Battery Help

[bishop06]

Prior to me finding this forum I ordered a couple of Ultrafire 18650 XSL 2600mah Protected Button Top Rechargeable Lithium Battery Li-Ion for a mechanical mod. I just received them yesterday but am hesitant to use them now because of all the negative stories I've read here about *fire anything. I don't plan on going sub-ohm with the coils, but rather stay between the 1-1.5 range for a dual coil wrap in a Nimbus. It also sounds like dual coil stresses a battery out in addition to falling below the 1 ohm mark. Should I try sell these batteries and not even waste my time with them?

 

[tj99959]

Ultrafires are about as low on the totem pole as you can get. I can't in good conscience suggest using them in a mechanical with a RBA.

 

[State O' Flux]

Should I try sell these batteries and not even waste my time with them?

Buy some Efest or better yet - AW IMR... and stick the Ultrafires in a flashlight, that you keep outdoors... away from flammables. ;-)

 

[MoDmAnDaN]

I second what tj is saying here.

 

[Baditude]

Any battery with the name "XXX- Fire" in it will be a second class battery. Not recommended for a mod.

This was the last so-called "protected" battery that I have ever used. Only AW IMR batteries from hense-forth.

Battery Basics for Mods: IMR or Protected?

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/129569-rechargeable-batteries.html​

 

[Vapoor eyes er]

Prior to me finding this forum I ordered a couple of Ultrafire 18650 XSL 2600mah Protected Button Top Rechargeable Lithium Battery Li-Ion for a mechanical mod. I just received them yesterday but am hesitant to use them now because of all the negative stories I've read here about *fire anything. I don't plan on going sub-ohm with the coils, but rather stay between the 1-1.5 range for a dual coil wrap in a Nimbus. It also sounds like dual coil stresses a battery out in addition to falling below the 1 ohm mark. Should I try sell these batteries and not even waste my time with them?

When I first began vaping I used cheap TrustFire batts in my Mech Mod. They failed. Wouldn't touch anything with word Fire in it cuz quite literally that what they almost caused in my home- fortunately I was present when they failed on the charger. Another point- make sure you have a quality charger- TrustFire chargers take a long time and are not to be trusted. Quality chargers cut the charge time down and are more safer to use. Here's a reasonably priced quality charger:
http://www.nitecore.com/productDetail.aspx?id=52

 

[State O' Flux]

Any battery with the name "XXX- Fire" in it will be a second class battery.

You mean you don't trust the all new Chi-com-super-delux-Great Wall-fire-express 18350 4000mAh batteries?

 

[bishop06]

Thank you for the affirmation. And thanks Vapor Eyes for the link.