Mk1 Lavatube

[farzooks]

I've just noticed that IMR are LiMn, which I literally have 60 of, in Bosch powerpacks which are currently in my diy leccy bike. Unfortunately, I can't free any up for LT use, as they're all needed. Pity that, as they're all nominally 2600mAh.
Ah well, I'll have to fork out for a couple of new ones and that Panny 18650CH looks the biz.
Cheers all. Many thanks for the pointers.

[womble]

Jun 16, 2012 23:18:28 GMT maccafan said:

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..

How on earth do you know who's selling real ones and not fakes though? It's a minefield it seems.

[maccafan]

Jun 17, 2012 0:08:46 GMT womble said:

How on earth do you know who's selling real ones and not fakes though? It's a minefield it seems.

I don't.

I know that torchy is a genuine seller and many have bought those from that HK seller in ECF and reported that they work great.

[Deleted]

Torchy has a good reputation does his homework and has his own site www.torchythebatteryboy.com/p/batteries_21.html

[blakey]

Jun 17, 2012 0:29:43 GMT maccafan said:

Jun 17, 2012 0:08:46 GMT womble said:

How on earth do you know who's selling real ones and not fakes though? It's a minefield it seems.

I don't.

I know that torchy is a genuine seller and many have bought those from that HK seller in ECF and reported that they work great.

I have purchased from torchy and can say that his batteries were genuine, and if they weren't genuine then they were blooming good fakes

[farzooks]

Thanks for the lead to torchy - not just the LT, but I'll have to make up some more powerpacks for the bike and a source of known good 18560s is handy to know about.

[Anne (fuzzy)]

A bit more expensive, but last longer between charges plus free p & p

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Panasonic-3100mAh-NCR-18650A-3-7v-batteries-case-/300727417186?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_Batteries_SM&hash=item4604c03962#ht_5073wt_1170

[farzooks]

Well, I ended up ordering a pair of fairly ordinary 18650s from a local supplier and they arrived this lunchtime.
www.thebestshop.eu/shop/vv-mods/35-lavatube-vx-spare-battery.html
Quick check with VM and charger and theyr'e good to go; bunged on an ego/510 adapter for the necessary extension and fitted the Ego Vision.
My word, what an improvement
I'd noticed the Vision didn't like it when the Ego batteries weren't fresh off the charger and performance dropped off a fair bit - the LT has none of that nonsense; brute force keeps the Vision going, and I'm finding 4.4V is a good setting for it.