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So how long should a lipo last? Time & charge cycles?
My Gens are about 2 years old, they are in my work mods so they have been charged at least 450 times.
Time for new ones?

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OMG!!! Maybe not! on the trying this :(
 

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So how long should a lipo last? Time & charge cycles?
My Gens are about 2 years old, they are in my work mods so they have been charged at least 450 times.
Time for new ones?


OMG!!! Maybe not! on the trying this :(
Run them until they swell, or wont take a charge.....
 

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Naturally colored cotton
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Naturally colored cotton is cotton that has been bred to have colors other than the yellowish off-white typical of modern commercial cotton fibres. Colors grown include red, green and several shades of brown.[1] The cotton's natural color does not fade. Yields are typically lower and the fiber is shorter and weaker but has a softer feel than the more commonly available "white" cotton.[citation needed]

This form of cotton also feels softer to the skin (this statement is subjective and needs verification) and has a pleasant smell. Naturally Colored Cotton is still relatively rare because it requires specialized harvest techniques and facilities, making it more expensive to harvest than white cotton. By the 1990s most indigenous colored cotton landraces or cultivars grown in Africa, Asia and Central and South America were replaced by all-white, commercial varieties.
 

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So how long should a lipo last? Time & charge cycles?
My Gens are about 2 years old, they are in my work mods so they have been charged at least 450 times.
Time for new ones?

Usually 300-500 cycles. My DNA200 is just under 2 yrs old and wasn't really holding a charge. I used to vape 2 tankful of KF5 but lately I was getting just over 1 tank so I opened it up to look at the battery and found it was swollen. I have a few extra NanoTech 950mah batteries so I added an XT30 connector on the DNA200 and plugged one in. So far, I can get just over 2 tanks to run down to 20% so slightly better than the 900mah fullymax battery.

I use my DNA200 more than any other mod.
 

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Usually 300-500 cycles. My DNA200 is just under 2 yrs old and wasn't really holding a charge. I used to vape 2 tankful of KF5 but lately I was getting just over 1 tank so I opened it up to look at the battery and found it was swollen. I have a few extra NanoTech 950mah batteries so I added an XT30 connector on the DNA200 and plugged one in. So far, I can get just over 2 tanks to run down to 20% so slightly better than the 900mah fullymax battery.

I use my DNA200 more than any other mod.

I have six of those 900 fullymax's, they came in the hotcig dx200's mods and spare battery packs when they were dirty cheap. I checked a couple and they are just starting to show a tad of swelling so I'll keep an eye on them. I've got four other 200 mods, those all have the nanotech's, I also have a couple 75's, I keep them all in rotation. Probably what's going to happen is they all will fail around the same time.... I'll have to keep my eye's open for sales and stock up on replacement battery's when there's a smoking deal. I bought six of these nanotech's when they were on sale, Turnigy nano-tech 950mah 1S 25~50C Lipo Pack (Walkera V120, X100) it's easy to make a 3c pack with them and they are the same size as the 3c 900 fullymax.
 

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Mine are definitely reaching the upper limit of the 500! Going to open it up as soon as I can & check for swelling.
When they start to swell is when I get rid of them. You know its coming when the charge cyles dont last as long.
 

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Naturally colored cotton
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Naturally colored cotton is cotton that has been bred to have colors other than the yellowish off-white typical of modern commercial cotton fibres. Colors grown include red, green and several shades of brown.[1] The cotton's natural color does not fade. Yields are typically lower and the fiber is shorter and weaker but has a softer feel than the more commonly available "white" cotton.[citation needed]

This form of cotton also feels softer to the skin (this statement is subjective and needs verification) and has a pleasant smell. Naturally Colored Cotton is still relatively rare because it requires specialized harvest techniques and facilities, making it more expensive to harvest than white cotton. By the 1990s most indigenous colored cotton landraces or cultivars grown in Africa, Asia and Central and South America were replaced by all-white, commercial varieties.

Wiki:Yields are typically lower and the fiber is shorter and weaker but has a softer feel than the more commonly available "white" cotton.[citation needed]

If either one of those are true I can't see it working well for our purposes.
 

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