Good 18350 battery and charger set up?

[RWB]

Hello all,

I'm looking for some advice on a good set up for 18350 protected batteries and charger. Any help is much appreciated!

 

[dormouse]

No idea what is good but you can browse through some here

18350 Battery | e-Cigarette Mods by Specs

 

[Bozzlite]

Check out Electronic Cigarettes and AW batteries by Super T

They have the AW 18350 battery and the Ultrafire WF-188 charger. Free shipping under $36

Looks like a good combo.

 

[RWB]

Thanks guys, I'll check it out.

 

[Str8V8ping]

I have always used the pila charger and trustfires(label with flames on it ). The xtar mp1 or wp2 are decent chargers as well . Never use a cheap charger with 18650 cells or cheap cells . I seen pictures of the damage from those cells exploding (blew hole in steel ).

 

[RWB]

I seen pictures of the damage from those cells exploding (blew hole in steel ).

Yikes!!

The pila chargers look nice, kinda pricy but I'm sure its worth the money.

 

[D133]

My Trustfire TR-001 charges AW 18350 batteries just fine, they come off the charger at around 4.17V, and no spacers required.

I recently bought a Pila IBC charger, final battery voltage is about the same, 4.17 to 4.18V, though it did require spacers. 15mm aluminium charging spacers are perfect (used in conjunction with the screw-adjust 15mm spacers included in the Pila charger). I read somewhere that it is preferable to use as few spacers as possible (to reduce resistance which can slightly affect charging), so I also obtained CR123 spacers (approx 34mm long, with blue covering), but they are too long - I will need to shorten them by about 4mm for a perfect fit, I didn't want to try forcing them in.

>>Edit: my apologies, I now see you are talking about protected 18350 cells, I was referring to AW IMR 18350 LiMn variety.

 

[dormouse]

I have a TR001

Would it not be safe to charge protected 18350's in a TR001?

I also have an 18350 mod coming and haven't bought the batteries yet.

 

[Bozzlite]

I have a TR001

Would it not be safe to charge protected 18350's in a TR001?

I also have an 18350 mod coming and haven't bought the batteries yet.

Dmouse, I don't know if that was a rhetorical question, but yes you can charge either IMR batteries or protected batteries on the same charger. No problem.

 

[D133]

Yes, you can charge protected 18350 batteries in a TR-001 charger.
I use the safest possible batteries (*as far as can be determined at time of writing, though all batteries should be treated with care and attention), which are safe-chemistry AW IMR batteries - if they will fit in your mod I would recommend them. Protected batteries should prevent over-charging or over-discharging, and I would also consider them acceptably safe.

Unprotected batteries should be treated with great care, you do not want to over-charge (keep <4.2V) or over-discharge (keep >3V). Even though I use safe-chemistry batteries, I test mine periodically with a multimeter to check on their current condition.

 

[fright88]

I have both a TR001 and TR003 charger both are great. I like the 003 better because it is 4 port but both work well.

As for batterys I like either the AW IMR 18350 or the Trustfire flame jackets from madvapes. Both work very well for me.