Bargain Bin Treasures!

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MBV still has a bunch of the Cascades in 3 colors, but no Black. I just bought 9 of them for some local friends and an online friend.

ETA: I'll be curious to see how many of the compatible coils (from the same column/section) in the coils chart I use...will also work in the GT adapter the Cascades come with. If they'll also work in the adapter, that will greatly increase the number of coils I already have that those people can use, besides the Vaporesso EUC and GT coils.
 
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The two products that I have had break within 30 days of purchase were both mods. And both of those were external battery You could argue that same thing about any Vape product that has internal batteries they're not going to last more than 300 charges usually and if they don't have a replaceable battery then they become trash. And that is only if they don't break before their battery life Runs Out

It just dawned on me that you're probably referencing the pods that do not have exchangeable coils but rather you have to exchange the entire pod I don't have one of those I guess what I have would be considered an all-in-one. That being said if you're going to compare the Pod to cigarettes you're probably not going to come up with more waste than cigarettes and at least to my knowledge there's never been a way to reuse cigarette butts. you'll probably come up substantially less waste products even with Todd's that require you to change the entire pod then you would with sat equivalent amount of cigarettes with the only big huge difference being the battery any battery those are resource suckers and there's very little recycling or reusing done as far as I know
Hey, I only got 2¢ and you got a buck fifty!
 

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MBV still has a bunch of the Cascades in 3 colors, but no Black. I just bought 9 of them for some local friends and an online friend.

ETA: I'll be curious to see how many of the compatible coils (from the same column/section) in the coils chart I use...will also work in the GT adapter the Cascades come with. If they'll also work in the adapter, that will greatly increase the number of coils I already have that those people can use, besides the Vaporesso EUC and GT coils.
I picked up 3 more in Silver, so 7 total... a little depressed that they are out of black, but people did warn me yesterday and I already knew better from past experiences with clearance items like this selling out, so I am to blame.
 

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I picked up 3 more in Silver, so 7 total... a little depressed that they are out of black

The Black ones were already gone when I placed my order, too. The people I got them for don't care about colors anyway though...especially at that super 90% off discounted price and cheap $4 S/H. :thumbs:
 

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I think I might try them. No time today..have to work.

I'm pretty sure they've been on Mooch's list of recommended vendors for a long time. I've bought quite a few batteries from them, as they quite often have good sales. They often have Deals of the Week with pretty popular vaping batteries.
 

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I'm pretty sure they've been on Mooch's list of recommended vendors for a long time. I've bought quite a few batteries from them, as they quite often have good sales. They often have Deals of the Week with pretty popular vaping batteries.
That's where I got my last order from. Great service and fast shipping.
 

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I'm pretty sure they've been on Mooch's list of recommended vendors for a long time. I've bought quite a few batteries from them, as they quite often have good sales. They often have Deals of the Week with pretty popular vaping batteries.

Well, upon a little research they set up shop (on the internet at least) sometime in 2017-2018 so they've been around for roughly at least 2 years.

Will put them in my "Battery Stores to Buy From" bookmarks folder :thumbs:
Can't have "too many" sources. :D
 

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JMHO - It's important from a safety standpoint to buy batteries from dedicated battery retailers who have a reputation for selling authentics like IMRbatteries.com, Ilumn.com, Liionwholesale.com, etc. These vendors can't risk getting a reputation for selling fake batteries - their business is centered around batteries. Their prices are low enough.
It's your loss. I've bought batteries from Central Vapors since May 2018 and they only sell authentic batteries and has been well respected for years. I also bought batteries from IMRbatteries, etc and they are fine too if you want to pay more. And working with electronics for decades, I also test my own batteries that I purchase. And my standards are much higher than Mooch standards. Another good thing is we have forums and social media. As you can't get away for years selling fakes without someone ratting you out. ;)
 

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Not really. But anyway, I'm not going to debate buying vape batteries from reputable, dedicated sources just to get a bargain price. :eek:
It isn't rocket science really. And you think Central Vapors would sell you a fake, when they tell you how to tell whether your battery you bought from some place else is a fake or not?

MXJO 18650 Battery 3000mah 35A
 
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I have bought things (OMG NOT batteries) from Iowa vapes, and I am here to say they are a bit.... Odd. I don't quite get them. I would not buy batteries from them.

They are also in Iowa and I am afraid my husband and I drove through that state and the most interesting thing that happened was a program on mosquito larvae.

They did not even have a Weekly World news to purchase .Only Playboy Letters, and since we had the four year old child of mine in the back seat, it did not seem appropriate,.

Never more dearly have I YEARNED to read poorly written fantastical stories about sexual misconduct, though, IOWA SUCKS.

Yeah, I said it.

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Source: Samsung INR18650-25R 2500mAh - 20A Battery
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Stay safe folks. Save money when it makes sense, but when it comes to lithium batts, it makes no sense considering the prices from known, reputable, dedicated sources (if for no other reason).


If you believe the above statement is debatable...good luck.
Interesting. Since I have Samsung 18650-25R I bought from IMRBatteries and some from Central Vapors. And they are identical. And those two those two commenters failed to mention why they thought they were fake? Was it the wrap looked different? Printing looks different? Mooch says you can't tell that way.

Eight different fake battery types to report!

Did those two commenters also check the five as the second character in the first line of codes on the metal can? Did they check to see if those 25R had two micro-weld lines on top or not? What else did they check for?

Fake Samsung 25R alert, post #4 of 9 about battery fakes.

And yet not a single one mentioned anything about they didn't perform like genuine Samsung 25R. Interesting.

Say, why are you peeking in the Bargain Bin Treasures thread anyway when I would think you would believe all bargain bins are fake?
 
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