16500 Battery help

[hydruid]

Hello All, I am new to mech mods and am seeking input on this battery:
http://www.aquavaporcig.com/efest-16500-Product.html

I have a Tesla M4 and it takes a 16500 battery. It came with an ICR type battery but I know I need an IMR... Trying to make sure I'm safe.

I can't find any info on the efest battery linked above, about the maximum drain or "C" rating.

I am hoping it has a higher amp rating than the current battery, which is 3.3 Amps.

Thank you.

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[Baditude]

It's going to be extremely difficult to find this information. Having done research on batteries in the past, I have as a general rule found it difficult to find consistant specifications for Efest batteries. Without knowing the actual C-rating of the battery, there's no way to know its amp rating. My guess would be its only a 4 amp battery.

Efest has exaggerated the specifications of their batteries in the past. The battery you linked above says on the wrapper that it is a 1200mah IMR, yet the vendor states twice that it is only a 900mah IMR battery.

Efest claims its purple 18650 2500mah battery is 35 amps, yet an independent tester states that it is a re-branded LG18650H2 2500mah battery with only a 20 amp continuous discharge rate. Efest 30 & 35 amp batteries

This is a rebranded LG18650HE2 cell. Careful: max continuous discharge rate for this cell is 20A *NOT* 35A as advertised by Efest.