Which 18650 battery is better?

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umarbutt610

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General Purpose High-Drain batteries:

AW IMR
18650 2000mah 10Amp continuous discharge rate
18490 (1100mah) 16.5A
18350 ​(700mah) 6A

Panasonic ​or Orbtronic hybrid
CGR18650CH (IMR/hybrid) 2250mAh 10A
NCR18650PF (LiNiCOMnO2) 2900mAh 10A
NCR18650PD (LiNiCoAl) 2900mAh 10A


Samsung hybrid (LiNiCoMnP)
INR18650-22P 2200mAh 10A
INR18650-20R 2000mah 22A

Sony IMR
us18650v3 IMR 2250mAh 10A

Efest IMR
18650 (IMR/hybrid) 2250mAh 10A
18650 2000mAh 10A
18490 1100mah 8.8A
18350 800mah 6.4A


High-Drain, Hi-Amp batteries for Sub-Ohm vaping:

AW IMR
18650 1600mah 24Amp continuous discharge rate

MNKE IMR
18650 1500mah ​20Amp

Orbtronic hybrid
Orbtronic 18650 SX22 (hybrid) 2000mAh 22A
Orbtronic 18650 SX30 (hybrid) 2100mAh ​30A

Sanyo
UR18650EX 2000mAh 20A

Sony hybrid
us18650vct3 1600mAh 30A
us18650vtc4 2100 mAh 30A

Efest IMR
18650 1600mAh 30A

Thank you that is a very good list. Is this in order of best on the top?
 

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Another vote for Sony's for mechanical mods. You say you won't go sub ohm but you never know. IMO sub ohm-ing is where the advantage lies for mechanical mods and the Sony's are probably one of the best that I own. My second choice would be the AW IMR 1600 ma as they perform very well and is made for sub-ohm builds. Even though you probably never use that many amps of current it's good to know that you have headroom (for error).
 

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yes I agree these are what you need... and wow that's a great price, only if I hadn't just bought 2 of the new purple 30a efest today:facepalm:

Thank you. Yes I agree the price is great. But after looking at baditude list they are way in the bottom. I am waiting for Baditude reply to see if the list in order of preference for it is very low in the list. If it is then I am going to go for PF panasonic as I want flat top and AW does not have one.
 

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Another vote for Sony's for mechanical mods. You say you won't go sub ohm but you never know. IMO sub ohm-ing is where the advantage lies for mechanical mods and the Sony's are probably one of the best that I own. My second choice would be the AW IMR 1600 ma as they perform very well and is made for sub-ohm builds. Even though you probably never use that many amps of current it's good to know that you have headroom (for error).

Thanks for the info...hehehe its no doubt the best price of all i have gotten so far.
 

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The list is not in order of preference. The top all-around, general purpose battery IMHO is the Panasonic PD or PF hybrid series, also sold by Orbtonic after being re-labeled as Orbtronic.

I make no judgement on the top high-amp battery for sub-ohm.

Thanks for the reply. Appreciated.
 

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yea but for $7 each the sony is hard to beat

About same price as Samsung 20R.

My 20R beats my Sony 10A from 2.12 amps to 8 amps. 20R likely beats Sony 10A well below 2 amp. My Sony 30A was rejected by HKP else I would battle 20R vs Sony 30A.

Samsung 20R out performs other batts in the comparator also:
Battery test-review 18650 comparator
 

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At 1.2 ohms you will only be pushing 3 amps at 3.7v, anyway. At 1.8 ohms the current draw is 2 amps. You'll be safe with either atomizer and getting great vapes. I'm using 1.8 Kanger heads on my Provari now, although the built-in resistance check shows 1.9 and 2.0 ohms under load. My AW 18650 lMR 2000mah batts are doing that with no discernible heat rise.
 

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Flat top and flat bottom 20R has shrink wrap extended onto bottom and has a flat bottom making it compatible w/ every mod I have.

Sony has extended bottom which reduces switch throw in my mods. When sporting 3 brands of 18350 and 18650-20R my mods have 1 mm throw; perfect for me. When I use sony, switch throw is only 0.5 mm; not end of world but I prefer flat bottom batts. Sony also has some wrap on neg end; good thing.

Some batts, like some Panasonics, have no shrink wrap on negative end making in incompatible w/ some popular mods.
 
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