During the following review of the Ruby he demonstrates his use of a Brillipower 18650 in a mechanical mod with a 0.19 ohm build. That's +22 amps from a 15amp CDR cell, which is obviously not safe.
He talks about Battery safety at the two minute mark, then at 03:21 he says -
"I don't think they are the best batteries on earth, but for this application it's working just fine."
It's perhaps easy to point the finger as we here on ECF are in the privileged position of having access to the true values of a large number of cells thanks to @Mooch s testing.
I know anyone can make mistakes or be misinformed, but I refuse to believe someone this experienced and involved in the vaping scene doesn't know that re-wraps with inflated specs are not to be trusted. His statement about them not being 'the best' proves that he at least suspected that they were inappropriate.
(At the danger of sounding ....-hurt) In my opinion a respected reviewer (who regularly mentions battery safety in his videos) with a quarter of million subscribers cannot afford to be this ignorant, or display such a lackadaisical attitude towards battery safety. If he was unsure, he shouldn't be using them, let alone mentioning them during the review.
I tried contacting him to point this info out, but as yet I have not received any response. I'm willing to put this down to him being a busy guy and not the alternative.
He talks about Battery safety at the two minute mark, then at 03:21 he says -
"I don't think they are the best batteries on earth, but for this application it's working just fine."
It's perhaps easy to point the finger as we here on ECF are in the privileged position of having access to the true values of a large number of cells thanks to @Mooch s testing.
I know anyone can make mistakes or be misinformed, but I refuse to believe someone this experienced and involved in the vaping scene doesn't know that re-wraps with inflated specs are not to be trusted. His statement about them not being 'the best' proves that he at least suspected that they were inappropriate.
(At the danger of sounding ....-hurt) In my opinion a respected reviewer (who regularly mentions battery safety in his videos) with a quarter of million subscribers cannot afford to be this ignorant, or display such a lackadaisical attitude towards battery safety. If he was unsure, he shouldn't be using them, let alone mentioning them during the review.
I tried contacting him to point this info out, but as yet I have not received any response. I'm willing to put this down to him being a busy guy and not the alternative.
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