Batteries And Their Mah Ratings?

[Emile]

Hi Guys,

I've been doing a lot of research on batteries since I got my Big Kazoo and Jam Box. It seems that mah ratings are not always correct or may be exaggarated or whatever.

For example, at home I usually vape an LR 510 Atty with my Ego 650mah battery and I can go quite a while before I have to recharge. But yesterday I dropped in two 14500 900mah freshly-charged batteries in my Big Kazoo and used it for a few minutes to get a freshly-cleaned 510 regular atomizer going (clearing out excess water, etc.), then I took one battery out and popped it in the Jam Box, attached a LR 510 Atty and started vaping as per usual. What I did not consider very much vaping time caused the battery to drain very quickly. Approximately 3 vaping sessions over the period of an hour and a half of real life, the battery was completely dead. Popped in the second battery that was in the Big Kazoo and everything was fine again but I did not wait until the second battery ran out.

I could swear that I get better battery life out of an Ego 650mah battery. I can come home from work, vape a freshly-charged 650mah Ego battery with an LR 510 Atomizer, switch to an Ego-T Tank Atomizer (LR or standard), keep vaping the same battery and then set it to charge 4 or 5 hours later. Even at that point, it's still producing beautiful vapor and feels like it will still go for a few more hours easily.

Why would I have such shorter battery life out of a Trustfire 14500 900mah battery? Is it because I ran them in the Big Kazoo first for a few minutes? I was told the Big Kazoo can last 8-12 hours of real life, depending on how much I vape, before I need to swap batteries or recharge so I figured a few minutes of use before putting one battery in the Jambox with an LR 510 Atty wouldn't really matter.

Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to be as clear as possible.

Thanks,

Emile

[mcquinn]

The Ego has a circut board that limits current flow and will make the battery last longer.It also takes a few charge cycles to get full capacity from your batteries.Low resistance will drain them faster but not that much faster.Make sure you don't have liquid leaking into the battery connecter it will cause a short and drain the batteries as well.

[kitsune]

Honestly, I have noticed the same thing. My Ego 900mah last much longer than my 900mah mod batteries.

[Emile]

Thanks for the posts, guys.

Fortunately, last Thursday I freshly charged two batteries and dropped one straight into the Jambox and I got 3.5 hours of solid vaping on an LR510 atomizer. I was doing heavy vaping during these 3.5 hours as well. I put the one battery back on the charger just because I was done for the night, but it was still going strong. I must have drained the batteries while trying to clear out the cleaned 510 atomizer on the Big Kazoo!