Provape has every right to recommend a battery that they feel is the safest choice for use with their products.
Exactly what led to my comment about this getting out of control, but you're right, they do have every right to recommend.
so if they're gonna add batteries to the list, I'm gonna shop from that list.
Some people need to I suppose, but it's rather simple no matter how you look at it. Stick with IMR cells, stick with specs equal to or higher than the old recommended AW cells. Ask yourself this - why would ProVape release the P3 without a "safe battery recommendation list" if it were such a big deal? Don't you think they would have waited to release the P3 until there was a list?
I know AW's aren't "top dawg" anymore, for the rest of the vaping world...but for us Provari users
I'm one of "us Provari users", and you're completely missing the point. Batteries are being made for mechanicals these days. They're ALL *WAY OVERKILL* for "us Provari users", which is why this is so unimportant anymore. They're all way over spec for a low-end (power-wise, not quality-wise) VV/VW device. That changes when you're talking about a 200W VV/VW device, of course, but 20W, c'mon - that's low power. Remember, the P3 has a 5-5.5A power limit, so as long as your battery is rated 6A and above (like the original AW's ProVape still recommends for the P3), you're fine. That's where my comment comes from however - ALL IMR's are above 6A these days.
While you're correct about being an informed shopper, there's no shame in standing behind the safety curtain Provape has created.
I won't argue with that - there's nothing wrong with shopping off a vendor's approved list, for any product and any accessory.
I always use the batteries recommended with other electronics as well...I mean, when a product is designed with a certain battery in mind, isn't that the best one to use?
The product wasn't designed with a certain battery in mind, beyond the IMR requirement. AW's were chosen because Andy Wan was testing the cells he re-wrapped (yeah, he doesn't make them - they're re-wraps). There are only a very small few battery manufacturers out there - the rest are re-wraps. The difference with AW is he tests them before adding his stickers. However, there are clones of all these batteries, including the AW's. Someone could pass up a perfectly great authentic Sony and end up with a counterfeit AW that blows up in his face in the ProVari (not that there aren't counterfeit Sony's out there as well). That's why it's so much more important to be a smart shopper than go off a list. Know how to identify a counterfeit vs an authentic.
Personally, I hope they're testing the MXJO's...and I sincerely hope that AW will be updating the lineup...
MXJO's are re-wraps, and while I don't know much about them, I would bet they're not going through the testing that AW does on his re-wraps. Best to stick with name brands like Sony, Panasonic, and LG. Even Efest batteries are re-wraps, and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who isn't researching them first.
