Mk1 Lavatube

[farzooks]

Just taken delivery of a Mk1 Lavatube - nice piece of kit, I can see that doing me for the next year or so. It's now forced me into getting a tank do do it justice. Must get a couple of protected batteries.
The same seller also unloaded 19 bottles of mostly unused flavourings, so I'll be experimenting a bit when some PG arrives.

[Perpetua]

Sounds like a deal you got there Farzooks.

[hissie]

Nice one

[maccafan]

Nice deal..

Don't get protected batteries. They'll either not fit or give you a unsatisfactory performance.

Get a couple of IMR's.

[Karma]

The LT has it's own protection so you don't really need protected batteries

I use these

www.mojurepublic.com/products/18650-High-Drain-Rechargeable-Batteries-%282%29.html

I think there's a code on the supplier's board for discount

[esmecullen]

I got those too for mine, Karma............ they are very good batteries

[Karma]

Jun 16, 2012 19:48:37 GMT esmecullen said:

I got those too for mine, Karma............ they are very good batteries

yep, fab for the price

[farzooks]

Thanks for the useful info about protected/non-protected. That seller of batteries looks fine, but shipping doubles the cost. I'm currently looking through dealextreme's EU warehouse.

[Karma]

Jun 16, 2012 21:52:54 GMT farzooks said:

Thanks for the useful info about protected/non-protected. That seller of batteries looks fine, but shipping doubles the cost. I'm currently looking through dealextreme's EU warehouse.

£1.14 shipping for me and if you use a dissie code you'll save around 60p

[Karma]

Sorry, just noticed your from Ireland I suppose that makes postage more expensive?

[maccafan]

Buy these.

alba-vapours.co.uk/batteries-chargers/panasonic-cgr-18650ch-2250mah

Better than AW and aaecuk will give you 10% off and get a decent charger like a xtar WP2 ii.

[kingofswords]

why are panasonics better than aw?

[maccafan]

The 18650CH is the latest Panny with a 10 amp drain capacity. They are rated for a continuous discharge of 2.1 amps and discharge characteristics of that cell is far superior to AW at a lower price than a AW 18650 IMR. That's why they are better.

AW by the way are rebranded Panasonic industrial cells where AW add their own circuitry in case of protected cells or just a jacket in the case of IMR.

[hissie]

Hmm might try one of those panasonic ones when I need new batteries for my LT.

[maccafan]

Jun 16, 2012 23:15:21 GMT hissie said:

Hmm might try one of those panasonic ones when I need new batteries for my LT.

If you want to plan ahead you can get them from HK at a lower price:

Clicky

Torchy on ebay also gets them in from time to time but they get sold out quite quickly..