One blew up the other day.

Man hospitalized after vaporizer blows up in his face

Well the EU have just regulated ecigs / juice thats sold in the UK. With an estimated 2.6 million vapers in Britain, its a nice amount to put a x next to vote leave. There seriously pissed

Two or three total isn't too bad, how many fires are started by cigarettes?..

Seems like a battery problem with overcharging then leaking.

That's a real in-depth story.

Not.

Looks like a cheaply-made mod. Didn't the news people think to ask the make/model of the vape? Every story I hear about these things blowing up always seem extremely short on details and seem to be reported for the sensationalism.

Not to say this doesn't/can't happen - but after awhile the trend seems to take on an agenda.

Yeah, the ones that have blown up are cheap and unsafe because they don't have a protruding positive pin for the battery, which causes shorts and sparks. And that blows up if you have a leaking battery...

one is too many, it's a product fault not human stupidity :2 cents:

I know. So why are people freaking out about the regulations? That means $2mil will be spent for each product to be able to be sold legally, which will cut out a lot of those cheap vapes..
The cheap vapes sold at gas stations with no info on battery safety except a little piece of paper that barely anyone reads is a problem, too. Especially the ones that don't come with its own charger, not all micro USBs charge at the same rate and people use phone chargers that fit but aren't standard.

Britain's higher safety laws with cheap knock offs & the regulations should be higher standard, especially when it's an item purchased that you shove in your face & breath vapour from it :thumbsup

I charge my petrol station bought £1.99 ecig overnight under the pillow using a japanese charger I bought for 30p (with free 50ml e-juice) on ebay :thumbsup

I've bought a handful of different e-cigs/vapes. I smoke a real cig and I'm good. Smoke any of the e-cigs/vapes and it's more like a pacifier and never really hits the spot. Not sure if nicotine isn't really nicotine or the same level or if ya need the burning effect to hit the spot but have never tried any that worked. May taste the same but if ya gotta suck on da thing 24/7 what's da point. :2 cents:

I was in a restaurant a few years ago when vaping was just starting to take hold. The fucking idiot was creating a ton of smoke, or, vapour, whatever. It wasn't illegal, and he knew it. When the next table asked him to stop he made a big huge stink about it. "My rights" this, and "Vaping is clean" that, and "Mind your own fucking business" too, all to an elderly couple I might add. What a fucking obnoxious prick. And Oh yeah, and he was doing his fare share of coughing too.

Cigs never used to bother me in clubs but I'm glad they're illegal just about everywhere. They are about to outlaw smoking on terraces here in Montreal too which I think is a bit much though.