I did a search on 18250 battery, and couldn't find a picture of one. Is this a hard to find one?
Sev
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I did a search on 18250 battery, and couldn't find a picture of one. Is this a hard to find one?
Sev
Oh 18350, now I am familiar with those. The new Provari mini uses 1 of those.
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Sev
It does make a difference for me, though - at least it seems to. Perhaps the liquid actually gets inside the tube.
The Rocket has 2 vent holes!
They're so tiny that I don't know why they even bothered putting them there though. The body is actually 2 pieces of plastic the clip together and in the event of a battery failure I'm sure they'd outgas more out the side seams then actually out the bottom vent holes. Also the connector it not sealed air tight so some venting would occur there, and around the buttons as well.
These are the batteries that came with it (sorry for the fuzzy, phone pic). They say JFC18350 900mAh 3.7 V
They do not say IMR. they don't say protected. I sure hope they are! There are two vent holes in the bottom.
Next to my cup you get an idea of how small it is. Hmmmm maybe a pic of it with a Twist....
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I knew I read to use protected somewhere. No, the IMR type batteries are not protected but are supposed to be safer in VV devices. I use IMR in all my VV PV's. I'm not sure if them being stacked makes a difference but I use IMR's in my V8 which also uses two 18350's in series.
What type of batteries come with the Rocket, IMR's or protected?
I see this was answered as I was posting. lol
I see this was answered as I was posting. lol
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The Rocket itself has protection circuitry builtin, not the batteries. And as already mentioned, the supplied batteries are not IMRs.
When they talk about "protected" batteries, they are talking about Lithium-Ion with - the protection is against shorts, I believe?
IMR are what they call a "safer chemistry" battery, so supposedly they don't need protection. They don't - can't, chemically - outgas explosively. However, if abused/overheated/shorted out/whatever, they put out a huge amount of heat and current all at once, which is no picnic either, I'd imagine.
SteelJan has a video on it. She actually concluded that protected Li-Ion batteries are safer. YMMV I use AW IMRs.
IMR are what they call a "safer chemistry" battery, so supposedly they don't need protection. They don't - can't, chemically - outgas explosively. However, if abused/overheated/shorted out/whatever, they put out a huge amount of heat and current all at once, which is no picnic either, I'd imagine.
SteelJan has a video on it. She actually concluded that protected Li-Ion batteries are safer. YMMV I use AW IMRs.
I power all my PVs with tiny fusion reactors... oh wait... Bad hasn't dropped that bomb yet... nevermind... forget I said anything...
Lots of electronic APVs have protection circuitry, and we are still supposed to use protected batteries in them. I'm still not clear as to whether or not the batts that come with the Rocket are protected. As I understand it, the warranty from the manufacturer would be voided if the user puts in different batteries? So if they are not protected, we can't use our own better batteries (either protected or IMRs) without voiding the warranty?
If that is so, there really needs to be a chat with the manufacturer.
Is there something special about these particular batteries, or are they simply trying to protect themselves against people using el-cheapo bad batteries and blowing their devices, and possibly themselves, up? I can see it being either or here, and it's not unreasonable either way, but as a user, I'd prefer more control over the quality of the batteries I use. It's hardly clear right now, and if they are not protected, that's not good, imho. Maybe the warranty part needs to be re-written a bit, saying that protected, say, batteries could be used, or specific brand batteries could be used, etc.
Red Rocket talk 
.... have I mentioned that the RED is Velvety I LOVE THAT !
....my batt's just got to where they needed to re-charge ...
I'd say 12+ hours easy & I am a chain vaper & it is RARELY out of my hand .
I must like it cuz I'm already missing it ...
& this twist feels lacking
skinny & cold ....hmmmm
no package for me yet either ...tomorrow maybe ?
just shipped yesterday, so a day or 3 ...seems reasonable ....
hard to tell tho cuz,when there is vape mail incoming ...time seems to slow waaaay down 
.... have I mentioned that the RED is Velvety I LOVE THAT !....my batt's just got to where they needed to re-charge ...
I'd say 12+ hours easy & I am a chain vaper & it is RARELY out of my hand .
I must like it cuz I'm already missing it ...
& this twist feels lacking
skinny & cold ....hmmmmno package for me yet either ...tomorrow maybe ?
just shipped yesterday, so a day or 3 ...seems reasonable ....
hard to tell tho cuz,when there is vape mail incoming ...time seems to slow waaaay down Protected mean they have a PCB. A broard with protection circuit.
ICR = lithium cobalt. (which is what many regular lithium cells are made of)
IMR = lithium manganese. (different chemistry and "safer")
Sev
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Those are protected. See the ridge at the top. Thats the PCB. The battery and the PCB are incased in the outer wrapper.
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Ah, but time stops when you don't have an order to look forward to!
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