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This shit really grinds my gears. There's absolutely no need for this product. Normal vape is like $20, you're not saving on anything. In EU the manufacturers are obligated to recover used units (they have to setup boxes where you can drop them and handle recycling) but obviously you see them on the ground all the time. This should be banned with the speed of light but EC thinks the current regulations are enough. Fucking infuriating.
I was in Italy recently, and I could ONLY buy single use. I fucking hated it as it died in two days making me throw out an otherwise fine device - just because there's no charging port.
Now I have one lasting for almost half a year, and that's only the taste that dissappears - not the battery becoming bad.
I believe the regulations about replaceable batteries will apply here but they are only coming to life in 2025 or even later.
Aah okay! It's good to know.
Where I live, only single use vapes are legal.
Tobacco companies must love anti-ecig regulations like that lol.
People are lazy and don't want to maintain a vape, which does require some basic maintenance/cleaning.
Never heard about it. My GF vapes and the vape is simply a battery with a charger. The liquid container is exchangeable. You refill it and when it runs out you change it. There's no maintenance. And even if it were true what do I care? We're supposed to contaminate the environment with batteries because some people are inconvenienced by their addiction? As I said, this product is not needed and should be banned.
It's definitely the way to go, and the maintenance is easy. You do need to replace the coil every now and then though FYI.
When I was vaping I had to replace the coils every few weeks and cleaned out the mouthpiece, liquid container and stuff in an ultrasound. Also, I mixed flavor liquid with the nicotine liquid and had to watch out for the right mixing ratios. I'd say that's all a bit involved and a bit much for those that just want a hit of nicotine.
Sure but that's not how it works now. I doesn't really matter how it worked in the past since the single use vapes are sold today.
https://www.vapvapor.es/aspire-avp-pro-recambio - you only have to change this part, that's all the maintainence. Also, smoker's convince is not a reason to throw batteries in the trash.
Vape is very little maintenance. They even came out with disposable atomizer tanks. So I paid like $50~ or so for the battery which you charge with those big batteries they make ebikes & tesla batteries out of.
The tank works for a few weeks and then you buy another one. Much easier than going to store to buy ecigs all the time
Disposable e-cigarettes were a direct and immediate response to pod based vapes getting banned. Use to be, you would buy a device and just buy juice pods that were disposable. It still wasn't great for waste, but that policy was a clear step in the wrong direction.
They saved children from using Juuls, just to fill the landfills with lithium batteries.
You're talking about US, right? I don't think pod based vapes are banned in EU. And disposable ones are still sold here.
A single use disposable is like $4 - $10, depending on how many puffs, and some people just want something they can puff on for the weekend and then quit, not something they can use/reuse long term.
Sure it's not healthy, and it's environmentally irresponsible with current single use disposables, but there's definitely a market of "casual smokers" that don't want to commit to a non-disposable vape.
When it's easier for people to litter, they litter more. I don't care if they want to vape while pretending they're only gonna do it for one weekend.
Sure, I'm just saying there is definitely a market for single-use vapes. I'm not saying it's good or right to buy and use a single-use vape, but people definitely do it.
Really? People smoke for one weekend and then quit? Never ever heard about this. Sure, there are people that smoke sporadically, for example only while partying or something but this is such a minority I doubt anyone would target a product specifically at them. Besides, you can just buy normal vape and buy refills only for one weekend and then 'quit'. $20 non-disposable vape is no commitment, that's my point. And people who can't afford to spend $20 on a vape probably shouldn't be spending their money on smoking anyway. There's tons of policies to discourage people from smoking, banning cheap, single use vapes should be one of them.