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bombastinator

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Seems to be an occasional thing. Someone who hasn’t read the forum in years comes back because their last vape died or something and they need new equipment. It seems I have become one such.

I need new batteries. My vape hasn’t died yet but my batteries are going and I don’t know what is good and reliable any more. I looked at the sellers of batteries I used to go to and it seems not even the manufacturers are the same anymore. I need 18650s and 26650s I saw what looked like some 18650s but I didn’t even see any 26650s so I’m clearly waaaay out of touch. Weird consequence of buying reliable mods and a large stash of liquid. No reason to keep up. The goto used to be Mooch’s battery chart but the date on it said 2016, so I don’t know if it is still updated.

-What and where should I be buying here?
-How did the pandemic affect things? It was really hard on some sectors.
-what has become unavailable?
 
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Seems to be an occasional thing. Someone who hasn’t read the forum in years comes back because their last vape died or something and they need new equipment. It seems I have become one such.

I need new batteries. My vape hasn’t died yet but my batteries are going and I don’t know what is good and reliable any more. I looked at the sellers of batteries I used to go to and it seems not even the manufacturers are the same anymore. I need 18650s and 26650s I saw what looked like some 18650s but I didn’t even see any 26650s so I’m clearly waaaay out of touch. Weird consequence of buying reliable mods and a large stash of liquid. No reason to keep up. The goto used to be Mooch’s battery chart but the date on it said 2016, so I don’t know if it is still updated.

-What and where should I be buying here?
-How did the pandemic affect things? It was really hard on some sectors.
-what has become unavailable?

Nowadays Mooch is recommending Molicel batteries. I just got some 18650 from Liion.

Liion Wholesale Batteries | Li-ion battery/cell distributor
 

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If you are vaping regulated mods...
  • Choose batteries from this chart that interest you.
  • Take Mooch's Amp rating (aka CDR) from those batteries and input that amp rating, your wattage and # of batteries the mod uses into this tool (you can just leave Mod Efficiency and Battery Low Voltage Cutoff as they are) and see if that particular battery is good for you in terms of not exceeding amp limit of battery.
The most popular battery US-based battery vendors on ECF that are mooch approved are

18650batterystore.com
Liionwholesale.com
IMRbatteries.com
Illumn.com
 
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    The goto used to be Mooch’s battery chart but the date on it said 2016

    Deep sigh…no one ever looks to see if the tables were updated. :(
    My blog has all the latest info. Whatever is there, whatever its date is, it’s the latest.
     

    Katya

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    Deep sigh…no one ever looks to see if the tables were updated. :(

    Take heart, Mooch! Many (most?) of us do follow your blog religiously and won't even consider a purchase of a battery or a charger without consulting your updated tables and test reports. :wub:
     
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