RiVa (eGo) Battery Life

[countrygirl1291]

I bought an EM RiVa Starter Kit with 2 1100 mAh batteries from Evcigarettes and started using it on 6/2. I alternated the 2 batteries, and don't think I ever let one go dead before putting it on the charger. Two weeks later, I got a 2nd starter kit (same thing but with the 3-click bats) and started alternating between all 4 bats. On 7/16, one of the original bats went dead. When I put it on the charger, the light is green, but it doesn't work.

I've been alternating a LR atty with a regular atty. I started out using carts, but switched to mainly cartos. I do a lot of dripping with a Delrin drip tip, either into the atty or into the carto.

I'd say I've been a medium heavy vaper with it.

I only screw the bat in until the light turns red -- I don't tighten it down.

Is a 6-week bat life normal under those conditions? I've read conflicting threads -- some say a RiVa bat lasts them 10 months. Another thread says they last hardly any time at all and actually have a design defect. Someone on that thread posted a fix for the 'design defect', which I didn't understand, so I posted a question there but no one has answered.

So now I come to you. What are your thoughts?

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

Quality control on e-cig components is not of the highest standard. Some parts are DOA; some (even from the same manufacturer) seem to last forever. Six weeks for a fat batt battery may be less than average, but it is not unusual. Hopefully your others will last longer.

In general, the Riva is a good product, although perhaps not quite as good as the more expensive Joye eGo (but even eGo batteries have been known to die within a few weeks). This is all part of the cost of vaping – still cheaper than those cancer sticks (unless you get carried away, as many of us do, buying the latest and greatest devices).

BTW, this is one of the arguments for mods, which really are housings for generic batteries. Those housings tend to last a good long time and the generic batteries are cheaper to replace than dedicated e-cig batteries.