Cheap ebay ego batteries & chargers Early blinking lights!!!!???

[RunAway]

Evening all; got a good collection of ebay cheapo ego batteries and chargers. Just wanted to ask as i've had this problem from the beginning - when charging the red light turns to green after only 1 hour or less on a totally empty battery, or else stays red even after 4 hours of charging? 900mah and 1100mah batteries. So i have to try and guess when to unplug usb charger, can be a bit tricky as sometimes 2 or 3 charging at one time? Anybody have this problem; is it just cheapo batteries/chargers causing this?? Any cures?

 

[T wisted]

Not trying to be funny bud , I would just invest in a decent battery and charger from a reputable vendor.

 

[u8myufo]

I would echo the words of @driver2883 If the batteries or the charger are giving you problems like this then I would be tempted to ditch them and buy from a reputeable vendor, easy enough to find one on the POTV market place.

 

[vaporsizer]

I have two new evod batteries i bought from an ebay seller. They both have the genuine Kanga tech logo on their bases. I noticed today when i charged one of them for the first time it was charged in about an hour - to an hour & a half, thought it a bit strange since they are supposed to take about 4 hours but the real measure will be how long they go between charges & then how long they last.
The only notable query i saw was on the packaging. It clearly looks authentic alright but on one end of the box where there are two little 'Check boxes', one for EU & one for US, it's the US box which is marked rather than the EU box. I just wonder if there are even any differences in components anyway.

 

[RunAway]

I've purchased ego batteries from "reputable" vendors as well as ebay, and they have proven to play up just as much as the "cheapos" from ebay, in some cases even more.

 

[RunAway]

But like the ce4's I think I shall be phasing out the ego's now, and getting some better kit.

 

[Abyss]

Hello Adam, when I first started vaping. I was buying a lot of stuff off eBay and I quickly learned my lesson. Most of it was utter junk! I wasted a lot of money and ended up buying the stuff again.

I'm sure there are good sellers selling good quality stuff on there.
The problem is finding them though.

If I was you I'd get some Kanger batteries 1000 mah for £9.99 from myepack or a MVP 2. Mine is great getting a full two and a half days out of each charge. ☺


Sent from my Nexus 7 using Planet of the Vapes mobile app

 

[stealthvape]

Do you remember which charger came with which battery as that's important

 

[Blossom]

Something else to be aware of with cheap ego batteries: http://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/21072-Misrepresented-mAh-Ego-Batteries

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

That and the pins on both the charger and the battery can go wonky if over tightened, sometimes just a wiggle on the pins can fix it.