Batteries and marriage question for RX200

[KDubbs]

Hey guys and gals, just a couple newb questions about some batteries and battery marriage here.

So I got a second hand rx200 from my brother that he just wasn't using and he's the kind of person who gives things a pretty good unintentional durability test to, so, I want to make sure I'm not taking any unnecessary risks with this. It came with 3 purple efests in it which I understand are...kind of eh. I know he was using the mod to charge them which from what I understand is also kind of eh. Anyway I'll post a pic but one of the batteries looks like the wrap is not in the best condition so I probably won't use them anyways but opinions are welcome.

Now on to the battery marriage thing, and probably the only question I really need everyone's help on. I have 4 green Sammy 25rs that are about a week old that have all been used in my Istick pico that I just recently got, also about a week ago. I only have a 2 bay charger, nitecore um20. Can 3 batteries be married with a 2 bay charger and can I use 3 of the 25rs I already have? Thanks in advance!

 

[rice721]

Depends on your comfort level for safety

If you're absolutely careful I would get a 4 bay charger and 3 new batteries (of the same ofc)
If you're careful I would get a 4 bay charger and use the 3 Sammy 25Rs
If you're mildly careful I would just use the setup you have as it is

Keep in mind tho its a relatively small investment for a peace of mind (charger and new batteries).

 

[Dreamer13]

I would recommend getting three brand new batts, marry them for life and grab a 4 Bay charger as well. Rtd Vapor has what you will need and are very trusted for authentics.

 

[Baditude]

I agree with both comments above.

If it was me, I'd get three brand new batteries, marry them for life, and grab a 4-bay charger. I also recommend RTD Vapor.

Guide to Choosing a Li-ion Battery Charger

I'm using the LG HG2 3000mAh 20A batteries in my RX200, but the Samsung 30Q 3000mAh and AW 3000mAh 20A batteries would perform equally as well.

 

[KDubbs]

Thanks for the advice guys, as much as I wanted to throw some batteries in this thing and have a vape I'm going to take the cautious route. Just picked up a 4 bay charger and some hg2s from RTD. Let the wait continue lol.

 

[Frocket]

Full disclosure: I suck at marrying batteries.

Right now, my current rotation of the RX200, a couple dual battery mods, and a few single battery mods run off 7 LG hg2 and 4 Samsung 25rs. The LG hg2 are the ones I use in the dual mods and Rx200, and the Samsungs go in the single battery mods. I told you, I suck at marrying batteries.

Some of the hg2's don't drain equally anymore, since I suck at marrying batteries. I'm gonna have to mark the ones that drain more than others, and use them together. If I don't they'll just get worse.

BOOM!

 

[KenD]

Full disclosure: I suck at marrying batteries.

Right now, my current rotation of the RX200, a couple dual battery mods, and a few single battery mods run off 7 LG hg2 and 4 Samsung 25rs. The LG hg2 are the ones I use in the dual mods and Rx200, and the Samsungs go in the single battery mods. I told you, I suck at marrying batteries.

Some of the hg2's don't drain equally anymore, since I suck at marrying batteries. I'm gonna have to mark the ones that drain more than others, and use them together. If I don't they'll just get worse.

BOOM!

Well, stop sucking or stop using multiple-battery devices.

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[MortisEx]

I just mark my battery pairs with a marker with the date and P1, P2 etc and give them a stripe around the bottom to make it easy to see which side is up. Planning to custom wrap all of my batts soon and then I guess ill make a small box for that info on each wrap.

 

[SteveS45]

Sucks at marrying batteries and continues to practice unsafe usage? Is it just me or does anyone else have bad things come to mind?

 

[Frocket]

Unsafe? Possibly, if I were running high watts.

About the highest I go is 65 watts, which is only pulling a total of about 16 amps. Even if my batteries aren't draining evenly, I'm pretty sure they'll be fine. When throwing batteries on the charger, I'm seeing voltage differences of about 0.2v. Not a huge deal.

BOOM!

 

[Ongeslepen]

What i do with my rx200 is switching the order of the battery in the battery slots after each recharge. Just in case the rx200 has a favorite battery port stressing one battery more then the others. So that in the long run all battery's are evenly stressed.

 

[DaveP]

I bought 3 new Sony VTC4's for my new RX200S because all the trusted suppliers were out of HG2 batts. It didn't take but 4 battery charges to decide that was a bad choice for the RX200S. I get about 12 clock hours vaping at 10W from the 3 Sonys.

Today, I ordered 3 LG HG2's from Orbtronic. I expect the 3000mah capacity to get me at least 2 days vaping at 10W compared to a day and a half with the Sonys.

If I were a really high watt vaper I'd have to use the 30A batts and put up with short charge life.