Recent content by mrfish

Not 50 cycles, I was expecting 50 hours on a battery. Clearly I was deluded.

Lucky you can afford to be like that. I am envious.

It doesn't read anything like 50 cycles. I was expecting 50 cycles.

Wow that is dire! Is that considered normal?

20 Hours and 5 batteries!!! So each battery lasts 4 hours or about 12 flights! That is very, very expensive! Or, did you mean you have 5 batteries for it and they are still working?

Have you got an example of a flyaway caused by a non OEM battery? This thread reminds me of watching/reading the main stream media, lots of supposition, and hyperbole and little or no concrete facts.

Just out of curiosity, how many has this happened to?

Had a look at the genuine one and it is OOS. Do you know of any that are in stock?

Of the 9 non OEM on Amazon.com 7 quote the same figures as OEM, one is greater and one is less. So your generalisation is wrong. But, if you can get the OEM for the same price or less then I would go for it.

I never buy original batteries for anything and I have never had a problem. On my go pro I average about 6 batteries a year, go pro, wasabi, top max, whatever, the only difference is the price. The first 6 I used were 2 go pro as I got one free, and 4 wasabi, in terms of performance I couldn't...

4500mAh 15.2V 4S Intelligent Battery For DJI Phantom 3 Professional Advance Standard Versions £50, seems cheap.

OOS and $139 on their site.

I'm from the Steeple. We should definitely meet up in Sept, I suspect it will be pi$$ing down. Last time I was there I saw some people flying drones at the round tower.

Cheers As much as I would love one for the camera alone, I am not prepared to take the hit on depreciation. I will have to wait a wile and let someone else take that hit for me.

I am ex NI, now living in Vietnam. I come back every 6 months -next trip September- as I have business in London and to see my mum. Where abouts are you? I am impatiently waiting two X5Cs to practice on before I buy a proper drone when I am back. Like you my primary interest is photography but...