Mechs and batt life? New to mechs...

[HOPS]

So I have my first mech on the way (SmokTech Magneto V2 (no logo, extra vent holes, adjustable pin)). I keep hearing people talk about how they only get 30 min to an hour out of their batts in mechs. My question, is this only because they are sub-ohming and pulling more amps? I don't really plan on getting crazy with my ohms. 1.5-2.0 ohms is fine for me now with my VV devices and I'm usually in the 3.7-4.2 volt range. Could I expect to get the same life out of my batts using the Magneto that I do now in my Vamo at the same ohms? (Maybe even a little better since there's no chip drawing power too?)

 

[Thrasher]

well the problem is knowing exactly what those people are doing, what kind of power draw, what kind of set upm and even what kind of battery.

If your trying to go ultra low resistance you need one of the stronger batteries, problem is the Mah on the real powerful batteries is not very high.

then you have the other side of the coin.

the mechanical has no regulation, nothing to keep the same voltage. a fresh battery will only be at 4.2 volts for a short time before falling into the 3.7v range it is designed to run in, so higher resistance doesnt work for very long either. the battery is still ok but it is hard to really power a 2+ ohm device correctly as the battery voltage keeps falling below 4v

it is best to try to find or stay around 1.5 or lower for best performance VS battery life. this is why so many people use mechanicals with rebuildable atty's, say for example you set up a dripper at 1 ohm then get a 2600mah battery you should very easily get a full day of normal vaping before you notice the battery getting weak. using a rebuildable lets you tune the device for best results, but low resistance prebuilt stuff works ok too.

I have a dripper set to .8 ohms on a mechanical with a 2900mah battery and i get around a day and a half if not longer before i notice the battery get weak. how hard you vape will also affect this.

 

[HOPS]

Great info! Thanks!

 

[imdamedas]

What kind of battery

 

[DillPickles666]

Get yourself a protected IMR battery, a charger with safety features (nitecore, xtar...), a 510 threaded resistance meter and load up on info from the good folks on ECF APV threads. Becareful chasing clouds and unicorns

 

[Scarey]

I'm pretty sure the people whose batteries have a a "30 minute charge" are changing out the battery after it drops below 4V. I rocked a 0.4Ω coil for most of the day on a single AW IMR 18650 1600mah. It is still reading at 3.77V after 15 hours.

 

[Heavyrocker]

Get yourself a protected IMR battery, a charger with safety features (nitecore, xtar...), a 510 threaded resistance meter and load up on info from the good folks on ECF APV threads. Becareful chasing clouds and unicorns

IMR batts are not protected,the ICR batts are,correct me if im wrong,but its better too use IMR unprotected safe chemistry batts in a Mech.

 

[HOPS]

All I have are AW IMR's... I plan on using my 490's kicked... Not to worried since the kick 2 has some built in protections. I was just hoping that I'd get more than an hour, and it sounds like I will. Thanks for all the info!

 

[Hustler]

I get about 1 day out of my panasonic NCR18650B 3400mah, rockin a .4 ohm coil

 

[Stefan Liao]

I use 18650 AW 1600mah batteries in my mech mods with a nimbus dripper rolling at .4 ohms dual coil. I get about an hour of chain vaping on a full battery before I notice a voltage drop, then again when I'm sitting at a desk for a good part of my day the mod is sitting in my mouth

 

[bones1274]

AW IMR 18650 1600mah in my Reo Grand with a 1.0 ohm micro coil. I get a day and a half out of the battery, and the batteries are almost 3 years old....

 

[dam718]

If you're going to be using a kick, you won't notice the voltage drop like folks who are just using the battery. You should get comparable battery life as you do with any other APV.

 

[Richard75]

I typically run a 0.8 - 1.0 ohm dual coil, and with an 18500 (my preferred battery), I usually get about a day of moderate vaping. An 18650 will get me a day and a half, perhaps a little more.

The battery dropoff is not as scary as you might think. In fact, I don't really notice a dropoff much until it gets to about 3.6 volts. And thats about when I recharge anyway.

 

[Thrasher]

I typically run a 0.8 - 1.0 ohm dual coil, and with an 18500 (my preferred battery), I usually get about a day of moderate vaping. An 18650 will get me a day and a half, perhaps a little more.

The battery dropoff is not as scary as you might think. In fact, I don't really notice a dropoff much until it gets to about 3.6 volts. And thats about when I recharge anyway.

I agree, in some devices and resistances it is more noticeable sometimes then other but in my kayfun i was running a .7 ohm coil for a while and i was hitting the 3.3 to 3.4 range before i could actually tell the vapor was getting weak. my problem was always the other end, for that first few drags until the battery calms down a little about choked me to death with vapor lol

A lot of how you perceive the vapor drop off will depend (in many cases) on the device and how you build it

 

[HOPS]

Cool... I've been watching a lot of vids where they're using 0.3 - 0.5 coils. I'm figuring that amp draw is what's reducing their time...

 

[Thrasher]

yea, you have to think 4.2v @.3 ohms is almost 60 watts, how long do you think one of these batteries could power a 60 watt light bulb? lol

 

[Richard75]

I agree, in some devices and resistances it is more noticeable sometimes then other but in my kayfun i was running a .7 ohm coil for a while and i was hitting the 3.3 to 3.4 range before i could actually tell the vapor was getting weak. my problem was always the other end, for that first few drags until the battery calms down a little about choked me to death with vapor lol

A lot of how you perceive the vapor drop off will depend (in many cases) on the device and how you build it

Absolutely. A mod with a low voltage drop helps also. If you're losing 0.3 volts before you even start, obviously you'll notice that dropoff much sooner than desired. My Titan spoils me in that regard.

 

[Dripaholic]

I'm pretty sure the people whose batteries have a a "30 minute charge" are changing out the battery after it drops below 4V. I rocked a 0.4Ω coil for most of the day on a single AW IMR 18650 1600mah. It is still reading at 3.77V after 15 hours.

How is that possible? Don't vape a lot? At most I'll usually have an AW IMR 18650 1.6k last maybe a good hour with .3 ohms.

 

[Dripaholic]

For the OP, when you're looking into batteries you need to know what exactly kind of vaping experience it is you're going for
For myself I go with all 18650 MNKE 1500 or AW IMR 1600 because they have high amp output
With those batteries I build coils in the .2-.5 ohm range, cloud chasing
If you're a person that plans to kick your Mech and not build anything in the sub range you don't need to worry about the "exteme" batteries
Still look for unprotected batteries for your mech, but your MAH rating can be much higher giving you more battery life, but less power