LF Battery question

[glenharris1971]

I purchased the Lavatube from LF. I had some protected 18650's that I previously purchased that I tried to use but they are too long. I went online to LF and they recommend a no name red battery. This battery says nothing about protection. Is this battery safe?

 

[Vchick]

It appears from what I see on the website that these are IMR and protected, hth!

Electronic Cigarette - Starter Kits - LT VV

Protected batteries Rechargeable Li-Ion batteries, with built in protection circuit.

NOTE: TrustFire 18650 3000mAh batteries are slightly taller than the 2000mAh batteries, and may be a tighter fit in some devices.

 

[ImYourSalt]

Thanks Vchick.

These red IMR 18650's, are direct from L-Rider, for use with the LT. They told us we could get the regular 18650's... and save a few bucks. But I made sure to get the IMR's.

 

[glenharris1971]

Sounds good. BTW- I can't believe I get my packages in 2 days from you guys. I'm in NY. Unbelievable. Excellent job!

 

[ImYourSalt]

Great to hear it! The PO has been pretty well on their game as of late. Sure beats the service around November/December

 

[Digital-Dragon]

So is the red imr 18650 at liberty flights a li-ion or a li-mn? I guess I'm asking how they are different from the aw brand that looks almost identical but uses safe chemistry instead of protection.

 

[Mellow]

AW is (Allen Wang) IMR is (battery technology/chemistry) 18650 is (size of battery)
What your need is the IMR firstly then the size to make sure it fits AW is just approved my Mr Wang, A foreign guy who signed off on them
Basiclly AW is a name, say you like T shirts but you dont like the GAP on the Gap shirts so you goto American Eagle for the same shirt with a different logo

Test/Review of AW IMR 18650 1600mAh (Red)

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Thanks Mellow.

Well, I'm obviously no battery expert (yet), but I have been doing a lot of reading recently, and I guess what I'm getting at now is that LF lists thier imr batts in a section for "protected li-ion" batts, when imrs are really unprotected safe-chemistry li-mn batts... And that kinda threw me off a few weeks ago when I first looked at them. Other vendors are also not saying thier imrs are li-mn, and I think they all should because ecf is now saying that li-mn are the best/safest batt, and some folks may not realize that imr = li-mn. Let me know if I have any of this wrong. This is not a knock on LF, I like them and have spent much $ with them.

 

[ImYourSalt]

Dragon,
thanks for mentioning that. I knew the IMR's were a 'safer' chemistry, but understood that as being 'protected' (protected = safe ??). Looks like my misunderstanding.

So the consensus is we have these listed incorrectly? Let's try to fix that.

The entire Product Rnage, is called Li-Ion Batteries and Chargers. so we need to change that to Rechargeable Batteries and Chargers

Then, I have the IMR's listed under Protected Batteries... We can make a new Product Group for those, and call them High Drain Batteries.

I'll update that know, and link when complete.

That'll be good to have a separate High Drain group anyway, as I was hoping to get other sizes in stock. Does anyone have special requests?

Ty

HOW'S THIS: Mods - Batteries & Chargers ?

 

[Mellow]

Although no battery is 100 fault proof no matter what people or studies say, cell phone blow all the time. The majority are blamed on counterfeit batteries, I am more inclined to check my cell phone batteries
Exploding cell phone blamed for farmer's death

 

[Digital-Dragon]

Dragon,
thanks for mentioning that. I knew the IMR's were a 'safer' chemistry, but understood that as being 'protected' (protected = safe ??). Looks like my misunderstanding.

So the consensus is we have these listed incorrectly? Let's try to fix that.

The entire Product Rnage, is called Li-Ion Batteries and Chargers. so we need to change that to Rechargeable Batteries and Chargers

Then, I have the IMR's listed under Protected Batteries... We can make a new Product Group for those, and call them High Drain Batteries.

I'll update that know, and link when complete.

That'll be good to have a separate High Drain group anyway, as I was hoping to get other sizes in stock. Does anyone have special requests?

Ty

HOW'S THIS: Mods - Batteries & Chargers ?

I think that is much better!

Maybe stick 'em up top though, right under the charger so people see them. I like the imrs SO much more, that extra half volt or so under load really makes a difference.

 

[Digital-Dragon]

That'll be good to have a separate High Drain group anyway, as I was hoping to get other sizes in stock. Does anyone have special requests?

I've only used 18650s so far, but I would like to make a smaller mod eventually. So I would also liked to know what some of the more popular smaller sizes are...

 

[ImYourSalt]

I think that is much better!

Maybe stick 'em up top though, right under the charger so people see them. I like the imrs SO much more, that extra half volt or so under load really makes a difference.

Done

I've only used 18650s so far, but I would like to make a smaller mod eventually. So I would also liked to know what some of the more popular smaller sizes are...

That's what I'm asking.

I mean... I can get several sizes, but I'm not sure what people are looking for. Here's a list of what's currently available:

IMR14500 600
IMR10440 350
IMR16340 350
IMR18650 1500
IMR18500 1100
IMR17500 1300
IMR22650 2200
IMR26650 3500
IMR14650 950
IMR18350 800

-Ty