HELP, with battery lingo

[harleybluz]

I need to order a 18650 Battery for my Reo but I'm not finding anything with the same mAh as the one I have. Does it matter? I don't know what mAh is. Please explain if you don't mind. I'm lost.

 

[robert shohet]

the higher mah is the longer the battery will last my 14500's for my mini are 600 mah and the last about 5-6 hrs the higher the mah the more time between charges

 

[Gristle]

MaH = Milli-amp hours. Basically how long the battery can last. A 1000 MaH will last twice as long between charges as a 500 MaH battery, with all other factors being the same (voltage, Atty/Carto resistance, etc.).

 

[CathyfromOhio]

Try bestofferbuy.com and put the info in the search box. Cheap batteries!

 

[harleybluz]

Thank you for your help everyone. Cathy, that's where I bought the last battery but couldn't remember until you mentioned it. Now I'll bookmark it. Thanks again.

 

[Boodle]

I don't know that site so I'm not picking on it. The type batteries you get are important. The cheap (china) ones grossly exaggerate mAh. I use black label AW 18650s 2900 mAh from superTManufacturing. They're suppliers here on ECF. Might want to check out their thread. Good luck.

 

[Thulium]

Like Gristle said, "mAH" means Milli-Amp Hours. If you are using a 1.85mAH atomizer at 3.7V, it will draw 2amps of power--that means a 2000mAH battery could run constantly for one hour--which is about 3,600 5-second "puffs" so it could replace about 300 cigarettes before it needs to be recharged.