Alternate Batteries?

[Underdawg736]

Hello REOville! Well I'm back from vacation and now I'm gonna get down and dirty and get me a Mini 2.1 before my 6 month vapeversary. I'm planning on getting everything in phases. Phase 1 is batteries and charger, phase two is REO accessories, and the 3rd and final phase is the Mini itself. The reasoning to this madness is to have everything for when the REO arrives and it'll look a bit less painful on the wifes face with smaller charges......lol! Now onto the batteries, I know the AW IMR batteries are strongly suggested and I'm fine with those however on the RTDVAPOR site it'll only allow you to put no more then ONE 14900 battery in your cart. So I was looking at these guys here since I'm looking to get 3 or 4 to start with (backups and backup to the backups!) https://www.rtdvapor.com/online-store/batteries/awpro18500-detail and or these https://www.rtdvapor.com/online-store/batteries/efest18490-detail?? I'm planning on executing Phase I come payday. Thanks a bunch guys!

 

[nerak]

I went to RTD and put 16 of them in my cart. You should try again.

Those AW Protected will not run like the IMR.

 

[darkzero]

Maybe they only have 1 in stock left? I have ordered multiple AW IMR 18490s from them. There are also plenty of other vendors who sell them too. I would go with the IMR instead of the protected li-ions for vaping. I normally order from RTD but I have ordered from Avid Vapor too. Before vaping I used to get all my AWs from Lighthound or directly from AW in HK.

EDIT: Just checked and RTD is showing out of stock for the AW IMR 18490. Guess someone snagged the last one right from under your nose.

 

[Statistic]

1) What Karen and DZ said.. get the AW IMR high drain and skip anything else.

2) Be sure you get the correct sized batteries for the mod you plan to buy. The Mini takes 14500's, the Mini 2.1 takes 18500/18490's. Neither take 14900's (do 14900's even exist?)

3) I also just added several 14500's to a shopping cart, they are currently out of stock on the 18490's

Good luck and godspeed on assembling your vape kit!

 

[Underdawg736]

Man would ya look at that! Just my luck tho, hopefully they'll be stocked up by Thursday. Thanks again!

 

[darkzero]

OP mentioned Mini 2.1 so I'm pretty sure 14900 was a typo & was talking about the AW 18490s. Nope, 14900s don't exist not for IMRs anyway.

 

[darkzero]

Man would ya look at that! Just my luck tho, hopefully they'll be stocked up by Thursday. Thanks again!

You can also use their "notify me" system which works really well.

 

[Underdawg736]

1) What Karen and DZ said.. get the AW IMR high drain and skip anything else.

2) Be sure you get the correct sized batteries for the mod you plan to buy. The Mini takes 14500's, the Mini 2.1 takes 18500/18490's. Neither take 14900's (do 14900's even exist?)

3) I also just added several 14500's to a shopping cart, they are currently out of stock on the 18490's

Good luck and godspeed on assembling your vape kit!

I guess I should've proof read that one.....that .... dyslexia likes to sneak in when I let my guard down! Yes I'm looking to grab the 18490's for the Mini 2.1

 

[JC Okie]

It's worth it to go somewhere else and get the AW IMRs rather than settle for anything else. AW Orange 18490 3.7v 1100 mAh LiMN rechargeable battery They're in stock here.

 

[NicoHolic]

You can get them at ProVape, a reputable dealer. I imagine they're pretty fresh. Given that's what their standard (non-Mini) model uses (without the 18650 extension cap), they probably go through a lot. If you get them there, get some battery boxes. Nothing but AW IMRs in my REOs.

 

[Treebeard]

You can also use their "notify me" system which works really well.

"notify me system" + woodvil = mad scramble

 

[MamaTried]

"notify me system" + woodvil = mad scramble

Ouch! that could lead to a dark day in ReoVille...

 

[redeyedancer]

Welcome Underdawg736 Definitely get the correct batteries

 

[_more_]

Maybe they only have 1 in stock left? I have ordered multiple AW IMR 18490s from them. There are also plenty of other vendors who sell them too. I would go with the IMR instead of the protected li-ions for vaping. I normally order from RTD but I have ordered from Avid Vapor too. Before vaping I used to get all my AWs from Lighthound or directly from AW in HK.

EDIT: Just checked and RTD is showing out of stock for the AW IMR 18490. Guess someone snagged the last one right from under your nose.

sorry i did it but they do notify you very fast for things out of stock.

 

[DoogieTony]

FYI, I see that RTD has a 20% off sale on the Xtar chargers now. Thinking of grabbing a Vp1.