I recently purchased a kick and planned on using it mostly with IMR 18350's in my telescope mod. When I put a fresh battery in, it works great until it gets to 3.7 volts. Once it gets to 3.7 or below, it starts to cut off and cut on again. It you listen to the atty, you can hear it turn on and off. I usually only let IMR's get to 3.4 but having to swap them out at 3.7 is a pain. Not much life in them even setting the kick on 7 watts. Is this normal or is something wrong with my kick?
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The Kick has a super sensitive safety cutoff @ 3.5 loaded volts. Loaded volts are the voltage reding while firing your PV with a load (carto/atty) attched.
Even with a Panasonic CGR18650CH I only get about 16hrs between batt swaps.
Even with a Panasonic CGR18650CH I only get about 16hrs between batt swaps.
damn... i literally just ordered a kick from nhaler for this same reason. telescope from gotvapes is on its way and im stoked to kick it. but after reading this im sad. like really sad. oh well i have a few AW IMR 18490s, a aw protected 18500, and a panasonic CGR18650 on its way too so i should be ok
I would go the route of the IMR 18490 with the kick in the telescope. The 18350's I only get about 2 hours of heavy vaping on. You should not use the protected 18500, only IMR's. And the CGR is too big to use with a kick.
thank you for that info, wat is the main reason not to use the protected 18500? what about using that battery in my provari mini?
The company that makes the kick states to only use IMR batteries. Protected Li-ion batteries are not high drain and are not intended to use with the kick. I dont know what type of batteries you use in your mini, if they are IMR, they should be ok.
i use aw imr 18350s and 18490s. the aw imr 18450 has 1100mah, but the AW protected 18500 has 1500 mah and i would obviously like more mah, so is the provari not going to be as powerful if i dont use aw imr? kinda sucks if so cuz i have one on its way
I dont own a provari, but from my understanding, you should not use protected li-ion's in that device either. Most VV devices, including the kick, require high drain (IMR) batteries. If you are not sure, check with the manufactor.
ok that makes sense. thanks again for verifiying that. i can use the aw protected 18500 in the telescope tho right, just not if i have the kick in.
does anyone know if the panasonic 18650 will fit in the telescope with a kick?
does anyone know if the panasonic 18650 will fit in the telescope with a kick?
More mAh is not always helpful... There is a voltage curve involved. In protected batteries, the voltage curve is spends most of it's time between 3.3v and 3.7v(lower than most consider acceptible for vaping). In IMR batteries, they spend the longest part of that curve at 3.7v.
Now, I'm not saying that is for sure the case with AW protected vs AW IMR, but that is the general case...
the panasonic CGR18650 will not fit in the telescope even without the kick. ahhhh
update:
the AW IMR 18490 with kick BARELY fits in the telescope. the threads are not fully covered and it seems like it just isnt suppose to fit properly with it. anyone else find this out?
the AW IMR 18490 with kick BARELY fits in the telescope. the threads are not fully covered and it seems like it just isnt suppose to fit properly with it. anyone else find this out?
I use a Kick with 18350 in my Grip mod, and get pretty good batt life with 2ohm atty at 8-9watts. I'll trade batt life for higher/regulated wattage any day of the week.
Your good! I'm presently using the Efest imr 18500 battery kicked within "The Boss". I have been experencing a slight loose connection from the kicks spring. This will be easily remedied by shimming the opposite side with a strip of hard thin plastic.
Happy New Year everyone!
This is so depressing...lol I've had a kick for awhile now and I just thought I had a defective unit...lol It's a shame they couldn't have the kick cut off lower...I mean if the bulk of the battery life is in the cut off phase what good is that? I know once my studder vape starts I can get hours out of it on my LT before it gets down to 3.6 or so. It just seems like they cut their own throats with that design. It's like a car that will only run until the gas needle drops below 3/4 of a tank and cuts off. You still have a lot of gas left in the car but it does no good if it won't run. Oh well...better than nothing I guess.
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If you unscrew the mod and pull the battery away from the kick it seems to reset it and you can get a few extra hours out of a batt. May have to do it a couple of times, good if you're out and about and start to get the stutter-vape.
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