Bottom Line: I regrettably gave this company the benefit of the doubt when they said they had adjusted their ratings but it’s clear now that Energy Vap insists on remaining one of the many companies that grossly exaggerates the ratings of their batteries.
When first released, this cell was rated 35A and 3000mAh. This was clearly ridiculous. Their web site still shows it as a 35A/3000mAh battery: https://imgur.com/a/rgezW (Imgur screenshot to avoid giving the site any traffic). They informed me that they were redoing the packaging and asked me to retest the cell. Their Facebook page has photos of the new “20A/35A” packaging, though with a useless 35A pulse rating.
I agreed and then found out, via the new testing and an earlier mistake of mine, that these are not 3000mAh cells. They are only 20A/2500mAh cells, the same ones I tested earlier that they rated at 35A/3000mAh. They appear to be rewrapped Samsung 25R6M’s (latest generation 25R but made in Malaysia), a poorer performer than the 25R5 in my testing (to be posted soon).
Here’s more info about my previous testing error:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/batterymooch/posts/1878602085762702:0
ECR Subreddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_cigarette/comments/644a4e/an_apology_from_mooch_about_energy_vap_battery/
I am rating this Energy Vap cell at 20A and 2500mAh.
Always Remember:
– There is no 18650 that can have a factory/manufacturer rating over 30A.
– There is no 3000mAh 18650 that can have a rating over 20A.
– There is no 3100mAh-3600mAh 18650 that can have a rating over 10A.
– There is no 18650 with a capacity rating over 3600mAh.
Test results, discharge graph, photos: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/energy-vap-20a-3000mah-18650-bench-retest-results-only-a-2500mah-battery.797265/#post-19420315
All my test results to date: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/list-of-battery-tests.7436/
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