Another one! When will people freaking learn?

Yea they would be the first to go i guess. It also depend on the design it could be an electronic switch. Even if the glass breaks it can still explode out. This is worse case scenario.

I can tell you from personal experience that a lead acid car battery will make one hell of a bang if mistreated. Back in high school votech we had a badly mistreated battery on a cart used to jump the shop cars as needed. One day while it was charging I accidentally flipped the wrong switch on the charger and made a spark, hello small hydrogen bomb in my face. The glasses kept the acid out of my eyes thankfully but I had plastic shrapnel from the battery case embedded in my arm and my clothing was basically turned to Swiss cheese from the acid. We also found pieces of the case in every corner of the 5000 square foot shop. Much more violent than any li ion explosion that I’ve ever heard of. Scary AF as well for a 16-17 year old kid that I was at the time.

I’m shocked. Your claim is that some 30 year old guy in Idaho still had 7 teeth? Shocked. Still, wish the man the best.

You sir have just won the internet for the night. Congrats.

First of all I don’t get het whole vaping-thing.

1) If you wanna smoke……smoke! :person_facepalming:
2) “Vaping” in the bathroom? Really? I Always though vaping was not addictive…….
3) The explosion was so damaging it caused his sink to break !!! :question:

So, this guy was standing up, the vapingthing exploded, the bathroom sink (one meter away!!) broke and his head is still attached to his torso? Really? REALLY???

This story makes little sense to me. If the explosion was so strong that it broke the sink the damage to his his head would have been much greater.
More likely he put the vapinthingy on the sink (for whaterver reason) and had his face close to it.
And why ghe f,k would you want to do that?

Dodgy story. Just my 2 cents.

Grtz
Nico

He could have been sitting on the John, face a foot from the sink corner… just saying. He does say it blew up in his mouth. He was getting ready to go to work, I’m assuming he was “taking care of business” before heading out.

Rude awakening, no doubt!

Edit: The mouth piece plastic, threads strip and the metal end holding the cell fires off like a rocket? Breaking the sink, bouncing up towards the corner where the flamed path shows it’s travel? Logic many times fails to explain truth.

Smoking is getting ridiculously expensive and is said to be more harmful to health than vaping.

Well, when you vape a nicotine containing substance, itś addictive just like smoking tobacco.

Yeah, that’s some strong coffee, isn’t it?
Maybe the bottom with the switch shot out and cracked the sink there.
Remember that on the other end it blew out 7 of his teeth…
That’s some force there…

I’m glad I don’t smoke

Exploding vaper just says he bought a cheap copy with fake vent holes and an airtight battery compartment

In addition with people overdischarge their cells regularely vaping with an almost depleeted cell dropping under load below 2V, the cell gets damaged over time

My dad had a fully drained lead battery in his car below front seat, he wanted to charge it at –5dC
I am glad he told me I took the battery in the house and it was partially frozen
Charging a frozen lead battery is a guranteed way to get a really big mess

Expecting people to learn is like expecting car accidents to stop happening.
Get used to it…

No one will ban cars, governments will ban lithium ion batteries

In the video there’s a puff of dark smoke followed by a bright flash.
Looks like afuel-air explosion

“gas is explosive, let’s ban it” said nobody ever.

Perhaps a safer chemistry will make things better for vapers.

Well, I think they already knew the dangers of using regular tobacco. I still consider vaping might be safer even with occasional explosion :smiley:

The li ion restrictions already in place from airplanes and shipping are not just for show

Yes, and fyi you’re also not allowed to take gas, fireworks, knives, explosives, guns, and a few other things on planes.
Just because it’s dangerous and restricted does not mean it will be banned.

Well, who knows what mech mod did he used…we digital smokers do some wierd stuuf in order to make our smoking better :slight_smile:

Personaly, i do own 4 different devices ( and like 10+ atomizers) and i always try myself not to push the battery tha hard, since i am an MLT i use them at 5-6 amps tops, using Sanyo GA 24/7
However, when i use a battery for a month or two, actualy when the bottom gets scatched from the charger i simply throw that battery away, safety first, its 4 euros
Even so nothing is guaranteed, i still could explode

yet, i would never ever go back to the casual smoking

No recycling where you live?
https://www.google.com/search?q=lithium-ion+trash+truck+fires&tbm=isch&imgil=SVk8BtO3ysZtLM%253A%253ByqP7fGzBpwz7EM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.americandisposal.com%25252Fblog%25252Flithium-ion-batteries&source=iu&pf=m&fir=SVk8BtO3ysZtLM%253A%252CyqP7fGzBpwz7EM%252C*&usg=*\_oH20UVyV9zBsLwgrlvCCkhC4H0g%3D&biw=1408&bih=878&ved=0ahUKEwjv3v31sMrRAhWLrFQKHdxpCeEQyjcIMQ&ei=U69-WK_pDIvZ0gLc06WIDg#imgrc=SVk8BtO3ysZtLM%3A

https://www.americandisposal.com/blog/lithium-ion-batteries

Well i usualy collect and throw them in the nearby shop`s battery recycling bin, prolly you have simmilar in US too in the stores