'Disposable' vapes are a lie. Here's how to fix them.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- #diy #vape #repair #tutorial
Dear tobacco companies,
pls no sue
Yours sincerely,
-LU
Disclaimer: I don't vape, but a lot of my friends and family do. I noticed that the disposable ones built up really quickly and were generating a lot of needless waste and so I decided to see if I could refurbish them. Everything in this video was learnt after a lot of trial and error. I'm not an electrician or engineer, and this is not professional advice. Try this at you own risk!
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Items used in this video:
Tools:
Flat Screwdriver (2mm)
Flat-nosed pliers
Electronics:
Kapton Tape: ebay.to/3XhxP03
4056 Charging circuit: ebay.to/3x8j70T
Crocodile clamps: ebay.to/3IaO5fh
Dirt-cheap soldering iron (w/ solder wire): ebay.to/3x7riKR
And that's it!
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Today's contestants
02:28 How to open the vape
02:50 Vape components
04:32 Refilling the juice tank
05:30 Recharging the battery
05:42 Battery safety!
06:08 How to deal with swollen batteries
06:56 How to clean the filter
07:12 Recharging the battery (cont.)
07:50 4056 Charging Circuit
08:46 Lithium fire safety!!!
08:56 Charging process
10:36 Reassembly
11:43 Vape Comparisons
13:18 They're all the same
13:35 Outro - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Dear tobacco companies,
pls no sue
Yours sincerely,
-LU
Disclaimer: I don't vape, but a lot of my friends and family do. I noticed that the disposable ones built up really quickly and were generating a lot of needless waste and so I decided to see if I could refurbish them. Everything in this video was learnt after a lot of trial and error. I'm not an electrician or engineer, and this is not professional advice. Try this at you own risk!
Can you please show us how to do the fifty bar?
@@larryw866 if you can get the cover off it should be pretty much identical. From what I can tell they all use the exact same factories in China to pump these out.
@LargelyUnemployed not this one it's completely different from what it looks like and assembled in America just has China insides
@LargelyUnemployed after finding out how to take it apart, it the the easiest out of them all no pliers needed
Can you upload a video for Nasty 8500 puffs - Also I ordered Nasty vape juice for refill but the taste is not as good as the original vape further when I refill- there is bad taste - kind of burning taste
Always great to see ''non-recyclables'' being recycled.
We NEED to be viciously supporting right to repair. But thanks for the upload. Anything that can help people take back control of the things they purchase is A-okay in my book
Agreed! It's pretty underdeveloped here too.
I've been doing this too. Only i take a 3cc syringe with a long needle, fill the syringe, put my needle down through the hole on the mouthpiece, then add my juice. I pull it out to move it so that the sponge gets completely saturated with juice. I have taken it apart like you did just to see how it worked inside, and saw no reason to have to take it apart to refill it. Thank you for a great video
This is genius!
What brand do you use? I use geek bar
Thanks man, had to do mine from the top but this helped so much just to get me through the next week or so. Appreciate it!
I did the same thing for IGET Thanos and Star series vapes.They have a charging circuit inbuilt so you dont even need to buy a charging circuit. You can just open the thing fill it and close it again and just put it on charge .I really liked how you explained the video to non engineering background ppl on internet. You were pretty accurate about the voltages and told about battery swelling good info.I am no advertiser or promoter for any of these brands and dont promote vaping over long term.
I’d actually say “ElfBar/LostMary” are the best to refill if you learn the easy opening process (plenty vids out). Best taste and easiest to do ! ✌️
Great video, I do this too but didn't realize there is a market for them on ebay....cheers.
Thanks man, this is great! I appreciate the detail and also not showing how to not solder lol! Keep up the good work
I stopped using cigarettes and use vape either so i bought one disposable. Time came the pod starts blinking meaning its out of juice or battery low so i disassembled it and investigates what's inside. I noticed that the cotton wool is half wet by juice so i reversed it. I'm thinking of buying juice instead of buying a whole pod is less price. As an electronic technician, it's a thumbs up for me if you're gonna reuse it just replacing new cotton as often use is better
This is by far one of the videos of all time
This is one of the videos I have ever seen
It can certainly be said to exist
I love the way you explain how to bring out the part of the light of the Vibe.
I want to learn more on your class.
Question what about the vibe you trying to inhale Bud couldn't work , what caused the problem or couldn't even work like you try to inhale the Vibe doesn't come out? please and thank.
For those with 3d printers, there are some quite good designs around for helping with these kind of things :)
Gonna try this with the lost mary i got that just ran out, i hate throwing then out constantly
Very neat and I like the Ingenuity. I’d probably advise folks that get really invested into vaping to go ahead and get a rechargeable/refillable vape device if that’s affordable for them, rather than get the disposable pens long-term.
Thanks! And I'd suggest the same. The best way to reduce waste is to never create it.
What to do if a new vuse go disposable on first use make a sound that hisses as if it's going to explode. And after a few puffs it gets slightly louder but still works and then have to give it a break but after 3rd puff it happens again
Run@@user-nw2sr6my8d
I dislike vaping/smoking. But this is pretty cool to watch
I took a Crystal Bar vape tank, a CBD unit with the rechargeable battery and MacGyver'd them together. The vape tank on a Crystal is very easy to refill.
Great way to upcycle the materials!
ummm... I was trying to fix my vape pen I just got. Im new at all of this. I got halfway through your video and then try to use my vape before I start doing some vape surgery on a vape pen, and the thing just started working after Ive been cleaning at it and giving it a hot towel treatment. Thanks though!
My geek bar stopped working and was able to fix it over and over t with factory reset. Made a video about it
Hi there, my first video of yours and thanks for easy to follow instructions...prob worth making on "MARYs" cus they seem to run the disposable vaping market right now especially here in UK.. But my question is ... IVG2400 is a great DV and the puff/taste/flavours are loads better than all the ones ive tried....but can these be dismantled cus the battery is like 1750mAh a feels weighty to the rest. I always feel guilty lobbing out a battery and lots of other decent materials.. so how much can u roughly get on these dead batterys in bulk........ And looking at the pods theres x4 and the rubber pops off showing the white cotton......so ive bought sum cheap E-Liquid to try.... Just gunna SLOWLY fill .. wait .. then hopefully BLAM. WDYT?
It's worth a shot, if they refurbish well you'll save a ton.
As for the batteries, I doubt they're worth much dead. You'd need to charge them up to at least 60% for storage, and will definitely fetch a better price online
Rather than discharging the lithium cell, just cover the leads in plastic tape like packaging tape and take it to your local recycling center. They'll be happy to properly dispose of it.
This assumes your country has a functional recycling chain
Guys in Ukraine collect these elfbars, disassemble them, and use the batteries to power the drone drop systems. E.g. those things that drop grenades on russians from small commercial drones.
I'm not surprised. The cells have years of life still in them (with proper maintenance). I'm thinking of making a little battery pack for my phone.
You evil
Who is?
@LargelyUnemployed chaya is evil, he wants to see people die, instead of being neutral in the war
@@LargelyUnemployed BTW good vide0
Didnt even know disposable vapes were a thing. I got a "proper" one myself. 2 big, long lasting batteries, is rechargeable and the reservoir can be removed/exchanged, which makes changing flavours real easy. Also, you have a wide variety of skills apparently. Oh and do be careful while climbing, heights give me fear like little else, even when it is someone else being up high.
We go through tens of thousands of the things a day in SA alone. The potential waste they produce is terrifying.
@@LargelyUnemployed That is pretty darn absurd. Like mine cost 50 Euros and all the stuff to make my own liquids was another 25 or so. And I still got plenty, despite using it for like 2 years straight.
I usually refill and change the coils and cotton for my friends because the coils are cheep and the cottons are cheep too and it's really cheep to just refurbish them than buying a new one
So much cheaper!
If you don't want the fireworks with the battery then keep the charge current between 0.2C and 1C. And please replace this cotton wick in the heating coil. You don't want to smoke coal :D
does anyone know how long the coils on these things last? nice vid btw
Oof, maybe 10 refils? Still way better that one, but not great. They're cheap as all hell
If my battery was dead on arrival, and i attempt to save the juice and try this method, does anyone know if the juice will start leaking out after i pull this apart?
It won't leak because it is absorbed by the cotton reservoir. Just make sure not to squeeze it.
As a Vaper this enrages me. These things are disposable by design choice.
On Ali one can get both BMS and USB C ports for 50 cents both.
It is like selling a car without a tank cap, advertising its convenience of not having to go to the gas station. It doesn't save costs in any significant way, but ensures you'll buy a new one soon.
There is no reason to support this. I bought my girlfriend a small vape for ~12 Euro from a reputable brand with an usb C port. And refillable and changeable tank pods.
It is just as convenient if not more and lasts for years if you change the pod/coil every month or so.
I as a formerly vape enthusiast, having huge mods with up to 4 18650 Batteries, wrapping my own coils, needing a dedicated charger for the cells, I can see that this hassle isn't for everyone.
But come on. You can plug these smaller convenient things in at your phone charger. It doesn't get easier than that.
By comparison for conventional cigarettes you have to leave your house and find a vending machine, for the disposable ones you might have to go even further.
Nice, thank you but how many times can you use and recharge ?
Nice poem.
The batteries have several thousand duty cycles in them (all the way up or all the way down) so you can do it as often as you like. The cotton wadding and coil will give out before they do. Please though, it you see ANY swelling or damage to the battery (even if you're only 5% sure) throw it away in the battery recycling.
how do i change coil if its possible of course 😊😅
The 'coil' in most of these is this pathetic little NiChrome wire that's placed inside the reservoir and soldered in-line with the battery. Replacing the cotton wads should be pretty similar to a regular vape, but replacing the coil if it's burnt would be a lot more difficult.
If you decide to throw it away, make sure to (safely) remove the battery first! You can save this for other projects, or hook it up to an LED and resistor to safely discharge it before you throw it away.
Any chance you could do a "belo" vape?
They're all functionally identical inside. The ideas here will carry over!
What about the big one
I go to the vape stores and I go dumpster diving and I get hundreds of vapes and I my most favorite vapes are the North vapes the rechargeable black flat vapes and these are the ones that I rebuild and I take the top off the North vapes and instead of buying vape juice I go take the salt vape juice out of the other brands of vapes and I pull out the sponge cotton and I squeeze the sponge cotton and squeeze out the vape juice into a plastic spoon and then I carefully transfer the vape juice inside the North vapes and fill them and I put the top rubber seal back in and the cotton rectangular piece on top of the rubber seal and the mouth piece back on and I don’t spend any money on this and I got FREE vapes. I use the same flavor of vape juice in the North vape that is labeled on the North vapes and I got a lot of North vapes and each North vape has a separate flavor.
Now the vapes that I tear down for the vape juice I take them vapes and I separate the batteries and I save them up and I take them to a battery store like batteries plus and they get recycled and the aluminum cases I put them into a large cardboard box and I save them to take in to the scrap metal recycling center when I take in my scrap metal that I get money from the aluminum by the pound. The plastic pieces and the wires and the coils I put in the recycling bin along with my recycling that goes out for recycling.
Good on you! Keep it up
Too much work
Can i Refil it with whater instead?
You can but it will damage your lungs way more so I would not do that
You keep leaving the same dumb comment. Go play in traffic
What would happen if i soldered a regular AA battery, given that i managed to create the pressure for the sensor to activate?
And of course if i solder it safely, given that it is a battery...
Can i refil it With water instead?
No . Water is different to juice that has components like nicotine and other substances found in e cigarettes
Rep 3 skier
Why not just use a nic salt device that is actually designed for refilling?...
Why use lot word when few word do trick
KEY is to use a similar flavor or it’ll taste like sht ! …ohh and MOST disposables have “ice”/menthol hint to the flavor… sooo match em’ up decently and yes, you can successfully refill disposables !
I've tried this a few times, twice with lost Mary's and once with a cheapo. I make my own juice and have for about 15 years.
Out of the three only one would barely hit. I came to the conclusion that these use juices with different or special grade carriers with significantly lower vape temps. Another thing is how can they get some of these juices so sweet? If i try anything 1/3 the sweetness my coils are trash after a few ml of juice.
As i mentioned, i mix my own juice and it's good enough for me. Premium is premium and i don't feel its worth it. I haven't bought premade juice in a few years, but even the , these juices were nowhere near what the dispos are kicking out.
Anyone else in my camp, or is everyone having great results?
I did this for IGET star and Thanos disposable vape works just fine
@@advaittikle2252 I've been using the wrong sweetener all these years. It seems my marshmallow had gone sour as well. I also found out saline solution is used for certain flavors. I've been able to replicate nearly all flavors I've attempted since my comment.
Not sure what it was, but I've been able to refill just about anything I can get open and refill with success now.
guys there are people literally dying of lithium poisoning from crack wiring their vapes. this is not safe, please just go out and buy another one ive personally lost two friends from this.
This is not a "crack wire" tutorial and the power output on these disposable cells here wouldn't be able to do anything more than lightly burn you if you somehow shorted the contacts with a finger.
@@LargelyUnemployed regardless youre recharging the lithium battery and theyre not meant to be recharged. not talking about simply burning yourself from the “crack wire” but rather potentially risking killing yourself due to poisoning frim the battery itself, once you recharge the vape, youre not only smoking nicotine
@@MpJynx I'm not sure where you're getting this from? These lithium cells are absolutely rechargeable (about 6000 duty cycles on average). If you use a charger with overcharge protection then you're safe. You should always throw away any crushed, swollen or damaged cells immediately, as I reccomended in the video multiple times. I even give an example of what to look for.
That hi hat or extremely tinny sounding snare is god awful. It makes my speaker sound broke.