LG vs Efest

[Alien Traveler]

About 8 months ago I bought this one: LG Brown HG2 INR18650 3000mah 18650 Battery
I wanted to double check if I would like to switch to subohming. OK, I found out (again) I would not like it. But I got stuck wiht this LG battery. Awful thing, I should say. It is deteriorating rapidly. Just 8 months of relatively light use, and it is running out of usable capacity. From the other side, Efest batteries 2.5 and 2 years old and battery in no-name istick 30 clone are still going strong.
So, I would not recommend LG to low wattage vapers: waste of money.

 

[sofarsogood]

May be the LG is a fake or may be you use it harder than you think. I've been using the brown's for a couple of years, still going strong.

 

[Two_Bears]

About 8 months ago I bought this one: LG Brown HG2 INR18650 3000mah 18650 Battery
I wanted to double check if I would like to switch to subohming. OK, I found out (again) I would not like it. But I got stuck wiht this LG battery. Awful thing, I should say. It is deteriorating rapidly. Just 8 months of relatively light use, and it is running out of usable capacity. From the other side, Efest batteries 2.5 and 2 years old and battery in no-name iStick 30 clone are still going strong.
So, I would not recommend LG to low wattage vapers: waste of money.

You either got a defective one or a counterfeit.

Ive been using an HG2 for over a year and still trucking.
I use it at 8-14 watts. No problems at all

 

[Alien Traveler]

May be the LG is a fake or may be you use it harder than you think. I've been using the brown's for a couple of years, still going strong.

You either got a defective one or a counterfeit.

Ive been using an HG2 for over a year and still trucking.
I use it at 8-14 watts. No problems at all

It was from 101 vape. Usually a good company.
I am using it at 8-12 watts (except for the first two days when I have tried 30-60W).

 

[Asbestos4004]

I have 10 that are about a year and a half old. I don't use them much anymore because I retire batteries fairly quickly. I do still use them in regulated devices and in my wifes mods. They're all still charging to 4.2 and lasting as long as they use to. Pretty good battery if you ask me....but I can't compare them to EFEST as I don't/won't have any of those. It does sound like you got a bad one.
I agree that 101 is one of the more reputable online shops, but they're not a battery store. I'd recommend using Illumn or RTD for any of your battery needs.

 

[zoiDman]

I've got 5 LG HG2's in rotation for my Mech Squonkers. All of them are a little over a Year Old. And All of them are Going Strong.

And All of them came from...

LG HG2 18650 3000mAh 20A Flat Top Battery

 

[GaryInTexas]

There were a lot of fake HG2s a year or so ago. A lot of vendors were alerted to it. Battery Bro talks about it here Can you identify the fake LG HG2 18650 Battery?

 

[Two_Bears]

It was from 101 vape. Usually a good company.
I am using it at 8-12 watts (except for the first two days when I have tried 30-60W).

Alien Traveler

I have used Samsung 25r and LG HG2 batteries. Both are great.

 

[DaveP]

Alien Traveler wrote:
It was from 101 vape. Usually a good company.
I am using it at 8-12 watts (except for the first two days when I have tried 30-60W).

I have a set of three married LG HG2's I use in my Wismec RX200S and a couple of pairs that I use in my dual battery mods. All are over a year old and still perform. I suspect that you might have gotten old stock or a knockoff.

BatteryBro's review of the LG HG2 reveals hints to detecting a HG2 knockoff.
Can you identify the fake LG HG2 18650 Battery?

 

[DaveP]

Dang! Dual post after long save delay.