Battery U is a fine place and all, but I reference them
because they 'Are There' and easy enuff for any to look up...
and they are easy to quote from...
any and all of what I read is at very best, generalized
from reading around I agree with those statements in general
and these also :
Li-Ion does not need to be fully charged, nor is it desirable to do so...
in fact, it is better not to fully charge, because high voltage stresses the battery
and you, like me will do what each feel is best for the li ion battery
for about a month now, I have discontinued taking my Li Ion batteries
to a full complete charge...
and just to point out again,
this whole charge/discharge cycle is only {0.6V} ~ (3.6v>4.2v)
That is one thing people forget.
The 300 discharge cycle is based on discharging the cell down to 3.0 volts. That is the numbers that Battery University mentions in it's suggestions. This number is nearly double at 50% discharge which equates to about 3.6 to 3.7 volts on the discharge curve.
This means that the MVP is pushing amber to red when the battery is right at 50% depth of discharge.
With the MVP preventing firing well before going to 3.0 volts, you are getting some battery back there. I charge mine after 2 days of use. They never fall below 2.7 so at most they are hitting 50% depth of discharge.
I also alternate between 2 battery's so they are on the charger once every 4 days. At that rate, each battery should last a minimum of 1200 days or over 3 years.
Actually I'm not worried so much about my battery, but other things.
I puff about 400 puffs a day. Since I alternate the batteries, 1200 days would equate to 600 days of service. This is 240,000 button presses of the fire button.
I'm more concerned with the fire button going out our the charging port wearing out.
But even if those last and my batteries last their 3 years, I think by that time, there will be another MUST have APV.