection ?

[charon]

nix, Welcome to the AAEC.
great advice from the crowd, sadly looks a sif you have fallen foul of what used to be a decent vendor..shop staff are OK, but the customer service crew leave a lot to be desired.
For future reference, there is always someone around on here to give guidance on all matters vaping, whether it be gear, juice or problems. Just ask and nobody will judge or deride you.

[Super-Shiny]

Oct 15, 2013 11:40:45 GMT nix said:

so I'm still looking out for a good minty menthol juice.

Some very good vendors:

www.thealchemistscupboard.co.uk/Mints__amp;_Menthols/cat1708885_1565141.aspx
t-juice.com/t-juice-shop.html

[charon]

Oct 15, 2013 12:01:32 GMT Super-Shiny said:

Oct 15, 2013 11:40:45 GMT nix said:

so I'm still looking out for a good minty menthol juice.

Some very good vendors:

www.thealchemistscupboard.co.uk/Mints__amp;_Menthols/cat1708885_1565141.aspx
t-juice.com/t-juice-shop.html

might like to try these as well....be carefull powerful stuff, just get 10ml taster to start

www.joosejuice.co.uk/shop/category_MMTst/10ml-Mint-and-Menthol-Tasters.html?sessid=q39JM9NVU9i7MwKgv2qhvJge6K3yjGwNOeduBucF0A3WvHFm2dLnis7btllDzRoz&shop_param=cid%3D%26

[nix]

Hi Fagsareus,

Sorry to avoid any confusion I just said "the bottom screws off the battery like a micro usb pass-through battery", but it isn't a USB connector. Its looks like another battery terminal like at the atty end. In the attached photo, the atty end is on the left, the mystery screw off end is on the right next to the cap which was removed.

[Jaguar7777]

Okay .... it looks like your little beast needs a specific charging lead. I've been trying to find some info on this sucka for twenty minutes now, with no luck. Mind you, I have a shit internet connection so the web trawling is very slow .......

Did they not provide a charger for the peculiar end?


The mind boggles.


Jag. (Not fond of mysteries.)