eGo/Tornado batteries, 1 year later

[newbutt]

I was skimming some past posts of mine & was shocked to see it was 14 months ago that I bought my eGo kit. Now granted, I also order a pair of Tornado batteries about the same time & rotate between the 4, but still. 14 months & still going strong?
I color that AWESOME

I did have to buy a new charger last week, but $10 a year for hardware? I can live with that

Also order a Riva battery so we'll see how they fair next to the eGo & Tornado batteries

 

[washvap]

Good to hear, hope mine lasts just as long as well. Never let mine get to low before I charge up but I guess time will tell

 

[cjf1961]

I also have a few ego's that are that old, Riva's are still too new, but have lost more of those than the ego's. Of course it may be also because I've changed the way I vape and what I'm vaping with, different atty's and such.

 

[MaxUT]

I received my first Janty eGo set from Diet Smokes on March 6, 2010. They still work!

However, the Ultrafire 16340 880 mAh batts I got last July are fading fast. New ones are in the mail and they better hurry up!

 

[newbutt]

Observation on the Riva battery: Love the soft button, but the bottom is not as flat as the eGo, so it tends to wobble when you set it down.

 

[ever]

It seems old batteries (Riva style, soft rubber touch button) are delivering higher voltage than the new Ego 1000 mah batteries.
Got a 1000 mah yesterday, and seems the voltage is around 3.45 volts....Old riva's are higher, but newer have 10 seconds cutt-off protection, 5 clicks on and off function.

I opened an Ego battery, mine had Joye batteries inside. That batt died after I used (and pressed the button too much, I guess) an LR EM5 atomizer....

 

[Fenix-T]

I've been using the eGo about since it first came out, too. And I'm still using it. I've lost batteries, replaced batteries for the heck of it, but never had a failure. But through that time I got tired of changing batteries. And the screwing and unscrewing all the time. I'm waiting for something to take the eGo's place. A 18650 Janty/joye stick would be nice. That batt will def last you till sleep(charge) time.

 

[r77r7r]

Thanks for the report. I have 5+ months on my Riva510 (650Mah). The soft button is wearing down some. Lol, yeah they're wobbly! I use a semicircle button protector and always lay it on the side and it won't roll away.

I use BogeLR's now, I wonder if that'll kill it sooner. I'll go to Boge 2.5 if I have to, but am never going back to attys- they suck.

 

[newbutt]

Observation on the Riva battery: Love the soft button, but the bottom is not as flat as the eGo, so it tends to wobble when you set it down.

another thing I've noticed is the gold plating around the button has already wore off

 

[Poeia]

I had 4 Riva 510 batteries. The soft button on one caved in so it was permanently in the on position. The fact that my hands are sometimes sticky with drying liquid may have been a factor but that will be true in the future as well. Planning to try an eGo next.