I’ve used an e-cig of sorts for about 10 years - but I think fully disposable ones are stupid. Why are we throwing a working rechargeable battery, circuit board etc in the bin repeatedly?
From previous sealed battery units, or disposable coil units or combined tank/coil ends, I got so stressed out by the wastage (even after finding ways to clean, dry burn, refill and extend the life of them) that I got a rebuildable atomiser, and a unit with replaceable batteries.
My waste is now 5cm of very thin wire, and 3cm x 0.5cm of cotton wadding, ~10 times a year.
Due to bit of shoddy manifacturing, and cheap corner-cutting, there’s also a likely point of failure on the USB port or power button, so assume additional waste of 1 circuit board and plastic box per year.
But, assuming someone uses 1 disposable vape a week? A day? That’s 52 to 365 perfectly functioning rechargeable batteries being thrown in the bin each year, along with the same amount of circuit boards and plastic tubes.
I’ve used an e-cig of sorts for about 10 years - but I think fully disposable ones are stupid. Why are we throwing a working rechargeable battery, circuit board etc in the bin repeatedly?
From previous sealed battery units, or disposable coil units or combined tank/coil ends, I got so stressed out by the wastage (even after finding ways to clean, dry burn, refill and extend the life of them) that I got a rebuildable atomiser, and a unit with replaceable batteries.
My waste is now 5cm of very thin wire, and 3cm x 0.5cm of cotton wadding, ~10 times a year.
Due to bit of shoddy manifacturing, and cheap corner-cutting, there’s also a likely point of failure on the USB port or power button, so assume additional waste of 1 circuit board and plastic box per year.
But, assuming someone uses 1 disposable vape a week? A day? That’s 52 to 365 perfectly functioning rechargeable batteries being thrown in the bin each year, along with the same amount of circuit boards and plastic tubes.