GrimmGreen Battery Safety

[Annie56]

There are only a few battery manufacturers in the world who make their own "cells", including LG, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic & Sanyo.

All the other brands on the market buy the second and third tier cells from those manufacturers and re-wrap them under their own brand. These are "second and/or third tier cells" which did not meet the higher standards of the original manufacturer. In order to compete with the original manufacturers' batteries (first tier), these other companies feel obligated to publish specifications which are inflated to make them appear superior to those of the original manufacturer.

* (AW is Andrew Wan, a former Panasonic employee who branched out to create his own "brand" of batteries. He allegedly has agreements with the major cell manufacturers to purchase first tier batteries from them. Not all batteries are created equal, so AW tests these batteries for quality. The best get chosen to be AW brand, and are re-wrapped as AW.)

Do your research before you buy. Decide what battery to buy depending upon the application that you will use them.

I buy from RTD Vapor only--when it comes to batteries. My single coil setups have resistance of ~1.0Ω. Dual coil setups are 0.7Ω. Parallel box mods Sony VTC5.

I have nothing against what anyone wants to vape. I can appreciate anything, and consider myself fairly open-minded. I do, however, become pretty cross when people choose to push the envelope without doing enough research.

I get REALLY cross at the notion of inflated battery specs. I get that companies will do anything to make a buck. These people do not have a conscience. And it's s... like this that will be vapings downfall.

 

[nyiddle]

Lol at one point GrimmGreen had a very strong "lower ohms =/= more vapor" crusade type thing going. I even remember him commenting on an Instagram video I had up (when I had an Instagram) showing me chucking clouds on a .7 ohm build. That seems to have gone completely out the window.

Wondering if it was more due to an actual personal preference of lower ohm builds or just peer pressure from the potential customers (ie: anyone who watches his reviews) around him wanting lower-ohm builds.

 

[ImThatGuy]

I know Grimm Green and Mooch have had a few conversations together, and Grimm has actually spoken of Mooch's battery tests in a couple of his videos. It's a shame that he decides to publicly show his use of batteries of questionable quality on camera.

I think it was the review team House of Hybrids who actually showcased Mooch with a videoconference on batteries.

<--- reallife Mooch

(Mooch's segment starts at 41:00)

@Mooch has a human form?????? I thought I saw him/it on an episode of X-Files...

 

[Rule62]

Bottom line: There is only one person responsible for using batteries safely. Go into your bathroom and look in the mirror. There he/she is! It's not Grimm Green, Rip Whatshisname, Phil Busardo, or anybody else. It's the guy/gal in the mirror.
Most of us who have been around a while have taken the time to learn about batteries, and heeded the advice of others to only buy AUTHENTIC batteries, from reliable sources. Don't buy rewraps, anything with ...Fire in the name, overrated eFests, batteries off EBay, ...yada yada.
This stuff has been repeated hundreds of times, and yet, people continue to buy batteries from suspect sources, to save a buck; and continue to push said suspect batteries beyond limits.

 

[Rizzyking]

It's no different then it used to be with pc's spend thousands on all the catchy components then skimp on the PSU as they thought there was some magic chip that would handle power. A person I know is a total snob with his vaping gear endlessly banging on about his £200+ mods and everyone with a little purple efest in them and I get told by him how they are better then my lg chocs because he paid more for them. That's why they continue to sell and why some people keep buying them.