Lithium ion batteries exploding is an extremely rare occurrence. As Brew points out, there must be multiple failures and oversights by companies designing products for this to happen at all, and with the sheer number of electronic devices powered by lithium ion batteries (more than the number of people on the planet at this point) it is bound to happen. That doesn't mean that these devices are dangerous or harmful.

Brew will make my wallet sound scary

​@@scaw1499 he could do it

​@@scaw1499 I have a Tile tracker in my wallet because I got tired of losing it.

That’s because something bad could always happen with basically anything.

lol same here

Could not agree more🙁

Same

Why did you have to tell me this Brew lol

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REALL

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That's why I use a sofa for my pc

ONGGG 😂😂

I stopped using my usual chair because of it, wood chair it is, I don't want to risk anything T^T

Thanks Apple

Lol right?!

That’s why I keep using regular headphones

Not just apple. My motorola has no audio jack, either; I HAVE to use wireless earbuds.

​@@alexgodwin356my moto still has the jack

Not me wearing AirPods too

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Bro is a madlad

Me too😅

haha, me too 💀

I've heard one Tale from Tech Support where that happened _with an entire laptop_ and Tech tried desperately to get the woman who had the laptop to stop using it, especially since she was _in a meeting with someone with the laptop_ but no one would take it seriously in time. Burns were inflicted... If you're curious, look up "Rslash tales from tech support explode" or something like that, and you should find it.

Queue internal frantic screaming

I remember when I worked at Best Buy and people did the exact same thing. The way they seemed to not care that they were handing me something that could explode at any given moment was concerning.

@@holy8782 I think a lot of people subconsciously think "Stuff only actually blows up in _movies_ not real life..."

I work IT. In my last job, we had a ton of bulging laptop batteries. It would be so bad that the laptops would start separating and cracking. I would send an email reminder to "All" to turn those laptops to me ASAP to replace the batteries. Luckily the vendors would replace the batteries for free as long as the laptop was still under warranty. Be careful out there!

Im scared of my gaming chair thanks to brew

Oh my summer child you never saw the russian teen who died by being electricuted by wired earphones as her phone was plugged in dodgy socket

@@mrdee2454 This is extremely rare and mainly due to her negligence .. most people know not to use a mobile phone while it's plugged directly into electricity .. the number of things that need to go wrong for this to happen is far rarer than faulty lithium batteries in wireless earphones.

​@@AscendantStoic so tablets are safe to use when plugged in to electricity?

​@@kiaragarcia1998 not really, but people don't pay attention that much to it. But since you don't have direct contact with the electric current, worst that can happen is that the battery explodes there too. But you can feel the tablet heating up before that.

​@@mrdee2454 never trust anyone who says "summer child"

omg i lose my airpods like all the time and i have adhd, i know what you mean. thank god i can track them and it points me in the direction of where they are using find my😭

I just got headphones! I got some big ones because being connected to my phone is a hassle and I also lose things often. Only problem is charging, I got some off Amazon that have like 2 days of battery tho so it isn't too difficult 😁 *wireless headphones lol, important info*

I got sick of accidentally yanking the wire out when walking or working out, and the connection never seemed to last long, so wireless headphones are the lesser evil in my case.

ikr... ngl im sooo mad that my new(ish) phone doesnt have an audio port

Same. I lose my wired ones all the time though

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And it usually isnt what anyone would expect at first, but is a totally normal everyday thing that we all use or see regularly.

...had a small cut on his foot, contracted tetanus...and well...?

There was a bear on the grass.

Hook worm 🪱

So what about the early 1900 remark?

They also have a MUCH longer shelf life than 2- 3 years, alkaline nowadays if not activated i.e. (still in packaging/not cycled) have about an 8-10 shelf life where as Lithium is more like 14-18 years, lithium ion does degrade faster but not 2-3 years, if given average use, 4-5 seems more accurate

Speaking of errors, I thought the first batteries were made by the Egyptians. Or is that not a fair comparison?

Error on your part, the li-on you can run down dead and charge back up and be fine no problems Li-po you don't want to run dead since you can charge back up but you will have problems, and lipo also can randomly and very fast heat up and explode The ion is alot safer compared to lipo

@@melissahollowell7255 We don't actually know that that's what it was. It's an intriguing possibility though.

Unfortunately lead-acid batteries have a lot of problems that make it unsuitable for a lot of modern applications. Performance-wise, Lead-Acid batteries' energy density is rather low; requiring a large volume of it to reach a comparable mA/h to other battery types, especially Lithium-ion. In terms of reliability, Lead-Acid batteries can't be discharged anywhere near as deeply without resulting in performance deterioration and thus doesn't last as many power cycles. Lastly, in regards to safety, while Lead-Acid is nowhere near as volatile as Lithium-ion or Lithium-polymer batteries when damaged, Lead and Acid's health hazards are pretty obvious. They're almost entirely relegated to powering the starter-motors and auxiliary functions of combustion powered road cars as a low-cost easily-replaceable power supply for functions not dictated by the ICE.

How Joyous 🙂

good. only idiots buy those things

Been hearing about the batteries in electric cars exploding in China.

it’s such a rare occurrence though, CNET says the odds of a lithium ion battery exploding are 1 in 10 million, while the chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 15,300

@@ethodrawsstuff Well, that 1 in a million could be anyone though.

you dont. youre more likely to win the lottery

Thank you, I noticed some time ago. It makes me sad, loved the little plots.

Same I miss em

Same. I also miss them😢

Yeah, same here.

Agreed, finally see someone pointing this out.

I Hope that person Got their comeuppance

did you get slapped in school????

being able to hear chairs a floor away sounds like you gained a superpower by getting slapped. pretty cool if you ask me.

I would make sure the person who slapped me had the same fate.

Yet another reason to not bother fighting.

I agree with you but People like convenience. Wires are inconvenient so they gravitate towards wireless and yeah that's that.

But I would love to see more cartoon in your video

Apparently the fire is so strong and volatile that it dries up water to fast.

@@kornelobajdin5889 that's not it, lithium reacts violently with water. When you throw a piece of lithium into a river, it will explode and burn.

@@dragnothlecoona yeah I know I heard from scoty its not smart to pour water on it.

About all they could really do is put it in a big metal box and take it somewhere safe to burn itself out. I think the water is mostly to protect things around it.

@@chaos.corner That, wouldn't protect things around it, it would only make it worse. It seems that when they send fire fighters to fight these fires, they simply aren't trained to fight lithium fires. So they try smothering with water, but it doesn't work, so they end up pouring water on it for hours, until all the lithium burns away. To put out a lithium fire you do need to smother it, but it is extremely dangerous to use water to smother it. And water, wouldn't protect anything around it, in-fact if you spray lithium with water, it can explode.

It's the same thing with office chairs. Most likely as long as your buying good quality products the likelihood of any of this happening is extremely slim. But knowing that it COULD happen is still scary

like pooping all at once

Air pods are terrible for your health, those Bluetooth frequencies are going straight to your brain, i think we will see more brain tumors in people as we age using AirPods

Ah they turned into Kurzgesagt…

I do miss the little cartoons.

@rowen literally whats the point without chill and grill

I was just thinking the same thing

When is the last video they appeared in?!

I’ve never had a problem with the lithium ion battery in my e-bike. It’s always worked fine. Why would the same battery in AirPods be any different?

@@charlielucas3386 It has to do with failures rather than normal operation. Lithium itself is highly combustible. Any and all lithium based batteries have a chance to randomly explode if certain conditions are met. Most commonly if they are over charged or an internal short of the battery components. I guarantee if you took a sharp object and punctured your Ebike battery, you're gonna have a bad time. Most Lithium batteries have small embedded charge controllers that are responsible for controlling charging, discharging, temperature regulation, etc. In theory the conditions for a battery to explode should never happen, but in reality, sometimes the numerous safety systems in these products fail. And in the case of lithium based batteries, they explode when they fail.

Something tells me this will be in Mrwhoosetheboss techfails

I use a cheap Dell laptop from 2016. I used to keep it plugged in all the time, since I never really felt the need to move around with the laptop. Now my battery is pretty much shot and will likely last for 20-30 minutes before shooting itself in the balls. I now have to keep it plugged in, or the laptop is too short-lived to be useful.

@@probropalzlive6961 probably has more to do with the age of the laptop than anything. Lithium Ion batteries are really only good for about 2 years. By that time they lose more than 20% of their total storage capacity regardless of how much you've used them, and it only gets worse past that. If the battery from 1 2016, I'm surprised you get any charge out of it.

I threw the old office chair at garbage after Brews' video and bought a new one, normal comphy without wheels, not office chair anymore for me. It' over 😅

Nah cuz both of my old laptops had to be always plugged in or they ran the risk of suddenly shutting off, and the habit stuck so now i constantly have my new laptop plugged in and feel unsure if it isnt like it will randomly cut off. Idek what to do anymore

​@@Monochrome2004If it is constantly plugged in, it might be a good idea to limit the battery charging to 60-70% for the best battery life. And sometimes, like once every month, let it discharge down to 20%

Yeah, no one cares about your routine or preferences.

​​@@escapedcops08 Same for your opinions 💀

Much of the newer Chinese Headsets are quite decent now, especially some of the knock-off Airpods on the market (not recommended).

​@@MatthewCobalt so are u saying it's decent or are you saying it's not recommended..?

"Sound quality is comparable" if you're deaf in one ear My sennheisers drop stinking steamers on all these cheap tincans. Quality Costs (Seriously, you're missing out and I hope you have an audio gear store nearby to try out actually good stuff for free, my journey from 30$ to 200$ headphones has been wonderful)

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dam i have an hp laptop , an office chair (theres a video where office chair explodes) and a pair of airpods, how much can go wrong.

Newer phones don't even support AUX cables anymore. You have to wireless or use some dongle.

Airpods i can understand wireless earbuds in general idk. Wireless earbuds can be had for 20$ which still have a battery life of 5 hours And wireless is just more convenient cuz the wire doesne get stuck behind a door handle or something and i can go upstairs without taking my phone with me. (I have both wired and wireless i like the sound quality of wired more thats why i mostly use those)

Conventional ear-phones.

did you watch the video? lithium-ion batteries will always have potential danger, and is not tied to just air pods.. if you're that worried about these rare explosions, then you should also toss your phone out

​@@Thelango99 some android phones have aux in still

don’t worry, you’ll be fine :), CNET says the odds of a lithium ion battery exploding are 1 in 10 million, while the chances of being struck by lightning are 1 in 15,300

What brand are you using only getting an hour and a half? That's a trash product

@@Klust413 Seriously, my earbuds give 8 hours of play time. Just an hour and a half would be a no go for me.

@@Klust413 I mean they're no 200 dollar buds or anything, they are skull candies. I'm being facetious when I say an hour and a half. Probably closer to 2 or 2 and a half. if I'm using only one while the other is charging, I have to swap them 3 times throughout a work day. Maybe they used to hold more when they were newer, either way I just prefer wired buds. Probably not gonna go out of my way to get airpods or the ones youtubers promote all the time.

Me Too. Earpods are evil

🤣 bro if theyre wireless, which in these times are highly likely, theyll have batteries. so literally nothing changed it can still catch fire

@@pikkyuukyuun4741 the ones I wear are not wireless.

@@unclebozo9845 it can still hurt you

Earbuds are a scam

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"I fear nothing" Then after a handful of Brew episodes... "I fear everything now, thanks a lot"

This one isn't new at all btw

​@@TheExileFoxfr, and people wonder why i won't sit on office chairs

I had clones before the battery is weak on these and really small it's difficult (not impossible) for them to burst into flames( when they break I abuse the battery to see what it will happen)

I will say, I have only seen these with fraudulent or dupe products too

LFP for example don't have that problem. But anyway, combustion cars catch fire about 60 times more often than EVs