Provari charger question.

[Tibby]

I own a standard Trustfire charger. The white one with 2 bays and the 2 red/green below. I don't know the model number. Will that be suitable to charge 18350 and 18490 AW IMR high drain batteries. Should I just pony up and pay the $16.95 for the Tenergy charger on the Provape site?

 

[Baditude]

As far as I know, the Trustfire charger will be suitable. Just don't use any Trustfire batteries in your Provari.

 

[Tibby]

What does do not knock the battery mean? I have read that on a few different sites.

 

[DizGrizz]

That sounds like the Trustfire TR-001 charger which should work fine for your 18350/18490 batts.

 

[DizGrizz]

What does do not knock the battery mean? I have read that on a few different sites.

I'm guessing (not seeing the exact quote) that means don't knock it around...as in don't hit it. LiOn batteries can produce insane amounts of current and, if you damage one in such a way as to cause it to short out, it can fail catastrophically...as in explode.

 

[DizGrizz]

I don't suppose you read "Don't Kick the battery"? That might indicate that they don't suggest using the batt with a Kick device...though I'm not sure why that would be.

 

[Tibby]

Vapor beast and Crystal clear vaping have exclaimers next to the battery discription that states "do not knock battery".

 

[DaveP]

I have the Trustfire TR-001 charger and it works just fine with my AW 18650 IMR 2000mah batteries. They are all 3.7v batteries and it will charge them to a 4.1v-4.2v cutoff dependably. The 3.7v designation is a typical voltage available under load, BTW.

I'd like to have a fancy $50 charger with information displays and various modes, but I haven't seen the need to jump for one of those when the Trustfire does a fine job. IMR and Li-ion batteries like nice, slow charge rates. Faster isn't better.

 

[martydmb]

My tenergy charger I got doesn't even charge my batts to 4.2 volts. Charged two batts and when it was green I checked and it's 4.1 volts. Also as I received my mini yesterday at bed time. I woke up and installed fully charge battery. Took 5 hits before first break at work and was down to 3.9 volts. So 2 1/2 hours it went down .2 with minimal hits from it... going to see how it goes today and hiw long a batt last since I'm off work already. Put a fresh 4.1 volt in and charging the one I put in last night on the charger. Will test what volt it gets to when it's green again.

 

[Tibby]

Thanks for the info Marty. I am torn between the provari and the mini and have to decide soon. Let me know about your experience with the battery life. Did it look even smaller than you expected when you unpackaged?

 

[martydmb]

Alright had it a few days and battery life on one battery has been lasting me a whole day. Never had the button flash for me but I still rotate in a fresh one in the morning. I love it. Tibby I was surprise at the size. When I opened it I couldn't believe it's about the same length of my 650 mah ego c twist. But a little fatter. Now the size is still nice not too small at least for me. I don't Have big hands. You can't go wrong with either. But if you go mini don't get the extension cap right away. But one of each battery. I say this because they have a reward program. Every $10 you spend you get a $1 to use for a item. My order came out to 239. On more dollar I could of used my rewards to purchase the extension cap for free.. I only ordered 2 of thesmall batteries. Fig I pass this on to others.

 

[Tibby]

Thanks Marty. I haven't heard about the $1 for every $10 spent.

 

[Vidi]

My wife and I both had the chargers that come with the provari. Mine still works but her stopped working after about six months.I bought the $45 dollar one and handed my cheaper one down to her.

I like the more expensive one better and am now thinking of getting her one as well.

I thought that my 18650s were going to need to be replaced, but after using the $45 dollar charger ( from the Porvape site...sorry cant remember its name right now and Im not at home ) I found that they went from giving me about 16 hours charge to closer to 18...and I vape pretty heavily.

 

[zapped]

Trustfire Tr001 works just fine with my mine.

 

[Tibby]

The Pila I thinks.