Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-35070608-20180816041114/@comment-27306930-20180817042507

Look, I hate sounding like a broken record all the time, but for those of you that are considering some sort of Lithium battery upgrade, please pay attention to whether the batteries you are buying are "protected" or "unprotected".

Unless you are an Expert modder, do not buy unprotected lithium batteries. Unprotected batteries need to be constantly monitored for both minimum and maximum voltages. If the battery voltage exceeds those limits, even for a few seconds, fires can occur. You've all seen those videos of Samsung Galaxy 7's catching fire and exploding. The same thing could happen to your blaster.

Buy Protected lithium batteries. LiPo, LiFePo, Li-Poly, IMR, Li-Ion, it doesn't matter. If the product description doesn't specifically say "protected" or "circuit protection", don't buy them. They're just not safe.

That being said, protected Lithium batteries are very, very fun. I highly recommend getting a few. You need a special charger, but it's like upgrading your whole arsenal. Almost every electronic blaster can be improved with a lithium battery upgrade *. It all depends on what type of lithium battery, and the number of batteries you'll need. You just need to do the research. There's this thing they call "google". Just google it.

(*) The Nerf Regulator cannot handle a voltage mod. All the smoke comes out and it doesn't work right after that. And it smells really bad. To quote Trump, "So sad".