Ego Batteries

[grolff]

Has anyone noticed two different types of battery casings from Joye. One has a rubberized button that lights up and the has a silver metal end that is slightly smaller in diameter than the battery and a "ring" led around the casing.

Does anyone know which of those is the newer model? Also whats your opinion on how they work. The ones with the rubberized button seem to be working way better for me. I have also discovered that the rubberized button ones stay on for as long as I hold button and the others ones flash the led after 7 or 8 seconds and turn off.

 

[KissMint]

hmm I don't know. I only have a pair of joye ego and they are exactly the same, both stop glowing when i lift my finger. They only flash when batteries are going bye bye.

 

[grolff]

ya those are the ones with the rubberized button. I like those. I ordered a mega-battery is it had a different casing. I am having a lot of trouble with it.

 

[nofalls]

I have the ones with a hard gray translucent plastic button. Got both in a starter kit from VaporKings. Works fine. I have not seen the glowing ring, and must admit that it sounds kind of cool. Can you post a like to pics?

-Mark

 

[KissMint]

Ahhh good to know. I don't own a mega batt. I will have to find an up close picture of it. Has been thinking to get one so I have 3 in case one stop working.

 

[grolff]

type I - ruberized button

type II battery - turn off if you hold it down too long

 

[grolff]

ring led

cool looking, if only the thing worked right. I might of got a bad one though.

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Gold trims not an ego its a Riva.

 

[grolff]

ok now im confused. is riva not joye?

 

[WomanOfHeart]

Nope. Riva is not Genuine Joye, but don't be put off by that. We have 4 Rivas and 2 eGos in our house. We started with the Rivas and absolutely love them. We ordered 2 eGo Mega (900mah) batteries as back-ups and for long road trips. We love those, too.

 

[grolff]

i thought riva was just another name for the joyetech ego. they look almost exactly the same. i have been using ego batteries with my riva charger. man this is confusing. who makes the riva?

 

[WomanOfHeart]

The Riva is manufactured by EastMall. The T-rex has the neon ring around the band. I found the thread for it here:
EGO-Tornado-Riva

 

[Shan B]

There's ALOT of different eGo style brands. The eGo was the 1st made, then other companies did their own spin-offs of it. They all perform about the same.

Joye eGo is the OEM. and Riva isn't far behind other than it having a goldish band and more rubberized button.

Anywho, there's the eGo, Riva, eCo, Tornado, T-Rex, SLB eGo, and so on and so on. As far as price the Riva is cheapest, then the eGo and then up the chain the more modified they are.

 

[grolff]

I read that, thanks. I have a hard time believing they manufacture anything.

 

[grolff]

so this is more than re-branding, its actual modification of the original ego product. and joyetech allows this i assume. and joyetech makes these modifications for them or there allowed to do it themselves? very confusing for the consumer, cause you got tons of people doing simple re-branding and then you have people making modifications as well. i bought my ego from *deleted* of course now i am finding out it was actually a riva. kinda confusing when its listed on the site as Riva (eGo). I assumed its was just an eGo rebranded as a Riva. I just like to know what I am buying is all.

 

[grolff]

i should also say the riva is a great unit and as I own both the ego and riva batteries. i prefer the riva battery.

 

[WomanOfHeart]

i bought my ego from *deleted* of course now i am finding out it was actually a riva. kinda confusing when its listed on the site as Riva (eGo). I assumed its was just an eGo rebranded as a Riva.

The same thing happened to me and I had been posting all over the place saying how much I loved my eGo, when I actually had a Riva the entire time! It doesn't make me love it any less, and now that I actually own Genuine Joye eGo 900mah's, there's just that much more for me to love!

 

[grolff]

Thanks, I am glad I am not the only one

 

[Quexos]

type I - ruberized button

Type 1 looks exactly like the one I got from Madvapes with a claim that it was a Bauway. It has a ~4 second cut off that is very annoying. It also feels lighter and sort of hollow compared to the Joye versions I have.

 

[ScotTex]

You can now add me to the completely confused, to the point of going crossed eyed Riva (eGo?) users....
I love it, but I have been recommending it to my friends as an eGo... grrrrr... still love it.