Best Battery Charger?

[AugerIn]

It’d be a hard pass for me for anything that bypasses the protection circuts intended to be used for charging - it’s not just the balance part, it’s the overvoltage and temperature that concern me.

Having balance is good for the battery life overall, but balancing won’t compensate for charging faster than the battery is rated for or overheating the battery and not dropping that charge rate for a bit when it heats up the battery.

A charger that skips the USB charge port and loads the battery directly will work great to charge quickly right up to the point where it destroys the battery and catches fire/explodes.

Charging lipos is not the place to skip steps in my opinion. If you need a battery charged to 100% faster than what the USB chargers do, you need to buy a second battery ( and charger ). Boom, instant 100%. But with, uhh, no impending boom.

https://m.imgur.com/gallery/20xiioC

 

[blisshuang]

Buy Battery Charging Station from China
Unfortunately, it is also without balanced charging.

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

Buy Battery Charging Station from China
Unfortunately, it is also without balanced charging.View attachment 803View attachment 804

That is the charger we are talking about.

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

It’d be a hard pass for me for anything that bypasses the protection circuts intended to be used for charging - it’s not just the balance part, it’s the overvoltage and temperature that concern me.

Having balance is good for the battery life overall, but balancing won’t compensate for charging faster than the battery is rated for or overheating the battery and not dropping that charge rate for a bit when it heats up the battery.

A charger that skips the USB charge port and loads the battery directly will work great to charge quickly right up to the point where it destroys the battery and catches fire/explodes.

Charging lipos is not the place to skip steps in my opinion. If you need a battery charged to 100% faster than what the USB chargers do, you need to buy a second battery ( and charger ). Boom, instant 100%. But with, uhh, no impending boom.

https://imgur.com/a/20xiioC

It's not that dramatic.
The Charger we are talking about charges without balancing but with limited current and with voltage control. Charging is stopped correctly at max. voltage of a 2C battery, like all external LiIon chargers would do. So no boom.
But of course you are right: charging with USB-C and "smart" internal electronics is safer and better for the Anafi battery.

 

[pmh1nic]

Now there is a "multi charger" (AC mains and 12V) for 3 Anafi batteries plus smartphone plus SC3:
Anafi Multi Charger

Just got this charged and it seems to work as advertised. The Anafi batteries I charged were in hibernation mode and it took about 30 minutes to charge them and the controller.

 

[Kdavis2269]

Buy Battery Charging Station from China
Unfortunately, it is also without balanced charging.View attachment 803View attachment 804

Where did you get that hard case from?

 

[pmh1nic]

Where did you get that hard case from?

I purchased it on Amazon. It's made by the company MC-Cases.

 

[d95gas]

MC Cases are awesome...... I have one for my DJI Mavic, and best bit of money I have spent..... Will be purchasing one for the Anafi. Superb service and delivery times direct from MC Cases as well.

 

[Dronographer]

I too use Anker PD wall warts but have not timed them...3 hours maybe?

I carry an Anker PD portable brick but cannot recall if I have used it on the Anafi yet or not, sorry.

 

[justDee]

I've been considering this one on Amazon. Thoughts?

USB charger

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

I would recommend a charger that has at least one USB-C PD port like this one:

Amazon.com: USB C Charger,Verkarma 60W 5 Port PD Charger with One 60W Power Delivery Type-C Port for MacBook,iPad Pro 2018,Laptops and QC3.0 & 3 USB Ports for Samsung Galaxy S10/S9,iPad,Pixel and More: Home Audio & Theater

Amazon.com: USB C Charger,Verkarma 60W 5 Port PD Charger with One 60W Power Delivery Type-C Port for MacBook,iPad Pro 2018,Laptops and QC3.0 & 3 USB Ports for Samsung Galaxy S10/S9,iPad,Pixel and More: Home Audio & Theater

www.amazon.com

... because USB-C PD gives you the fastest option to charge Anafi's battery.

 

[justDee]

I would recommend a charger that has at least one USB-C PD port like this one:

Amazon.com: USB C Charger,Verkarma 60W 5 Port PD Charger with One 60W Power Delivery Type-C Port for MacBook,iPad Pro 2018,Laptops and QC3.0 & 3 USB Ports for Samsung Galaxy S10/S9,iPad,Pixel and More: Home Audio & Theater

Amazon.com: USB C Charger,Verkarma 60W 5 Port PD Charger with One 60W Power Delivery Type-C Port for MacBook,iPad Pro 2018,Laptops and QC3.0 & 3 USB Ports for Samsung Galaxy S10/S9,iPad,Pixel and More: Home Audio & Theater

www.amazon.com

... because USB-C PD gives you the fastest option to charge Anafi's battery.

Then I'll need a cable that has USB C on both ends? I added that charger to my cart, appreciate it.

 

[Dirk_ANAFI]

Then I'll need a cable that has USB C on both ends? I added that charger to my cart, appreciate it.

Yes, but some of those chargers have such an USB-C to USB-C cable bundled.

 

[justDee]

Thanks, I'll get it ordered, much appreciate the advice.

 

[pmh1nic]

I think the charger with the multiple USB-A outlets would be the preference since it still utilizes the Anafi smart battery technology. I have the charger that bypasses that circuitry (my charger is similar to the one shown in post #42). Through five charging cycles I haven't noticed any heating of the batteries (heating would be a sign of an issue with the charging) but time will tell if charging the batteries this way has an impact on life/reliability.