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Lithium batteries store a lot of energy - and there is a chance of them catching fire when being charged. It does not happen often, but it does happen. The "ego" type batteries we use are often clones or copies and use varying types of internal batteries, some are li-ion-ICR, some are li-poly (Different chemical make ups)

Here's a teccy explanation: batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/safety_concerns_with_li_ion (The whole site is worth a read, btw)

Basically, if you can't watch your batteries charging, best to charge them somewhere safe (where a fire can't do much damage). A pot, the bath tub, a special charging bag, the kitchen floor if it has ceramic tiles.

The "thermal runaway" as engineers call it is quite fast, the battery gets hot, then the positive terminal cracks open and releases a hot steam of flammable gas which then ignites. Takes all of a second or two.

There is no need to be alarmed now, but you should be aware of the facts.

Here's a laptop catching fire (There are more and bigger batteries in the laptop battery pack than in our egos, but it is the same principle):

You can tighten up the draw (and get rid of any whistling) by rolling a small piece of stainless steel mesh and shoving it into the air hole.

Well done!

The MAOIs have been discussed in depth for a long time in the German forums, and many people were able to identify that urge to smoke after half a year, myself included. Let me see if I can find an English text describing it better than I can.

Edit: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC19495/

Basically, we (as in the German vapers) came to the conclusion that there may be a 5 to 7 week wall and a 6 to 7 month wall against which ex-smokers need to fight if they want to give up completely. I personally did not experience a problem after 6 weeks, but I did after 6 months.

The explanation given by our knowledgeable people was the MAO level - details in the link up there.

Just to make that clear - the MAOIs are not artificially added to the tobacco, they come naturally from the tobacco and some additives like chocolate or vanilla - and they are a second dependency that tobacco smokers need to overcome.

Edit2: Sorry, I didn't want to turn this into a scientific debate =) Just be aware that there _may be_ times in which you want some stronger liquid to stay off the tobacco. Whenever they are and for whatever reason.

*watching this space*

I was a die-hard-and-enjoy-it smoker for more than 30 years and my brand of choice was Gitanes without filter, the really bad stuff. 2 packs a day. Fellow smokers never bummed a cigarette off me more than once.

In 2011 I found a discussion in an unrelated forum talking about electronic cigarettes and I had no clue what they were talking about. I searched the term on Google and bought myself a very expensive set, just to try it out.

I never planned to give up smoking, I was just curious.

The day that starter set arrived was the last day I smoked. I still have several boxes of Gitanes here in the drawer, together with Marlboros from my lovely. They are unused.

Now I spend a lot more on advanced stuff, liquid base, flavourings than I ever spent on cigarettes, my collection is ever growing as I found a new hobby. But it is completely unneeded, it's just fancy stuff.

Don't be afraid of the nicotine addiction, because it is not as strong as you believe (and I believed as well). Any amount of nic in your juice will be enough. If you have it too low, you will vape more, if it is a bit too high, your body will make you vape less. Anything from 10 to 30 mg/ml will do for a start - and you can adjust it later.

I usually vape at 9mg - but I also carry a 45mg bite extra REO mini for the peace of mind - and for the moments when I have the feeling I want a cigarette - which, incidentally, come less often now. My advice is to always carry something higher than your current preferred vape and use it when you feel like it.

You will find that there is no way of replicating the taste of a burnt tobacco bush - nothing comes close to the real thing. But there is a lot more out there - my current favourites are absinthe and vanilla custard - I would have laughed in your face if you predicted that 2 years ago.

Vaping has an often overlooked upside: It is not all-or-nothing. With a quit smoking plan you lose if you drop the ball once. With vaping, you just don't care, after your fag, you can just go back to delicious vaping.

Vaping is not about stopping smoking - vaping is about starting something better.

But if you really want to stop smouldering bush leaves, be aware of the 6 months barrier. Roughly 6 to 7 months after your last cigarette, you will have withdrawal from MAO inhibitors that are found in conventional cigarettes. Just tough it out (only takes a couple of days) and vape your emergency high nic liquid for a while.

Best wishes,

Chris

PS: I hope the above text is understandable, I still have problems forming coherent sentences in English when I am really trying to get points across. If it is not, feel free to ask anything.

That's only for long time storage, really. Don't bother with your 30 mils =)

Oh, we even have a thread here: allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/thread/24801/kanger-evod-fasttech
They may be good, too, but they are not the same.