Which batteries for regulated and mechanical would be best?

[qfivenine]

I am a few months now into mods and have problems with my AW IMR 18650’s. All my mods (itaste SVD, Vamo V4, and Sigelei Zmax V3) turn off randomly at times. I heard it’s about the amp limit on those batteries. I have one other and the random shutoff didn’t happen with it yet but I don’t remember its brand. I want to buy new batteries and my biggest priorities are safety, battery life and a high amp limit (if that is what's causing my shutoff issue).


So, my questions are:


1. What batteries can you recommend for regulated mods? I am looking into something safe and with lots of battery life so I don’t have to charge it so often. My current ones are around 2000mAh.


2. If I decide to buy my first mechanical, what battery would be the best to go in there? Same priorities as above.


Thank you very much in advance!

 

[stylezuk]

IMR/INR/Hybrid in both cases the AW are pretty defacto in the Vape world but you can get higher A via using Sony VTC4 2100mah 30A depends if planing to sub ohm also Efset are good batteries.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B423OSOvUSNvZmdxNE9FdjBla3c/preview?pli=1

 

[julpin]

Madvapes carries a 30amp battery at a good price. Also the MNKE are pretty good.

 

[DaveP]

You must be using coils less than 1 ohm (sub ohm) to have such low battery life. On a normal resistance coil (2 ohms to 3 ohms) you can expect about an hour of vaping for every 100mah of battery capacity. A 2000mah battery should get you from morning until night unless you vape constantly.

 

[Myrany]

I use panasonic NCR18650PDs in both BUT I never sub ohm.

 

[Requiem33]

This problem actually sounds familiar I just had it with my SVD....

Question for you. When you have this problem are you using the same tank/carto on all of the devices this problem happens with? I had a head go bad in my iclear 30 and I was having this exact same problem. on the SVD you can check the heads ohms and if it looks too high or you can take one or two vapes and then the SVD shuts off completely try a different tank/carto or replace the head and check it's ohms.

 

[K_Tech]

That's actually very odd... those AW IMR 18650's are more than enough battery for those mods.

From where did you buy the AW's?

And for the mechs, I'll second the Sony VTC4's.

 

[qfivenine]

@Requiem33
No, this happened with different tanks as I recall. They are all rebuildables and the coils on them were around 1.5-1.6 ohms.

@K_Tech
I bought them from a local shop. Can I use the Sony VTC4 also in regulated mods or are those protected?

 

[Dzaw]

Might the spring in your vamo be a little weak to keep that heavy batt in contact on the positive side? AW 18650 exceeds the max amp draw of a vamo by a good margin, so either you got counterfeitted batts, or the batteries are damaged, or the batteries aren't the actual problem.

 

[K_Tech]

@K_Tech
I bought them from a local shop. Can I use the Sony VTC4 also in regulated mods or are those protected?

They are not protected, and yes, you can use them in a regulated mod.