Where can I get batteries for my vamo at a decent price?

[daveyp]

Hello all, I'm super fusturated, ordered my Vamo, batteries, charger and more 6 weeks ago from fast tech. Vamo took a month to arrive, came about 2 weeks ago. Never got the batteries and am still waiting on a refund. I dont have batteries nor a charger. Everywhere else seems to charge a lot of money for these simple items...

thanks

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

I rock these in my Vamo V3, 2x days of vaping, but I bought 2 and swap em out
Efest IMR 18650 Flat Top - Batteries
These might do good too
Efest IMR 18650 Button Top - Batteries

Got em in 3x days from RTD Vapor...one of the most recommended battery vendors on this site

Coupon code for 5% - ECF5

 

[daveyp]

I rock these in my Vamo V3, 2x days of vaping, but I bought 2 and swap em out
Efest IMR 18650 Flat Top - Batteries
These might do good too
Efest IMR 18650 Button Top - Batteries

Got em in 3x days from RTD Vapor...one of the most recommended battery vendors on this site

Coupon code for 5% - ECF5

thank you. now as far as chargers, will this do?

Xtar MP1S - Battery Chargers

dont understand why some are $50 and some are $10. i actually cant comprehend why any charger would be $50

 

[Rickajho]

thank you. now as far as chargers, will this do?

Xtar MP1S - Battery Chargers

dont understand why some are $50 and some are $10. i actually cant comprehend why any charger would be $50

You do realize the MP1S is a single battery charger? There is reason number one with it only costs $10.95. You cannot, under any circumstances stack two batteries in the same bay on this one or any other charger. It's fine - but it can only charge one battery at a time.

It also only has one charging current - 500 mA. In an Xtar that's still fine. The difference is if you move up to a $20.00 Xtar WPII 2 you get two selectable charging currents - 500 mA or 1 amp. If you plan on charging high capacity 18650 batteries you can get there faster with the 1 amp charging current.

Besides being able to charge two batteries at the same time with a WPII 2.

And getting a built in emergency USB device charger. Put a charged 18650 battery in slot one, plug in your USB phone cable and charge.

So for another nine bucks you get a lot more charger. That's how all this works. And Xtar's have a two year warranty. The Nitecore chargers that die and take batteries with them do not.

You don't cheap out on your charger. LiOn batteries have critical points when it comes to proper charging and a half fannied charger - like a bad Nitecore or Trustfire - does very bad things when they aren't working right. When a company like Xtar backs their chargers with a two year warranty that's because they actually expect them to work right for two years.

 

[Thrasher]

one simple reason for different pricing even for comparable chargers is some of them have better control chips to condition the batteries better. it is not straight forward as just shoving power in until it is done, the better chargers have a very different charging method which can help prolong the life of the battery a little more. a fresh charged battery can lose voltage when it rests after charging. some of the better chargers actually fill them up let them relax and then top them off some more.(very basic description)

I know 40-50 seems a lot but just a side note these are actually mid level chargers, you should see what some of the top of the line models cost. you can buy the cheapest or most expensive mods out there but you need a great charger with quality batteries to get the most from it.

as for the batteries it may seem like they can be expensive but keep in mind a quality battery is rated for 300 or so charges so you buy several and rotate them and they all last well over a year. suddenly in that respect 30 -40 bucks isnt too much to spend when you only spend it once every 18-20 months.

 

[daveyp]

You do realize the MP1S is a single battery charger? There is reason number one with it only costs $10.95. You cannot, under any circumstances stack two batteries in the same bay on this one or any other charger. It's fine - but it can only charge one battery at a time.

It also only has one charging current - 500 mA. In an Xtar that's still fine. The difference is if you move up to a $20.00 Xtar WPII 2 you get two selectable charging currents - 500 mA or 1 amp. If you plan on charging high capacity 18650 batteries you can get there faster with the 1 amp charging current.

Besides being able to charge to batteries at the same time with a WPII 2.

And getting a built in emergency USB device charger. Put a charged 18650 battery in slot one, plug in your USB phone cable and charge.

So for another nine bucks you get a lot more charger. That's how all this works. And Xtar's have a two year warranty. The Nitecore chargers that die and take batteries with them do not.

You don't cheap out on your charger. LiOn batteries have critical points when it comes to proper charging and a half fannied charger - like a bad Nitecore or Trustfire - does very bad things when they aren't working right. When a company like Xtar backs their chargers with a two year warranty that's because they actually expect them to work right for two years.

yes I saw it was only a single battery charger. The way I do things now is keep one of my ecigs (vapor zeus from v4l) on the charger and swap with another identical one daily. My intention would be the same here with the batteries, but the second charger you mentioned seems worth the extra cost especially with the 0.5A vs 1A, thanks.

one simple reason for different pricing even for comparable chargers is some of them have better control chips to condition the batteries better. it is not straight forward as just shoving power in until it is done, the better chargers have a very different charging method which can help prolong the life of the battery a little more. a fresh charged battery can lose voltage when it rests after charging. some of the better chargers actually fill them up let them relax and then top them off some more.(very basic description)

I know 40-50 seems a lot but just a side note these are actually mid level chargers, you should see what some of the top of the line models cost. you can buy the cheapest or most expensive mods out there but you need a great charger with quality batteries to get the most from it.

as for the batteries it may seem like they can be expensive but keep in mind a quality battery is rated for 300 or so charges so you buy several and rotate them and they all last well over a year. suddenly in that respect 30 -40 bucks isnt too much to spend when you only spend it once every 18-20 months.

thanks for the explanation. I originally had nice high-cap panasonics on order for a much cheaper price than i can get here. I understand the need for a quality battery for consistency, longevity and safety. I didn't realize the chargers were as important, thought it was as simple as applying current and switching off when it was at or near capacity.

 

[SonHouse]

My Xtar charger is something I've never regretted. Worth every penny, when it goes South, I'll replace it with the second one I bought as backup. Keep the TrustFire level stuff to give to someone starting up. That's where mine went.

 

[Rickajho]

My Xtar charger is something I've never regretted. Worth every penny, when it goes South, I'll replace it with the second one I bought as backup. Keep the TrustFire level stuff to give to someone starting up. That's where mine went.

My first Xtar is two years old - that going South thing hasn't happened yet.

When RTD Vapor had their annual Xtar sale I got the VP1 at 20% off. I really didn't need it - but I like it. Rock solid performance. The display says it stops charging dead at 4.2 volts as it should. Checking the batteries on a DVM confirms it.

I though the display might be a little superfluous - I really don't care all that much about a blow by blow account of how far along the batteries are in a charge cycle. When they are done, they're done. But two things I like about that display:

It shows what charge current you selected. I like the visual indicator for that. If it's not at the charge current you want - it shows right on the display.

Once the charge cycle is complete it continues to monitor the battery voltage on the display. All batteries will "roll back" the voltage from 4.2 volts once the charge cycle is complete. It's interesting to see how far the voltage drops and how fast. Older batteries drop farther and faster. If you use stacked batteries you can see how closely matched a pair still are - or maybe not so much.

 

[fooey]

You can get a i4 intelligent charger 4 battery / bay for less than 18 shipped on eBay. Xtar is good too charges fast at 1a i had the 2 battery version though. I don't recommend buying batteries on that because most are fakes because its so easy to rewrap them.


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