Taking the next step: Regulated Mods to Mech Mods

[Darth Omerta]

Any reason you want to use an 18350 battery on a subohm coil? While there are SOME 18350s that will handle it, you will get much longer life and far safer use out of a 20A+ 18650. The 18350s that I'm aware of push a max of 12ish amps. I just feel like it might be better to go with a quality 18650.

 

[suprtrkr]

Yeah I got some LG he2 30amp continuous I believe for the amperage

Mooch rates those as 20A and says they get hot:

 

[Darth Omerta]

buy good batts, dude. This is seriously important.

This is absolutely true. The MOST important piece of equipment to ANY vaper is the battery. Follow safety guidelines, buy quality, treat your batteries well, nothing is as important as this

 

[Bronze]

It wasn't always true, but many regulated mods can do anything a mech can do without the power drop off. IMO, mechs have kinda gone obsolete except they do permit a smaller profile which is nice.

 

[Oobydooby]

Does anyone have experience with the new sub ohm cell batteries?

 

[Darth Omerta]

I would still say that batts are equally important to regulated mods. Use an inferior batt in a regulated mod and things can still go terribly wrong.

 

[tj99959]

Excellent! Let me be the first to welcome you to the club ;-) So.... let's get started.

The first thing you need to learn is to rebuild attys. This is a pre-requisite for mechs.

Disagree!!!!!!!!!!
I began using mechanical mods LONG before RBAs even existed.
In fact mechanical mods existed long before regulated mods existed.
AND, we got along with them just fine back then.
The only reason I use RBAs now is because they stopped making my favorite atomizer.

 

[suprtrkr]

Disagree!!!!!!!!!!
I began using mechanical mods LONG before RBAs even existed.
In fact mechanical mods existed long before regulated mods existed.
AND, we got along with them just fine back then.

Please yourself, of course. However, using pre-made coils seriously limits the performance as you are limited to the resistance options offered by the manufacturer. It will work, of course. But it won't be adjustable except by screwing in a different coil.

 

[tj99959]

Just pointing out that RBAs are not a "pre-requisite" for using a mechanical is all.

First & foremost, the mechanical mod is virtually indestructible, making them the perfect backup PV.

 

[Susan~S]

Does anyone have experience with the new sub ohm cell batteries?

Every one I've seen is mislabeled with the "pulse" rate not the CDR. A 30A battery is the highest CDR battery available. Any battery labeled with 35A, 38A, 40A, etc. is labeled with the "pulse".

@Baditude (another battery guru) has a blog post on the purple Efest battery (labeled 35A)

Purple Efest Batteries not as Advertised
* A cautionary blog that reveals that the purple Efest batteries may not have the specifications advertised. Also includes a commentary on "continuous discharge ratings" vs "pulse discharge ratings" of battery specs.

He also has many other great blogs covering a multitude of topics from beginner to advanced.
Baditude's Blog - Table of Contents

I would still say that batts are equally important to regulated mods. Use an inferior batt in a regulated mod and things can still go terribly wrong.

Very true!

 

[tj99959]

Anyone can put a fancy wrapper on a battery and call it their own "new latest & greatest". The "Sub ohm Cell" is just the last in a long list of re-wrapped batteries.
The reality is that there are only so many plants in the world that actually produce batteries, and no one is going to build a new $10,000,000.00 plant just to produce "Sub ohm Cells" !

 

[Oobydooby]

Anyone can put a fancy wrapper on a battery and call it their own "new latest & greatest". The "Sub ohm Cell" is just the last in a long list of re-wrapped batteries.
The reality is that there are only so many plants in the world that actually produce batteries, and no one is going to build a new $10,000,000.00 plant just to produce "Sub ohm Cells" !

Yeah after reading a little more about it your statement just seems more and more true haha

 

[ElevenEleven]

Do your homework. It'd be a shame for another novice to become a statistic.

 

[vapo jam]

i've been using mechs for years, and i just "upgraded" to a regulated device. i use a 0.4 ohm dripper and a 0.9 ohm kfl, used to be i couldn't fire these on anything but a mech. nowadays with all of the high power mods coming out, i don't see any reason to use my mechs anymore. new apv's can throw out more power than i'd even consider using, all while monitoring my battery and build to ensure their safety.

that being said, my top mechs:

1. poldiac - just a fantastically built device, higher quality machining than anything else i've seen
2. reo - the original rda tank mod (although that description definitely does it a disservice)
3. sentinel m16 - my favorite mod from the philippine mech invasion
4. k100 - just a good, cheap, original china mod, always liked it
5. nemesis - i suppose i have to mention it for the list to be complete