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Three Girls Record a Snapchat While a Lady Dies of a Stroke

August 23, 2018 by Alex

Three workers at an assisted living facility in Georgia are in trouble after recording a Snapchat video of a woman who just suffered a stroke. While the older woman was suffering a stroke, the three women recorded a video of themselves cussing, making fun of her, and vaping while waiting for help to arrive. They … Read more

The Media Falsely Claims a Company Evacuated For Illnesses Was a Vape Company

August 23, 2018 by Alex

Did you hear about that vape manufacturing company that was evacuated with 31 people being treated at the hospital with breathing problems and nausea and one person suffering a seizure? The company is called Thermal Circuits out of Salem, Massachusetts who manufactures various heaters and assemblies. But the thing is, they don’t make any parts … Read more

Air China Pilot Vapes on Plane and Causes Mass Descent

August 23, 2018 by Alex

An airplane co-pilot on an Air China flight caused a plane to go into an emergency descent due to his poor decision to vape on the plane. The co-pilot was vaping on the plane and he turned off the air circulation fans so that the vapor wouldn’t go into the cabin. Well, it turns out … Read more

Vape Explodes in Woman’s Face Causing Severe Injuries

July 23, 2018July 19, 2018 by Alex

Here we go again with the media reporting a story without understanding how vape technology works and how some products are safer than others.

So what the media is reporting right now is that a woman came into a store called “The Vapor Shop” located on Harlem Road in Machesney Park in Chicago complaining that the battery in her “vape pen” was malfunctioning, so the vape shop changed the battery for her.

Alex

Alex is a former smoker who successfully quit smoking after 14 years by switching to vaping. Now a pro-vaping advocate, Alex has become a seasoned expert with over a decade of experience in the vaping industry. Since starting his vaping journey in 2010, Alex has earned a reputation as a trusted reviewer, extensively testing all types of vape gear, including mech mods, sub-ohm tanks, RDAs, disposables, e-juices, boro devices, squonkers, dry herb vaporizers, and e-rigs. He’s also explored the craft of coil building and DIY e-juice.

Since 2015, Alex has published more than 800 in-depth articles on vaping, produced over 500 videos covering product reviews, industry news, and tips, contributed to several well-known vape publications, and hosted a popular vaping podcast featuring over 100 episodes and nearly 40 hours of content.

Safety Recall on the Vuse Vibe Vape Pen

May 29, 2018 by Alex

There is now a voluntary safety recall on the Vuse Vibe vape pen. This was initiated directly by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company after they received complaints of malfunctioning batteries. Supposedly whatever is malfunctioning is causing the power units to overheat, which could be a fire hazard. R.J. Reynolds has had 10 complaints reported so far … Read more

Florida Man Suffers First Ever Vape-Related Explosion Death

March 24, 2024May 15, 2018 by Alex

You might have heard the news recently about Tallmadge Wakeman D’Elia, a 38-year-old man in St. Petersburg Florida who died as the result of an exploding vape pen on May 5th, 2018. The police department received a call for the fire at 9:42 in the morning. Initially, all that was known was that the vape … Read more

The DotBox 300w Has Battery Issues – Recall Notice

November 30, 2017 by Alex

DotMod is known for their luxurious high-end products. A lot of people say their mods are the Macbook of the vape world because they are so visually appealing. But unfortunately, their devices are also known for their lackluster performance due to the proprietary chip they use (their older products use the much better DNA chip). The Dotbox 300 has been out for a while now, since at least January 2017, so nearly a year, but just recently, owners are reporting that the LiPo battery inside has started to get puffy and will not hold a charge.

Alex

Aspire Has Changed The Cell They Use For Their 18650’s

November 30, 2017 by Alex

See, now this is why it’s so good to have someone like Mooch in the vaping community testing batteries for us. Originally, the Aspire 18650 was rated fairly highly by Mooch. At some point, Aspire started wrapping lower quality cells. They have new wraps that no longer have current ratings, which is ridiculous because now … Read more

iJoy Has Changed Their 20700 Battery

November 30, 2017 by Alex

Back in April of this year, 2017, Mooch ran some tests on the iJoy 40a 20700 battery. He found that while it was overrated at 40amps, it does seem to be a good battery at 30a and is accurately rated at 3000mAh. The market for 20700 batteries is small, so there aren’t a lot of … Read more

The London Fire Brigade Supports Vaping Over Smoking

October 26, 2017 by Alex

The London Fire Brigade just recently published a blog post announcing that they welcome Public Health England’s support for electronic cigarettes as a method to help smokers quit smoking and to help prevent smoking-related fire deaths.

Alex