sony vtc4s any good?

[geordie_vaper]

orderd some yesterday thinking they were the vtc5s

are they just the same except a lower mah?

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1. Genuine Sony SE US 18650 VTC3 IMR 1600mAh Li-MnCl Unprotected High Drain Flat Top Battery :
Size: 18.25mm x 65.00mm, Nominal Voltage: 3.6V, Charging Voltage 4.2V CC-CV, Discharge - Cut Off Voltage: 2.5V
Nominal Capacity : 1600 mAh, Max Discharge: 30A , Standard Charging Current: 1.6Ah , Rapid charge: 3.2Ah
Measured Energy Wh : N/A , Internal resistance: 0.06 oHm

2. Genuine Sony SE US 18650 VTC4 IMR 2100 mAh Li-MnCl Unprotected High Drain Flat Top Battery :
Size: 18.25mm x 65.00mm, Nominal Voltage: 3.6V, Charging Voltage 4.2 CC-CV, Discharge - Cut Off Voltage: 2.5V
Nominal Capacity : 2100 mAh, Max Discharge: 30A , Standard Charging Current: 1.3Ah , Rapid charge: 4Ah
Measured Energy Wh: 7.13 , Internal resistance: 0.06 oHm

3. Genuine Sony SE US 18650 VTC5 IMR 2600 mAh Li-MnCl Unprotected High Drain Flat Top Battery:
Size: 18.25mm x 65.00mm, Nominal Voltage: 3.6V, Charging Voltage 4.2 CC-CV, Discharge - Cut Off Voltage: 2.5V
Nominal Capacity : 2600 mAh, Max Discharge: 30A , Standard Charging Current: 1.3A , Rapid charge: 4Ah
Measured Energy Wh: 7.86 , Internal resistance: 0.06 oHm

Taken from ebay.

[VapingBad]

I have 10 and am in no hurry to replace with VTC5s, I will use they until they ware out. And in a 2 A charger I can charge them in 75 mins .

[lee]

I managed to bag 4 Genuine VTC5's last week, have you seen the prices they are going for now? Is that because of limited availability? Sorry to jump on your thread geordie_vaper

[decoy]

yes they are ok
i sometimes sub ohm at .2 with them and still have all my bits

[geordie_vaper]

there not for sub ohm but a nice option to have when i feel like being daft, and only £8 a pair on ft so

[decoy]

i dont know if its just me but they seem to get coils to work harder than the normal efest,s so i tend to use them the most

[Ripshod]

Ignore me, read it wrong

[VapingBad]

Sept 16, 2014 15:19:32 GMT geordie_vaper said:

there not for sub ohm but a nice option to have when i feel like being daft, and only £8 a pair on ft so

Can't go wrong at that price, they are great for everything not just sub ohming.  Give me a shout before you put them in the classies this time

[geordie_vaper]

you can have 1st dibs on them haha

[enjay]

Sony vtc's and the samsung 20R and 25R's are also a good option at just about any level

[macmagoo]

The Vtc's sold on the FT website are fakes. If you want to be safe it is better to purchase the best quality batteries you can afford. Sub OHM users should be even more particular about which batteries they use. You may not like what I have said here but with vaping so much in the spotlight just now you don't want to give the media any excuse to crucify us for not thinking about safety.

[VapingBad]

Sept 16, 2014 23:29:16 GMT macmagoo said:

The Vtc's sold on the FT website are fakes. If you want to be safe it is better to purchase the best quality batteries you can afford. Sub OHM users should be even more particular about which batteries they use. You may not like what I have said here but with vaping so much in the spotlight just now you don't want to give the media any excuse to crucify us for not thinking about safety.

Not the VTC4s I got in Jan or Feb from them, they are exactly the same as ones from trusted UK vendor and I tested quite a few parameters including capacity over multiple charge cycles and internal resistance.

[macmagoo]

Fastech are not licensed to sell Efest or Sony batteries.

[VapingBad]

Sept 16, 2014 23:57:28 GMT macmagoo said:

Fastech are not licensed to sell Efest or Sony batteries.

That does not make them fakes, there are a lot of threads about that claim Sony only ever supplied the VTC series to OEMs which is also why they don't have Sony written on them, so by your logic all VTC on the retail market must be fakes.  It is possible they have had fakes since a large US wholesaler was duped this year, though I have not seen anyone else claiming FT Sonys or Panasonics are fakes, quite the opposite.  It always pays to be sceptical, I got mine from 3 different suppliers and later tested them over a two month period.

I avoid buying anything Efest after owning and testing 12 of their products and the cynical misleading of their customers on the safety rating of some of their purple batteries.