Efest 18350 dies early

[alanfinal]

I bought two Efest 18350 batteries around new years,one of six different batteries that power two mini lavatubes,has had very light use but is dead as a dodo,has anyone else used these batteries and how are you finding them.

[Perpetua]

Haven't had problems myself Alan, but I tend to use Efests as a back up to my AW's, which go on and on for me . . . using AW's that are 2+years old and have been charged many times.

[Balllsy]

Weak compared to the AW's but none have died.

[mully]

I've got two and, touch wood, they'v been OK. Not as long lasting as the AWs though, despite a supposedly higher rating, so I'll be sticking to AWs for future purchases.

[Deleted]

Had an efest protected pair of 18650s for about 6 months now and going good still

[mully]

Feb 24, 2013 9:23:12 GMT @ashmal said:

Had an efest protected pair of 18650s for about 6 months now and going good still

Can't remember where I saw it but I'm sure the 18650s performed very well in tests (comparable/better than AWs) but the Efest 18350s aren't as good. Useful/cheap backups though.

[Balllsy]

Torchy's tests probably Mully

[Toondog]

Yeah I agree I use efest 18650 no probs but find aw 350's better than the efest even though as has been said the efest has the higher mah.

[alanfinal]

Hmm cheers guys,I am going to PM the seller and see if I can send this one back for him to look at ,I too have AW 350's and still going strong after a year

[300]

Use Efest 18350's in a mech mod but only when we're out for a drink/meal & they last just fine for a few hours, they're around 3 months old & never really run down much past 3.5v & always recharged before they need to be.

No problems so far with mine but not really a good measure 'cos they're only getting light use occasionally.

[blakey]

I've been running six efest 18350s and two 18500s and four 18650s for quite a few weeks now with zero issues and them 18350's get charged a couple of times a day sometimes
I've also found them to equal their AW counterparts in performance.

[dave]

I've not tried Efests as I've got enough AW 18350's. According to the German battery guru, the Efest 18350 V2 is not quite as good as the V1 and falls off quicker and doesn't last as long as the AW

www.dampfakkus.de/akkutest.php?id=344

For the money, they seem reasonable though.

[Karma]

Feb 24, 2013 16:58:15 GMT dave said:

I've not tried Efests as I've got enough AW 18350's. According to the German battery guru, the Efest 18350 V2 is not quite as good as the V1 and falls off quicker and doesn't last as long as the AW

www.dampfakkus.de/akkutest.php?id=344

For the money, they seem reasonable though.

I got some V1s 18650 from Stealthvape, they do not have a nipple but are flat topped.  Just saying incase that is important for anyone!

[Peter]

I bought two Efest 18350 and they performed as well as my four three month old AW's,

but another three month on and the six month old AW's definitely out perform Efest,

the Efest discharge quicker and don't charge as high as the AW's now,

but to be fair they were half the price of the AW's and are still usable....

[Karma]

I'm not getting a good run time from my Efest 18350s, set at 4.6 with a 1.5 DCC carto, I'm only getting about 2 hours chain vaping