Disposable vaping == free Li-Ion batteries for geeks

Disposable vaping == free Li-Ion batteries for geeks(twitter.com)

9 points by braincode 4 years ago | 2 comments

Yaggo 4 years ago |

"Single use vaping devices"

So, these are devices containing a rechargeable li-ion battery without a charging circuit, meant to be discarded after single use? What's the background story here?

CompuHacker 4 years ago | |

There are similar phone charging devices that use secondary li-ion cells instead of primary alkaline or lithium, marketed as "emergency use".

In my experience, some of the earliest types in this category (12 years ago?) had LED flashlights and a charging circuit (and an amusing quirk where shining a laser at the status LEDs would trigger the flashlight.)

Individual stories of re-using manufactured but unneeded cells from other products probably account for some of this.