Survey - eGo 650mAh Battery Life

[Shan B]

Just so ppl know. What is causing loss of battery life....

1. Overcharging, even tho the light goes green and it let's you know it's charged, it doesn't always stop charging. It will in fact lessen the life of your battery, since there is no protection on the battery cell itself.

2. Charging too often, the more you charge it the less lifespan you'll get.

3. I own an eGo PCC as a few other people I know, and some (including myself) have lost battery life since charging in the PCC.

4. Using LR atties have contributed to killing a battery faster, as well as lessening lifespan. LR atties pull 2amp, standard atties pull 1amp. 3.7v PVs were designed to handle 1amp atomizers and up to 2amp. I'm not saying you CAN'T use an LR on an ego 650mah, but do expect it to weaken every aspect of your battery.

I clean my battery anytime I see debris on it, including juice, with rubbing alcohol. This might be once a day, and it might be 3 or 4. But it does keep up the maintenance on it. I also do a full wipe down of my whole eGo (cone, atty, battery) everynight before I go to sleep, as well as remove the atty/carto from connection with the battery. I never charge my battery over night, because that light changing doesn't always shut the charge circuit. I would always suggest anyone to have 2 batteries, so you're not charging 1 or the other more than once a day, to push longevity of it. I only use LR atties on 1 of my batts, the other is solely for standard atties. Maybe the care and the fact of knowing the outcome from not taking top care of my battery is what keeps my batteries going for so long.

I see a lot of people saying they get 5 and 6 hours on 1. The only 1 that lasts me that short of time is the one I charged on the PCC and have since reserved it for my LR atty use - it still lasts me a good 6 - 8 hours (since I stopped using the PCC).

My other battery lasts me anywhere from 16 and 22 hours. Usually it's around the 18 hour mark. And I am a vape fiend!

I have since gotten a 3rd battery because my girl took my 1, it's only a few days old and I'm getting a full day out of it as well.

When my girl is using hers, she can go 3 days without charging, but she only vapes like she used to smoke; 7 - 10 drags about every 2 - 4 hours.

My friend who owns 2 eGo 650s, 1 900, and a 1100 is getting 1+ day from them all.

So my answers for the 3 batteries I own:

Batt 1 650mah: (40 days old) lasts 16 - 22 hours
Batt 2 650mah: (40 days old and damaged) 6 - 8 hours
Batt 3 650mah: (6 days old) 18 - 24 hours

so DEF 16+ hours for me.

*edit*

since ur asking about drag time and all that.

I drag on mine about every 30s to (I'll go high and say) 5min. Taking 2 - 3 long drags, til I get a killer throat hit. I am currently unemployed, and sleep very little. So I vape on average about 18 hours a day, usually not having to switch batts, unless of course I'm using the damaged one and vaping LR atty.

Any other Qs just ask! Kudos deback for starting this thread. Alot of different responses. So I'm gonna go with it being on where you get ur batts/ego kit from and how well you take care of it. Mine are my babies, and I treat mine like I would my son... hell I even talk to them LOL!! And they even have names!

Bink and Paci are my older ones. And Nin-E is the newest addition to my eGo family.

 

[Shan B]

I have no idea how many drags I actually take in those 12 hours, but if I estimate an average of one drag per minute x 60 minutes x 12 hours, it would be 720 drags. Then divide that by 12 drags (my estimate for one cigarette, I don't remember, never counted them). The result would be 60 cigarettes or 3 packs per day. This seems about right, even though I smoked a pack a day. It seems like I'm vaping about three times more than I smoked.

I def vape about 5 - 6x's more than I smoked. I was only a 28-30 cig a day smoker, now I find myself vaping NON-stop. I need to get a job SOON or learn to put this thing down! I currently vape 18mg, but lately find myself going back to 24mg cuz my nerves have been SHOT and I'm modding more (so I'm not really even vaping less, UGH)

Since this is an eGo thread. For all of you drippers out there. Check out the NHaler Twisted drip tip. It's CRAZY SICK on drag and improves TH! (Ok jumping off the soap box)

 

[deback]

just making a guesstimate here but in like 20 mins. I'll have 10-12 vapes I've refilled my carto 5 times today and at 5pm it will be 24 hours when I started using this battery. Now for about 3 hours I didn't use it more than once in an hour, so that will have to be figured in.

Sorry, Cathie, I got busy the last couple of days with other things and am just getting back to this forum.

Thanks for the info! Assuming you slept for about 8 of those 24 hours, it sounds like you're taking about 470 to 500 vapes each day. This means each carto lasts for about 100 vapes. This number will depend on how long a person drags on the battery.

24 hours less 3 hours of non-use less 8 hours sleeping = 13 hours of use at 36 vapes per hour = 468 + 3 vapes in each of 3 hours = 471 drags, rounded up to 500 as an estimate. 500 divided by 5 cartos = 100 vapes per carto.

In my case, a 1000mAh battery lasts for about 12 hours. I usually refill 12 cartos each day, so that means I'm taking about 1,200 drags each day, which I'll estimate is about 75 average vapes per hour (1200 divided by 16 hours). During some hours, I'll vape 6 times per minute, and during other hours, I'm typing or doing things when I can't vape at all.

To summarize:

Cathie: Battery life = 500 vapes in 24 hours, 5 cartos, 650mAh battery life = 24 hours
Deb: Battery life = 1200 vapes in 24 hours, 12 cartos, 1000mAh battery life = 12 hours

 

[deback]

I def vape about 5 - 6x's more than I smoked. I was only a 28-30 cig a day smoker, now I find myself vaping NON-stop. I need to get a job SOON or learn to put this thing down! I currently vape 18mg, but lately find myself going back to 24mg cuz my nerves have been SHOT and I'm modding more (so I'm not really even vaping less, UGH)

Since this is an eGo thread. For all of you drippers out there. Check out the NHaler Twisted drip tip. It's CRAZY SICK on drag and improves TH! (Ok jumping off the soap box)

I've been doing the same as you: vaping about 5 to 6 times more than I smoked, not sleeping normally or enough, being obsessed with vaping, posting here, and learning everything I can about this stuff (but I won't be doing videos or mods, been there and done that from 1990 to 2002 with building web sites and maintaining a four-phone line BBS with six computers, and building computers since 1990, and am totally burned out with computers and doing things for total strangers on the computer -- except for the current posting on this forum), vaping non-stop, used to smoke a pack or sometimes up to two packs a day (three packs when I play keno machines for 24 hours at a time), started out with 18mg, went to 30mg and 24mg, then back to 18mg currently, and this is a good place to end this paragraph.

I'll check out the NHaler Twisted drip tip, but I recently bought two stainless steel drip tips (at litecigusa.net) that I'm using as mouthpieces with cartos (and not to drip into), and I love them. They're expensive at $7.95 each, but they're so much better than vaping the end of a carto or using the Delrin plastic drip tips (that came with my 1300mAh eGo kit) and the metal drip tips I bought at goodprophets.com (the metal drip tips are okay but not nearly as nice and durable as the stainless steel drip tips).

 

[deback]

Check out the NHaler Twisted drip tip. It's CRAZY SICK on drag and improves TH! (Ok jumping off the soap box)

They look like they're plastic and similar to the plastic drip tips I received with my eGo 1300 kit. The stainless steel drip tips I'm using have improved the vapor, flavor, and throat hit, and I love the smooth, warm feel of them. Guess I'll stick with them for now.

 

[deback]

Just so ppl know. What is causing loss of battery life....

Thanks very much, Shan! Lots of good information! I still don't understand how you can get that many hours from your battery, when the majority of 650 users are getting 8 hours or less, but I'm sure there are many factors that affect battery life. I need to read your msg again, because I read it earlier when I was half asleep. Thanks, again!

 

[zjq]

Not exactly sure how long mine last but it seems to take ages for one to die, I think I swap out once every 24 hours or so (obviously I sleep for like 8 or 9 hours) they actually seem to last longer now then when I got them almost 5 months ago (I only use LR attys on them)

I did buy a 900mah battery for no reason so I could compare but that battery won't charge with the charger that came with my eGo, oh well...

 

[Rolondo]

I don't know if it makes any difference (but it makes sense that it would), but I clean out the threaded ends of all my batteries every time I put them on the charger and every time I change cartomizers (or adapters or atomizers). So I clean out the threads of the batteries very often, and every couple of days, I'll clean them using isopropyl alcohol. I don't know if that could be why your batteries have been lasting less. If you're cleaning the threads often, I'm not sure why they're dropping so quickly. I had that problem with the cheap-quality, overpriced starter kits I bought six weeks ago (Smokeless Delite and Volcano), but so far, not with the eGos.

Hey deback - it sounds like you're using cartomizers with a 510 to KR adaptor (unless you're using 510 cartos) - I use cartos on my V3 and KR8 batts and am thinking about getting a Riva - was wondering how the adaptor works on your 510 Egos re: carto performance and who is the best vendor to order the adaptor from?? (also have been cleaning my threads w/alcohol from the beginning prior to each re-charge)...Thanks

 

[TL1000RSquid]

I usually get a full day out of mine and I vape pretty heavy when I'm in front of the computer. Although when at home I'm usually vaping from 2 ego's so I can go 2 days sometimes with out charging either.

 

[asti]

deback, I don't sleep for 8 hours - 5 to 6 tops not sure how much that will change the 'psyfering there...

 

[Maeve]

I put around 12 hours but some days it's more like 14-16. I tend to vape during the day about as often as I smoked since my day breaks up the same. I might go an hour or 3 in between and I might drip anywhere from one to four drops. It just depends on how nicely the kids are playing, or how smoothly school work is going for L. After the kids go to bed I find myself chain vaping. So starting around 7:30pm to about midnight.

 

[deback]

Response to Shan's long message:


1. Overcharging, even tho the light goes green and it let's you know it's charged, it doesn't always stop charging. It will in fact lessen the life of your battery, since there is no protection on the battery cell itself.


I don't know whether to agree or disagree, since I've read that when the light turns green, the charger will not keep charging. So there are differing opinions on this.

Here is a great site to learn all about batteries. Some day, I might take the time to read that site.

Battery information from Battery University


2. Charging too often, the more you charge it the less lifespan you'll get.


I've read that the eGo battery has a lifetime of about 500 charges, so the above statement is probably true. I now have six eGo batteries and am rotating them, so I won't need to recharge any of them as often.


3. I own an eGo PCC as a few other people I know, and some (including myself) have lost battery life since charging in the PCC.


I'm sure I've read that using PCCs with eGo batteries will ruin them. I'll never use another PCC after dealing with a cheap Volcano PCC that was worthless, but much more expensive than the eGo parts.


4. Using LR atties have contributed to killing a battery faster, as well as lessening lifespan. LR atties pull 2amp, standard atties pull 1amp. 3.7v PVs were designed to handle 1amp atomizers and up to 2amp. I'm not saying you CAN'T use an LR on an ego 650mah, but do expect it to weaken every aspect of your battery.


I've read that LR atties will ruin batteries with less than 420mAh (some say 380mAh, but liberty-flights or somewhere states 420mAh). I've read differing opinions about eGo batteries -- LR atties will kill the eGo batteries faster or they won't kill batteries with over 420mAh (or 380mAh, depending on where you read this). I'll probably never use LR atties or cartos, because 5 volts tends to cause mouth pain for me, and my 5 volt passthroughs are here for when I have a need for them.


5. I clean my battery anytime I see debris on it, including juice, with rubbing alcohol. This might be once a day, and it might be 3 or 4. But it does keep up the maintenance on it. I also do a full wipe down of my whole eGo (cone, atty, battery) everynight before I go to sleep, as well as remove the atty/carto from connection with the battery. I never charge my battery over night, because that light changing doesn't always shut the charge circuit. I would always suggest anyone to have 2 batteries, so you're not charging 1 or the other more than once a day, to push longevity of it. I only use LR atties on 1 of my batts, the other is solely for standard atties. Maybe the care and the fact of knowing the outcome from not taking top care of my battery is what keeps my batteries going for so long.


I agree with everything in #5. I'm always cleaning threads, drip tip mouthpieces, the full batteries, and go through lots of q-tips and kleenex every day. I also try never to charge batteries overnight and try to remember to unscrew them when the light turns green.

 

[deback]

Hey deback - it sounds like you're using cartomizers with a 510 to KR adaptor (unless you're using 510 cartos) - I use cartos on my V3 and KR8 batts and am thinking about getting a Riva - was wondering how the adaptor works on your 510 Egos re: carto performance and who is the best vendor to order the adaptor from?? (also have been cleaning my threads w/alcohol from the beginning prior to each re-charge)...Thanks

I started out with 510 Boge cartos. Then I ordered some KR808D-1 cartos and noticed immediately better flavor, vapor, and throat hits. So I ordered two adapters from goodprophets.com for 99 cents each to use the 808 cartos on the 510 batteries. Lately, I've been using the 808 cartos most of the time. The only thing I had to do when I received those adapters was to use a screwdriver and turn the round connector on the adapter about two completee turns counterclockwise. This lifts the round connector out from the threads to make a better connection with the carto - and results in an easier draw and more vapor. Otherwise, the draw was way too hard, with little vapor. The KR808D-1 cartos have very good performance on my eGo batteries using the adapters, especially after I adjusted the round connector.

I also ordered two adapters from goodprophets.com to use 510 cartos on my KR808D-1 passthroughs, but I'm finding that I'll rarely do that, since I'm not liking the recent supply of Boge 510 cartos I received. They're sizzling too much (or hissing -- not to be confused with crackling or gurgling) and have less flavor, vapor, and throat hits than the KR808D-1 cartos have.

 

[deback]

deback, I don't sleep for 8 hours - 5 to 6 tops not sure how much that will change the 'psyfering there...

That makes sense. This would change your estimated total vapes per day to about 540, give or take 50. Let's say 600 divided by 5 cartos = 120 vapes per carto. That was my original estimate about seven weeks ago when I started vaping. I estimated that I was taking an average of two vapes per minute and going through one carto every hour (which I still do).

So one carto = 120 vapes (when taking about 3 slow and long puffs and then inhale, assuming you do that, correct me if I'm wrong...lol)

That means I'm taking about 1,440 vapes per day from 12 cartos (or more when I get less than 8 hours of sleep, which has been most of the time since I quit smoking on 9/16).

Hey, I'm an accountant and have a fascination with numbers.....ha

 

[SuZamme]

I use several eGo's with different flavors. I estimated 7 hours with only using one and, in reality, some of mine last for days.
I vape pretty continually all day.

 

[deback]

Not exactly sure how long mine last but it seems to take ages for one to die, I think I swap out once every 24 hours or so (obviously I sleep for like 8 or 9 hours) they actually seem to last longer now then when I got them almost 5 months ago (I only use LR attys on them)

I did buy a 900mah battery for no reason so I could compare but that battery won't charge with the charger that came with my eGo, oh well...

That's strange that your 900mAh battery won't charge on the charger that came with your 650mAh eGo. I'm using two eGo Fast Chargers that work on the 900, 1000, and 1300 batteries, and the charger that came with my 1300 kit works for all six eGo batteries. I don't have any 650mAh eGos, so I don't know what to tell ya.

 

[deback]

I use several eGo's with different flavors. I estimated 7 hours with only using one and, in reality, some of mine last for days.
I vape pretty continually all day.

Yea, I think using more than two eGos and rotating them is the way to go. That way, you're not spending much time charging batteries, and you'll have spares for when one dies completely.

 

[deback]

It seems there are a lot of factors that determine the battery life of eGo batteries. The majority of users get up to 10 hours of use (75% at this point of those responding to the poll). It doesn't make sense to me that a few others would get two, three, or four times that much use.

Makes me think about when I buy regular batteries. I'll always choose Duracell and none of the other brands.

 

[Monolith]

I got an eGo about 3 weeks ago, and share 1 kit with my roommate. So far we both only charge the batteries every 20-24 hours.

 

[asti]

ah...an accountant... I get it now....
ps. please send address to balance my checkbook...

<j/k I do ok - I just keep it at zero and pretend there's $$ in there>