18350 battery not working in my vamo

[marcw78]

I bought some cheap ish protected 18350 batterys for my vamo and a although fully charged they wont work but work in my mechanical device fine just wondering if amyony else had this problem before I buy expensive ones and they still don't work

[Karma]

Your best with high drain AWs or Efest in a mod like a Vamo. You only need protected batteries in mechanical mods that don't have their own protection built in!

[marcw78]

Thank you will give them a try

[300]

Mar 23, 2013 18:55:04 GMT marcw78 said:

I bought some cheap ish protected 18350 batterys for my vamo and a although fully charged they wont work but work in my mechanical device fine just wondering if amyony else had this problem before I buy expensive ones and they still don't work

I had some gutless Trustfire 18350's that wouldn't power a LT mini but worked fine in a mini argento.

Wife uses Efest 18350's in her vamo with no probs at all.

[lenny59]

Mar 23, 2013 18:55:04 GMT marcw78 said:

I bought some cheap ish protected 18350 batterys for my vamo and a although fully charged they wont work but work in my mechanical device fine just wondering if amyony else had this problem before I buy expensive ones and they still don't work

Has your vamo got the "New" spring in it ?

I read somewhere that 18350 bats didnt work very well in the older Vamo's

I could be totally wrong here. . .

Hopefully one of the Vamo experts will be along soon

[digicig]

Would recommend awww.ivapour-elixir.co.uk/new-products/silver-bullet-spares/silver-bullet-hot-spring.html

Stretching the spring slightly might work meantime - or using a magnetic spacer?

[robby]

Mar 23, 2013 18:55:04 GMT marcw78 said:

I bought some cheap ish protected 18350 batterys for my vamo and a although fully charged they wont work but work in my mechanical device fine just wondering if amyony else had this problem before I buy expensive ones and they still don't work

Hiya Marc, does the screen come up at all?

[marcw78]

May try the efest ones thank you

[marcw78]

It only flashes when you put the end cap on but wont turn on

[robby]

Mar 23, 2013 18:55:04 GMT marcw78 said:

I bought some cheap ish protected 18350 batterys for my vamo and a although fully charged they wont work but work in my mechanical device fine just wondering if amyony else had this problem before I buy expensive ones and they still don't work

What make and model/number/capacity are they?

[marcw78]

They are trustfire 1200mah

[robby]

Mar 23, 2013 21:37:34 GMT marcw78 said:

It only flashes when you put the end cap on but wont turn on

I am assuming you are trying more than the normal 5 quck presses of the fire button, sometimes they need six, I just keep hitting the button till it fires up. It`s often 6 presses.

[marcw78]

Just tried it again it turns on but won't vape

[robby]

Mar 23, 2013 21:40:40 GMT marcw78 said:

They are trustfire 1200mah

There are a few reports on the web with a similar problem with that battery. They wont be 1200 mah whether they start to work or not, they test at under 900mah. There arent any genuine 1200mah capacity of any make to the best of my knowledge. I could be wrong though

[lenny59]

If it wont vape then have you checked the Ohms on your Clearomiser ?

Below 1.2 ohms and it wont fire