Caring for Your E-Cig Battery

Electronic cigarettes have changed the smoker’s experience. They provide a medium for the user to experience all the sensory pleasures of smoking and minimize most, if not all, of the risks. But, they have also changed some of the details of the habit.

An electronic cigarette user can’t just pop down to the local Seven Eleven and pick up a pack of cigarettes. Instead, when the decision to try electronic cigarettes is made, the interested party will make a small investment in getting the proper set up. This will include at least one electronic cigarette, cartridges, at least one battery, and a charger. And, usually, a compact carrying case.

Each component of the set up will require a bit of care and looking ahead to insure that a “smoke” is always available.

All e-cigs are battery operated. Most brands use a lithium-ion battery. Some use lithium-ion polymer, which are cheaper, but also tend to have a shorter life span. You don’t want to go too cheap on your e-cig batteries. A poor quality battery could at best be undependable, and at worse be hazardous or explosive. A dependable battery will have built in protective circuits to keep it reliable, and proper venting design to prevent it from exploding.

Here are a few tips that will help you keep your batteries running strong:

• Never allow your battery to be fully drained or discharged. The kind of batteries BLUcigs.com electronic cigarettes use can become dangerous if they drop below a certain voltage. Fully discharging the battery can also seriously affect the life of the battery
• Use all your batteries regularly. Don’t just keep one in use and the others in storage.
• Charge your batteries in the chargers designed specifically for that brand of battery.
• Store your batteries in a moisture free case designed specifically for battery storage.

With proper care your electronic cigarette batteries can last as long as two years, especially if you invest in quality brand name batteries. And, even if you need to replace your batteries you will be happy to know that they are quite affordable.

Always be mindful that the battery is the most volatile component of your e-cig and needs to be treated respectfully and not tampered with. Even though respectable manufacturers make their batteries with built in safeties, these safeties can sometimes fail because of persistent abuse.