18650 battery recommendations?

[tim Mathews]

any recommendations for a 18650 battery? & what are your views on the MXJO 18650?

 

[Susan~S]

This blog link is from Baditude (our resident battery/safety expert). Battery Basics for Mods

- choose the safest and right battery for your applications here. Includes a list of name brand, high-drain, safe-chemistry batteries with mAh & amp ratings in 18350, 18490/18500, and 18650 sizes.

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF!

 

[Sthur]

Check Bad's blog like Susan said. Also here is more info on mxjo.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...4638-mxjo-imr-2500mah-20a-cont-35a-pulse.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/sub-ohm/610422-sub-ohm-coils-battery-safety-3.html

 

[granolaboy]

you'll never regret buying genuine Sony VTC5's...

 

[Tony Starks]

I bought a pair of the MXJO's IMR 18650 and i much prefer my AW 18650...ymmv

 

[p7willm]

Whatever you buy get it from a reputable source. eBay is not reputable. fasttech takes forever for batteries.

It is fairly simple to take any cell and stick a new wrap on it. It is a good deal for the sleeze who takes some cheap battery and puts a sleeve that looks like Sony on it.

It is getting hard to find a reputable dealer with VTC batteries. I would be very careful getting them.

 

[Warpigs]

Whatever you buy get it from a reputable source. eBay is not reputable. Fasttech takes forever for batteries.

It is fairly simple to take any cell and stick a new wrap on it. It is a good deal for the sleeze who takes some cheap battery and puts a sleeve that looks like Sony on it.

It is getting hard to find a reputable dealer with VTC batteries. I would be very careful getting them.

This 1000x. When dealing with batteries you want to make sure you are getting them from a reputable source. Not only for your safety but for the people around you. If it's too good to be true, you got yaself a pipebomb waiting to happen.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Like has been said, determine what CDR battery you need then only buy from reputable vendors / dealers.

You won't find any authentic Sony VTC5's.
The fakers are making improvements in the commonly known visual clues used to identify fakes making them harder to spot.

One member had a supposedly authentic vtc5 vent with a 4.2 amp load in a regulated APV recently.
An authentic vtc5 even in rough shape will handle a 4.2amp load from 4.2v to dead and not vent.

 

[DaveSignal]

If you can't find VTC5, these work great, in my experience, for low resistance builds:
Samsung 25R
LG HE2 (or Efest purple 35A)

 

[Esco1977]

i like the sonys and the orbtronics