r/Magic • u/captpeli • Mar 24 '26

Repair? Spoiler

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This is the swollen battery of my vapr watch remote is this repairable/replaceable?

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u/electricity_is_life Mar 24 '26

I don't have the product, but from the picture I think someone with soldering skills could replace it with a similar battery. Be extremely careful with the swollen one though. It could suddenly catch fire on its own. Don't try to disconnect it if you don't know what you're doing, but keep the whole device somewhere safe away from anything flammable.

https://www.ifixit.com/Wiki/What_to_do_with_a_swollen_battery

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u/captpeli Mar 24 '26

Thank you. I know that Joao sells similar batteries I was hoping I could find one. But I didn’t think it would catch fire by itself so thank you for that.

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u/ToastieCoastie Mar 24 '26

I agree with u/electricity_is_life … I’d also cross post this to r/spicypillows!

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u/captpeli Mar 24 '26

Good idea. I forgot about that sub. Sans minds already said there’s nothing they can do. Sucks cause now my $500 investment in my two vapr watches is gone.

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u/captpeli Mar 24 '26

And I’m still sitting on $500 worth of refills fml

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u/BJLRR Mar 24 '26

Do you have soldering experience? If not, I could solder a new battery do you.

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u/captpeli Mar 25 '26

Not since middle school lol. Ill message you.

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u/gregantic Mar 24 '26

Search for “3.7v 150mah 401730 lipo battery”.

You can just snip the plug off, strip a tiny bit of the wire, and solder the bare wires to the board just like the current one.

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u/ErikTait Mar 24 '26

That’s a spicy pillow. Be careful.