best battery other than sony 18650

[aznsamurai82]

I shorted out my two other sony 18650 batteries Cause of the cursed fogger v2 so now I'm looking for other batteries to try out Besides the sonys. Which one would you guys recommend the mnke's,aw's,or anything that is better than those.

 

[degnr8]

I haven't gotten them yet, but everybody seems to swear by AW IMRs

 

[Ryedan]

Which Sony's do you have and what would you like to improve?

 

[aznsamurai82]

Which Sony's do you have and what would you like to improve?

US18650VTC3 and I just want to try a new battery that has a good amp discharge like my sonys and are reliable

 

[Baditude]

AW IMR
1600mah 24A

Efest IMR
18650 1600mAh 30A

MNKE IMR
IMR18650 1500mah 20A

Samsung hybrid (LiNiCoMnP)
INR18650-20R 2000mah 22A

Sony
us18650vct3 1600mAh 30A
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Battery Basics for Mods: IMR or Protected?

I shorted out my two other sony 18650 batteries Cause of the cursed fogger v2

I'm questioning why you are shorting out a high-quality, high-amp battery in the first place? And two of them at that. Sounds like you are not practicing sound or safe habits, are using unsafe gear, or both. New batteries are not going to cure your woes.

 

[aznsamurai82]

AW IMR
1600mah 24A

Efest IMR
18650 1600mAh 30A

MNKE IMR
IMR18650 1500mah 20A

Samsung hybrid (LiNiCoMnP)
INR18650-20R 2000mah 22A

Sony
us18650vct3 1600mAh 30A
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Battery Basics for Mods: IMR or Protected?

I'm questioning why you are shorting out a high-quality, high-amp battery in the first place? And two of them at that. Sounds like you are not practicing sound or safe habits or are using unsafe gear. New batteries are not going to cure you woes.

Fogger v2 is prone to shorting out batteries but lesson learned and I'm going to get a 2 cent fuse before firing it again.

 

[WattWick]

How did they react to being shorted? Venting or burning or... are you still alive? Did you check your pulse?

 

[Baditude]

Fogger v2 is prone to shorting out batteries but lesson learned and I'm going to get a 2 cent fuse before firing it again.

Better buy a dozen of them then....just saying. They only block a short once and then they're dead. Better yet, get a safer RBA.

 

[aznsamurai82]

You know they made a version 2 that can be reusable...

 

[aznsamurai82]

How did they react to being shorted? Venting or burning or... are you still alive? Did you check your pulse?

They just vented then cooled down after.

 

[Baditude]

You know they made a version 2 that can be reusable...

I'm aware of the version 2. However, depending upon the severity of the short, it can be ruined by a single incident. Even if repeated shorts are not severe, it does have a finite life expectancy.

 

[Ryedan]

US18650VTC3 and I just want to try a new battery that has a good amp discharge like my sonys and are reliable

I thought it might be that battery.

AW IMR
1600mah 24A

Efest IMR
18650 1600mAh 30A

MNKE IMR
IMR18650 1500mah 20A

Samsung hybrid (LiNiCoMnP)
INR18650-20R 2000mah 22A

Sony
us18650vct3 1600mAh 30A
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If you want to maintain the 30m A max discharge rating, I would not go with the Efest. I haven't tried them myself, but I've heard from too many people that they don't last as long as the rest. My choice if I wanted something different for high power would be the AW 1600 mAh.

 

[Ryedan]

Fogger v2 is prone to shorting out batteries but lesson learned and I'm going to get a 2 cent fuse before firing it again.

AFAIK, depending on which of those fuses you get they activate at something like 5 or 7 A. Check things out before you go that way.

 

[aznsamurai82]

AFAIK, depending on which of those fuses you get they activate at something like 5 or 7 A. Check things out before you go that way.

I won't exceed 6 amps with my fogger build and if I'm doing sub ohm builds on my RDA I won't use the fuse cause I never once have gotten a short from my RDA

 

[aznsamurai82]

I thought it might be that battery.



If you want to maintain the 30m A max discharge rating, I would not go with the Efest. I haven't tried them myself, but I've heard from too many people that they don't last as long as the rest. My choice if I wanted something different for high power would be the AW 1600 mAh.

Thanks for the tip and I was never a FAM of efest batteries because my friends have had bad experience from the stories I heard from them. I was thinking about the aw or mnke