Does anyone have any experience with this charger?

[SkyHiBaby]

Hi Guys,
Does anyone have any experience with this charger:

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

www.amazon.com

It seems convenient and pretty cheap ($40). Just wondering how good it works. Thanks in advance.

 

[dmbrody]

Hi Guys,
Does anyone have any experience with this charger:

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

www.amazon.com

It seems convenient and pretty cheap ($40). Just wondering how good it works. Thanks in advance.

Yes. Any specific questions?

So far so good. It seems to charge the batteries pretty quickly. The batteries lock in tight. It feels pretty solid and it doesn’t tip over or anything like that.

It’s pretty awesome for the car. It saves a ton of cable clutter, charges the batteries fast on direct car DC, and the batteries lock in tight, so you don’t have to worry about bumps.

By far the biggest negative is the huge AC/DC power brick they don’t show in the photos. It’s pretty large. So big, I wouldn’t travel with it. Better off saving space with a USB wall adapter and a few cables.

Note:
So far I’ve removed batteries as soon as the light turns green, so I can’t say it’s safe to leave them on for an extended period of time.

 

[Liger 1956]

Read this Multi-battery charger
If you search for "Anafi battery charger" you will find other information including one member who had a similar charger melt but that could be a one off. There are also discussions as to whether that type of charger actually balance charges the cells.

 

[Nidge]

I’ve been using one of these multi chargers for the last eight months and so far all has been well. As Liger has pointed out one of the forum members did experience a nasty failure due to a faulty capacitor but I believe he was the only one.

As to the balancing question? The cells in the battery are balanced when using this charger system. The three port hub is not a charger in the strictest sense but rather a three port power supply. The two cells inside the battery are balanced by a specific board inside the battery pack, just behind the i/o pins, in the same way that the batteries are balanced in most DJI products.

Regards

Nidge.

 

[bbrod68216]

Hi Guys,
Does anyone have any experience with this charger:

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

Amazon.com: Anbee Multifunctional Battery Charger Hub for Parrot Anafi FPV/Anafi Thermal/Anafi Base/Anafi Extended/Anafi Work Drone, Home Charger & Car Charger 2-in-1 : Toys & Games

www.amazon.com

It seems convenient and pretty cheap ($40). Just wondering how good it works. Thanks in advance.

 

[bbrod68216]

I bought one a few months ago and it charges quicker and the batteries show 100 percent on the controller afterwards.