AW Batteries?

[dee93]

So i am an avid mechanical mod user i love mechanical mods i have a gus telescope coming in and i have a drawtube mod which are both telescopic mods so battery sizes don't really matter but why does everybody seem to like the AW batteries? I cant remember if i read it or heard it but someone said that they have a safer chemistry but thats all they say is that they have safer chemistry than other batteries they dont really say they are protected. Can anybody clarify on that? Are they protected or just safer? Thanks!

 

[Blix]

Uhm, punctuation is your friend.


AW IMR's are safe chemistry batteries that will not explode if there's a hard short, they will vent gas, but no explosion.
Besides that, they also have great performance, that's why we love them...

 

[dee93]

Haha sorry about that i'm an art major

Cool cool thanks for the reply. I was just wondering because I would like to get AW's but efest's are so much cheaper.

And now i'm proofreading my replies haha

 

[Blix]

Hehe. Efest have IMR's as well.

But personally I love the AW's and I think it's worth the extra money.

 

[Baditude]

Just to add a little more info than Blix provided.

ICR batteries are Lithium Ion batteries that use a more volatile chemistry, and require protected circuits in case they are pushed enough to short. This is why they are a little longer than IMR batteries; the protective circuits add a little length to the battery. Even with the built-in protection, it might still be a good idea to use the 2 cent or Vape Safe protective circuit Batteries : Vape Safe Mod Fuse 2.

IMR are high drain batteries that V-V and V-W APV's generally require for their voltage boost circuits; they also use a safer, less volatile chemistry.

AW batteries are not really a "brand" that is manufactured by a single company. There's a guy in China who purchases large quantities of batteries from several manufacturers; he tests and examines them by hand and then "re-brands" the best ones as AW.

I use IMR batteries in both my V-V and mech mods. I've used only AW's for several months, but I did recently purchase some Efests recently just to try a different brand out. Both have good reputations among the battery experts, as do Panasonic and Sanyo.

I don't trust any battery that has "fire" in the name. And I would not trust a "no name" battery.

 

[dee93]

Awesome thanks for the info baditude that was really helpful.

And this is why i love the ECF! Thanks for the help guys