Who is using 14500 Protected in Protege?

[LuckySevens4U]

Okay, Steve will understand why this thread. Hi Steve!!!

Please only post here if you are using 14500 blue protected Trust Fires either purchased from Deal Extreme or from High Tech Dealz.

Please tell me how these are holding up and working. I'm talking about brand new ones. Do they stay strong for 4-5 hours with no voltage drop off or are you having voltage drop off quickly after a full charge?

Please share with me your experience and it must be on the exact batteries I am talking about above. Thanks!

Remember, these specific batteries and used in your Protege specifically.

 

[CaSHMeRe]

.... where's the popcorn .... hehe

 

[LuckySevens4U]

hehehehehe. Well this one has been 1:45 now with no voltage drop. I still just don't get these things.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

And do you want popcorn or a beer dude?

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Spoke too soon, 1:46 and dropped off to crap. Next..........

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I am looking for my round file right now. 1 down 10 to go.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

If anyone doesn't understand what is going on here.....I am showing you what trustfire blue protected 14500 batteries are doing. All new batteries. That was #1 above. I'm on #2 here and I'm going to show you what is happening.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

 

[YoMike]

These are the TrustFire Protected ones I'm using in the Protege,
DealExtreme: $5.64 TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium Battery (2-Pack)
I never really took notice of any difference from the batts that came with the unit except for the length being longer. I do find it easier to unscrew the atty adapter 2 turns to allow the batt to fit deeper allowing screwing the end cap on easier.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Ding! Ding! We have a winner, folks! Battery # Dos 1:10 round file dudes.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

These are the TrustFire Protected ones I'm using in the Protege,
DealExtreme: $5.64 TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium Battery (2-Pack)
I never really took notice of any difference from the batts that came with the unit except for the length being longer. I do find it easier to unscrew the atty adapter 2 turns to allow the batt to fit deeper allowing screwing the end cap on easier.

Those are the ones I'm talkin' about right here dudes. You have no problemos?

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I have 3 that I haven't done yet, but I have rotated in my nico stick 510 and they all lasted all day pretty much. 2 a day. I'll get to those after I blow through these. Stay tuned!

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Maybe I should start serving drinks to myself in here. lol

 

[YoMike]

Ding! Ding! We have a winner, folks! Battery # Dos 1:10 round file dudes.

I Won I think? Great what was the question and what is the prize?

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I Won I think? Great what was the question and what is the prize?

No dude, I won. Battery #2 lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes before it totally dropped voltage. These things are JUNK. I really could not believe that all the batteries I had could be causing problems in my Protege. But I do now believe Steve is right. Hey I'll call it as I see it. I have 3 others though that I've been using in my stick and they have been lasting, but were not lasting in the Protege so I do not get that. They have been working like a charm for several days now. That's the part I do not understand.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Steve says the unprotected ones aren't doing what mine are doing, but I don't want to use that kind so I am forced to buy AW protected ones now. They are expensive.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I have a record breaker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 minutes and crashed and burned dudes. That's 3 batteries so far for round file! This is super hot.

 

[LuckySevens4U]

I will promise to do one thing. I will use another charger and go through them again. I have a brand new one here. However, Steve has two of the ones I was using and it did it to him. I'm not sure if he tried recharging them though on his charger...

 

[LuckySevens4U]

Please speak up if you are using these batteries and having the same issues or no problems at all? Trying to get to the bottom of this to help all of us. If these are that bad of junk, then they are not worth the cheap price. Could it be my charger? Don't know, but don't think so because like I said, 2 of them did it to Steve, BUT I don't know if he tried recharging them......

 

[YoMike]

Since I started reading this thread I took out my Protege and a charged Trustfire protected that was charged a few days ago. Been vaping on it for 3 hours now using a 901 atty. Maybe your charger is tripping off to soon or the battery is. How long does it take to charge one of these bad battery's? What charger are you using, I'm using the one that comes with the Protege.