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Yep, sorry I wasn't clearer about it. If you 'do it right' you can catch the skinny end of the wrap with a thumbnail and pull the stick out. Key to making that work is to not have the first few twists real tight, just enough to 'grab'. After a layer of loose wrap you can tighten up and get a...

Fun idea. Perhaps using some epoxy to attach a small alligator clip to the other end? Then again, if you carry a skewer (or wood swab shaft?) and a ball of cotton you can easily make cotton buds on the fly. There's no glue in q-tips, the cotton fibers are just 'spun on': I think the...

Small world, I started with a small bamboo skewer with a squared off end. Not far removed from a toothpick. That's when I realized scrubbing wasn't a factor and the 'origami TP' idea came up. I just did it again a bit ago after a tiny bit (3 or so modest hits). Took a few seconds to fold...

Gentle Friends, A QQ cleaning suggestion for your consideration? Not that I find much to fault the cotton buds ('q-tips') provided, they work very well, but I seem to be going through them at a surprising rate. Next came a raid on the bathroom supply. I'm sure a common enough tale for now...

GDP here, thanks for asking. And you're right (of course), Solo II is a solid performer. Like Solo I, perhaps a bit more elegantly? No home is complete without one....... OF

I think low resistance is a good key to good connections. Both the two small screws and the brass one that comes up from the 510 connector. This one threads into the saddle plate under the bowl, so be sure the saddle doesn't twist, but it also makes contact with the 'hot' post (up to the...

Gentle Friends, A couple of random thoughts on the QQ for your consideration? First off, while it may take a bit of fiddling (and I no doubt made it tougher on myself in the process.....) once 'set up' it's been quite stable and well worth the effort. Well worth it. Not as easy to handle...

No, IMO, not worth the risk. There is potentially way way over the temperature range of buna or even viton rings. You almost certainly have the former (it's cheaper.....). Fine for water, even hot water in some cases, but can decompose at the temperatures we deal with. That stem gets way too...

Amen. IMO Arizer is 'the last one we should worry about'. Well, maybe not last, but for sure they are 'paying attention' to us, witness the attempt to seal the vapor path here? Anyway as KZ said, such 'material safety' discussions are off topic in individual threads we're told. They do...

Yep, and if it's on ATT it'll shut down mid hit.......don't ask me how I know this? And good thing, commercial semiconductors generally go 'out of spec' at 70C, the makers no longer guarantee their performance. Who knows what might happen if parts of the electronics selectively decided to take...

In this fun world of ours a couple of us 'usual suspects' have been discussing just that outfits 18650 offering a few hours ago. I suggest you wonder over to the ArGo thread and read a bit. IMO this is not a good idea; they are playing games with specifications. Used at the current levels we...

And enough to push it 25C over maximum allowed temperature for typical Li-ions...... http://www.batteryspace.com/prod-specs/NCR18650B.pdf This is not only very very tough on the battery lifespan (all sorts of things happen past 50C usually) but it's likely to be out right dangerous! Heat build...

"Like a mushy potato"? I know I shouldn't be so amused at some of the fun things you say, but I can't help myself........ You're absolutely right, of course, all sorts of trade offs are made in trying to get the best possible performance for a specific job. We can make fatter, shorter...

Thanks for the tip, they are, of course, out of stock..... However, they aren't really that much better where we need them: "Discharge: 21.5A Max Continuous, Rated 40.6A Max Pulse by HohmTech" 21.5 is a bit better than 20, but not enough to hang your hat on I'm thinking? And the "DO NOT USE...

They should work, but almost surely not very well. At least they should be able to supply the needed power to eventually 'make temperature' if only for a short while. Unless they are different from the '3000mAh Ultrafires' I bought a while back from Amazon (look the same.....) they aren't even...

That, I think, is the key. You're not going to see an effect 'up front' that's very significant. It just 'shifts the curve' a bit so that every incremental degradation comes sooner, and the 18650 dies (whatever you decide end of useful life is) all the sooner (as counted in cycles). Like not...

Of course they could. And the guys that make the 'standard' charge controller 'chips' could modify them so they 'shot' for lower voltages than the typical 4.20 (plus or minus .05) Volts. But that means less 'sessions per charge' (lost sales due to 'less attractive numbers') and of course less...

Yes. Generally considered good advice for this class of 'batteries'. Important to fully charge (many sources recommend 'overcharging' several hours after charging stops) before the first serious discharge (heating), this determines the maximum capacity ever, it will only go down from there...

You sure called that 'really hard on battery life' right. 55 Watts, where I'm running, pushes a single 18650 mighty hard. Harder than most 'garden variety' ones can take. To even get started you need a high current version. 55 Watts to the load means something like 65 from the battery (the...

Hey, guys, Randy at PIU just posted his 'teardown' for the ArGo: http://blog.puffitup.com/2018/02/argo-teardown-ripping-arizers-newest-portable-apart/#comment-226 Good stuff, check it out? OF