Kiwi, the battery performs great! Loving the extra flight time and reliability! Here is a pic of us out testing the battery last week. The best part is that I have no worries about the Dji Assistant software disabling the battery like we had with our Limefuel batteries. Can't wait for the 6200!
Pleased you liked the battery, but forgive me, your answer sounds rather "staged". I think a more credible report would have mentioned exactly how many more minutes the battery provides over the two types you have already tried, rather than "loving the extra flight time". You also mention reliability. Presumably this battery has only been available to testers for a week or two. Which other brands batteries failed within a couple of weeks for you to consider this type is more reliable ?
LOL, No I am Not affiliated with Am Battery in ANY way other than the fact that they had sent me a battery to test. I fly multiple times a day and just about EVERY day. I've had this battery for over 3 weeks so that might give you an idea of how many flights I've had on this battery. My post is simple. I appreciate the fact that Am sent me a battery to test out and I feel that if more companies came out with aftermarket products that work as good or better than the DJI products, it would only push DJI and other companies to stay on the ball as far as manufacturing better reliable products. If you know the history of the DJI Phantom 2 batteries then you might understand what I'm talking about. I bought A DJI battery at $159+ shipping only to have the battery fail after not even 30 uses (no warrantee). There are A LOT of people in various forums / sites that are afraid to go out on a limb and purchase aftermarket or "clone" products but are willing to put their trust in DJI once again after knowing the insane amount of DJI battery failures reported on this site alone. Many people giving reviews are stating facts based on theories or preconceived notions which in many cases are false or misleading. If I was to post my flight times then you might think my flight time is low if your bird weighs less than mine. If my craft is lighter than yours I might give you the impression that you're gonna gain flight time which may not be the case. So many factors play into flight time. My bird weighs over 1400g. So for me to post a flight time for my quad compared to yours just wouldn't be beneficial to anyone UNLESS they have a similar weight, components, fly the exact same way I did in the test, was flying in the same weather conditions (temperature, wind, the last time I flew was in the rain), and fly at over 6,000' in elevation. It would also be beneficial to nay sayers just trying to nitpick. If I was to compare it to my flight times of my Limefuel or my Nukes, that wouldn't be accurate either due to the fact that I've have the Nukes since August (still holding up great), my Limefuels since February. To have a one on one comparison with a DJI battery won't happen for the simple fact that I will NEVER buy another P2 battery period. But I understand what you're saying. To let you know also, I am by no means a battery expert, nor do I think I am but I do know a little more about these batteries than many. What I am an expert in is realism. If it works, it works. If it doesn't then I'm the first to say, "This doesn't f#IN work!". My reliability comment... I pushed this thing to the max as far as kicking' out the juice. I fly a little more aggressively than many people on here. When its time to shoot vid or pics, I fly accordingly. When it's play time I push this thing to its max.. full throttle racing around like its a 250! I've also flown this thing out over a mile away and back and still had plenty of juice to do it again. Reliability for me might mean getting from point A to B also. The point of this post is to maybe inspire anyone sitting on the fence about using aftermarket batteries to go ahead after a little bit of research. That's all... Plain and simple. Aftermarket batteries are a pretty common question on this site. Mostly people wanting to know if they can trust them or if they're gonna gain flight time. If you're running a DJI 5200 then most likely your gonna see an increase in flight time for the simple fact that the Am Battery a 5400 mah battery, 200 mah more than the DJI. I have 5 aftermarket batteries and have had none of them fail yet. Like I said... I push em'. I won't even go into how low I run them... that's an argument for a WHOLE other day!
Thanks for your full reply !
I was not really interested in absolute flight times, as you say these vary from aircraft to aircraft and with flying style. What would have been interesting though would have been some relative flying times, where you do similar flights with different batteries and to see the difference between them. Presumably you must have done this in some form, in order to reach the conclusion that the AMBattery is better.
When I got my P2V+ I would get 17mins left on the app.. I just got a replacement aftermarket batt to try,,it's 5400mah,, the phantom won't display aval flight mins for about a min flying,,then it shows 18mins,,,a lot better then the 5200 version..! 6400mah WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE...Sent an e-mail about pricing for Canada, will see what comes of it..
Sure why not.. Battery tech has come a long ways..DJI is not going to put out the longest lasting batt they can simply to keep you buying more of theirs. However I have a hard time paying almost 200.00 here in Canada for 5200mah batts.
It's rated at 10C..The price to the door in Canada is $99.99..The order is fulfilled by amazon...What is the amp rating and c rating on the CTC battery ? The price isn't very good if its in US dollars. If its canadians maybe
Here in europe you can get them for around 60-70 EUR that would be 80-85 USD. (aftermarket ofcourse).
I just ordered two more and maybe a couple more at the end of the month..The batt is working fine so far..here is the link. The price is for to the door in Canada....can$$
