Auto Battery downside

[vantagebox]

Can someone pls explain to me what the downsides of an auto battery are? (other than not being able to drip with it)
I think the button on the manuals is really annoying...

thx

 

[RoseB]

Hello sometimes you can stumble across sealed auto batteries. A few vendors used to carry them. The down side, my autos could be set off by a loud noise or my kids rampaging through the house. Only one did that, and it had a 16 second cut off. You have to take a couple primer puffs. Those are the only down sides I can think of, at the moment.

 

[Jazzi Mike]

Yeah, I haven't seen an upside to automatic batteries yet. They don't actually work very well when you try to take a hit off of them. Sometimes, you have to take a really heavy draw if they even vaporize at all. It is a great idea and probably soon, a manufacturer will come up with an automatic battery that actually works, but for now, it just isnt very good.

 

[GAlt]

If you find an auto battery that operates the way it's intended to (like the ones at Vapor4Life), there's no downside when compared to a standard, button-fired battery.. the problem is that the V4L auto batteries are the only ones that I'm aware of that reliably function properly.

 

[vantagebox]

Thx for the info! so I guess the newest one listed on FT would be too much of a gamble.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1422508

on the other hand, it's cheap enough to experiment with - ah FT, driving me nuts...

 

[BlueMoods]

Let me see, shorter life than manual for most models, most are not sealed so, very easily damaged by over filling, leaks and condensation. Some can be st off by noise, pressure on the non connecting end or simply being turned upside down or shaken Cannot turn them off.

No thanks, I'll push a button.

 

[vantagebox]

got you; didn't know they had a mind of their own... thx again for the info

 

[Rickajho]

Hi

Two points/problems with auto batteries:

The connector has a vent hole in order to trigger the auto feature. Call them what they want, there is no thing as a truly sealed auto battery. (If that were true they wouldn't work at all.) Regular auto batteries have the vent hole right in the center of the positive connection to the battery. "Sealed" autos move that hole from the top off to the side where the threads are. With either type that vent hole is a point for liquids to get inside the battery if you have a flooding accident. It's less likely to happen with a "sealed" battery, but it can still happen. And if you do that... that's what gives auto batteries a reputation for having a short life span.

The other point to consider with autos is the battery is in control of your experience, you aren't. The auto battery determines when your vape starts and how long a drag off it lasts. That can vary too from battery to battery. With a manual you determine when the vape starts generating, in general how long it keeps generating, and when all that stops. You have much less flexibility to your experience with an auto.

Lastly, you may hear mention of a cleaning technique called "dry burning" for certain devices. You can't do that with an auto battery. (Not without practically heroic measures anyway.)

 

[Zipslack]

I've experienced "vapor lock" for want of a better term - long, hard draws cause the battery to keep firing and you have to unscrew the clearo to get it off. That was with a Nano, but I also had it happen with cartos. This was with the Fin battery.