Mini battery opinions

[redeyedancer]

Thanks for the quick answers! The Panasonics are roughly the same size as the Black AWs, maybe slightly larger than the Red AW IMR 18650 2000s.

I built the woodvils with the aw imr in mind . It would be real easy to add some extra spring room to the mod by removing the positive tab and removing some material and gluing the positive tab back in place .

 

[ChrisEU]

The Panasonics will fit just fine, no need to mod the mod. They are as long as the 2000 mah red AW IMRs and they are safe, too.

 

[Honkey Kong]

The Panasonics will fit just fine, no need to mod the mod. They are as long as the 2000 mah red AW IMRs and they are safe, too.

Thank you very much, ChrisEU! I read Rob's reply and got very scared, if anything I would have sent it home to have the surgery done. I feel much better now. My spring is not as loose as the Pics with the 1600s in them, but there is air between 4 of the 5 coils on the Grand. Will see exactly how they look tomorrow when the Twins get here from WA.

 

[ellendiane]

This really depends on which mini! In the metal REO Mini, I won't use anything but the black AW ICR 14500 because there is more room and the spring is NOT overly compressed. It actually looks like it was designed for the larger 14500 platform. Just wish I could get the Panasonics in something that small. Conversely, in the Mini Woodvil you really shouldn't use anything but a smaller-length offering like the IMR because as Nerak's image demonstrates the fail-safe feature of the spring will be negated and should a short happen there will be no room for the battery to drop when the spring normal would collapse.
The IMR will give a much better kick than the ICR for LR 1.5Ω attys but for 1.8-2.0Ω offerings I see the ICR being perfect. I also like the extra time I get from the ICR as detailed in the accompanied graphic. The crossover in voltage level giving the benefit to the ICR happens at just the 218mah point in the total life cycle(750mah)using just a .75a load.
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Now I understand why I like my new AW ICR batteries so much more with my mini reo- I have a 2.0 atty on it! I really like the extra life.. the ICR gets me mostly through a full day- the AW IMR would poop out mid-afternoon...

 

[ellendiane]

I meant to say my pretty shiny nickle plated mini reo- thanks, Rob