Here is a thread to report your experiences after using Sigelei Zmax V3 Telescopic for at least seven days. Please let us know which Sigelei Zmax Telescopic you are using. Sigelei has cranked out new models so fast it is important to know model specifics. Some features or issues may be unique to certain models and versions.
I have the Sigelei Zmax V3 Telescopic (flat top). It looks like this.
During the first days that I used this Sigelei I noticed that it could take a minute or two for the unit to respond after doing a battery change. That is no longer the case. I power the Sigelei down with menu item #1 before changing batteries. When the battery cap is screwed on the Sigelei name appears on the OLED screen and goes out. After pressing the button three times once or twice the Sigelei name scrolls across the screen, reads SYSTEM ON and goes out. Three more clicks brings the menu up and I use menu item #1 to power up the device fully. I don't know why I encountered longer boot-up times during the first few days.
I have been running the Sigelei with the following settings:
-Menu item #5: LCD Display: Voltage
-Menu item #6: LCD ON/OFF: ON
-Menu item #7: Power Voltage: Power (this selects variable wattage instead of variable voltage mode)
-Menu item #8: RMS & Mean: RMS
With these settings the Sigelei operates in variable power (variable wattage) mode with power and voltage calculated by RMS. When the button is pushed to vape the screen lights up and gives the output power in watts. The menu #5 selection (voltage) means that my remaining battery voltage shows up on menu item #4.
I had problems with switch operation on Saturday evening. This issue has not happened again. I noticed a little white powder on the battery tube right next to the button. I blew this off and blew into the button housing as well. Maybe some plastic dust caused this issue as the plastic button wore-in against the tube. It could be that I wasn't depressing the button fully. My previous APV had a lighter touch on the button.
I've been using flat top E-fest IMR 18650 and 18500 most of time. No problems with flat top versions of these batteries. However, the flat top 18350 was too short to make good contact with the battery spring. I stretched the spring a little to correct this issue.
The battery tube threads were well machined but squeaky and gritty-feeling. I cleaned all tube threads with a damp rag and applied a thin film of Vasoline to the threads.
A week later I'm used to using this excellent APV. The Sigelei Zmax flat top is very nicely detailed in brushed stainless steel. I like the feel and sound of the button. The telescoping battery tube feels solid when the battery spring is properly torqued down. No need to over tighten the spring. The OLED screen on my unit was only slightly tilted and not as bad as the tilt I saw on a unit featured in a Pbusardo video. It's very easy to change vaping power and to check the battery voltage. I can also check atomizer resistance. This Sigelei feels pretty heavy for its size but I like that.
I picked the Sigelei Zmax V3 Telescopic flat top to celebrate one year without smoking. That's today. I'm very happy with my present and have little doubt that I'll still be using this APV next April.
My question is that IMR batteries only are listed for the v3. Just wanted to make sure that the batteries I'm already using in the v2 are ok?
