Innokin Owners Group Thread

[AndriaD]

making sure there is no confusion, during charging, Green is 60%-100%
the Green will go Out/Off when full 100% charged...

jus sayin'
.

Usually. But one of my CF4s will charge to only 4.15v, and the green light *rarely* goes out. It will occasionally, if I get busy and forget I have it plugged in, but even if the green light goes off, it still only charges up to 4.15v.

Andria

 

[pufZeppelin]

yepper, Li-ion 4.15 rounds up to 4.2 ; so it's a THIN LINE

but innokin sets their chips so to extinguish the green light upon reaching whatever full charge it achieves



I have two new cf4 and one does 4.12v, other 4.20v consistently - weird

 

[Jingles]

One of my Cool Fire IV's, the green light never goes out when charging. It does charge up to 4.19 though, just like my other one does.

 

[pufZeppelin]

whats the longest you waited to see green go off ?

 

[Vinnybagodoughnuts]

My first Coolfire4 would take around 6 hours for the light to go out. Then it started autofiring. The replacement goes out in about 3 hours. It charges to 4.19.

 

[AndriaD]

yepper, Li-ion 4.15 rounds up to 4.2 ; so it's a THIN LINE

but innokin sets their chips so to extinguish the green light upon reaching whatever full charge it achieves



I have two new cf4 and one does 4.12v, other 4.20v consistently - weird

Yeah my pink one is the only one that will go all the way to 4.2; the silver one will go to 4.18 -- and both of those, the green light goes out immediately on reaching either 4.2 or 4.18 -- the red one will only go to 4.15, and sometimes if it's been quite long enough, I'll check it and the light is still on... I unplug and check the voltage and it says 4.15... won't go any higher, and only sometimes does the light go out.

Andria

 

[Jingles]

whats the longest you waited to see green go off ?

7 or 8 hours

 

[pufZeppelin]

7 or 8 hours

well then, that SHOULD surely be long enuff

oh well, you're at least getting sufficient vape time out of it then...

 

[DaveP]

making sure there is no confusion, during charging, Green is 60%-100%
the Green will go Out/Off when full 100% charged...

jus sayin'
.

Yes, I knew that it was probably charged at a mid level, as LiMn batts are commonly shipped at a storage level. It only took an hour for the green LED to extinguish on my USB wall charger.

 

[DaveP]

It really is a pretty awesome device, isn't it? And the battery life! Oh myyyy!

I'm almost 24 clock hours into vaping the MVP 3.0 Pro and the battery indicator is showing about 2/3 left.

 

[DaveP]

On my only Coolfire IV the LED doesn't go out while charging. I have to go over and unplug, then re-plug the USB cable. If it's charged, the LED comes on and then goes out. That's become my test for full charge. There's obviously a glitch in the charging logic.

 

[Toronnah]

It shouldn't take 6 or more hours to charge a 2000 mah battery.

I'm more and more convinced the CF4 is a low end device designed to compete with the Istick. It's like Innokin is selling the Audi MVP beside the Volkswagen CF4.

 

[DaveP]

It shouldn't take 6 or more hours to charge a 2000 mah battery.

I'm more and more convinced the CF4 is a low end device designed to compete with the Istick. It's like Innokin is selling the Audi MVP beside the Volkswagen CF4.

I have an inline digital voltage/current tester that plugs between the device and the USB source. On just about all my USB devices is shows +/- 800ma when charging on my 2.4A 4 port wall charger. My LG G3 phone does the same. I think that current limiting resistors in most all the USB devices are set to limit charge to that level. On the MVP 3.0 Pro it shows .82A (820ma) with the MVP showing battery at a little over half on the display.

The USB volt/ampmeter is a great little device for around $12 from Amazon.
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[Capt.shay]

It shouldn't take 6 or more hours to charge a 2000 mah battery.

I'm more and more convinced the CF4 is a low end device designed to compete with the Istick. It's like Innokin is selling the Audi MVP beside the Volkswagen CF4.

That's hilarious. The Istick doesn't even belong on the same shelf with any innokin product.

 

[Toronnah]

That's hilarious. The Istick doesn't even belong on the same shelf with any innokin product.

Maybe it doesn't. My Isticks have far outlasted my CF4'S. So perhaps Innokin should be on a lower shelf.

 

[fourthrok]

On my only Coolfire IV the LED doesn't go out while charging. I have to go over and unplug, then re-plug the USB cable. If it's charged, the LED comes on and then goes out. That's become my test for full charge. There's obviously a glitch in the charging logic.

That is what I do with mine. The light does goes out on all of them...but there are a couple that I will unplug and re-plug to be sure it's completely charged. The green light will go back on with the re-plug...but not for long. It will help push the charge from 4.1 to 4.2. My Coolfire seems to charge all the way every time, so I don't have to do the re-plug thing with it.

 

[pufZeppelin]

every Innokin that I have had, the green light stays ON until charge complete (then goes off)

which in the beginning (way way back- in 2013) confused me because 'others' ,when they turned green, charge was over

I have a CF4 & TC40W on my desk in front of me, I prefer the TC40

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[DaveP]

That's hilarious. The Istick doesn't even belong on the same shelf with any innokin product.

I'd agree for the iStick 50w. I went through two of them during the warranty period before asking to be swapped over to the Coolfire 4. The CF4 has been rock solid.

My iStick 20W has been working hard for almost two years. It's a shame that it isn't calibrated properly for output voltage and wattage. For a 2 ohm coil I have to turn it down to minimum output. You can forget using anything under 2 ohms. It will be too hot. That said, it's one of my backups for when I need to stealth vape with a 2 ohm coil.

Innokin is a much better company for quality and precision, though.

 

[DaveP]

Update: My MVP 3.0 Pro finally flashed the charge plug symbol in the battery icon. I vaped at 10W from yesterday morning about 9:30am until the next day at around 5pm.

The initial charge may deliver less than subsequent charges as the new battery conditions itself and achieves full charge level. The first charge was from a storage level charge to full. This one will be the first complete cycle and may yield a few more hours.

 

[Capt.shay]

BTW: I hope every one noticed that Leo was vaping on an MVP2 at the SAG awards