Nothing to be skeered of with a mech! Love me some mech goodness! Just don't get stupid and try to build a super low ohm build on it with a crappy battery, and you are going to be fine! 1.5 builds, I don't think there's an 18650 you can blow up! I don't use a "kick", but I know my batteries and I stay well within the operating range of them, easy! I always try to allow 20% safe margin, say the battery can do 20 amps, I'll push it max at 17 amps. Download an ohms calculator for your phone or computer, but I doubt you will ever push anything hard enough to need it.
@TrollDragon I'm looking for a new topper for my Pico, and it seems like you've tried most of the small ones!
I'm wanting small, doesn't leak, decent capacity, decent price and looks decent on the Pico. Following you on the Pico thread I was looking at the Goblin Mini, there's one in the classifieds, but it seems like a leaker. The Moonshot, seems like it's a lung hitter. Same with the Bachelor nano. I looked into the KF V3 mini, but there isn't anything mini about it!
Which leads back to the GEM clone. TC can come and go, not an issue for me one way or the other.
So please, I welcome your input!