3.5 years and zero vents from here.
And yep used mechs a fair bit.
As far as battery safety goes, there is no statistical value in either of these two statements. Human bias vs too small sample size. Not pointing at you or anyone in this thread, but the fucking datasheet of the VTC5A states 35A continuous discharge with a 80°C cut-off so logically I am forced to ask the pansies what well-engineered tube mech do they know that doesn't get so hot that they can no longer hold it in their hand because of how hot it gets a very long time before the battery surface temp ever reaches 80°C. That plus the fact I'm staying below 45°C battery surface temp, not 80°C battery surface temp, at .11 ohms on a single battery tube mech knowing full fucking well what I'm doing. Buttons getting pressed by accident for long periods and buttons getting stuck and remaining stuck for long periods are a risk factor. But that's only if you are a total pinhead... which isn't to say there exist no pinheads in our world. Localized heat inside the battery and fluctuations gone undetected in the battery manufacturing process do play a part, but that is part of the reason why I'm staying below 45°C battery surface temp, not 80°C battery surface temp... so the added risk resulting from what I'm doing is what I find more than acceptable
to me. Another part of the reason I'm staying below 45°C is because above 45°C is where the batteries start aging faster so,
to me,
@Rooster Cogburn remark of "scaredy-farts" can very easily be justified. Just because someone doesn't understand what we're doing doesn't necessarily also mean
we don't. Bottom line, comments of "stay at or below the CDR" should be addressed only towards those people who ask, i.e., the newcomers. After that, just let them find their own path from there. It doesn't mean we should all follow the same path. It also doesn't mean we should pay serious attention to those trying to scare people away from finding their own path. The scaremongers about the ohms are just drama queens, and the reality is that even Mooch has said so, at 1:45:10 in this video interview right here: