battery advice please

[millerkev]

hi
i have just bought a pipe and the owner says it takes 18500 batts
clearly in the picture it as a 18490 batt ..is there no difference ???
ok next question ..i assume i will need protected batts as no electrics ?
and last but not least were can i get said batts ? good quality ones only ??

many thanks in advance kev :-)

[Moggy]

From my own digging, there is no difference between 18490 and 18500, except 1mm in length. It all hangs on what the manufacturer has called them.
Get IMR batteries as a minimum for protection. I dont think full size protected batteries would fit, as they are even longer with the protection circuit.
VapeGear, Ecigwizard, VapeEscape all sell 18490/18500 AW IMR or Ifest IMR in this size.

Someone with more experience may have better advice, but these are the answers I have found or been given in my research for 18500's today.

[millerkev]

thanks mono :-)