batteries and mahs

[Clivia]

can someone please explain what those mahs mean - is it worth to buy a sony battery instead of an efest ?

thanks 

[captainbongo]

chykensa answers the first part here! allaboute-cigarettes.proboards.com/post/676458

[DiscoDes]

mAh - is short for Milli Amp Hours

A milli Amp is 1/1000th of an Amp which is the unit of electrical current therefore 2000mAh is 2 amps

The h is for HOUR

So 2000 mAh means the battery can supply 2000 milliamps for 1 hour or conversely 1 milliamp for 2000 hours

When talking about batteries, think of them like a petrol tank so a 2000 mAh battery holds twice as much as a 1000 mAh battery.
So a 1000 mAh battery can supply 1 amp for 1 hour a 2000 mAh batter can supply 1 amp for 2 hours a 3000 mAh batter can supply 1 amp for 3 hours.

I'll stop there, see if you can get your head around this then ask another question.

[VapingBad]

mAh = mili-Amp-hour = one thousandth of an Amp-hour. 1000 mAh = 1 Ah and means that the battery can give one amp for one hour. This is the units used to show the batteries capacity.

The Sony vs Efest, if your not using low Ohms you don't need to worry.

[VapingBad]

It does not mean that the power has to be taken at 1 Amp, 3000 mAh = 1 A for 3 hours = 1.5 A for 2 hours = 3 A for 1 hour = 0.5 A for 6 hours, no battery performs exactly like that, but that is what the mAh rating means.

[Clivia]

thanks a lot guys - understood - I don't use low ohms - anything between 1.7 and 2.2 - so I should be fine with the efest

[VapingBad]

Apr 30, 2014 19:53:03 GMT Clivia said:

thanks a lot guys - understood - I don't use low ohms - anything between 1.7 and 2.2 - so I should be fine with the efest

Yep

[enjay]

Apr 30, 2014 19:53:03 GMT Clivia said:

thanks a lot guys - understood - I don't use low ohms - anything between 1.7 and 2.2 - so I should be fine with the efest

All I would say is the sony vtc4's do last a lot longer and tend to hit better, love mine even at sensible ohms. I can vape for nearly two days with a 1 ohm coil using a sony but can barely manage one day with the efests.

[Clivia]

what are actually the best batteries and where could I get them from - any advice highly appreciated

as I have now 3 mods that need batteries - I am trying to get the best ones for them - I don't mind to spend a bit more money on them as long as they are good and safe - at the moment I use efest and torchy - read that the sony ones are really good - but could only see 18650 sony ones

thanks

[enjay]

May 2, 2014 21:16:08 GMT Clivia said:

what are actually the best batteries and where could I get them from - any advice highly appreciated

as I have now 3 mods that need batteries - I am trying to get the best ones for them - I don't mind to spend a bit more money on them as long as they are good and safe - at the moment I use efest and torchy - read that the sony ones are really good - but could only see 18650 sony ones

thanks

The sony vtc4's are 18650's, what size were you after?

[Clivia]

all 3 sizes enjay 18650 -18500 and 18350

[enjay]

May 2, 2014 21:22:40 GMT Clivia said:

all 3 sizes enjay 18650 -18500 and 18350

Other than the standard red efests I'm not sure what you get in 350 and 500 size, I just stick with the sony as it lasts forever on a charge and I can use it for seriously low ohms without worry.

You could just buy a bunch of the 350's and carry them in a little pack to change as and when you need. yapercaper usually has them in stock, they also had battery boxes last time I looked. Mark seems like a decent guy too.

[ronaldo]

sony
torchy
panasonic
only 3 that i will use all good batterys
whats the best well everyone will have there own opinion
thatsthe best part of this hobby choice there is no right or wrong
just a difference of opinion

you may wonder why i havent added efest
well it is becaue we have had a lot of defective efests
at work recently the new purple ones i wouldnt ratethem

[enjay]

I agree on the purple ones ronaldo, they don't seem to fair well in any tests I've seen, the red ones seem fine though, just not as long lasting as the sonys

[ronaldo]

all the purple ones i have tested fare worse than cheap trustfires