Hehe, I don't want to confuse you but I use three kinds of batteries and with regards to unregulated vaping and the AWs (IMR 2000mAh) are my last choice (but still a pretty decent one)!
The Panasonics 18650CGH outnumber the AW all the time and the Samsung 22P fits me better (drops deeper in the beginning but keeps more stable, whereas the AW drops continously deeper and deeper with a constant rate.
Just check these graphs from a German (vaping) battery test site and make your own picture:
2A Graphs: AkkuDB
3A Graphs: AkkuDB
5A Graphs: AkkuDB
The 3A bar is probably the most interesting graph, as it resembles coils around 1.2-1.3 Ohms. 2A represents coils around 1.7 Ohms and 5A is honestly more a short-circuit than a coil but let's say these represent coils around 0.7Ohms.
My conclusion: All three of these are fine vaping batteries, I dunno about your prices but I get 2 Panasonics for the price of one AW battery, in the USA the difference is probably not that big - I recommend to buy the battery from these three that you get at the cheapest price.
Edit: As Dspin also said, there is a point where you will switch your battery cause they don't deliver enough voltage. In the graphs above this point is 1/3 - 1/2 of the line, so the right half isn't interesting for our decision! It is completely uninteresing which bar stops last cause that is only a theoretical border, at least for unregulated vaping, but with regards to regulated vaping we also care about the 2nd half!
Edit2: Just added the Black Trustfire 2400mAh with flames on it cause I guess almost everybody of us used them once and they are good to show the difference that good IMR cells make! (Obviously no 5A graph for them)
The Panasonics 18650CGH outnumber the AW all the time and the Samsung 22P fits me better (drops deeper in the beginning but keeps more stable, whereas the AW drops continously deeper and deeper with a constant rate.
Just check these graphs from a German (vaping) battery test site and make your own picture:
2A Graphs: AkkuDB
3A Graphs: AkkuDB
5A Graphs: AkkuDB
The 3A bar is probably the most interesting graph, as it resembles coils around 1.2-1.3 Ohms. 2A represents coils around 1.7 Ohms and 5A is honestly more a short-circuit than a coil but let's say these represent coils around 0.7Ohms.
My conclusion: All three of these are fine vaping batteries, I dunno about your prices but I get 2 Panasonics for the price of one AW battery, in the USA the difference is probably not that big - I recommend to buy the battery from these three that you get at the cheapest price.
Edit: As Dspin also said, there is a point where you will switch your battery cause they don't deliver enough voltage. In the graphs above this point is 1/3 - 1/2 of the line, so the right half isn't interesting for our decision! It is completely uninteresing which bar stops last cause that is only a theoretical border, at least for unregulated vaping, but with regards to regulated vaping we also care about the 2nd half!
Edit2: Just added the Black Trustfire 2400mAh with flames on it cause I guess almost everybody of us used them once and they are good to show the difference that good IMR cells make! (Obviously no 5A graph for them)
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