Need help recognizing a battery and question about its quality

[VapinSweetZ]

I got this battery with an hcigar Caravela clone,
But for some reason I have hard time believing they gives a free IMR 35A with 2500mAh...

Anyone recognize this battery and have any opinions on its quality?

imr - Imgur

Thanks!!

 

[TheJakeBailey]

Looks like a knock off of the Efest. Doesn't look legit to me.

 

[tj99959]

This is what the real one looks like:

 

[StevenServo]

do yourself a favor and save that battery for a regulated mod...also u can try pulling off that wrap and see if u can expose the true battery type

 

[VapinSweetZ]

Thanks Steven I'll use it only on the 20W

 

[tj99959]

Thanks Steven I'll use it only on the 20W

I wouldn't even do that! You can bet your biffy that they didn't go looking for an expensive quality cell to use for a counterfeit. It's probably a cheap 4-5 amp unprotected cell.

 

[cramptholomew]

It's an EH battery. It's legit. 35 amp.

Purple High drain EFAN IMR 18650 2500mah 35A 3.7v battery with flat top

I have several EH batteries, and they work just fine.

 

[VapinSweetZ]

Who's EH? from people experience are they reliable "enough" like efest/trustfire/ultrafire? or is it completely junk like sigelei's batteries?

Oh and BTW, is it safe to use ICR batteries on regulated devices, or even with regulated it is still necessary to use IMR?


Thanks!

 

[cramptholomew]

Madvapes sells EH almost exclusively.

Also, you can Google it, but I'm pretty sure that I read that the new EH high amp batteries are rebranded Sony cells...

 

[K_Tech]

Oh and BTW, is it safe to use ICR batteries on regulated devices, or even with regulated it is still necessary to use IMR?

It's safe to use, BUT depending on the device, what settings you're using, and the current limit of the battery, it's possible that you'll kick in the protection circuit on the battery and "reboot" the device every time you hit the fire button.

 

[Baditude]

Oh and BTW, is it safe to use ICR batteries on regulated devices, or even with regulated it is still necessary to use IMR?

You "could" use Protected ICR batteries in a VV/VW regulated mod, but they won't allow the processor to use its pulse buck-boost circuitry for optimum performance. ICR batteries typically have an amp limit of only 2 - 3 amps continuous discharge rate. A regulated mod may ask for up to 8 - 9 amps from the battery at higher voltages. Either the battery or the mod may shut down when the amp limit is reached.

Why High Drain Batteries?

In this modern day of battery technology, there is no reason to use a protected ICR battery. ICR is a voltatile chemistry which could be unsafe to use in a mod should its simple protection circuit fail, causing it to vent hot gas, flames, and possibly explode. IMR and IMR/hybrid batteries are a safer chemistry and will in most cases perform better than an ICR battery.

High drain, safe chemistry, IMR or IMR/hybrid batteries are now recommended for all applications in mods.

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Battery Basics for Mods: IMR or Protected ICR?