Battery - eVic VTC Mini with Tron-S Kit

coldfire1x

Picked up one of these but didnt realize that there's no battery in the pack

Doesn't seem like a normal rechargeable battery will fit.

Anyone any idea where I can pick up a cheap battery in Dublin. Thinking of ordering from aliexpress (seen few cheap ones) but that will take time for delivery.

If anyone has one of these kit, please let me know what kind of battery will fit.

If anyone has a spare battery, I will take it.

Thanks

Mightydrumming

coldfire1x wrote: »

Picked up one of these but didnt realize that there's no battery in the pack

Doesn't seem like a normal rechargeable battery will fit.

Anyone any idea where I can pick up a cheap battery in Dublin.

The eVic Mini takes an 18650 battery, can be purchased from the majority of ecig online stores. I'm sure you would be able to pick one up in Dublin somewhere if you were badly stuck. Maybe someone on here can direct you on that

In know with fasttech, batteries take a lot longer than usual to get through customs etc.. so you might be better off purchasing of an irish/english vendor.

Best of luck!

Thecageyone

Get a Samsung, Sony or LG 18650. You're better off to get a charger for it too. Charging via usb will work, but it's a lot slower, and many advise against it. As there's no surge protection or cut off like you get with dedicated wall chargers.

was.deevey

Thecageyone wrote: »

Get a Samsung, Sony or LG 18650. You're better off to get a charger for it too. As there's no surge protection or cut off like you get with dedicated wall chargers.

+1 Sony VTC's , Samsung or LG are honestly the only batteries that you should consider using for vaping.

The reason - they are the only ones capable of withstanding the constant high current draw from the current crop of sub-ohm tanks.

Do not under any circumstances buy a "cheap" battery - good ones are under a tenner, bad ones will not last as long at all and are a safety hazard in any device capable of throwing out 75 watts. Best case scenario, it'll vape like crap.

Get a dedicated charger too - something like a Nitecore i2, the charging port is only really designed for emergency situations and updating the software. I have 3 mates with damaged USB ports on their VTC's through constant charging and as a result they cannot update their firmware or charge via usb.

I'd recommend 2 batteries at minimum of them so one is always fully charged.

Charging via usb will work, but it's a lot slower, and many advise against it.

Its actually too fast! They can charge at 2.1 Amps from USB (Powerbanks and some USB ports will allow it) which is far too much to be safe.

Thecageyone

was.deevey wrote: »

Its actually too fast! They can charge at 2.1 Amps from USB (Powerbanks and some USB ports will allow it) which is far too much to be safe.

Aha! for some reason I thought the opposite, never actually tried it personally

thehomeofDob

You won't have to worry about a 2amp charge. The device charges at under 1amp. See here - https://youtu.be/USSJ0A2PEn8?t=26m1s

was.deevey

thehomeofDob wrote: »

You won't have to worry about a 2amp charge. The device charges at under 1amp. See here - https://youtu.be/USSJ0A2PEn8?t=26m1s

My battery is completely full after an hour long charge on the 2.1 output on a Powerbank from dead/low bat warning - It takes 3.5+ for a full charge with my Nitecore with Samsung Greens.

Just going from my own experiences

alec76

was.deevey wrote: »

Its actually too fast! They can charge at 2.1 Amps from USB (Powerbanks and some USB ports will allow it) which is far too much to be safe.

Vtc , R25, HG2 , they support 4A rapid charge, I won't be worried about 2A

http://eu.nkon.nl/sk/k/hg2.pdf

was.deevey

alec76 wrote: »

was.deevey wrote: »

Its actually too fast! They can charge at 2.1 Amps from USB (Powerbanks and some USB ports will allow it) which is far too much to be safe.

Vtc , R25, HG2 , they support 4A rapid charge, I won't be worried about 2A

http://eu.nkon.nl/sk/k/hg2.pdf

Not the battery I'd be worried about (at least not decent ones) .. more the charging circuit. it gets bloody hot.

coldfire1x

Anyone has any opinion about Panasonic NCR18650B Vs Samsung 30Q?

was.deevey

No to the Panasonic - its got a large capacity, but low current draw limit, fine for LED flashlights or perhaps in dual/triple battery devices.

Sony, Samsungs and LG are around 30amps each

coldfire1x

Thanks.

This looks like a decent price:
http://www.gearbest.com/batteries/pp_232875.html