Disposable e-cigarettes, lithium pollution and why you should be happy and exploit it
I know, this comes in late, Big Clive did a video on them a couple years ago, but it is just last year that the disposables market has exploded here and I literally only have to walk for 5 minutes to find at least one.
On one hand, 5 of the cheapest disposables will buy you a basic pod vape which is 100x better and the replacement pods are half the price of a disposable once you burn the heater, but on the other, they are getting better (I'm starting to see better builds, ends that don't just fall off but are actually quite stubbornly fit and 550mAh instead of 300mAh batteries on almost all of them), so everyone should be happy and snag them whenever they find them lying around.
I have found at least two between Christmas and New Year's where I literally used them over 12 hours outside in the cold, with real smoke, drink and sleep breaks of course, but still, that means they were basically new. But most I've found could be used at least 1 hour more indoors after the battery warmed up and recovered some charge. I have blown a few of them from forgetting the little ones on charge with straight USB, this problem was solved since they switched to the 550mAh batteries.
I use a thinner cable now and still can't be arsed to even stick a TL431 or 1117 in line to drop the voltage, I don't even damage them anymore like this, let alone have them catch fire - and also, four little 550mAh cells in parallel make a healthy 2000mAh cell - you catchin' my drift? Free cells for reconditioning laptop batteries, especially since they have switched to the flat style now. They don't fit your wannabe Macbook? No probs - make an external power bank, since USB-C with power is on basically everything now.
On one hand, 5 of the cheapest disposables will buy you a basic pod vape which is 100x better and the replacement pods are half the price of a disposable once you burn the heater, but on the other, they are getting better (I'm starting to see better builds, ends that don't just fall off but are actually quite stubbornly fit and 550mAh instead of 300mAh batteries on almost all of them), so everyone should be happy and snag them whenever they find them lying around.
I have found at least two between Christmas and New Year's where I literally used them over 12 hours outside in the cold, with real smoke, drink and sleep breaks of course, but still, that means they were basically new. But most I've found could be used at least 1 hour more indoors after the battery warmed up and recovered some charge. I have blown a few of them from forgetting the little ones on charge with straight USB, this problem was solved since they switched to the 550mAh batteries.
I use a thinner cable now and still can't be arsed to even stick a TL431 or 1117 in line to drop the voltage, I don't even damage them anymore like this, let alone have them catch fire - and also, four little 550mAh cells in parallel make a healthy 2000mAh cell - you catchin' my drift? Free cells for reconditioning laptop batteries, especially since they have switched to the flat style now. They don't fit your wannabe Macbook? No probs - make an external power bank, since USB-C with power is on basically everything now.
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