Given that for most people Christmas is not about Christ, I think it is perfectly reasonable to consider the holiday shopping season "Acquisition season". That is certainly how the retailers and the manufacturers see it. So do the shipping companies and, to whatever extent, the hospitality...
Somehow, I suspect you're not shorting your 18650 or you would know it. It would spark at least. And at most it would do this...
18650 batteries need to be treated with respect. As Fire Marshal Mike used to say, they're like having a little bomb in your pocket.
I also prefer not to intentionally separate out kief. However, I do create "grinder dust" in the receiving chamber that I occasionally do sweep out into a container and collect. I tend to add it as a top layer in the bowl of a couple of my vapes, though I need to remember and not heat it upside...
And I do the same. I could be more careful than I am, but I feel reasonably safe as long as I show them respect. That being said, more than once I've seen somebody pull in 18650 out of their pocket with no plastic protection. I would bet that a lot of people who handle 18650s do not know their...
These guys are talking about a different level of battery storage where, if something goes awry, there is still no chance of fire. The plastic boxes that you use, and frankly most people use (myself included) are not that level of safety. If a battery event should occur, these boxes would just...
If the plastic material from your hoodie didn't actually liquefy from the heat it may not have gotten inside the visual indicator and you may not have to fully disassemble the VI to clean it, but if you are comfortable doing so you can be more confident you got it all with a disassembly.
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