Stay Battery Safe - A warning for everyone

Before I get started I have to hold my hands up and admit to having had an accident with a battery a while ago. I stripped the wrapping off of one trying to force it into a tube, resulting in a nice burn on my hand. Lesson learned, thankfully a very minor incident.

Unfortunately I read today of a much more serious case, the first reported death due (indirectly you could say) to e cigs. You can read more about it yourself here. This was allegedly due to another case of using the wrong charger. It's not the first time I've heard of an accident involving the wrong charger and this is the second time I've heard of an oxygen cylinder being involved. Obviously, however this was caused, a man lost his life and I find that very sad.

In case you don't know, some basic safety tips are -

• Always charge them with the correct charger
• Charge batteries in an appropriate place
• Never overcharge, if that's possible with your battery
• Know your limits if you are stacking batteries, discharge evenly
• Read the instructions that came with your battery and stick to them
• And so on.....

These are all really obvious and simple things we should all be doing. I'm quite sure I don't need to say this but please, please be careful when charging and using your batteries. Accidents do happen but they are preventable with a little bit of care.

Ok sermon over, stay safe.

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Proteus - a work in progress

I have been going through the Official Proteus Thread on ECF to get the latest scoop on the next big thing in vaping. On the 26th of May Imeo posted the following information in regards to the progress on Proteus.

"I received the spare electronic parts one week ago and I am making some new quick experiments with them. In about 1 more week I will take the whole sample in my hands and start vaping it. I need at least 1 week to test it. If all are ok then I am ordering the big batch of electronic parts and start assembling.

The bad thing is that I always have an issue while testing electronic parts. A very simple issue but its still an issue for me. I want to make it perfect. I am really sorry for the waiting but I want to make a flawless electronic part."

From this we can see that things are still progressing but by the sounds of it Imeo still has some tweaking and perfecting to do. Releasing a product that is not perfect is not Imeo's style, even if it means longer waiting times for GG fans. I don't think there has ever been a GG item that wasn't worth the wait though.

GG Battery?

My idea of what a GG battery might look like

In other news check out this recent question posted by JeffvapesGG on ECF,

"I generally like to vape around 20-30 ... Would the 2 batteries be about the same size as a 14500 single battery. What two batteries would we use for 30 watts?"

Imeo replied,

"2x14250 Jeff. I am working on those batteries as we speak. I am talking with several factories to make me a battery, 14250 that can release at least 2 amperes each."

Can we take this to mean Imeo is having custom GG batteries made? As with all things in development, this may or may not get produced. If these did get made it would be cool to have some GG batteries, complete with wings, getting us one step closer to a 100% GG mod. Obviously if I find out anything more I'll let you know.

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Batteries

One of the great things about the GG is the range of batteries they take. From small to large, there are batteries to suit all uses.

I have just had to buy some new batteries (18650's) for my GG. The ones I had were starting to fade and were not performing, leading to a miserable experience when trying to vape. I think I've had about a years use out of them, so not too bad.

My favourite battery for the GG has to be the 18650, I can get a good two days use from a full charge. I also use a 16340 when popping out to the shops. I use it with a stealth cap and a LR510. Fits nicely in the pocket and doesn't raise too many eyebrows when I use it.

I'm posting all this because I wanted to have a post that mentions the fact that different batteries can be used with the GGTS. Just in case any prospective GG owners were looking for information.

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