Batteries and charger for vamo

[Warlordxxx]

As the guys have said go for a good quality charger and batteries - The nitecore cargers are great - Never had a problem with my xtar charger either. Save money on juice and cartos please don't skimp on batteries and chargers

As for vamo batteries use a good quality IMR battery - Something like an efest, sony, panasonic, AW's (Torchy does great batteries) An IMR is a safer chemistry than an ICR (lithium manganese - lithium ion respectively) - That doesn't mean things won't go bad just that if they do it'll go with heat and a fizz rather than heat and a flame.

IMR's as they are "safer" chemistry are inherently unprotected batteries which is what you actually want in a vamo as it won't run with a lot of the protected ICR's.

On a side note for stackers of the batteries - There is a right way and a wrong way to stack which i'll explain but stacking you do at your own risk..
When stacking.. This is only for mods like the vamo that are protected internally (not mechs please)
Buy and use the batteries as a MATCHING pair - IE 2x 18350 efest 900Mah (do not mix and match manufacturers or mah ratings)
Charge your batteries as a pair and please meter them as they come off the charger - This is to ensure both batteries are at the same level
To make sure each battery has the same wear label and use them as follows

Left or upper position in the mod Right or lower position in the mod
Charge 1 Battery A Battery B
Charge 2 Battery B Battery A

What also helps is to have two sets so the batteries can rest between charge and use and used as follows

Left or upper position in the mod Right or lower position in the mod
Charge 1 Battery A1 Battery B1
Charge 2 Battery A2 Battery B2
Charge 3 Battery B1 Battery A1
Charge 4 Battery B2 Battery A2

This is known as battery rotating and will equalize the amount of wear on each battery

 

[slimfb]

thanks ninj, but why ? i do appreciate help & advice but understand better with reasoning

 

[slimfb]

ok, sorted, thanks warlord & ninj..........mmmmm you're not both members of an online gaming battle clan are you......bit of a theme here lol

anyway, popped onto myepack & ordered a nitefest charger & some ecore batteries

 

[Dennis]

I have 2 flat top unregulated Panasonic 18650s and a regulated, nippled Nitecore 18650. They all work with my vamo v5 without any issues. My charger is a trustfire 006 and that too charges them all. I rotate the batteries usually by first using using the Panasonics up first and charging the pair of them when using the nitecore. I find flattops easier to handle with my charger and vamo because they're slightly shorter. The nipple makes putting the nitecore into the charger a little tricky. In any case, the vamo handles them all.

 

[anthonyb]

thanks ninj, but why ? i do appreciate help & advice but understand better with reasoning

With the vamo v5, there's no need to stack batteries, you won't need the extra voltage, the electronics will sort it. Just keep in power mode, instead of using voltage mode. And just remove a tube section to use the 18350's.
I had to use stacked batteries in another devise, and I can confirm, it's a pain in the arse to keep track of the cycling.
As already stated you need to keep them in matched pairs.
The reason being, the first or top battery inserted each time, gets a little more stressed/worn than the second or bottom battery. So each time you insert them after charging you need to rotate them. So each battery's take turns at being the top one.
What happens if you use the same battery at the top all the time, is it gets over stressed, and is liable to vent/overheat with the power from the bottom battery passing through.
The general advice is, Don't use stacked, unless
1. you need to
2. you know what you are doing.

 

[slimfb]

thanks guys, i await my new toy
just need some wicked juice ......... a fruity/minty 12mg with 'clouds'

 

[Dennis]

With the vamo v5, there's no need to stack batteries, you won't need the extra voltage, the electronics will sort it. Just keep in power mode, instead of using voltage mode. And just remove a tube section to use the 18350's.
I had to use stacked batteries in another devise, and I can confirm, it's a pain in the arse to keep track of the cycling.
As already stated you need to keep them in matched pairs.
The reason being, the first or top battery inserted each time, gets a little more stressed/worn than the second or bottom battery. So each time you insert them after charging you need to rotate them. So each battery's take turns at being the top one.
What happens if you use the same battery at the top all the time, is it gets over stressed, and is liable to vent/overheat with the power from the bottom battery passing through.
The general advice is, Don't use stacked, unless
1. you need to
2. you know what you are doing.

I agree that there's no need for stacked batteries for vamos, unless you vape at more than 10 watts because then it can't go higher than about 6v and the power showing on the display begins giving you optimistic readings as opposed to the actual power produced. P Busardo's review of the vamo explains this well. But the majority of vamo users vape at about 6-9 watts so there's no need for the extra power.

 

[slimfb]

ninj.........placed order sunday.... efests & nitecore.....came today

 

[BLADESMAN1889]

I join the list of noobs needing to get batteries and charger for vamo. I am getting there however but there is something that I have not been able to work out.

I've seen many folk recommending or giving their own setup as 18350 with an XTAR WP2 Charger. As I'm a stickler for researching I've noticed that in the specifications for the xtar there is no mention that it can be used to charge 18350 batteries ?

Surely all these experienced vapers know something I'm missing ?