18650 High drain batteries

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Anybody got any experience of these batteries or can say if they are any good ? www.amazon.co.uk/AWT-18650-batteries-Independently-protective-Yellow/dp/B00PV0C8VI

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[Ripshod]

Not tested by myself yet, but going on other peeps' tests they seem pretty good. Capacity tests show 2600mAh+ and with their low Internal Resistance they should be good for vaping.

However, I find the 35Amp rating to be optimistic, I wouldn't personally ever push them past 25Amps until we get that confirmed.

If I was looking for a high drain battery right now I'd still go for a VTC4

VapingBad, your thoughts?

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Jut looking for a couple of new batteries for a Hana clone and an IPV mini Ripshod so they should be good enough for them.

[Ripshod]

Feb 21, 2015 21:55:58 GMT striker42 said:

Jut looking for a couple of new batteries for a Hana clone and an IPV mini Ripshod so they should be good enough for them.

Yeah, they'll be fine. But you've still peaked my interest. Gonna get a couple of these and a couple of Nitecores for testing next week

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Feb 21, 2015 22:01:07 GMT Ripshod said:

Feb 21, 2015 21:55:58 GMT striker42 said:

Jut looking for a couple of new batteries for a Hana clone and an IPV mini Ripshod so they should be good enough for them.

Yeah, they'll be fine. But you've still peaked my interest. Gonna get a couple of these and a couple of Nitecores for testing next week

Be interesting to see the outcome when you've had a chance to complete the tests.

[monty]

Ecolux has them as 22 Amps continuous current.. 35 Amp peak current is pretty much meaningless (except perhaps in a pulse width modulated device) it's only stated either as an advertising ploy or because every one else does it. I would pay the £1:59 extra and buy from Ecolux to be sure they're the real McCoy. on ebay

[Ripshod]

ecolux are a great battery vendor. Recently bought 2 HE4s from them with the free delivery option - they arrived next day (on a Saturday) special delivery!!

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Purchased 4x 25'rs from Ecolux only last week, fast delivery and supplied in protective plastic boxes.

[buggritt]

Unless you are building really low ohm coils, what's the point of buying 20 amp batteries? You can get cheaper ones with much higher capacity. I did get some 25R from FT, but tend to use my other Samsung 9 amp jobbies mainly.

[Ripshod]

Feb 22, 2015 15:35:55 GMT buggritt said:

Unless you are building really low ohm coils, what's the point of buying 20 amp batteries? You can get cheaper ones with much higher capacity. I did get some 25R from FT, but tend to use my other Samsung 9 amp jobbies mainly.

In a regulated mod a 9Amp battery is only good for 22.5Watts.

Another point of buying high drain batteries is upgradability - the ability to upgrade to higher wattage mods without having to buy new batteries. I'm still using the Sony VTC5s I bought for my Vamo V5 in my M65.

The final point is stress. Running a battery well below it's limit will increase the lifetime of that battery, hence my VTC5s still have the same capacity they had when new - despite being used daily for 10 months.

[buggritt]

I just don't get that mate. The steam engine calc tells me I'm only drawing 5.5 amps at 30 watts. Not that I ever enjoy or use 30 watts. Maybe I'm missing something.

[Ripshod]

Feb 23, 2015 19:35:07 GMT buggritt said:

I just don't get that mate. The steam engine calc tells me I'm only drawing 5.5 amps at 30 watts. Not that I ever enjoy or use 30 watts. Maybe I'm missing something.

When doing the calculation for a regulated mod use 2.5Volts for the battery. This allows for losses and a little overhead for safety.

[b1mble]

The AWT "35A" cells are rewrapped Samsung 25R cells.

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www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-30A-Torchy-2100mAh-button-Top-18650-3-7v-Li-ion-batteries-protective-case-/301531064717?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4634a6e98d
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