The Taffee Bowle 2 has fiberglass in the airpath. People should know about this. And to think I never bought cheap vapes for this exact reason. I will never buy another vape before I see a full teardown review. I actually saw a similar issue on a review with another device I own on a teardown review.
The two wires have braided fiberglass sleeves and all of this lays directly in the airpath so you are pulling air over exposed fiberglass and fiberglass shards directly into your lungs. The fibers are on the surface and also at the edges and they easily come off.
I’m sorry but to me the “fabric” covering those wires are far more likely to be nylon, polyester or perhaps cotton.
Fiberglass? I highly doubt it! I don’t claim to be a materials engineer but I highly doubt Tafee would utilize this material as a wire wrap.
Please let’s slow the speculation roll, don’t YLLVAPE Tafee, they don’t deserve it. Show me a MDS(materials data sheet)that clearly identifies this material is fiberglass and we can consider it, otherwise it’s dangerous speculation!
Fiberglass wire installation is bonded and usually coated in silicone. You would have to abrade into weave to create loose fiber. Even then the bonding agent would keep most of that in place.
It’s also worth noting that one of the most common air filter materials is fiberglass.
Are we even looking at the air path here? Isn’t the air path contained in the white & silver cylinder area. Would be surprised if air was running through all of this space.
It’s not a speculation. It’s common knowledge these wraps are fiberglass, there is no other material which looks like this and if you as much as touch it, it sheds glass fibers. The bottom part of the Taffee is the airpath, air is sucked in from the opening from the bottom side and you can clearly see the fiberglass sleeves right in front of the heater air intake inside the airpath section which is isolated from the PCB and battery
Here is also what AI had to say from the pics
That white braided material is fiberglass sleeving (often called fiberglass braiding or fiberglass varnished sleeving).
No, it is absolutely not safe if it is in the direct, unsealed airpath of a device meant for human inhalation.
If this sleeve is positioned inside the intake stream where air passes directly over it before reaching your mouth and lungs, stop using the device immediately.
Here is a breakdown of why this is a critical safety issue and what to look out for:
The Core Danger: Glass Particle Inhalation
Fiberglass is literally made of microscopic strands of woven glass. While it is an excellent thermal insulator, its mechanical structure poses severe risks when subjected to moving air:
Fraying and Shedding: The ends of a braided fiberglass sleeve are almost always cut raw during manufacturing. Under the high-velocity airflow of inhalation, micro-shards and fragments of glass easily break away from the weave.
Lung Tissue Irritation: Unlike organic dust, inhaled glass micro-fibers cannot easily be broken down by the body. They embed themselves into the soft tissue of the lungs, causing acute respiratory irritation, coughing, and potential long-term inflammatory issues.
Like I stated in my previous post show me a MDS(material data sheet) showing this is “fiberglass”, until then it’s just “bro science” you know “trust me bro”
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You are incorrect, this isn’t chopped glass fiber like attic insulation. It’s long strings woven around a wire core. Exactly like how line (rope) is made.
You provided exactly what I was saying, “material data sheet” showing particular specifics about a particular product. Also I stated b4 this looks like cotton to me, and ding ding ding it probably is.
Hopefully Tafee will be smart and tell us all what they use sooner than later! Part of Yllvapes problem was a seriously slow response to the early allegations, feeding speculation that something was wrong.
Ok so he may actually have something to his statement. He’s not talking about the outer part of the sleeve, that appears to be woven nylon. If you zoom in on the image you can see the frayed, loose, possible fiberglass strands that are insulation inside of the nylon sleeve.
Still will wait for confirmation from Tafee but I definitely see the concern now.
Edit: for clarification, I’m basing my guess of nylon being the outer sheath material because it looks to me that the end was fused (melted by heat) based on the black marks and shape of the cut.
I really would love to see a better breakdown shot where the airpath is visible because this is not the same as guitar wire and could be a concern, though i thought it was isolated in the unit and didn’t just flow freely from the intake at the bottom into the cavity. The fiberglass inner insulation when used on wires is to better protect against the intense heat the wires can hit at higher voltages, and from some basic googling fiberglass in wire sheaths for this application (and electronics in general) is apparently extremely common.
