<![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @louisb3: But it's true. Those types of batteries are prone to exploding. That's why you must NEVER get them wet, or nick them, or cause the internals to be exposed to air.

Hell, even the factories that make them have more than once been burned to the ground because of them!

factotum

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> I've never seen a battery explode first-hand, but from the videos I've seen, they seem to catch fire more than "explode". I really don't think you could punch a hole in an aircraft's hull with a laptop or iPod battery.

As for it catching fire in an unattended cargo hold, those areas are equipped with fire suppression systems. Also, IIRC, cargo holds are mostly unpressurized, so there isn't much in the way of oxygen to sustain a fire anyways.

Crim Law Geek

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Up to his chest? Whoops, there goes the BS detector. Clearly it melted down, and the charring in the pictures suggest some flames, but I'm not buying that they were a couple of feet high before he noticed (without burning through his pants to his leg, at that).

Of course, it makes a better story that way. Imagine that.

Rosstafari

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @EMPKAE

I agree, it pisses me off going through TSA at airports (I fly often) and they take my cologne if I bring it, bottled water, etc But I go through with my laptop extended battery, my extra laptop battery, my iPod, my Cell Phones (work and personal). I could easily sting some extra wire in my laptop, and short circuit the batteries I have to make a small, but highly damaging explosive. I guess if they started not allowing batteries they would loose a lot of business. Much more than not allowing shampoo.

xtc46

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Sounds like bull to me. I live in Atlanta, and they are making such a big stink about it here on the news. I guess there isn't much going that's newsworthy in the ATL.
And for what it's worth, they guy looks and sounds like he's the type of user that would charge his nano in the microwave.

univision

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @Graedus: Jack White wasn't on that track: [www.antimusic.com]

But I am super stocked to spend another evening with Mr. Valentine this Sunday at First Ave.

tph

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> How many iPod nanos have been sold? How many incidents of this kind have been reported? As far as I know, only two. (Both cases can be found here: [www.engadget.com]
I know, even 1 case is important, but I think that the story is a little misleading... Why?
-The guy's pants were not on fire... As the reporter says "because ha had a piece of glossy paper on his pocket"... I think that someone that is protected of a fire burn with a piece of glossy paper is using the term "fire" very loosely.
-"The Nano is powered by the notoriously fire-prone lithium-ion type of battery, says WSB news". Just figuring... Of the millions and millions of devices powered by lithium batteries: how many of them have failed? Just asking.

miguelggarcia

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @B:
But are they on a telephone wire?

SVreader

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> 10,000 bonus points for the Electric 6+Jack White header.

Danger! High Voltage
[www.youtube.com]

Graedus

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Somebody should come out with a cookbook on how to cook with your iPod Nano!

OnceWasCool

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> I'm not so sure it's a better deal for those headphones to divert the lightning from your head if your pants'll catch on fire ;p

Balisong

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @Trae: 1st Gen black, saw a pic of the guy on another website.

Critcol

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @ElizabethD: rofl

Shadowman615

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @maxmax: And that will be hilarious...

Shadowfire

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> I wish I could have seen this just so I could yell "Liar, liar!" at the poor guy. Just once.

ElizabethD

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> It's only a matter of time before this happens in a checked bag on an airplane.

maxmax

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Which revision of the Nano was it?

Trae

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> It is amazing that you cannot fly with a tube of toothpaste, but you are welcome to use clearly dangerous battery powered devices. If a laptop, or ipod, or whatever were in stowed luggage and caught fire while unobserved it could bring down the plane.

empkae

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> I am so afraid now of my iPod nano *stares at nano fearfully as it lies on work desk*

Leia Oragan Solo

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @FLConsumer: Thanks for the tip, I just checked the battery in my LG and it has the LG logo.

Sathallrin

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Can we please stop referring to anbody who likes any Apple products as a "fanboi"? Last time I checked, iPods were pretty ubiquitous -- is it just possible that people buy them because they are a good product and not out of blind company loyalty? And no, I don't own one although I've been eyeing the iPhone.

Beerad

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> @ScramDiggyBooBoo: Make sure the battery is a real LG battery (it'll have an LG logo on it, might even have a hologram type thing on it.) The Chinese knock-offs have a propensity to overheat & catastrophically fail.

FLConsumer

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Report it to the CSPC. Granted, the CSPC has no major balls/teeth, it does tend to look bad and generally will make a company "voluntarily" recall their products.

Bring on the flaming ipods! As a fringe benefit, this might reduce the capacity of Apple fanbois to reproduce, which would be a very good thing.

FLConsumer

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> I dont know why, but i just got a new LG VX8700 phone yesterday and already i've noticed that the battery gets pretty hot when i am talking, although it does have an aluminum back so maybe its just heat transfer. I guess i'll know when my pants catch on fire!

ScramDiggyBooBoo

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> It's pretty irresponsible and inaccurate to imply that ALL lithium-ion batteries are fire hazards.

louisb3

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Somehow this gives me a feeling of going to Shenanigans...

mandarin

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> The battery in my 360 controller (play and charge battery) once got so hot that it burned my finger, raising a blister (second degree, for you boy scouts). To this day, MS has still not helped me replace my battery.

Just a somewhat related note... :P

Shadowfire

]]> <![CDATA[iPod Lights Your Pants On Fire, Not In A Good Way]]> Apple: We're not saying he's lying, but we do have footage of his pants on fire.

B

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