Newbie Help

[skotsour]

I've been using ecigs for about 7 months now and I've heard good things about AltSmoke. I've been using V4L cartos and batteries and I'd really like to stick with the cartos. I'm very interested in the Silver Bullet and The Omega, but not familiar with the batteries (which to buy) and which adapter to use for the V4L cartos (510 to 808?)....any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Quick1]

Both the SB and Omega take any 18650 battery. Rob has them. Not familiar with the V4L cartos but I'd assume you want a 510 <-> 808D adapter (it's the same one for 510<->901.

 

[skotsour]

Thanks Quick! You've lived up to your name! I take it the 18650 battery is a common battery?

 

[keyzygirl]

I use 808s on my BB and its great.Alot of peeps like 6v,its to hot for me.

 

[halopunker]

It is a common battery in regards to vaping You won't be able to find one in your local store. We ran out yesterday in the afternoon, the shipment should be here with in the next two days

 

[Scott EE]

The batteries the mods use are very popular in flashlights so fairly easy to obtain. I wonder if a R/C hobby shop would sell them locally? I ordered mine from dealextreme as they were extremely cheap, but will take awhile to arrive from China. The black ones with the flames on the wrapper Trustfire 18650 2400mah. They have the protection circuit known as a PCB on the bottom. I wouldn't use batteries without this PCB. The website also sells the charger; I personally use the Trustfire TR-001 charger. The most highly regarded batteries are the AW brand. Which comes in at roughly 2x the cost of the Trustfire brand from china. But people say they really perform well. The lighthound website sells AW also with the PCB. AW has batteries which do not have a button top so I would probably choose a button top design over the flat tops. Not sure if the SB or Omega would function on flat tops.

I also picked up some plastic battery holders for them to keep them from just laying around. Come in colors so you can stay organized with charged/discharged batteries.

 

[skotsour]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I'm looking forward to my first big battery mod...