Ultrafire Batteries and the NicoStick

[davidM]

Seems that everyone on this forum is really pulling for the Ultrafire brand. Is there a particular model that will fit the Nicostick that will have a longer battery life over other models? I'm currently using TrustFire Protected 14500 3.7V 900mAh Lithium batteries.

Just curious, and as it takes a while to get here, and my post office always sends packages to the to the pickup window even when my wife or I are home, I thought I would get your feedback before ordering more.

Thanks!

 

[Sun Vaporer]

The Trustfire is all I order. I find it the 14500 to be a great battery that is hard to beat. It lasts me practically all day, so I personally do not see any need to hunt for another one as the Trustfire at 900 mAH's is a great rating. There may in fact be better out there though.


Sun

 

[nicowolf]

I haven't noticed any difference between the two aside from cosmetics. I bought my Trustfire ones from DX and have had no problems with them.

 

[ApOsTle51]

trustfire , ultrafire,spiderfire , you can bet they're all made in the same factory and just branded to each distributers specifications.

edit : you can knock a third off of DX mAh ratings on their batts , a majority of them are user tested and seem to be over-rated on their output

 

[davidM]

trustfire , ultrafire,spiderfire , you can bet they're all made in the same factory and just branded to each distributers specifications.

edit : you can knock a third off of DX mAh ratings on their batts , a majority of them are user tested and seem to be over-rated on their output

Funny you should say that, for kicks I hooked my battery up to my volt meter and it came out at 4.1 volts. Go figure!

 

[Kelemvor]

4.1 volt is quiet normal for a near full charged battery, this has nothing todo with their capacity.

at 3.6V my 801 pens stop producing vapor, this is normal too.

[ in my opinion people who use e-cigs should learn how to handle a multimeter and educate themself about the different numbers that are essential. be it the fullcharge of batts, or the resistance a normally operating atomizer has. otherwise you will end in unnecessary reclamations

so time to get up and play a bit with your equipment
]

 

[.308]

I've just made a goliath of a PV. Using Ultrafire 2400MaH 3.7v 18650 Li-ions. I had to fabricate a battery holder out of elec. conduit, a wine cork, and the +/- leads from a AA battery holder. It is awesome. Lasts DAYS. I originally bought 2 to run them in parallel but the battery holder came out rather large for 2 (they are huge batteries) and rather phallic looking so I stuck with one and it is great.

 

[davidM]

4.1 volt is quiet normal for a near full charged battery, this has nothing todo with their capacity.

at 3.6V my 801 pens stop producing vapor, this is normal too.

[ in my opinion people who use e-cigs should learn how to handle a multimeter and educate themself about the different numbers that are essential. be it the fullcharge of batts, or the resistance a normally operating atomizer has. otherwise you will end in unnecessary reclamations

so time to get up and play a bit with your equipment
]

i would agree, after completing my first PV i felt like i had a much better understanding of how everything works. Only problem is that all my other friends who vape want me to build them Nicosticks.... lazy lazy lazy

 

[SmokinScott]

I bought the "UltraFire 17670 3.7V PROTECTED Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery 1800 mAh CR17670 Lithium Ion" for my project, hope it's ok.

 

[500KV]

I bought the "UltraFire 17670 3.7V PROTECTED Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery 1800 mAh CR17670 Lithium Ion" for my project, hope it's ok.

Good batteries (I bought 4 of them ).
Use them in my CuPipe mods. Seems like they last forever.

 

[kinabaloo]

Buying the 14500 battery in the UK:

EuroBatteries £4.90+pp

AW 14500 Li-ion Rechargeable Batteries 3.7V | Flashaholics.co.uk £8.90+pp

Note that some batteries marked 14500 are 'special purpose' / not Li-ion and have large mAh but are for backup supplies and have low current capability (such as one at Maplin).

The above two sites are based in the UK are are Li-ion type. I don't know if the AW one is worth the extra money (same mAh).