Mini l-tube battery life

pkjnr

Im using a mini-lavatube with 18350...800mha..
Ive come from using an ego twist and found the ego lasting the best part of the day and night-at around the 4 volts setting..

But;since using the L-tube,i find im swapping batteries out 2/3 times during the day and thats with it set below 4 volts...

Both the above have vivi nova with 2 ohms coils...

So i just cant put a finger on why the battery life is so different?..im wondering would it make a difference if i picked up some AW 18350's rather than the ones that came with the kit which are unifire..or have i slipped up on the initial 8hr charge and the capacity of the batteries are down??

newmark

Have you measured the batteries with a multimeter?

pkjnr

Thanks for pointing that out...Thats my next step so!...
Im familar(ish) with multimeter settings...which setting would measure battery capacity?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

mine is divided into 3 groupings, dunno if yours will be but ill tell you how I do it on mine

in the V grouping of numbers, set it to 200 then put one of the probes on either end of the battery.

newmark

I haven't my one handy at the minute, but from memory I think there's one there with v20 or something like that and its just a case of putting the red prong on the positive and the other one on the negative end of the battery then.. One of the lads probably knows better than me.

pkjnr

After much digging,i finally got to the bottom..
Seems the Unifire batteries supplied will have to go.If you want a l-tube;buy the body only and source good quality batteries elsewhere.I found these;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Torchy-IMR-18350-850mAh-Li-Ion-3-7v-Li-Ion-batteries-protective-case-/290782231103?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_Batteries_SM&hash=item43b3f8ba3f#ht_3251wt_1041

eeloe

In my experience the BEST batteries i've used in any of my VV mods are the AW IMR's...can be got from www-e-smokeireland.eu