Battery Advice

[turnipshoe]

So I bought me self the precious P3 from the United States. Now using it in India. Just got the stock 18350 batteries that came with the starter kit. I want to buy the 18650 batteries as well here. Slightly sceptical reading about the dangers of improper battery care/usage.

My options available here are:

1) 18650 - Panasonic 3.7V 3400mAh

2) Samsung 3.7V 2600mAH

Which one should i go for?

 

[oplholik]

Either one should be good in the P3, Sammys get good reviews. Congrats on getting the P3, an excellent device.

 

[sonicbomb]

I'm assuming you mean a Provari P3 which I think is a 20W mod. What atomizer do you intend to use with it?
I'm pretty sure that both those batteries are ICR chemistry with a 5 to 6 amp continuous discharge rate. Without knowing anything else I would say those are unsuitable for use with your device. Ideally you want a battery that uses the IMR chemistry with at least a 10 amp CDR.
I suggest you shop around and see if you can get some Samsung 25Rs or some LG HE2 oe HE4 which are reliable 20 amp CDR bateries.

 

[turnipshoe]

Sonicbomb yeah the provari p3. I got an aspire nautilus with Air flow. It came with the 1.8 ohm

 

[Train2]

Can't identify which Panasonic or Samsung batteries you are looking at from what you provided. They should have a MODEL, in addition to a size (18650) and Mah and voltage...
There ARE good Samsungs, and some OK Panasonics - but there are also some that aren't "High Discharge" that aren't the right type.

Samsung INR 18650-25-R is a GREAT battery. But I think it's 2500 not 2600 mah, so I don't know which one you're looking at!

Can you buy batteries online? If you are looking at websites and provide links, people here can advise on which is the better battery.

 

[Ca Ike]

There is only one 3400 mah panasonic and it's a 6 amp c rated 15 or 20 amp pulse batt. It will be fine in the p3 since it's almost the same as an 18350. If the sammys are the 25rs then get the sammys. They are the better of the two

 

[turnipshoe]

Alright here goes the links to my option:

Samsung INR 18650 25R | Evape Shop

Just wanted to thank everybody for your time and effort. Much appreciate it.

 

[Baditude]

Being that the P3 requires at least a 10 amp continuous battery, the Samsung 25R (20 Amps) is the better choice over the Panasonic 18650B (6.8 Amp) battery.

Why high drain batteries?

Battery Basics for Mods

Deeper Understanding of Mod Batteries
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By the way, the INR Samsung 25Rbattery is an IMR Hybrid that is both safe chemistry and high drain. INR stands for lithium nickel round. Adding either nickel or manganese to lithium cobalt batteries makes them safe chemistry.

The Panasonic NCR (nickel cobalt round) 18650B is an IMR Hybrid that is safe chemistry but NOT high drain. It's chemistry is weighted more to the ICR side to gain more capacity (mah), so by doing that it is no longer becomes high drain (higher Amp). Batteries with different chemistry makeup have different properties:

• Higher mah (capacity) batteries have low amperage limits (not safe chemistry)
• Higher amperage (CDR) batteries have low mah capacity (called high drain batteries)
• In between, we have the IMR/hybrid batteries which are a "go between" between the above with both acceptable mah and amp CDR. (Both high drain & safe chemistry)

 

[Jayvon633]

3.7V 2500mAh 18650 Li - ion Battery Rechargeable Flat Top Battery ( INR18650 - 25R )-4.82 and Free Shipping| GearBest.com

 

[turnipshoe]

Thank you for enlightening me baditude. Excellent post. Don't know why i never found it before posting. Im going with the samsung INR 18650 25 R.

Jayvon - ordered on gb. thanks.

 

[turnipshoe]

Also will using a battery rated 3.6V (Battery Rated Voltage) instead of 3.7 make a difference?

 

[Mooch]

Also will using a battery rated 3.6V (Battery Rated Voltage) instead of 3.7 make a difference?

Not at all.
It's just a "nominal" voltage specification that helps to differentiate between different battery chemistries. It tells us where the battery will spend most of its time operating when a fairly small amount of current (compared to what's needed for vaping) is being drawn from the battery. The amount of current you use when vaping will have a much bigger effect on the battery voltage as it's being used than the nominal voltage specification.

 

[MonsterKenny]

I only use Samsung batteries. Good choice!