Attention All Mech Mod Users
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What you will generally find when people respond is that they completely overcompensate when it comes to the Battery's amp rating - 30A batteries are complete overkill, but I, like most vapers would rather be safe than sorry - plus if you are not pushing the amp limit on your battery, it tends to last a lot longer
- 1x AW IMR, 3x Panasonic NCR18650B, 4x Efest IMR
- All 18650
- AW & Efest 1600 Mah, Panasonic 3300 Mah
- AW & Efest - 30 Amp draw, Panasonic 5 Amp/ 6.5 Amp (Various sources, can't get a straight answer)
- AW not sure, Efest around 6 hours of use, Panasonic - lasts a full day in the SVD using PTII and 1.8/2.2 Ohms
Other info: The Panasonics are not safe chemistry - they explode and burn if you abuse them. IMR cells have much lower Mah rating but only vent gas if abused.
Derick is on the money, rather leave yourself a little extra room in terms of the amp draw, the less work on the battery the happier the cell. I would skip the Panasonics if you are going for mech mods. They are acceptable for SVDs or other regulated devices as they have overload protection built in
- All 18650
- AW & Efest 1600 Mah, Panasonic 3300 Mah
- AW & Efest - 30 Amp draw, Panasonic 5 Amp/ 6.5 Amp (Various sources, can't get a straight answer)
- AW not sure, Efest around 6 hours of use, Panasonic - lasts a full day in the SVD using PTII and 1.8/2.2 Ohms
Other info: The Panasonics are not safe chemistry - they explode and burn if you abuse them. IMR cells have much lower Mah rating but only vent gas if abused.
Derick is on the money, rather leave yourself a little extra room in terms of the amp draw, the less work on the battery the happier the cell. I would skip the Panasonics if you are going for mech mods. They are acceptable for SVDs or other regulated devices as they have overload protection built in
Ii've got 2 x aw imr. Rated for 10a. These are 2000mah, so last me a whole day.
Then i've got 3 x efest rated for 30a. These only last me till aboit 16h00. At home inwill swop them out with a fresh one, and use that till the next morning before work. Take a fresh one for the office.
For my electronics, i use a bunch of laptop panasonics, sony's, and sansuis
Then i've got 3 x efest rated for 30a. These only last me till aboit 16h00. At home inwill swop them out with a fresh one, and use that till the next morning before work. Take a fresh one for the office.
For my electronics, i use a bunch of laptop panasonics, sony's, and sansuis
AW IMR & MNKE IMR
18490 & 18650
1100 (11 amp), 1500 (30 amp), 1600 (24 amp) & 2000 (10 amp).
Depends on the mAh and the load you put on them. I change once a day on average.
Have read of so many regulated mods where the overloading protection is not working. Especially the Innokin products. So, if you go below 1.2 ohms on regulated mods, my recommendation would still be the safer IMRs. Otherwise, the batteries with the best all-purpose specifications for a regulated mod are the Panasonic or Orbtronic NCR18650PD or PF series (both 2900mah). These are high-drain, safe-chemistry hybrid batteries with a 10 amp limit.
Speaking of orbtronic... They are on my want list. They don't offer 30A, however the 20A they have have less voltage drop than any other battery on the market. In other words, more detectable output on that masterpiece coil of yours than any other battery can offer.
Get the AW's from CVS or the Efests from Skyblue.
Both will be more than enough.
Both will be more than enough.
CVS's AW batteries are normally 2000 mAh, which can not do low sub-ohm. The Skyblue efests are 1600 mAh and 30 amps so they can take a hammering. Same with CVS's MNKEs - 1500 mAh. So, the 2000 mAh will last a bit longer, and if you stay around 0.7 ohms are great. The Efests and MNKEs will last a bit shorter, but can do down to 0.3 ohms. The Efests and MNKEs are flat tops. The AWs are button tops. The Reos, at this stage before the sub-ohm kit due in middle March, prefer button tops. All of these batteries are the best for mechs and perfect for the SVD as well.
thanks @Matthee
im not sure if i will be going down to 0.3ohms
i kinda like it around 1.5-1.8 on the SVD. with a mech im convince things will be different- then i can venture deeper down the ohms hole.
but it seems that its between the efest and MNKE.
i think ill need to get one of each rather, and a decent charger.
im not sure if i will be going down to 0.3ohms
i kinda like it around 1.5-1.8 on the SVD. with a mech im convince things will be different- then i can venture deeper down the ohms hole.but it seems that its between the efest and MNKE.
i think ill need to get one of each rather, and a decent charger.
Me likes that 2500 mAh, at 35A wow!Just a side note, I see efest is working on some new purple range batteries
yeah, that looks kickass - 2500 mAh should last quite a while - my only worry is going to be cost - that would be the only high amp high mAh battery around and I think they are going to milk it for all it's worth
The NCR18650PD's and PF's are not IMR or any other safer chemistry batteries, but is LiNiCoAl, and these are not recommended to be used in mech mods. It does have a 10A limit though.
In general, just buy IMR batteries (safer chemistry). In case something goes wrong, it won't be catastrophic like with ICR's be they proteced or not. The protection mechanism in protected ICR's have been know to fail. You can use IMR's in mechs and regulated mods all the same. IMR batteries generally have a lower mah rating, and at the 30+A rating, the highest currently being SONY US18650VTC4 @ 2100mah and the new purple Efest @ 2500 mah mentioned earlier in the thread. Most people wont need the 30A or 35A rating, but it gives a nice safety net. Most of my builds pull well under 10A.
Hey, not important at all, but it makes the firing switch, which is notoriously crunchy, a little smoother. You mostly need 3 magnets to get the same firmness as the original spring, depending of course on the strength of the magnets. You want to alternate the polarity of the 3 magnets, to get the best result.
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Any chance of getting button tops as opposed to flat tops?Just a side note, I see efest is working on some new purple range batteries
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For some reason efest doesn't do button top in their high drain batteries - not that I could find in any case - check it out http://www.efestpower.com/
I have a rotation of 2 x MNKE 20AMP and 2 x Efest 30AMP, all 18650 and bought from CVS and Skyblue... Swap out once in the afternoon and once just before bed. I charge at 3.7 to prolong overall life. Builds are usually between .8-1.2 ohm
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