well this is not good news

[Darth Vaper]

It doesn't ...... It's not a mod though either.


It does however have a cap at the bottom that will pop off in the event it does happen..... the connector side may pop off as well.

[cyborg]

Perhaps they can vent through the hole where the activation button is.

Darth got in first 

[Darth Vaper]

Good point Cyborg .... yeah the plastic button will give way pretty quick with all the heat I imagine.

[rkw]

battery shot across the room and cought the closet on fire.- cmon what was the guy doin?

[Lettie22]

battery shot across the room and cought the closet on fire.- cmon what was the guy doin?

and he'll probably never tell because it was stupid    and he'll probably end up suing the manufacturer!

[The Vape Escape]

battery shot across the room and cought the closet on fire.- cmon what was the guy doin?

That guy.. Well.. He's actually British Intellgence and currently working as 'Our Man' in the States. Rest assured that he will be having a strong word with 'Q Branch' when he gets back! These personal rocket launchers disguised as Vapourisers were a good idea but, let's be honest, that weapon needs perfecting? Poor bloke hasn't even got any clothes left to wear? 
  All those high end designer suits..gone... Just like that!  Least the Aston Martin is safe.   

[Darth Vaper]

It's only a matter of time before the media ties this incident in with the Underpants Bomber.


We already know he received his orders from the ...... well you guessed it....



The Underpants Gnomes





They really need to work on Phase 2




A dodgy Phase 2 will not end with Phase 3 "Profit"
The device he was using most likely came with a warning ... No it didn't warn of vaping in the closet using stacked 3v batteries but it did warn about using them in general which indeed does cover the closet




These damn Gnomes are killing the industry

I'm not very amused with there Occupy the Garden Protests either ... Spring is coming

[joelvals]

I thoroughly enjoyed that Darth!!! Very Nice!

[Jules1977]

People will always find a way around things, I have to think that vaping is here to stay, but maybe have to be a bit tighter on quality control. At the end of the day the majority of the stuff is made in china under absolutely no QA system whatsoever. TW may do there best but it's the others who are after a quick buck who will let us all down.

[Darth Vaper]

Still don't know the exact details and getting nothing but speculation and forum rumors.... mixed with the media adding something to it every time the story is told.
If there is any legal grounds it will probably settle out of court... to which we will never know the details... neither will the media channels.

I still feel bad for the guy that got burned whether it was down to his own negligence or the manufacturer/vendor's doing.


One thing to keep in mind though is an event of that nature can happen with ANY Ecig... Mod or production ecig.... bootleg or original .. protected or unprotected batteries.
Some have better preventative measures built into them then others if something does go wrong with the battery. There are some on the market that do not have any safeties built in.


Regardless of the above I will still continue to vape.

[Knoton]

Regardless of dangerous batteries I will also go on vaping.
I am still using my mobile phone, and if I do a google on exploding mobile phones
I get a lot more hits than exploding e-cig.

[tez77]

Regardless of dangerous batteries I will also go on vaping.
I am still using my mobile phone, and if I do a google on exploding mobile phones
I get a lot more hits than exploding e-cig.

Well thats because there are way more mobile phones out there than e-cigs (in fact, according to cisco there will be more mobile devices than people on the planet by the end of 2012... the rise of the machines is coming people, don't say you weren't warned ) but I too will continue to vape although I will now try not to drop my kit quite so much   

Maybe I should be more careful with my battery powered toothbrush too 

[BSpot]

Maybe I should be more careful with my battery powered toothbrush too 

...beware of vibrators too 

[The Vape Escape]

I can't be having any Gnome intolerance on this thread Darth?!  I was given a Gnome for Xmas.. He's called Wilf officially but we prefer Gnome Chompski! and has taken pride of place in the first proper garden I've ever owned. Better still.. He smokes a pipe, which i'm fairly convinced is an E-pipe? 

Gnomes.. They will find you!

[Darth Vaper]

Do you know where your Gnome was two nights ago by any chance?

I'm ok with a lot of things ..... but Flamingo tipping is just downright mean spirited





I'm missing a couple of pair of underpants too 

[The Vape Escape]

Ooh.. I see your predicament. Yeah, that's unfortunate  See, what happened was, I inadvertently fed my Gnome some under-done Chicken the other night (it was quite pink in the middle) unfortunately.. He seems to have developed a bit of a taste for it? I guess what with your Flamingoes being the colour that they are.. Well.. Mistakes DO happen you know? 

I know I can't bring your flock back from their early demise.. But if it's any consolation, I have managed to retrieve your pants? The only thing is, due to the language barrier, pants mean something entirely different over here. Still, if you look in your closet, I'm pretty sure they're yours, along with this Tshirt? 



They're on their way as we speak! 

[Darth Vaper]

Well one by one I have gotten the Flamingo's upright again and are slowly recovering.... they cant get up on there own and why it was such a cruel act..... poor dears were flopping around the yard ... ohhhhh the humanity


Didn't think I would ever see that T-Shirt again...... so all is forgiven .... just so long as you promise to keep Gnome Chompski off the raw chicken. I have seen Gnome Apocalypse by Steven King and understand that once gnomes get a taste for flesh it's hard to break them from it. So you have your work cut out for you.


Best wishes on a speedy rehabilitation 

[yeahivape]

I actually saw this video in a post on a different forum. There are dangers in every day occurrences, and I feel this is a far less common occurrence than annual deaths from tobacco.

[smokeless]

I'm just kind of thrown off by the fact that we have yet to hear who the manufacturer of the battery/e-cig was. If that had been a cell phone or laptop computer, there we would have been informed by now and recalls would be in order. All e-cigs that I know of come with a spare battery. They should know by now who the supplier was. Something seems fishy.

Meanwhile, even our local grocery stores are selling e-cigs. Expensive ones at that. And the media still thinks that all e-cigs look like "real" cigarettes. It's all kind of bizzare.

[ean33]

the details will never become common knowledge as its a scare mongering story, the first report had a picture of an old e-cig the kind you could get on auction sites

secondly the word on the street is  he was not doing the normal vaping thing with it he was modding be it juice or something else

it could be worse though he could of been walking a dangerous dog, using a mobile phone and walking past a child wearing nylon pyjamas

the cell phone would of sent a brain destroying microwave to his head forcing him to scream out loud sending the dog into a frenzy, the dog broke from his grip and headed for the poor child who in turn screamed at such a high pitch it set of a chain reaction with in the e-cig battery forcing it to explode hence shooting like a rocket towards the child, the rocket set fire to her pyjamas as they were nylon scaring the dog who thought she was some kind of monster, the dog turned and ran at his master in a state of panic and attacked him causing multiple injuries to his face and arm
the child suffered burns to her torso but will be ok after 3 months in hospital, the dog was put down and the man died of brain cancer bought on by the mobile phone

so lets ban pyjamas, cell phones, dogs and e-cigs as this may happen again but rest assured you can eat various foods that contain chemicals and no one will say a word
oh and you can smoke as it makes the rich quite a fair bit of money

[Darth Vaper]

I'm just kind of thrown off by the fact that we have yet to hear who the manufacturer of the battery/e-cig was.

If there is any legal grounds it will probably settle out of court... to which we will never know the details... neither will the media channels.

I see plenty of reports with pictures of ones that look more like analog cigarettes one even had the retailers name plastered all over it with a disclaimer added under the picture that it was not the model and it was unknown what exact model and brand were the culprit.

It's hard to demonize anything without pictures and the media is trying to finger paint a picture with a push broom

With that said I'm sure it's a regular legal frenzy behind the scenes.

[The Vape Escape]

I have seen Gnome Apocalypse by Steven King and understand that once gnomes get a taste for flesh it's hard to break them from it. So you have your work cut out for you.

Best wishes on a speedy rehabilitation 

Oh no.. He's really not looking so good now.. What the hell kinda Flamingoes are they? Have you been feeding them on genetically modified seed or something?!   



Ah.. Bugger.. He got out.. Gotta go.. 

[Darth Vaper]

Well there plastic Flamingos not sure what kind of plastic but it seems to have a reaction when in contact with lead painted ceramic gnomes fed on a diet of undercooked chicken which the moisture from is possibly shorting out his internal Li-ion battery

Both most likely were made in China and the chicken was possibly suffering from Asian bird flu



But hey we all saved buying these goods and cut all that frivolous expensive labor out of the equation.


When gnome Chompski's batteries short, followed by an explosion and lead paint chips are scattered everywhere, and a Hazmat cleanup team descends on your yard lowering yours and your neighbors property values even further it will give you something to think about while your pulling fragments of tainted Chompski out of your hide.


Shirt came in the mail today..... thanx 

[pufferfish]

Do you know where your Gnome was two nights ago by any chance?

I saw him with a couple of his mates....

Ah.. Bugger.. He got out.. Gotta go.. 

......

Be careful when you find gnome Chompsky, he may turn on you 

[8Ball]

And don't forget VE...... you gotta destroy the brain mate.


Oh wait!    It's Chompski I'm on about..... not Darth!!




P.S.  Hey Darth, gnome zombie labor is cheap, so I think we've got that problem solved.....  now if we can just figure a way to keep them out of your herd.....

[yeahivape]

the details will never become common knowledge as its a scare mongering story, the first report had a picture of an old e-cig the kind you could get on auction sites

secondly the word on the street is  he was not doing the normal vaping thing with it he was modding be it juice or something else

it could be worse though he could of been walking a dangerous dog, using a mobile phone and walking past a child wearing nylon pyjamas

the cell phone would of sent a brain destroying microwave to his head forcing him to scream out loud sending the dog into a frenzy, the dog broke from his grip and headed for the poor child who in turn screamed at such a high pitch it set of a chain reaction with in the e-cig battery forcing it to explode hence shooting like a rocket towards the child, the rocket set fire to her pyjamas as they were nylon scaring the dog who thought she was some kind of monster, the dog turned and ran at his master in a state of panic and attacked him causing multiple injuries to his face and arm
the child suffered burns to her torso but will be ok after 3 months in hospital, the dog was put down and the man died of brain cancer bought on by the mobile phone

so lets ban pyjamas, cell phones, dogs and e-cigs as this may happen again but rest assured you can eat various foods that contain chemicals and no one will say a word
oh and you can smoke as it makes the rich quite a fair bit of money

Hahaha! This sounds like a perfect Idea! They will be telling us to buy plexiglass windows and bubble wrap all sharp corners soon enough!

[The Vape Escape]

Be careful when you find gnome Chompsky, he may turn on you 

Thanks for the heads up Puffer.. But I think I'm ok at the minute. No sign of Chomp or any of his pals. I keep thinking I hear weird noises outside but every time I go to look out the window.. There's nothing there? Must just be my imagination! 

Still, I've put up a live CCTV feed just in case.. So let me know if you spot anything will you? Cheers.



The brain you say 8? Useful as always.. Thanks! 

[yeahivape]

I'm just kind of thrown off by the fact that we have yet to hear who the manufacturer of the battery/e-cig was. If that had been a cell phone or laptop computer, there we would have been informed by now and recalls would be in order. All e-cigs that I know of come with a spare battery. They should know by now who the supplier was. Something seems fishy.

Meanwhile, even our local grocery stores are selling e-cigs. Expensive ones at that. And the media still thinks that all e-cigs look like "real" cigarettes. It's all kind of bizzare.

Well we should all know that Big Tobacco wants to kill this electric cigarette craze as fast as possible and probably by any means necessary. So all this "fishy" news better have a really good back up story

[8Ball]

Be careful when you find gnome Chompsky, he may turn on you  

Thanks for the heads up Puffer.. But I think I'm ok at the minute. No sign of Chomp or any of his pals. I keep thinking I hear weird noises outside but every time I go to look out the window.. There's nothing there? Must just be my imagination!  

Still, I've put up a live CCTV feed just in case.. So let me know if you spot anything will you? Cheers.



The brain you say 8? Useful as always.. Thanks!  

VE, do not..... I repeat DO NOT go into the cellar.  Stay out of the panic room too.  Whatever you do, leave yourself an escape route mate.  Get to us in the naughty corner if you can.  Ellie's dragon breath is perfect for destroying their brains (and everything else too!).   Just think of Ernie's crematorium (well, it worked for Bert didn't it?)  We'll be here mate.... head for the smoke (and avoid the rain..... that shite burns now!).

[The Vape Escape]

On my way.. Besides.. Given my current Zombie Gnome predicament, the fact that you're under the weather and the fact that Caz has recruited a new.. Android.. No Cyborg.. It's the obvious plan.. One could say that it's a 'no brainer' 

V.E.. Reporting for naughty corner duty sir!