Even lipos have a little break in period and achieve max performance after 3 or so charges (in the Rc world at least)
Funny you mention the battery today as I just finished testing mine with that USB gadget that was used here a few weeks ago to demonstrate the batt had more than 4500mah.
I still say it's bullock. I tested a worn out (70% capacity) one year old 1900mah battery and it charged up to 2105Mah according to the USB device. Great! Only problem: discharging it at 190mah (C/10) gave me astonishing 1387mah. It was toasted before the test and it remains toasted after it.
Charged the VT completely from 0 to 100 and got 4759mah
If one should extrapolate from the 'other' lipo experience, it's 4500mah.
Not saying this is good or bad but it ain't 5000mah in my book.
I get 1.5 days out of a Samsung 25R and a little over 2 days out of the VT... Exactly as expected from a 4500mah pack.
And now I don't want to discuss battery capacity any further. It's still a great mod
Regards
Tony
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Yeah, judging how much capacity a lipo has should always be done with discharge. Can't tell anything from charging because of how the balancing works. It uses more MAh to balance and gives an erroneous reading if that is what people think is sitting in the pack when it's done. Discharge is real world capacity.