Am I safe?

[Dtheis]

hi guys I am new to vaping and I love it so far. I didn't know anything about hands exploding until today though and now I'm scared to use mine. I bought an ipv4s with efest 18650 batteries and I just saw that they weren't the best. My ohms are running at .13 rn because I bought pre wrapped could but I just wanted to know what I should have it at so I don't explode. Is my setup safe? And what else should I do to avoid exploding lol. I haven't used my box mod since.

 

[dc99]

I would get myself a set of LG HD2's or sony VCT4's. The LG's are what I run in mine. No need to go that low unless your in TC mode. Mine seems to have a sweet spot around .5ohms. Plenty of adjustment there and not hard on the mod. If Im not mistaken the effect are LG HE2 rewraps.

 

[Dtheis]

I would get myself a set of LG HD2's or sony VCT4's. The LG's are what I run in mine. No need to go that low unless your in TC mode. Mine seems to have a sweet spot around .5ohms. Plenty of adjustment there and not hard on the mod. If Im not mistaken the effect are LG HE2 rewrap

I would get myself a set of LG HD2's or sony VCT4's. The LG's are what I run in mine. No need to go that low unless your in TC mode. Mine seems to have a sweet spot around .5ohms. Plenty of adjustment there and not hard on the mod. If Im not mistaken the effect are LG HE2 rewraps.

i just bought coils with ohms that low cause someone told me the lower the ohms the bigger the clouds. With what it is at right now do you think it's safe

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I agree with changing batteries. You can find all the info here :

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/f...safe-battery-to-vape-with.7447/#comment-13198
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/f...ch-test-results-which-battery-is-best.689876/
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude.88498/
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/mooch.256958/

Where to buy
http://www.illumn.com/
http://www.rtdvapor.com/
http://liionwholesale.com/
http://www.orbtronic.com/
https://www.imrbatteries.com/

 

[Hell_Vapor]

Most box mods come with a circuit board in them that safe guards against short curcuiting your batteries. The IPV4 comes with short circuit protection and overheating protection. However you always still need good batteries, I use Brillipower 3200 mah 18650's which work great.

 

[Bunnykiller]

with the IPV... yes you are safe

just dont short circuit your fingers.... exploding hands can be messy

 

[dcfluegel]

Most box mods come with a circuit board in them that safe guards against short curcuiting your batteries. The IPV4 comes with short circuit protection and overheating protection. However you always still need good batteries, I use Brillipower 3200 mah 18650's which work great.

may want to check this out...

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/brillipower-batts.653405/

 

[Hell_Vapor]

may want to check this out...

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/brillipower-batts.653405/

No one in that thread knew anything about the brillipower batteries, and the links they had in that thread were wrong. Anyway, I don't want to get off topic with the thread, I can vouch for the brillipowers, been using them for months now, and I've seen the real test results for them from a trusted battery company. But I understand your concern, thanks for letting me know anyway, I really do appreciate your input

 

[dhood]

If you really want to see results, check out mooch's tests. I don't think he's done the Brillipower 3200 but he did check out the 3100 and it was only a 15A 3000mah battery.

https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/list-of-battery-tests.7436/

 

[Baditude]

Efests would be one of the last battery manufacturers that I would purchase from if given a choice. They are notorious for misrepresenting their batteries' true specifications, and advertise specs much higher than their true specs when compared to independent bench testing.

Purple Efest Batteries: Not As Advertised

There are only a few battery manufacturers in the world who make their own "cells". Opening a new battery manufacturing plant is an extremely expensive undertaking (multi-millions in dollars), and the top brands make their own battery cells. This would be LG, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, and Sony.

All the other brands on the market can not afford a new manufacturing plant, so they buy the second and third tier cells from those manufacturers and re-wrap them under their own brand, but these are "second and/or third tier cells" which did not meet the higher standards of the original manufacturer. So, in order to compete with the original manufacturers' batteries (first tier), these other companies feel obligated to publish specifications which are inflated to make them appear superior to those of the original manufacturer. No, that's not honest, but that is the reality in the battery market.

* (AW is Andrew Wan, a former Panasonic employee who branched out to create his own "brand" of batteries. He allegedly has agreements with the major cell manufacturers to purchase first tier batteries from them. Not all batteries are created equal, so AW tests these batteries for quality. The best get chosen to be AW brand, and are re-wrapped as "AW".)

I ask, why pay more for a pretty wrapper or inflated specifications for a battery which is actually a second or third tier battery, when in most cases you can pay less for a first tier battery from the original manufacturer?

Do your research before you buy. Decide what battery to buy depending upon the application that you will use them. What is your first priority besides safety? More amps or more mah? Mooch has done independent testing of many of the batteries available to use; look for the results for the top batteries you are interested in in his blog.

I have devoted a lot of time and research into the batteries available for vaping:

Battery Basics for Mods: the Ultimate Battery Guide

Deeper Understanding of Mod Batteries