Man Suffers Severe Burns From Exploding Cigarette

[Gordy]

its not just a fake issue... most laptop manufactures have had recalls... includes apple, sony, dell, samsung ...laptop batteries are sometimes 18650's in a case

[alvoram]

Are Riva batteries Li-On? Bit worrying this is. thoughts are with the bloke and here's to a speedy recovery.

[Gordy]

yeah Riva's are too

[alvoram]

ahh crap, how much is a goose kneck? lol, lets be honest this industry is not highly regulated yet, and nobody can really be sure of the safety of any Li-On battery anyway... So if this thing blows, I'd prefer to loose a few fingers, not my amazing good looks

[Gordy]

with a goose neck you may lose your street cred lol

[domesticextremist]

Before panicking, I'd like to see more info about what happened.
A couple of threads on ECF indicate it was a mod using stacked
batteries, if so, I'll be sticking with my Riva thanks.

[Gordy]

i think they said it was a prodigy at 6v ie two cr123 stacked

[Karma]

That's terrible, poor man!

It's put me off getting a mod, I think I'll stick to my Riva!

[maccafan]

I would recommend to make your own mods with NiMH cells..They may be bigger, but it's very safe..

If using Li-ion use a single protected cell..

DO NOT stack them and get a decent charger by a known name like Varta or Codex..Probably cost you £5-£10 more but they'll be safe and have a long life..

[Scylla]

Raggy (Ragjoy) had a battery explode - fortunately it was on charge in a safe place.

[alvoram]

The thread on ECF has a letter/email from a friend that confirms this was not the same case from 4 weeks ago, and that nobody knows what he was using yet ??? ??? ???

[tony2stix]

The story is in the nationals here in the UK this morning
Tony

[Perpetua]

Don't let it put you off buying a Mod Karma, until/if the full details of what this unfortunate gentleman was using are made known, it's all damaging speculation to my way of thinking . . . the press love this sort of fear story.

All battery powered devices, used incorrectly have the capability to cause damage, as indeed do the mass produced chargers we use to charge them with.

Unless we're all prepared to pay premium prices for such gizmo's to have a level of quality guaranteed, there's always going to be an element of risk involved IMHO.

[Karma]

You're right Perpy, let's face it, it risky crossing the road!

and I've risked my life for years smoking nasties

[Perpetua]

Indeed Karma . . . how I never set myself alight, dropping off to sleep with a fag on the go, I'll never know.

Don't want to trivialize this poor man's injuries, but we don't know whether he was using a device sensibly or not either.