VV Grand Owners - question about battery life.

[Roland007]

Thanks again for all the input! Should be here soon! I will be giving the Efest 18350's a try first. I have been fairly happy with the Efest 18650's in my Grands, although I mostly use the Panasonic CGR18650's in them.

 

[super_X_drifter]

Given the cost $1.60 each and the cost of a pack of cigs in NY $10.00 for the cost of just 4 cigarettes I just toss the carto. I get descent use of cartos so I just put on a new one and off I go.

Dan, I don't think you can / should clean cartos. They have filler in them that would absorb the vodka. I have read where people soak attys in vodka, but attys don't have filler. I would toss em.

As to batteries, since using RBA's with 1.2 ish ohm coils, batteries drain faster than with 1.7 ohm cartos. Math would confirm the logic.


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[nerak]

Dan, I don't think you can / should clean cartos. They have filler in them that would absorb the vodka. I have read where people soak attys in vodka, but attys don't have filler. I would toss em.

As to batteries, since using RBA's with 1.2 ish ohm coils, batteries drain faster than with 1.7 ohm cartos. Math would confirm the logic.


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When I used a KR808 w/cartos I re-filled mine. I soaked and boiled them and let them dry a couple days. They still worked but the taste was never too good. People do clean and re-use, but I didn't find the practice of cleaning to work very well. I would just re-fill without cleaning.

So glad those days are over. Now I use cartos on my REO till they become to tight and toss them.

 

[hubseven]

When I used a KR808 w/cartos I re-filled mine. I soaked and boiled them and let them dry a couple days. They still worked but the taste was never too good. People do clean and re-use, but I didn't find the practice of cleaning to work very well. I would just re-fill without cleaning.

So glad those days are over. Now I use cartos on my REO till they become to tight and toss them.

Nothing like squonking a carto on a Reo pure heaven.

 

[Roland007]

Just so everyone can sleep at night, I thought I would let you know that the VV Grand arrived today! Here is a picture of it with it's new family. Hope this photo works or this will be a very lame post.

 

[redeyedancer]

Just so everyone can sleep at night, I thought I would let you know that the VV Grand arrived today! Here is a picture of it with it's new family. Hope this photo works or this will be a very lame post.

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Nice looking collection

 

[Roland007]

Thanks Robert. And thank you for the mods! See that poor beat up Mini classic? Man that thing has taken abuse and still functions like the day I got it....it does get ignored now because of it's small battery but it still gets a workout once in a while as a stealth device.

 

[redeyedancer]

Thanks Robert. And thank you for the mods! See that poor beat up Mini classic? Man that thing has taken abuse and still functions like the day I got it....it does get ignored now because of it's small battery but it still gets a workout once in a while as a stealth device.

I noticed it had some miles on it my polished grand looks very similar used but loved just the same .

 

[super_X_drifter]

Nice looking collection

What he said! Is that an ERA and a REOmizer? Just testing my newly RBA trained eyes.


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[Roland007]

Yes one ERA and one Reomizer. I have another ERA and a Hornet coming in the mail any day now.

I would love a Chalice but between the price and how hard they are to find I am not sure if that will be in the cards or not.