VapeAtron

Ive been using this thing non-stop. If you get a USB passthrough battery for your DSE901 - you can connect it to this thing and have a constant full on power source.

Takes the whole "is my battery low, and do I have enough juice to go out with it" factor out of the equation.

3 hour charge - 15 hours of usage. Basically a full day of vaping on this thing. Charge over night, repeat. I have 2, so Im good almost all the time.

Only thing is, it has a standby mode. So If you don't puff for a while, you have to hit the button on the front once to reconnect to the passthrough. Good I guess, but sucks if you forget and take a drag with no result.

Here it is on ebay:

APC Mobile Power Pack for iPhone 3G, MP3 charge via USB - eBay (item 230322263180 end time Feb-04-09 04:23:09 PST)

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NPK

This thing is great.
I'm a Snow Plow Driver & I would be lost without having this, for those long nights of snow plowing (18hrs+)
I think think every E-smoker should have one.

plowking

I am definitely adding this to my e-Cig ensemble.

PureSmoker Rep

Ok just thought I would let everyone know that I found another device through another forum that my fiancee runs undisclosed* righttovape and it looks amazing.
Black & Decker CPI20B Pocket Power Cordless/Rechargeable Power Supply
The freakin output on this thing is a masterful 250mA
which is not even in comparision to the APC!
Supplies portable AC & USB power which the APC only does the usb.
I beat you that you would probably only need to charge it once a week.
I've googled it and found it as low as 19.43 shipped to me.
I think the downside to this is it's about an inch thicker.

Just another innovation to the e-cig community coming soon.

VapeAtron

Nice, Ive been checking Righttovape as well. Nice spot!

I will definitely look into that other unit. I have cellphones and computers, PSPs, etc that can all use this stuff too.

thatron

I know virtually nothing about these things, but I thought I read that the power supply had to be at least 1000mAh for the USB passthrough to work?

PureSmoker Rep

sorry I meant 250mA
here's the specs
Input - 12V, 300 mA
Output - 20 watts = 10 minutes; 16 watt = continuous
Battery - 1.2 AH NiMH
USB - 5V DC (250mA)
It only takes 1mA to power a e-cig or 1000mAh

SuperStack

The e-cig requires 900-1000 mA actually (or, 1 A).

At 250 mA, this Black & Decker device is only 1/4 powered and really wouldn't work.

The APC is currently the best way to go IMHO. It's nice and compact, plus easily lasts all day long even with demon level vaping.

>> APC USB Power Pack <<

thatron

I have my first PS USB passthrough on it's way, and I'm planning on using it with a wall adapter (with usb) that has 1000ma, DC5.0v. So I should be in good shape... I hope?

SuperStack

Yep, that's exactly what you want as far as an AC adapter goes. You can buy 6ft USB extension cords too for pretty cheap. That'll give plenty of slack altogether - around 9-10 feet from the plug (which itself can be an extension cord).

Heck, you can even chain together several USB extension cords, so many possibilities.

thatron

You read my mind. I ordered the usb extension with the adapter.

MegaVapeMan

I'm using a Kensington battery pack - small, sleek, works great. It can put out 1.5 amps, so no problem there. The charge lasts about a week the way I use it.

lintz69

Your getting your conversions wrong. mA is milliAmps. mAh is milliamphours.

250mA is .25A Nothing to do with conversion to mAh.
The APC is 1.6A = 1600mA.

An Ecig for proper useage needs 1000. I have tried to use the passthrough on a different USB battery. It was enough to charge the batteries, but with passthrough it would just blink.

PureSmoker Rep

ah ha.

I have no clue, still new to the e-cig game so I apologize, but I did see that someone over on Right to vape was using it and wasn't having any problems at all. But who knows. Sorry to mess everyone up. I like my Apc when it worked and Can't wait to get mine back to me on monday.

VapeAtron

Ive been using 2 APCs back and forth, with the Puresmoker USB passthru, and it has worked fine for me. When I had a new atomizer, and tried that for the first time, the power was significantly more than a regular battery after a half hour of usage.

I have a crap atomizer now so my 901 is weak, regardless of the power source. But when all things are equal, I was loving that combo.

eHuffer

I just received my APC pack yesterday, I see some advantages and drawbacks already. Some people .. in other forums complained that it burned out their atomizers. I can see that happening because I had to change the way I 'smoke' my dse901 and classic penstyle. The atomizer housing was getting very noticably WARMER by smoking like I was on battery only. Ya don't need a primer puff with the APC, yer atomizer gets blazing hot immediately. And you should allow a longer cool down between puffs using the APC power. Also, the flavor of your juice is noticably less with the hotter APC power. I like Johnson Creek Tennessee Cured. If I use the penstyle with usb passthrough & APC the flavor is much less than it was with battery power only. It seems that the 'hit' is stronger with a shorter puff on the APC, but less flavor. I haven't tried any other juice yet so maybe I'm just burning off the JC quicker and not getting the full flavor...but a stronger hit?

swanee

Ya i have a generic ipod mains that i plugged my passthrough into and when i puff it the light just blinks and doesn't heat up at all and it's 500ma

Mixxy

I really love the USB battery & APC battery pack too! I missed the first sale on the APC's at Fry's and bought one off ebay, and then when Fry's had them on sale again I bought 3 more to make sure I had spares! I charge one while I use one so I always have another one ready, and so now only use the other batteries when I'm out and about. After today I'm thinking of taking the USB battery when I go out too. I was driving down the road and took out my e-cig and took a puff. The battery heated up so hot that it burned my fingers.. and I threw it down on the car seat. I went to pick it up a few minutes later and it was SMOKING... and still hotter than heck! I had an empty metal mint container in the car and got so paranoid about it being so hot that I opened up the metal container and threw it in there... afraid it was going to set something on fire! I was about 10 minutes from home, and when I got home the metal box was still 'warm' and so was the battery.. but I guess it had burned out. I put it on a charger to see what happened and it was totally gone. I'd only had this one for about 20 days.. and had hardly used it.. since I almost always use my USB battery. I bought two 901 kits and each one had a bad battery in a short period of time.. so I think I'm just going to order a spare USB battery instead... so far have had much better luck with that one!

tek

i still want the power pack.

<going for Resurrection award>

blueneostang

2 years, 5 months, 5 days... I think you might just have won this one...