Question about 18350 battery life in a mech + Kayfun setup.

[Binigo]

Hello ECF,

I'm fairly experienced with battery safety and rebuilding. My preference the the past 7 months has been .5 to .8 in an rda ( gauges ranging from 24 to 28, single coil or dual coil) and most recently in a Fogger V4. Despite this, I picked up some of my old 30 gauge kanthal to fool around with, built a 1.2 ohm dual coil setup in an rda and although it was a cooler vape, I still enjoyed it.

This experience made me consider an 18350 mech + kayfun nano kit setup and I want to ask those of you more experienced with 18350 use in a mech + RTA if it is viable in terms of the length of vaping time. I gave my old Kayfun Clone away, nor do I own any 18350's and have no way to test it.

My Question:

Even at higher ohm loads, should I still keep my expectations low with 18350 battery life?

For example - at between .5 and .6 I usually get 3 to 4 hours of vaping time before my battery is floating around 3.7V.

At 1.5 to 2 ohm load (using 30 or 32 gauge), can I get anywhere near that amount of time on an 18350 if I still vape with the same frequency? (1 to 2 hours would be fine since I would probably buy four.) I had to post a question for this because from a "numbers" persepective 700 mah looks much smaller than 2100 and 2600, but I'm curious to hear from first hand perspective if going up in gauges might make a big difference here.

Any insight or advise into this would be much appreciated.

 

[asvaldr]

In my experience when my atty is in higher ohm i tend to take longer drag than when in lower ohm because of the lower ohm create more heat and more vapor than the higher ohm so the battery last a little longer in lower ohm CMIIW

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[jpargana]

I have my Atmizoo rigged with a Kick module, set to about 9-10 Watts.

I also build coils around 1.5 Ohm on a Kayfun Nano, so that I can use the mech without the kick if I need to, and still get around those unregulated 9-10 W.

With this setup, a battery will last from around 07 AM to maybe around 4:30 - 5:00 PM. I believe this is a decent lifetime. YMMV.

I have spares with me, so that's not a problem. I chose the Atmizoo, because it's quite small for a mech (I used to have an Ego with me ). I also chose the Nano to keep the setup even smaller. Using a bigger battery would kind of defeat the purpose of that choice...

 

[Binigo]

In my experience when my atty is in higher ohm i tend to take longer drag than when in lower ohm because of the lower ohm create more heat and more vapor than the higher ohm so the battery last a little longer in lower ohm CMIIW

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This is correct in lower gauges, but with 30 and even more so with 32 the wire will heat up much faster in comparison at low wattage.

 

[ykalon]

With nemesis+KFL 1.7ohm+AW 18350 unregulated I get about 3h normal use. If I chainvape, maybe 1,5h...

 

[asvaldr]

This is correct in lower gauges, but with 30 and even more so with 32 the wire will heat up much faster in comparison at low wattage.

forgot to mention that i only use 28 or 26 gauges due to my clumsy hand lol

back to the battery, when i compare 3 of my eh 700mah 18350 batt with 1 of my xtar 2100mah 18650 batt with the same atty, the xtar is more durable but i dont know is it just my feeling or what. maybe someone can explain it to me?

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