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Ok, this video came out a couple months ago...it happened in Santa Ana California...I am sure I am the last person to hear about this and it's a good thing because I probably would have walked to California and slapped somebody for allowing this to happen. The video is the exact reason I only Trust Battery Producer made batteries and not the "Re Wrapped" crap second rate cells that everyone gobbles up like candy and says how hard they hit. The truth of the matter is this guy is either uneducated in the vaping products he bought or is a complete idiot. I put up a "dangers of hybrid mechs venting" thread in the safety section but I want as many people to see this as possible so I am putting this here to "help" others choose wisely when buying batteries.
The truth is there is no such thing as a true 30 amp battery with a 2900 mah capacity. Just now since this video are we getting 3000 mah 20 amp batteries from Samsung and LG. The only 2900 hundred mah battery I know if is a 10 amp battery from Panasonic and I have several of them for my older regulated devices and they are solid batteries but are NOT meant to EVER be USED WITH HYBRIDS.
The only battery labels I trust are from the authentic makes when I am sure they are authentic. The only Re Wrap I trust is AW and they are super expensive and don't claim anything near that kind of power on their wrapper and the reason why AW's are what they are is because a guy made a business of picking out the very best of the best cells and testing them and wrapping a sticker of approval on them in a time that batteries were even more shady than they are now. Here below is a video of why I preach what I preach on safety and such after a list of battery makers I trust and then a list I don't.
Also if you're still reading, this is also just as important....Hybrid connections should NEVER BE USED WITH A TANK! you should never use them with anything other than a dripper with a center pin that sticks out at least 2 mm, not 1, but 2 mm's past the 510 connection on a dripping atomizer and make damned sure there are no shorts anywhere. The reason why it needs to be at least 2 is some screws are made of such soft and cheap metal that when you tighten the battery against them they can actually smoosh down and touch the end of the 510 connection even though the center screw was still sticking out before and cause the same short that happened in this video...you need room for the metal to be able to smoosh down and still stick out a safe distance past the 510 connector period. End of discussion end of story.
Trustable batteries: Samsung, LG, Panasonic, AW, VTC's (when authentic, I know they're hard to be found and be sure they are.) Obtronic (even though they rewrap as well they do the same type process as AW to ensure quality and authenticity.), XTAR and MNKE
Questionable batteries: Efest, Efan, Imiren, MXJO, VAMPED, AMPED, anything with "fire" in the name, Power Keeper (I have not seen enough test data to trust them yet,) and any other rewrapped battery promasing 30 or more amps higher than 2500 mah storage capacity. the VTC 5 is even a 20 amp rated battery but can seem to handle 30 amps with minimal heat increase. If I remember the names of the others I will add them to this list but you get the point.
Now...onto the show....
Note to mods: can we please leave this here for a bit before moving to safety or batteries? I want as many people to see this as possible. Thanks...MM
The truth is there is no such thing as a true 30 amp battery with a 2900 mah capacity. Just now since this video are we getting 3000 mah 20 amp batteries from Samsung and LG. The only 2900 hundred mah battery I know if is a 10 amp battery from Panasonic and I have several of them for my older regulated devices and they are solid batteries but are NOT meant to EVER be USED WITH HYBRIDS.
The only battery labels I trust are from the authentic makes when I am sure they are authentic. The only Re Wrap I trust is AW and they are super expensive and don't claim anything near that kind of power on their wrapper and the reason why AW's are what they are is because a guy made a business of picking out the very best of the best cells and testing them and wrapping a sticker of approval on them in a time that batteries were even more shady than they are now. Here below is a video of why I preach what I preach on safety and such after a list of battery makers I trust and then a list I don't.
Also if you're still reading, this is also just as important....Hybrid connections should NEVER BE USED WITH A TANK! you should never use them with anything other than a dripper with a center pin that sticks out at least 2 mm, not 1, but 2 mm's past the 510 connection on a dripping atomizer and make damned sure there are no shorts anywhere. The reason why it needs to be at least 2 is some screws are made of such soft and cheap metal that when you tighten the battery against them they can actually smoosh down and touch the end of the 510 connection even though the center screw was still sticking out before and cause the same short that happened in this video...you need room for the metal to be able to smoosh down and still stick out a safe distance past the 510 connector period. End of discussion end of story.
Trustable batteries: Samsung, LG, Panasonic, AW, VTC's (when authentic, I know they're hard to be found and be sure they are.) Obtronic (even though they rewrap as well they do the same type process as AW to ensure quality and authenticity.), XTAR and MNKE
Questionable batteries: Efest, Efan, Imiren, MXJO, VAMPED, AMPED, anything with "fire" in the name, Power Keeper (I have not seen enough test data to trust them yet,) and any other rewrapped battery promasing 30 or more amps higher than 2500 mah storage capacity. the VTC 5 is even a 20 amp rated battery but can seem to handle 30 amps with minimal heat increase. If I remember the names of the others I will add them to this list but you get the point.
Now...onto the show....
Note to mods: can we please leave this here for a bit before moving to safety or batteries? I want as many people to see this as possible. Thanks...MM