Small-ish mechanical mod?

[Automaton]

Drozd - Thanks for that. One question...

I've been loading my brain with all this stuff for the past few days, so it's entirely possible I have a random piece of information stuck in the wrong place. But I thought I read different types of batteries (LiMN vs. LifePo4 vs. Li-Ion) have different current and/or amperage?

What I think what I read is that some Li-Ion 10440 batteries don't have the amperage to deal with an LR, and some do, depending on their type/chemistry?

Has my brain misfired something, or is there truth to that?

Jimi Mack - I'm not really sure what you mean about the quality difference. With either the Precise or the GG I can pretty easily get a little CAD animation going in my head of how they work, and thus how to maintain them. They both seem like good mechanical mods made of good parts.

I don't see people complaining of problems much in either the GG forum or the SuperT forum. They both seem pretty sparse for failures. There are people still vaping their perfectly functioning Grant's, just like there are people still vaping their perfectly functioning Super6's.

Both are beautiful, both are innovative in their own ways... I can't find a real qualitative difference in either customer satisfaction or care to design.

 

[Drozd]

Drozd - Thanks for that. One question...

I've been loading my brain with all this stuff for the past few days, so it's entirely possible I have a random piece of information stuck in the wrong place. But I thought I read different types of batteries (LiMN vs. LifePo4 vs. Li-Ion) have different current and/or amperage?

What I think what I read is that some Li-Ion 10440 batteries don't have the amperage to deal with an LR, and some do, depending on their type/chemistry?

Has my brain misfired something, or is there truth to that?

no that's sorta mostly right...
different batteries by manufacturer, size, and chemistry have different C ratings..... which effect the max drain (possible amperage) of the battery...

as for the 10440 size batteries...no none of them really are capable of delivering the amperage for a LR atty (heck even a standard atty)...

let's take the 3 or so 100440 batteries we know about:

AW 10440
350mAh with a 2C rating.....that's 0.7A max
Ultrafire
those are supposed 600mAh (though most people will argue that they're over rated and really only about 350mAh) have a 1.5C rating.... that's 0.9A (going with their optimistic #s)

and the so called BDL High drain LiMN
350mAh with a 3C rating.... that's 1.05A max (so overstressed by anything other than a 901 atty (or anything with a 3.7Ω resistance or higher)

so the only thing the 10440 is really good for in all honesty is an electronic device where they charge a capacitor and then the atty is fired from the capacitor (thus able to deliver the amperage)
anything else in the 10440 size besides a high drain 10440 with a 901 is going to have vlotage sag..

 

[PoliticallyIncorrect]

I know a pure mechanical mod is what this thread is all about, but this thing looks amazing (the whole shebang, even a digital display): ProVari Variable Voltage, variable voltage electronic cigarette

 

[Katya]

I know a pure mechanical mod is what this thread is all about, but this thing looks amazing (the whole shebang, even a digital display): ProVari Variable Voltage, variable voltage electronic cigarette

What he said. I've been salivating all afternoon since I saw this bad boy... Looks like a "new and improved" Buzz. Kind of expensive, but if it's good and really does what it says it does, I want one. Or do I? Experts? Where are our sciency guys?