eGo Twist charging question

[akphotos]

Hey all,

I got an eGo Twist (650) the other day and I'm noticing it's taking a heck of a long time to charge as opposed to the 1000 mAh regular eGo batteries I'm used to. I'm using the charger that came in my eGo T starter kit, if that makes any difference.

Thanks
-Adam

 

[Ynot531]

I don't think it should. That's the one I use and i didn't notice a problem.

 

[akphotos]

I vaped on mine til it was pretty much dead. I've had it on the charger for about 4 and a half hours now. Same thing happened last night; ended up going to sleep before it finished charging. Was fully charged (the green light on the charger was finally on) in the morning.

Annnnnnnnd the light *just* turned green lol

Still seems like a long time to charge a 650 mAh battery. I was gonna go out and get a 1000 mAh Twist this weekend because I really like these compared to the regular eGo batteries but I'm not sure now. I don't want to constantly have to charge my batteries.

 

[ImThatGuy]

I wouldn't leave it on the charger for so long after it's fully charged (I think this was mentioned before, but I forgot to what post). Something about it won't help prolong the life of the battery...

 

[Buggs5347]

You know, the first couple of times I charged my twists it took a long time, as well. But now, it takes about 3 hrs for my 1000's and about half that time for the 650 twist.

 

[akphotos]

I wouldn't leave it on the charger for so long after it's fully charged (I think this was mentioned before, but I forgot to what post). Something about it won't help prolong the life of the battery...

You're right. I probably shouldn't do that. But I'm notorious for leaving devices on the charger long after they're fully charged. Phone, laptop, PV... I usually just set it and forget it.. I hate thinking EVERYTHING won't be fully charged, ready and waiting for me in the morning lol

 

[akphotos]

You know, the first couple of times I charged my twists it took a long time, as well. But now, it takes about 3 hrs for my 1000's and about half that time for the 650 twist.

3 hours for the 1000 mAh is reasonable. Hopefully my 650 picks up the pace. Thanks for the replies.

 

[vsummer1]

You're right. I probably shouldn't do that. But I'm notorious for leaving devices on the charger long after they're fully charged. Phone, laptop, PV... I usually just set it and forget it.. I hate thinking EVERYTHING won't be fully charged, ready and waiting for me in the morning lol

After reading the stories of people having problems with batteries on the chargers, I no longer will leave things on the charger unattended. I had no idea phones, etc. could self destruct while charging! But, apparently they do and I don't want to be the "one" it happens to. Luckily, it is rare, but still....

 

[tooBerk]

I always leave eevrything on charger at night and take in the morning. Life is too short... dont track your devices whether they are fully charged or not. Just leave them on charge an take when youre ready.

cheers

 

[Paulette]

I TOTALLY agree with the posts about battery safety and not leaving your batteries unattended while charging (including your phone)!

On a side note; however, be sure that you are aware of how LONG the 1000mah twist batteries are, especially compared to the 650mah. I got me a 900mah twist battery and it is less than 1/4" longer than the 650mah.

Good luck to you with whatever you purchase!

 

[akphotos]

be sure that you are aware of how LONG the 1000mah twist batteries are

That's one gripe I have. I realize they need more room to put in the... (sorry, don't know the word) thingy.. thingies?.. that make the twist a VV.. but couldn't they make the battery a little fatter instead of ridiculously long?

I think I'll go for the 900 instead. Thanks, Paulette!

 

[Peto]

strange things happen to my twist too.
Sometimes it recharges normally, sometimes the led on the charger is green but red on the cable. Sometimes it never appear the green led anywhere...

 

[j3yps]

my eGo-T charges around 2 hours

 

[akphotos]

my eGo-T charges around 2 hours

eGo "T" or eGo "TWIST"?

 

[Guazi]

My twist also takes a few hours to charge, but I just got it. 1000 mah.

 

[j3yps]

eGo "T" or eGo "TWIST"?

eGo-T

10chars

 

[Big Mac]

I got my 2 twist yesterday and charged them right away. Now I don't know if there was any charge on them when received, but I can say, the only green light I got was on the cable, not on the wall adapter, it stayed red. Speaking of power on the twists, mine is 5 pushes to turn on and off, but I thought there was an auto turn off feature, mine do NOT turn off automatically.

Big Mac

 

[steved5600]

Well LiOn batteries are more forgiving then the old NiCad batteries but you should still not leave them in all the time. NiCad's would develop a memory. LiOn batteries don't do that. But with horror stories about batteries catching fire should not leave them in the charger unattended for long.
If any thing the 1000 should take longer but maybe the controller is different on the 650.
Then again humans built it so could be a slight flaw or that it's new.

 

[steved5600]

Oh forgot a lot of the worries may be because there are now so many of the LiOn batteries out there. So someone is bound to have something happen. If you do something you are not suppose to to any battery like these something bad is bound to happen eventually. I had a Battery pack with the old NiCad batteries melt in my pants pocket. LOL Forgot to put on the safety cap and it shorted.

 

[ninjuh]

These devices have over-charge protection built in so there is NO harm in keeping them on the charger. They're designed with the assumption that people WILL leave them charging over night. If they weren't built to handle it, we'd have stuff going bad/exploding all over the place.

~Vaping is a lifestyle~