Where to find authentic Sony US18650VTC5: 30 A – 2,600 mAh

[EquivalentExchange]

Im looking for authentic
Sony US18650VTC5: 30 A – 2,600 mAh batteries and honestly have no clue where to look. I try reading reviews but am having no luck finding proven authentic ones. Has anyone found any good sites that sell them?

 

[r055co]

liionwholesale.com or imrbatteries.com

They can be trusted

 

[EquivalentExchange]

liionwholesale.com or imrbatteries.com

They can be trusted

Thank you!!

 

[r055co]

Thank you!!

NP, and also imrbatteries ship their batteries with cases, added bonus

 

[nightshard]

Liion don't carry VTC5s (only VTC4/5A/6)
Illumn.com also carry them.

Mind you that VTC5s are 20A not 30A.

 

[nightshard]

NP, and also imrbatteries ship their batteries with cases, added bonus

And so does illumn

 

[EquivalentExchange]

Liion don't carry VTC5s (only VTC4/5A/6)
Illumn.com also carry them.

Mind you that VTC5s are 20A not 30A.

From what I've researched VTC5s are high up there as a good battery, I need to get better batteries that are actually authentic and wasn't sure what would be best. VTC5s looked like the top ones. Are there better ones to go for?

 

[nightshard]

Not really, VTC6s have the same amp rating as VTC5s but higher capacity.
VTC5As have higher amp rating then VTC5s and roughly the same capacity.

So both are superior, each in it's own way.

None of Sony's 18650s are actually 30A continuous, they are rated as 30A@80C which is entirely not the same thing as 30A.

 

[EquivalentExchange]

Not really, VTC6s have the same amp rating as VTC5s but higher capacity.
VTC5As have higher amp rating then VTC5s and roughly the same capacity.

So both are superior, each in it's own way.

None of Sony's 18650s are actually 30A continuous, they are rated as 30A@80C which is entirely not the same thing as 30A.

Would you recommend the VTC5As or the VTC6s more than any other battery used? Which between the two do you enjoy most? I'll be running it on my Tugboat V.2 24mm mech mod. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[r055co]

From what I've researched VTC5s are high up there as a good battery, I need to get better batteries that are actually authentic and wasn't sure what would be best. VTC5s looked like the top ones. Are there better ones to go for?

The VTC5's are good but I prefer the Sony VTC5A's, 25a with 2600 mAh so an excellent balance of power and life, they're my favorite.

 

[r055co]

Would you recommend the VTC5As or the VTC6s more than any other battery used? Which between the two do you enjoy most? I'll be running it on my Tugboat V.2 24mm mech mod. Thanks for the feedback!

Mech, go with the VTC5A's for the extra 5 amps.

 

[nightshard]

That depends on your requirements based on your resistance.
If 20A is enough for your requirements then a 20A 3000 mAh battery like the VTC6 or Samsung 30Q would be preferable.
If you need higher amp rating (25A) then VTC5A or LG HD2/2C/4 would be preferable.
If 25A is not enough then LG HB2/4/6 would be preferable.

To get a notice of how hard each battery would hit as each specific amperage you would have to compare the continuous and pulse test graphs of each, but since most of us use mechs for enjoyment and not competitions the higher possible capacity for the required amp rating would be preferable and would provide a more stable and longer lasting vape.

 

[IMFire3605]

Would you recommend the VTC5As or the VTC6s more than any other battery used? Which between the two do you enjoy most? I'll be running it on my Tugboat V.2 24mm mech mod. Thanks for the feedback!

Okay there you limit your batteries to what type of Ohms in your rda are at

Fresh Voltage/Resistance (Ohm's) = Max Amps you will be pulling at fresh charge. 4.2v/Ohms=amps, all you need input is the ohms.

Most times I suggest running a mech, you need 30A CDR batteries just for the safety of the matter and not build below 0.28ohms (15Amps) for safety margin on a single battery, 0.14ohm on a dual battery parallel (both positives up side by side), and 0.56 on a dual battery series (one positive up, one positive down, or when stacked).

30amp CDR batteries are always low mah, manufacturers have to balance discharge rate or run time, LG makes 3 true 30amps batteries, the LG HB2, HB4, and HB6, all are 1500mah, and the HB6 is the coolest running battery at full 30amp CDR.

Looking for a balance of run time and mah, Sony's VTC5A (not the old VTC5 2600mah 20amp) the VTC5A is 2500mah at 25amps CDR, and hits harder for longer run time, though you limit yourself to about 0.35 to 0.36 lowest safe build on the rda (50% CDR) though the battery can handle as low as 0.18

Maximum runtime but lower CDR, then the Samsung 30Q comes into play (3000mah @ 20amps CDR), limiting you to 0.21 lowest, but suggested 0.42 daily run.

 

[BPROSEK]

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[VaporCarp]

Ordered 6 of these from Liion and they are MIA.. Fuk USPS!

 

[EquivalentExchange]

I went ahead and got some from
IMR, hopefully their stuff comes in okay especially with the way the rest of these companies not getting you your batteries.

 

[SirRichardRear]

Quick warning about illumn.com, although ive ordered from them many times with no issue i have had a major issue with my last order for over $100 worth of batteries. Item shows as shipped on dec 14th, in transit to destination for delivery on dec 19th, of course here we are at jan 21st with no package, no status update, anything. I called illumn 18 times with no answer and no reply. I sent 15 emails and again no reply at all. I contacted usps and filed missing package claim. Contacted usps again and was informed that only the shipper could initiate an insurance claim, once again attempted to contact illumn, and no surprise they didnt respond. Filed claim with paypal and after illumn didnt respond to them i was issued a dispute refund.

Order from liion or imr. Illumn apparently no longer gives a shit about customer service. Sad, they were a good company, but a business that doesnt bother to answer their phone and care to respond to emails will no longer get my business.

Buyer beware.

Ordered 6 of these from Liion and they are MIA.. Fuk USPS!

sounds like a post office issue not a vendor issue.
@BPROSEK i wouldn't condemn illumn.com since they are one of only a handfull reliable battery vendors. I've gotten 90% of my batteries from them with no issue. the other 10% from liionwholesale with no issues.

 

[VaporCarp]

sounds like a post office issue not a vendor issue.
@BPROSEK i wouldn't condemn illumn.com since they are one of only a handfull reliable battery vendors. I've gotten 90% of my batteries from them with no issue. the other 10% from liionwholesale with no issues.

Duh lol

 

[BPROSEK]

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[BPROSEK]

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[Chainvapor]

imrbatteries.com is where I get all my batteries now. Always authentic and always quick shipping with fair prices.

Happy Vaping!!
CV

 

[VaporCarp]

Duh to you sir.

Their customer service is the equivalent of your inspired response.

Hell, at least you responded, perhaps they should learn from you to improve their service.

I was quoting Anthony

 

[SirRichardRear]

Although I dont disagree with you as to usps being the issue regarding the missing package, I (as you say) condemn Illumn for making absolutely no efforts to help in resolving the issue. Is it unreasonable to expect a vendor to return messages sent by phone and email? Is it unreasonable to expect that the vendor make even the smallest effort to resolve a situation wherein they are the only party able to do so?

Hell, I even (via phone and email) offered to reorder the items and pay for both packages(assuming the lost package would eventually show up), but guess what...thats right, no reply whatsoever.

So yeah, you can Duh all you like (to the other member post), order from them all you like and hope you dont run into a situation that requires any vendor assistance of any kind. As I stated, I had used them for many orders in the past and would have had no issues with ordering from them again had it not been for this situation. Basic business and service sense is that you answer your phone, return voicemails, and oh yeah, if your phone message states to submit email if you are unavailable to reach them by phone, well then it would stand to reason you would respond to such emails... And of course when your zen desk reply states your inquiry/issue will be responded to in 24/48 hours.....well....

Good luck.

Liion gets my business, hell most of their prices are better anyways.

When did u try and get ahold of them? During normal hours or a weekend/holiday?

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[BPROSEK]

I was quoting Anthony

Sorry Carp. I didnt mean to be such a douche.

 

[BPROSEK]

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[SirRichardRear]

Normal business hours. Called multiple times during their regularly scheduled business hours on numerous different days of the week. All emails were also sent during regular business hours/days.

Look it does no good to beat a dead horse, I would simply advise anyone who does choose to order from them to use PayPal for the purchase so they can be taken care of in the event of an issue such as this.

Wasnt trying to stir the pot or start shit as I do agree there are very few quality sources to purchase legit batteries from, I was simply sharing my extremely frustrating recent experience with my last order from illumn, and providing my opinion as to my choice of going with either liion or imr.

Well that's shitty. Hope they get it resolved for you.

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[BPROSEK]

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[VaporCarp]

Sorry Carp. I didnt mean to be such a douche.

No worries dood

 

[SirRichardRear]

PayPal took a look at my dispute and ruled in my favor refunding the $.

Ordered 20 vtc4's from liion that will be here on Monday.

All's well that ends well.

Glad to hear it worked out

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[Jon@LiionWholesale]

Ordered 6 of these from Liion and they are MIA.. Fuk USPS!

I assume you contacted us right? We'll always make sure you get what you ordered, even if USPS has been horrible lately.

 

[Mike H.]

Jon always gets my battery business..Recently purchased 4 LG HE2's and 4 VTC4's...Ive never had a shipping issue and always received a tracking number with timely delivery...Cant fault Liion for USPS service...Will be ordering more batteries from Liion due to my lack of control to buy new mods

 

[VaporCarp]

I assume you contacted us right? We'll always make sure you get what you ordered, even if USPS has been horrible lately.

Sure did. You Guys rock!

 

[r055co]

sounds like a post office issue not a vendor issue.
@BPROSEK i wouldn't condemn illumn.com since they are one of only a handfull reliable battery vendors. I've gotten 90% of my batteries from them with no issue. the other 10% from liionwholesale with no issues.

Any business that won't answer their phone nor email when you've got issues doesn't deserve your money.

Yes they deserve to be condemned for this shit.

 

[SirRichardRear]

Any business that won't answer their phone nor email when you've got issues doesn't deserve your money.

Yes they deserve to be condemned for this shit.

Fair enough for sure

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[inspects]

Quick warning about illumn.com, although ive ordered from them many times with no issue i have had a major issue with my last order for over $100 worth of batteries. Item shows as shipped on dec 14th, in transit to destination for delivery on dec 19th, of course here we are at jan 21st with no package, no status update, anything. I called illumn 18 times with no answer and no reply. I sent 15 emails and again no reply at all. I contacted usps and filed missing package claim. Contacted usps again and was informed that only the shipper could initiate an insurance claim, once again attempted to contact illumn, and no surprise they didnt respond. Filed claim with paypal and after illumn didnt respond to them i was issued a dispute refund.

Order from liion or imr. Illumn apparently no longer gives a shit about customer service. Sad, they were a good company, but a business that doesnt bother to answer their phone and care to respond to emails will no longer get my business.

Buyer beware.

Thanks for the info B...I'll take them off my list of vendors....if there is one thing I cannot take is lack of communication....it makes or breaks a business, deservingly so.

 

[illumn]

Hi Bprosek,
The phone lines are all my fault - we've been having some trouble with them lately, and after most of us were out with the flu I decided to not keep the phones on as we needed to focus on shipments. That, and it was a bit hard to speak.. I didn't want to keep coughing on the phone. - hence the message on our VM saying to please email us.

We do try to respond to emails quickly - generally before 24 hours. For some bizarre reason I only see a single email from you on the 17th - by the time we got to it the next day, the money was already refunded, so we didn't figure a response was needed. This is clearly not something we should have done.

Could you please message me some of your other ticket IDs? I have 1, and I'd really like to locate the other 14 as something has gone horribly wrong with our system and I'd like to find out why.

To anyone else trying to get in touch with us:
I'm available through PM here.
Through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IlluminationSupply
Through email: [email protected]
Through live-chat on our website, illumn.com - a box will pop up in the bottom right hand corner when we're online.
Phones are a bit difficult at the moment, unfortunately.

 

[nightshard]

Hi illumn representative.
Nice to have you and read your response.

 

[SirRichardRear]

Hi Bprosek,
The phone lines are all my fault - we've been having some trouble with them lately, and after most of us were out with the flu I decided to not keep the phones on as we needed to focus on shipments. That, and it was a bit hard to speak.. I didn't want to keep coughing on the phone. - hence the message on our VM saying to please email us.

We do try to respond to emails quickly - generally before 24 hours. For some bizarre reason I only see a single email from you on the 17th - by the time we got to it the next day, the money was already refunded, so we didn't figure a response was needed. This is clearly not something we should have done.

Could you please message me some of your other ticket IDs? I have 1, and I'd really like to locate the other 14 as something has gone horribly wrong with our system and I'd like to find out why.

To anyone else trying to get in touch with us:
I'm available through PM here.
Through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IlluminationSupply
Through email: [email protected]
Through live-chat on our website, illumn.com - a box will pop up in the bottom right hand corner when we're online.
Phones are a bit difficult at the moment, unfortunately.

hello and welcome. and thanks for the response and clearing things up!

 

[BPROSEK]

Hi Bprosek,
The phone lines are all my fault - we've been having some trouble with them lately, and after most of us were out with the flu I decided to not keep the phones on as we needed to focus on shipments. That, and it was a bit hard to speak.. I didn't want to keep coughing on the phone. - hence the message on our VM saying to please email us.

We do try to respond to emails quickly - generally before 24 hours. For some bizarre reason I only see a single email from you on the 17th - by the time we got to it the next day, the money was already refunded, so we didn't figure a response was needed. This is clearly not something we should have done.

Could you please message me some of your other ticket IDs? I have 1, and I'd really like to locate the other 14 as something has gone horribly wrong with our system and I'd like to find out why.

To anyone else trying to get in touch with us:
I'm available through PM here.
Through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IlluminationSupply
Through email: [email protected]
Through live-chat on our website, illumn.com - a box will pop up in the bottom right hand corner when we're online.
Phones are a bit difficult at the moment, unfortunately.

Hi Illumn, thank you for the reply.

Im sorry to hear you all were Ill and am glad that You're feeling better.

I will have to go through my email trash to get the ids and will email them to you (I deleted everything after PayPal dispute resolution as I do with all closed orders etc.)

I'm sorry for the negative tone of my replies on here. I have always enjoyed doing business with you guys over the last few years and have had nothing but great experiences save for this last one. Additionally the small extra touches such as free cases for every two batteries were always appreciated.

I will continue this dialogue with you privately via email and will gladly delete my previous negative post. One note, I would advise that you initiate a postal insurance claim per the priority mail insurance policy to recoup the losses on this missing package.

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[illumn]

The USPS actually paid out quickly this time We've solved this!

Thank you all for the welcome!

 

[r055co]

The USPS actually paid out quickly this time We've solved this!

Thank you all for the welcome!

Good to hear, we need good Vendors like yourself. The Vape community as a whole are pretty reasonable for those few times when "shit just happens" as long as the Vendor is responsible and honest.

Cheers

 

[BPROSEK]

The USPS actually paid out quickly this time We've solved this!

Thank you all for the welcome!

Yes indeed!

The matter is resolved, any questions please see my "apology to Illumn" thread.

Craig went above and beyond in rectifying this issue, and for that I am extremely grateful!

To all, please know that on the short list of trusted battery vendors, Illumn.com is an outstanding choice and deserving of your business.

Thank you again Craig, I really appreciate your generosity and I know my batteries will appreciate the new charger

B

 

[Syrath]

imrbatteries.com is where I get all my batteries now. Always authentic and always quick shipping with fair prices.

Happy Vaping!!
CV

I know this is a bit old, I was looking for batteries and wraps and IMR shipping is a bit ridiculous in cost or am I missing something? They are saying 13.19 for the cheapest option. Is there a reason why they start so high? I would prefer to buy there so I can get some wraps, a case and the batteries but on a $50 order * FedEx (Ground Home Delivery) $13.19.

Edit: Thanks Anthony, I figured out my problem. IMR on your address page, the zip box is only large enough to display 3 digits not the entire zip, I messed up and had an additional 2 at the end. Fixing that brought up USPS options.

 

[SirRichardRear]

I know this is a bit old, I was looking for batteries and wraps and IMR shipping is a bit ridiculous in cost or am I missing something? They are saying 13.19 for the cheapest option. Is there a reason why they start so high? I would prefer to buy there so I can get some wraps, a case and the batteries but on a $50 order * FedEx (Ground Home Delivery) $13.19.

try illumn.com or liionwholesale.com