Batteries Catch-All.

[PapawBrett]

Oh NO ! Not Another batteries Thread !
It is to my Limited Understanding that AW was flooded out about a year ago, Sony is no longer in the market, button tops are becoming harder to find, and newer vaping Gear places a heavier strain on batteries.
So....
Manufacturers. Retailers. Proper Usage. Proper Charging. Proper Storage. Safe Limits.
Improper Usage. Dangerous Limitations. Shelf Life.
Anything Batteries. Advice, experience, charts, warnings.... anything batteries.

Just as a starter, do NOT leave charged batteries in the charger bay. Extended charging cycles could cause the Battery to 'vent', and it becomes dangerous. Don't ask me how I know these things

 

[Baditude]

• Yes, the AW plant has been shut down for almost a year now.
• Sony's battery division was purchased a few months ago by Murata. Sony batteries are still widely available as Sony.
• Button top batteries are getting harder to find, but can still be found with some Google Fu.

There's a lot of current battery information available here on ECF. Good places to start are Battery Mooch's blog and You Tube website, and my own blogs (See link below in my signature).

Specific battery questions can be addressed here: Batteries and Chargers

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Plenty of batteries info / catch all here ---> Batteries and Chargers

And here ---> Mooch's blog | E-Cigarette Forum

 

[JCinFLA]

Efest Button Top 18500 batteries are still available at:
ECBlend for $2.50 each on Clearance
VixenVapors for just $1 each on Clearance

Efest Button Top 18350 at:
VixenVapors for $1 each on Clearance

EFest 18350 Flat Top batteries (can use an adapter) at:
ECBLEND for $.95 each on Clearance

Other places currently also have those batteries, but are higher priced by several $$.

 

[bombastinator]

Yes, the AW plant has been shut down for almost a year now.
Sony's battery division was purchased a few months ago by Murata. Sony batteries are still widely available as Sony.
Button top batteries are getting harder to find, but can still be found with some Google Fu.

There's a lot of current battery information available here on ECF. Good places to start are Battery Mooch's blog and You Tube website, and my own blogs (See link below in my signature).

Specific battery questions can be addressed here: Batteries and Chargers

Just want to add a link for the curious Murata Manufacturing - Wikipedia

Murata’s focus seems to be ceramics for electronics use. This makes the new ceramic lithium batteries even more interesting