Pardon me for venting but I am EXTREMELY upset with DJI and their so called "intelligent" batteries! I was having trouble with relatively new (3 month-old) never crashed and never over heated batteries not fully fitting into my never-crashed-hard Phantom 2. I contacted DJI support and they gave me the usual spiel about batteries swelling and so on. I carefully inspected the batteries under magnification and found no evidence of swelling but since DJI declared the issue "resolved" I decided to try something else.
I just ordered and received from B&H, 4 brand-new, pristine, fresh, perfectly packaged and sealed, EXPENSIVE P2 batteries. The first one I tried fit perfectly, slid into place and the top and bottom tabs clicked. I was shocked that maybe DJI was correct and that somehow I had mangled my first 3 batteries in the first couple of months ownership. [digression] BTW, I had heavily researched the battery problem on the interwebs and found lots of people with the same problem and all with no DJI solution. Some had carved out the case a little to make room, others lubed up the little notch on both sides of the end of the battery (they look like this >--- sort of) and I tried this method myself. As well, I checked for anything blocking the batteries on all sides of the bay and found nothing. I even removed the stock receiver and its cables and antennae when installing the LB. During this install I also cleaned up the cable and wire routing but nothing worked.[/digression] Anyway, thinking the problem resolved I went out and happily flew my beautiful little LightBridge enabled, GoPro Black using, Futaba 14SG controlled, Zeiss Cinemizer-swaddled P2 and life was beautiful...
Until I ran out of juice and had to pop in another gotta be perfect, just out of the box, patiently waiting but ready to go battery. It won't slide in or click tabs, the **** thing just won't fit. So, I tryout batteries 3 and 4 with the same effect!!
Now this seems just a little fishy that 7 fresh batteries in a row are messed up. I take that back, ONE of them worked. BTW, I bought the last 4 from from B&H since the first 3 were from some marketplace vendor on Amazon and somebody complained they weren't "fresh" and you know how Amazon reviews go: "NEVER BUY FROM THIS GUY EVER HE RUINED MY LIFE" sort of thing.
Bottom line, I am at my wits end. I am sick and tired of buying non-returnable batteries that most definitely are suffering from a design flaw that DJI will not own up to. I have even considered buying a fresh P2 but I doubt that would fix the issue. At this point, although I love this little bird when it flies, it might be time to hang up my DJI hat and find an alternative.... Well, that's the end of my sad little tale of woe... Sorry for barging in with something negative but I cannot imagine I am the only person suffering from such issues. PLEASE, oh please, please, please let me know if you have any ideas what I can/should do to fix the problem if possible. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
I just ordered and received from B&H, 4 brand-new, pristine, fresh, perfectly packaged and sealed, EXPENSIVE P2 batteries. The first one I tried fit perfectly, slid into place and the top and bottom tabs clicked. I was shocked that maybe DJI was correct and that somehow I had mangled my first 3 batteries in the first couple of months ownership. [digression] BTW, I had heavily researched the battery problem on the interwebs and found lots of people with the same problem and all with no DJI solution. Some had carved out the case a little to make room, others lubed up the little notch on both sides of the end of the battery (they look like this >--- sort of) and I tried this method myself. As well, I checked for anything blocking the batteries on all sides of the bay and found nothing. I even removed the stock receiver and its cables and antennae when installing the LB. During this install I also cleaned up the cable and wire routing but nothing worked.[/digression] Anyway, thinking the problem resolved I went out and happily flew my beautiful little LightBridge enabled, GoPro Black using, Futaba 14SG controlled, Zeiss Cinemizer-swaddled P2 and life was beautiful...
Until I ran out of juice and had to pop in another gotta be perfect, just out of the box, patiently waiting but ready to go battery. It won't slide in or click tabs, the **** thing just won't fit. So, I tryout batteries 3 and 4 with the same effect!!
Now this seems just a little fishy that 7 fresh batteries in a row are messed up. I take that back, ONE of them worked. BTW, I bought the last 4 from from B&H since the first 3 were from some marketplace vendor on Amazon and somebody complained they weren't "fresh" and you know how Amazon reviews go: "NEVER BUY FROM THIS GUY EVER HE RUINED MY LIFE" sort of thing.
Bottom line, I am at my wits end. I am sick and tired of buying non-returnable batteries that most definitely are suffering from a design flaw that DJI will not own up to. I have even considered buying a fresh P2 but I doubt that would fix the issue. At this point, although I love this little bird when it flies, it might be time to hang up my DJI hat and find an alternative.... Well, that's the end of my sad little tale of woe... Sorry for barging in with something negative but I cannot imagine I am the only person suffering from such issues. PLEASE, oh please, please, please let me know if you have any ideas what I can/should do to fix the problem if possible. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.
