which 18650 batteries and which charger for vaporesso luxe s?
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oops i meant to put this in the batt & charger section i just had a brain fart. could i kindly ask a mod to move the thread there thank you
I am a nitecore fan for 4 bay chargers ,I bought an older one actually because it charges slower and I like that but they are nothing fancy and they are reliable.
I won an xtar 2 bay something that charges with speed, continually tops off your batteries and has more informational dials on it than the dashboard of my car.
I very rarely use it as I am so very barely qualified to even drive, I don't need to blow up a charger, but your skills may be different than mine.
Saying quad and 8 coil makes me think you need high amp low mah batteries but that is what mooch and his blog are for,
Anna
I won an xtar 2 bay something that charges with speed, continually tops off your batteries and has more informational dials on it than the dashboard of my car.
I very rarely use it as I am so very barely qualified to even drive, I don't need to blow up a charger, but your skills may be different than mine.
Saying quad and 8 coil makes me think you need high amp low mah batteries but that is what mooch and his blog are for,
Anna
Do you want to be able to safely go to 220 watts? If not, how high do you want to be able to go?
not really, im not looking to blow huge clouds im more of a flavor chaser person trying to get my nic fix. off the top of my head i dont remember what the coils are rated at, but, im thinking probably no more than 100 watts or so
i just looked up the specs on the uwell valyrian 2 triple mesh coil. 0.16 ohm rated at 90-100 watts so i was right on the money
I went from the Nitecore D4 (2016 model) to the Nitecore NEW i4, and, after that, to the Nitecore UMS4. The D4, altough it still works, wasn't the greatest choice mainly because removing the batteries from it proved to be tedious when two or more adjacent bays were simultaneously in use, and in fact I even accidentally damaged the top insulator ring on one of my batteries as a result from this. By comparison, the NEW i4 (which also still works) fixed that problem, and, despite it charged the batteries much faster, it ran much cooler, but due to the faster charging it was causing the batteries themselves to generate more heat so the net effect on battery temperature was almost the same as with the D4 so not a significant improvement in that department, with no option to slow down the charging speed other than by making sure at least two bays were kept simultanously charging for most of the time it took to finish the charging on all bays that were in use. This wasn't always very practical TBH, but certainly not a dealbreaker to me back in the day when this was still the best 4-bay charger from Nitecore.
The UMS4 generates even less heat within itself, and, because it lets you manually adjust the charging rate in small steps separately for each bay and also because it also offers faster charging (for those rare occasions on which faster charging pans out necessary...), this is the charger that I generally recommend right now. The fact it uses a micro USB port is not a dealbreaker, as all it takes is just that little bit of extra care to avoid applying any brute force so that it doesn't break. (I hardly ever remove the USB cable from it anyway, as the average user shouldn't need to remove it frequently, when you can just unplug the other end of the cable instead─or better yet, just unplug the USB wall adapter piece from the wall outlet.) Another fine bonus is, the bays are also improved... better than any charger that directly competes with the UMS4. With the UMS4 they are longer so removing 20700 or 21700 batteries is far more practical and they have better quality sliding brackets and better-designed contacts also in addition to this.
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Check out @Mooch's recommended batteries for regulated mods list here. Using two batteries at 100 watts will draw about 18A from each battery, 150 watts about 26A. That is calculated at 3.2V, which will only happen when the batts are almost discharged, but I prefer to calculate amp draw that way for regulated mods. When using that calculator for 2 battery mods I double the cell volts (6.4V in this case) so I don't have to mentally halve the amp results.
Look at the batteries in the high power 18650 column and chose from them. I would not go with less than 25A rated batteries. The Samsung 20S cell is best for really high amp draw, but if you are always below 18A, you will likely get more run time from one of the 25A choices.
For chargers, check out Mooch's charger page here. IMO, you can't go wrong with any of the offerings from the major manufacturers so can safely buy on features and price, but I always check out reviews from trusted reviewers before I chose mine.
Hope that helps a bit
the more batteries i research the more i come back to these because these do sound like the absolute best. thanks again
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