Been using the same LG HE2 batteries for six months

[joeyboy]

I have two married pairs of LG HE2 battery sets. I have had them for six months in rotation. No drop in use time or increase in charge time. I vape at low watts. I use a Nitecore charger.

Should these continue to be safe? I really don't know when to stop using and replace the batteries.

Can someone help with this?

 

[Mooch]

Mooch had a great line in his vid interview this week about when to replace your batteries... but I'm gonna wait and see if he shows up first.

Go for it!

 

[Robert B]

I liked the line, where he said, "one of the married batteries cheated on the other". In reference that married batteries aren't the big deal people make them out to be. Mooch, you're a comedian !

 

[OBDave]

I want to say that good charging habits should get you 300+charge cycles...

fat fingered flubs courtesy dumb mobile phone

 

[VapinGeorgie420]

One of my cheaper batts "purple efest" that has been used in my single batt units is over a year old. It's been abused (left uncharged over extended periods of time, full discharge every use to safe low discharge levels) still used as a rotation daily in my single units still works like a champ (no over heating still preforms well in my tubes even tho it's mostly used in my regulated mods.

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[sprojam34]

I want to say that good charging habits should get you 300+charge cycles...

fat fingered flubs courtesy dumb mobile phone

I'm going to hold you to this

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[Slurp812]

I am some LG's my g/f is using (@ 10 watts) that are over 1 year old. Going strong...

 

[OBDave]

I'm going to hold you to this

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Good charging habits - I personally have poor charging habits, I vape at 50+ watts and vape until my mod won't fire any more. This ends up with a resting charge of around 3.5 volts, which means they're dropping considerably lower under the heavy load I'm putting on them.

After 100 charges or so my Samsung 25Rs started dropping noticeably in overall life - even more pronounced when I added a fresh set of LG HE4s into the rotation...I'll probably retire the Samsungs at the end of the year, after 150 or so total charge cycles or roughly half what I "should" have gotten if I wouldn't have overtaxed them.

 

[sprojam34]

Yeah I'm thinking about adding voltage meter to my unregulated boxes I killed four 18650 Sony batteries in about 6 months, running purple efest 2500 mah 35 amp batteries now like them way better the Sony battery was never very good even know they were rated good for vape users

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[fq06]

They may not have been real sonys, those are the most faked batteries out there.

My 25r's have held a low internal resistance longer than my he2's did. Not that the he2's are bad, but I can see over the same cycle life and use, the 25r's have held more punch over time. 25r's start at 18, he2's start at 20. A year in the 25r's are around 25 and the he2's are around 30 (oldest cells to compare).

I dont go below 3.6v, even a regulated mod starts to give a weaker vape once I start hitting that level and I change out once I notice it. Just about 100% of the time when they go on charge they are at 3.6v.

 

[OBDave]

I'm also thinking fake Sonys - if they were real there'd be a pronounced difference between a VTC5 and an Efest, even more so on a VTC4 or 3 if vaping mechs.

 

[zaroba]

I replace batts when the first noticeable drop in length of charge happens. Just ordered ten 25rs to replace my current six 25rs and six vtc4s since they seemed to drop drastically two weeks ago. They are only 6 months old, but I vape a lot and at 75 watts on low sub ohm rdas.

The past week they seemed to drain in a heartbeat.
Like only being able to drip a few times before they died and a visible drop in the battery meter with each hit.