Broken Chid-proof Cap help

[3bet]

Got a new vape mail! But upon starting my new vape mail steeping method (squeeze out air to smell and get new air in, shake, sit down until recommended steep time is over, shake, fill up) I discovered the child-proof cap won't come off.

So I take a closer look. On all the other bottles I ordered the cap sits a little bit off of the top of the bottle. On the one that won't open it sits right on top of the bottle.
If I push down it won't turn at all. If I let up the pressure a little bit it just click-click-clicks and won't open. If I pull up on it and twist it just spins.
HELP!

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EDIT what I did

I cut the cap off with a pair of manicure scissors. I cut off the outer cap first and then cut high enough into the inner child-proof cap to pull it off. Then I just put an old cap on from another company that looked the same. The inner child-proof cap was defective not the bottle; or I would have just cut that other cap off too and used another bottle.

 

[arberb]

It might be stuck in. Just pull it a little bit or get a thin piece of metal/small screwdriver put it inbetween the cap and bottle and try ripping it up.

 

[InTheShade]

Use a pair of needle-nose and twist it until it comes off. If that doesn't work, punch a hole in the bottom and drain it into a new bottle. If it's glass, smash it against the wall and collect the drops with cotton, avoiding the broken glass shards as they don't vape well.

Just kidding about smashing it...

 

[3bet]

Thanks for the laugh; I needed that.

It's plastic thankfully. Thanks for the advice. Good thing it needs a few days to steep. Any advice on where to find an empty juice bottle or a good way to clean out an old one?

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

I had one like that a long time ago. Carefully used a nutcracker (squeezing gently) to remove it while pressing the cap down. I also ran hot water over the cap for about 20 secs to make the outer cap pliable BUT not long enuff to soften the inner "notched" cap.

 

[jp_cfc09]

lol happened to me at the weekend there while haveing a drink, went to crack open new bottle of ry4 and nothing. was half cut sitting there trying everything when the miss just walked in and laughed and said im not even going to ask lol. I got it open by useing a scredriver to pry up at the edge where the gap is, makeing it stick/lock together and squeezed it while slighlty pulling up and off it came.

 

[rurwin]

This reminds me of a slot a current affairs programme did a few years ago.

With the full permission of the parents, they gave a group of three-year-olds some "child safe" medicine bottles with smarties inside.

It took the slowest of them about five minutes. Some of them were faster than some adults.

 

[EatBacon]

Use a pair of needle-nose and twist it until it comes off. If that doesn't work, punch a hole in the bottom and drain it into a new bottle. If it's glass, smash it against the wall and collect the drops with cotton, avoiding the broken glass shards as they don't vape well.

Just kidding about smashing it...

What he said. I have also had to cut the top off with a sharp pair of scissors (plastic bottle) and just put it in another bottle. I rinse my used bottles in hot water and let dry, works for me.

 

[3bet]

This reminds me of a slot a current affairs programme did a few years ago.

With the full permission of the parents, they gave a group of three-year-olds some "child safe" medicine bottles with smarties inside.

It took the slowest of them about five minutes. Some of them were faster than some adults.

Oh an insult. It's not that I'm smarter than you that bothers me about this; it's that you're so dense you can't figure out the goal isn't just to open the bottle up. The true goals, plural, are to not lose/taint the liquid inside and to be able to re-cap it for storage.
Why should I risk losing something I paid for with no advice on the problem when I'm sure it has happened to others and I could ask on a large web forum?
Geez ... some people think they are so witty only to discover their myopic view is distorted. Shoo now, go away or I'll have to send Dogbert to drive out the demons of stupidity from your head with a stick.

 

[dice57]

I would just use some dikes or cutters and snip the childproof part off. There is another good lid under the childproof top lid. I tend to do this with most childproof lids, because the pizz me off and are more trouble than they are worth, plus I don't have any children around the house, and the cats just chew through them anyways.

But yeah, sorry you got upset about the above suggestion, so I won't recommend finding a kid on the street and have him or her open it for you. It's like with computers, have a problem ask the grandkids to fix it. lmao.

 

[3bet]

I would just use some dikes or cutters and snip the childproof part off. There is another good lid under the childproof top lid. I tend to do this with most childproof lids, because the pizz me off and are more trouble than they are worth, plus I don't have any children around the house, and the cats just chew through them anyways.

But yeah, sorry you got upset about the above suggestion, so I won't recommend finding a kid on the street and have him or her open it for you. It's like with computers, have a problem ask the grandkids to fix it. lmao.

LOL I'm 28. I'm the "kid" my grandparents and parents call to fix their computer/tech stuff. They fiddle with it for an hour, call me, I walk in and take 5 mins and walk back out.

 

[dice57]

Well, did you get your bottle open at least, oh and need a new hard drive for one of my laptops, lamo.

 

[3bet]

Well, did you get your bottle open at least, oh and need a new hard drive for one of my laptops, lamo.

I'm about to try to open it after breakfast. I have an empty bottle on deck so I'm letting it dry out just in case I need it.

I'm sure you're joking; but just for grins
If you really need a new hard drive I'd suggest getting a new laptop if it's not working properly. If it's a size issue I seriously recommend getting two external 3 terabyte hard drives. I have my 500 top movies and over a months worth of music (yes a month playing straight 24/7) in one little box. The second one is for a back-up with the same stuff on it just in case something happens.

 

[WileECoyote]

Oh an insult. It's not that I'm smarter than you that bothers me about this; it's that you're so dense you can't figure out the goal isn't just to open the bottle up. The true goals, plural, are to not lose/taint the liquid inside and to be able to re-cap it for storage.
Why should I risk losing something I paid for with no advice on the problem when I'm sure it has happened to others and I could ask on a large web forum?
Geez ... some people think they are so witty only to discover their myopic view is distorted. Shoo now, go away or I'll have to send Dogbert to drive out the demons of stupidity from your head with a stick.

Whoa, you must really want that juice! I don't think that was an insult. More like an anticdote. Glad you asked this question because it happened to me. I just gave up and ordered more juice.

 

[Virtual Life]

I can be so thick some times. I hate childproof caps but never once thought about removing that portion of the cap. Been removing that part of disposable lighters for years.

I second (third, fourth?) the advice to just use another bottle. I did have one bottle that got the needle tip stuck in the cap, but had a cap of same flavor from empty bottle.

 

[Sucker_dad]

Oh an insult. It's not that I'm smarter than you that bothers me about this; it's that you're so dense you can't figure out the goal isn't just to open the bottle up. The true goals, plural, are to not lose/taint the liquid inside and to be able to re-cap it for storage.
Why should I risk losing something I paid for with no advice on the problem when I'm sure it has happened to others and I could ask on a large web forum?
Geez ... some people think they are so witty only to discover their myopic view is distorted. Shoo now, go away or I'll have to send Dogbert to drive out the demons of stupidity from your head with a stick.

So the first person telling a joke is fine but the second one, telling an anecdotal story is insulting in some way? I am sure there will be many helpful folks on here that won't bother helping for fear of insulting your delicate sensibilities. Just food for thought.

 

[dice57]

I'm about to try to open it after breakfast. I have an empty bottle on deck so I'm letting it dry out just in case I need it.

I'm sure you're joking; but just for grins
If you really need a new hard drive I'd suggest getting a new laptop if it's not working properly. If it's a size issue I seriously recommend getting two external 3 terabyte hard drives. I have my 500 top movies and over a months worth of music (yes a month playing straight 24/7) in one little box. The second one is for a back-up with the same stuff on it just in case something happens.

Actually the HD crashed and died, thinking cautiously of a virus, but could of been over heated too. Did get another laptop, since it is my main gateway to the world, but the one with a dead HD was a better model, and just haven't got around to fixing it yet. I do have a desktop with a 2 terabyte hard drive in a raid array, but it is in need of a serious rebuild itself. Think it still has Vista on it, but it does have a dual sli vid card that rocked pretty hard when I built it. Just have been out of the pc build world for a few years and need to do some research before jumping back in. Thinking my fx quad core processor may be a bit ancient by now. lmao.

 

[3bet]

So the first person telling a joke is fine but the second one, telling an anecdotal story is insulting in some way? I am sure there will be many helpful folks on here that won't bother helping for fear of insulting your delicate sensibilities. Just food for thought.

I see what you're saying and understand that point of view. The problem was that anecdotal story seemed to only be at my expense and added nothing to try to help solve my problem or the discussion of broken child-proof caps ... I still think it was a thinly veiled insult.
Here you are offering constructive criticism. I don't have a problem with that. I'm aware that I came off like an ......; however, it felt like they were patronizing me.
Let's look at the statement. I post: (paraphrasing) Help I have broken a child-proof cap stuck on a bottle. They post: (paraphrasing) I saw something about adults having trouble with child proof caps and sometimes kids can get them off faster.
I'm just asking; how is that not at my expense or helpful?

Now I just wish I could change the stupid spelling error on the title in case somebody searches for it.

p.s. I edited OP with what I did to solve my problem.

 

[Sucker_dad]

Glad you found a solution. Don't think your the first person to come off like an ...... on a forum either. I've done it numerous times.




Sent from my intestines using my linear gas accelerator.

 

[rurwin]

No insult intended 3bet, just an anecdote. I have a tendency to post too short to make my point clearly. If there was a moral it was along the lines of "childproof caps only cause problems and don't fix anything."

Probably not a good idea to give it to kids anyway. IIRC, most of them chewed the lids off.