Playing catch-up again, as usual
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First, a few replies:
My Launch Box has been sitting on my shelf untouched for a while.. I'm thinking about getting the power adapter, looks like it really makes a big difference in vapor quality.
I like my power adapter. Doesn't really improve vapor quality so much as it just makes it easier to get more consistent results.
I combusted in my MFLB while using the PA. The screen is very discolored in one area, like black, but still intact. I purchased it on cyber whatever day, so it's fairly new. Do you all think it's still okay?
I've never combusted a LB, but I bought a used one on eBay for a very good price that the previous owner had apparently combusted tobacco in (do people actually use these for vaping tobacco?). In retrospect, that might have been intentional, to make sure it didn't smell like anything else prior to shipping. At any rate, I gave the screen a thorough-but-gentle cleaning with ISO and a Q-tip (actually, more like a half-dozen Q-tips) followed by a good hot burn-off or three. Even so, the first few trenches still tasted a bit of burnt tobacco, but that taste gradually disappeared.
For those with PA 2.0, anyone have the car adapter die? Had mine about 2 months, love it and use it often but plugged it in to car outlet today and no red light on the adapter.
Anyone know where to get replacement car adapter for a good price? Or whether there is a cheap and easy fix?
If you haven't already discovered and replaced a burnt fuse, or replaced the whole cord, I can tell you there is nothing special about the cord. Any generic passive power cord that fits and has the correct polarity (center positive) will work. Voltage and current regulation is accomplished within the PA2.0 circuitry - the car adaptor is entirely passive.
It's so efficient it only takes a tiny pinch anyway. ... Tiny loads can be fully absorbed in one session. Go little Launch Box!
Yep. MFLB is my go-to vape for speed and efficiency. Nothing beats it for a quick hit or for sampling something that you don't want to load up a full bowl of (which many other vapes require to function well).
Altoids Battery Box:
Perhaps this has already been suggested somewhere in the nearly 1000 prior pages, but an Altoids tin just happens to perfectly hold six AA cells:
I got the idea from a friend, who uses the batteries for miscellaneous electronics (hence why they aren't peeled in this photo of
his battery keeper). The leather acts as an insulator to prevent short circuits, and also makes it less rattly. All it really
needs is a strip around the perimeter of the inside of the tin. Rubber or even (thick, to be wear-resistant) tape would work.
OTOH, no leather, rubber, or any other additional insulation is required for capped batteries. Note that six capped cells will fit perfectly and safely if placed in alternating directions:
Oh, and as far as chargers go, I use an
Ansmann Energy 16 - holds any combination of up to six C or D or twelve AA or AAA plus four "9 volt" - each slot is individually microprocessor controlled. I've been very pleased with it, and love that it can hold so many and all different sizes since I use rechargeables for almost everything.