At first glance, it may seem unimportant to properly store or carry around your e-cigarettes, but there are some important basic rules to stick to, in order to avoid any unwanted accidents. We have previously covered the importance of properly charging your e-cig batteries and provided some tips on proper usage and storage of batteries in order to extend battery lifespan, but properly storing or packing your e-cig batteries also plays an important role. Being that e-cigarettes use rechargeable lithium ion batteries, they pack lots of power, regardless of their compact size and the last thing you want is for them to short circuit in your pocket or stored away in a drawer.
E-Cig Carrying Safety Tips
Do not carry loose batteries inside your pockets, bags or purses. Contact with coins, keys or any metallic type object can cause a short circuit. Two battery connectors touching each other could also create the same short circuit, causing the batteries to overheat and risk fire or explosion.
Use a carrying case when traveling with a few e-cig items. The specially designed cases feature proper compartments or holders for your batteries that avoid contact with anything else, ensuring safety.
If you must carry your e-cigarette in your pocket or bag, ensure that you have a cartridge attached to the battery. This will effectively protect and cover the electrical contact end of the battery, ensuring it cannot short circuit and overheat.
In the case of a vaporizer or eGo device, always ensure the device is turned on before carrying on you. Manual e-cigarettes pose a problem where the button can be pressed in thigh pockets or against other objects in your bag and should always be carried in a proper case to avoid this issue.
Because of the nature of nicotine inside of e-liquid, it is also good to apply some common sense safety rules when carrying e-liquid bottles, such as ensuring that the cap is tightly screwed on to never carry at the bottom of your bag or pocket either. Being that they usually come in plastic bottles, they risk being punctured or broken and leaking out completely, creating a sticky mess.
E-Cig Storage Safety Tips
Storage of e-cigarette batteries follows the same principals. Battery contacts touching each other pose a risk and in will generally deter the lifespan of any battery. When storing your batteries, do not bunch them up together in a tight space. If you must, ensure to have at least a dispensed cartridge attacked to avoid any contact on the threads. Check out our DIY e-cig storage article for some cool ideas found around the web.
Never leave your e-cigarette batteries inside of your car, or other places that are prone to get very hot, such as a window ledge on a sunny day. Leaving an e-cig battery on your car charger can spell disaster. Temperatures quickly rise in summertime, causing the lithium battery to overheat and explode, potentially catching fire.
Once again, using common sense, when storing away devices that have a locking mechanism or on and off switch, always ensure to have them locked or turned off. If storing your device for an extended period of time, ensure to also remove the battery and store it with the same care. Battery cases exist for larger battery types used in such vaporizer devices.
Storing E-Liquid is very important as a safety issue, but more due to the toxic content of nicotine. It is of upmost important to ensure that children or pets cannot get to any e-liquid or cartridges.
Conclusion
As you can see, most of these tips are common sense, however, most users remain unaware or forget just how powerful these lithium ion batteries can be. The dangers surround short circuiting the battery where it may get stuck in contact with metallic objects long enough to overheat to the point of exploding and or catching fire. That is the main concern when carrying them around with us, or storing them away in the house. E-liquid poses the threat of leaking when carried carelessly while posing a great risk to children and pets who might ingest it. Be safe, logical and responsible by remembering to properly handle batteries and nicotine related products and you will have a problem free vaping experience.