did a voltage drop test today authentic neme against clone,
1 ohm coil
real neme .19 , voltage drop
Clone, .36 voltage drop,
I then played around with clone cleaning it more used some ox-gard on the threads got it to a .28 drop still was not happy so I changed out the cheap looking contacts that came with it with authentic contacts and bam .19 same as my authentic not to bad at all
forgot to mention this test was done with a mnke 18650 to get the .19 drop on a 1 Ω coil did the same test with a AW 18650 and got a .27 drop with both the clone and authentic neme , im sure the AW would preform better if I used a higher ohm atty but the mnke def hits the hardest at low ohms
Not doubting your findings but just to add to the discussion (I like when people publish their numbers numbers)
.6 ohm single coil (Igo L) and .8 ohm single (RSST)
AW IMR 18650 (NOT the 2000mAh, the 1600mAh), MNKE 18650
Chemesis, Sigelei 19, Chi Chi
3.97-4.02 Volts measured at the posts on a 4.2V charged battery
.4 Ohm dual coil nimbus, same players as above
3.85-3.91 Volts measured at the posts on a 4.2V charged battery
I've stopped using noalox entirely as it doesn't seem to do anything for me except attract dirt and create gunk. I just clean once in a while and polish contacts when they start to look oxidized (mother's metal polish followed by soap/water/toothbrush, +/- a spin in the drill with 1500+ sand paper)
EDIT: To be honest I recall getting similar/identical numbers on my AW 18490s but those measurements are not in a recent memory so I don't want to swear by them at the moment. I personally can't find any hard data on MNKE vs. AW out there and my findings (not how it vapes, how it measures at the posts) don't indicate any difference between the two.
Now the AW18650 2000mAh, that's a POS unless you're putting it into a regulated device