Battery Charging Hub

The reason is the batteries aren’t just plain batteries, they’re intellegent battteries and each battery has it’s own microprocessor to manage the cell(s). It has a 6 pin connector to the drone and to charger that not only passes power but data relating to the battery. This is why you can see the remaining battery charge % and flight time in flight on the controller screen. The battery state can also trigger an automatic returnm to home when low. Because of the 6 way connector can only be charged in a drone or a dedicated DJI multi battery charge hub.

Another reason for the heavier 6 way connector is that the in flight power to the motor currents are far higher and have 2 + and 2 - pins for reliability. USB just isn’t up to this.

The charger you listed is really intended for the larger Mavic and Air series rather than the Mini under discussion here.

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I wouldn’t let that put you off going for DJI, they’re simply the best out there and most drone batteries are similar with heavy connectors etc.

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Not put off, just looking at other options first, may well still get a DJI…

Thanks for the clarification…

Ooh I would just like to add that I had a small hover indoors up to the point where the low battery warning came on. I then put it on charge on my Samsung 45w charger and it recharged the battery in about an hour.

For mobile use, I would personally buy a second charging hub currently on offer @£49 I believe and add a second cable to allow one battery to be charged while using the others the second battery could go in the other hub and the third battery would replace the first and so on… thus not having to wait for batteries to recharge before using them.

Hope this makes sense!

MDSteve

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Hi. Just looked on DJI hasslebad and it’s actually £39 at the moment.

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Even better…

I rest my case M’lrd (mi lord)

Stay safe and happy flying

MDSteve

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Great thread!

The charging hub for £39 is a great deal!

As for charging DJI batteries directly; I lent my Mavic Mini to someone for a while, and when it came back it had one of these DJFEI Mavic Mini 2/Mini SE/Mini 4K Battery Charger, QC3.0 Battery Charger Hub RC Intelligent Quick USB Charging Adapter Compatible with DJI Mavic Mini 2 /Mini SEDrone Battery: Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games which lets you charge the battery directly.

A charging hub from £39 is the better option for sure.

It seems that DJI have started offering chargers again with the fly more kits.

Think that might just be that supplier… DJI website doesnt show it including a charger and is slighly cheaper too !

It’s showing that it’s from the DJI Amazon store though!

Ad show;s it’s coming from DJI POWER an independant seller not DJI Technology Co., Ltd

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