Batteries from AliExpress?

[robgallo]

Has anyone had first hand experience using the Mavic 2 Pro batteries from Ali Express? They are have the price.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005494207039.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.4b1c7b98HUjAtJ&algo_pvid=0fef2dec-3151-4355-98d5-2a50f944c6a5&aem_p4p_detail=202308231237043256760044193360005002375&algo_exp_id=0fef2dec-3151-4355-98d5-2a50f944c6a5-1&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21CAD%21291.26%21116.51%21%21%211533.78%21%21%402101d68d16928194247691468e3996%2112000033301887924%21sea%21CA%21714831044%21&curPageLogUid=ZPWLZSlgUh1Y&search_p4p_id=202308231237043256760044193360005002375_2

 

[Conservative Nihilist]

I bought Mavic 1 Pro extra capacity batteries from Ali Express and they are phenomenal value for money

 

[MAvic_South_Oz]

The ones for the M1P were PowerExtra brand, and from posts here pilots reported generally good feedback.
These M2 ones are ZUIDID which I haven’t heard of.

Their at says “Multiple intelligent battery protection functions”which might include all the features / protection the OEM batteries have . . . or possibly not.

The specs all look the same as OEM.

I guess nothing wrong with trying them, especially if the OEM are hard to obtain.
Just remember the smart functions of the battery might be different to OEM, proprietary chips etc, though Chinese knock off companies (of a fellow Chinese company product, oh the irony) do a good job of copying others tech.

In many places the M2 battery we’re getting hard to find, but looks like they are in the DJI store again now.

 

[a2tomm]

CAN'T speak for batteries but Aliexpress is awesome

 

[Rob Dog]

Ali Express is very "iffy" I have received some good products from them and some horrible items. Be careful as the return process is bad....

 

[AMann]

2 Ali express sellers cancelled my orders and the refunds were less than 20% of what I paid- was told bank exchange rate and other fees ate it up. _ that.

 

[Conservative Nihilist]

2 Ali express sellers cancelled my orders and the refunds were less than 20% of what I paid- was told bank exchange rate and other fees ate it up. F that.

Holy Mackerel, are you kidding me? I just wrote a glowing report about these extra-capacity batteries, complete with an Ali Express buy link. Thus far, I've placed three separate orders with Ali Express for these batteries and each time delivery time direct from China was comparable to delivery times within the US, so I am for now a satisfied Ali Express customer. I also read a few other positive reviews of Ali Express in this forum so hearing about a 20% refund is alarming for sure.

I did notice the Mavic 2 Pro version of this battery is showing as out of stock currently, and one can only hope that this amazing battery has not been discontinued because it caters to such a niche market comprising long-range drone operators.

 

[Not A Speck Of Cereal]

Yeah, I received mine too, but I ordered with the knowledge of the sketchy reputations of some of the vendors on that portal. The price meant it was a relatively low risk.

I wonder if one can find the batteries on eBay, even if the come from the same source for a few more bucks, could be less risky (ebay might protect you from such tom foolery).

But even Amazon has the occasional bad vendors. and they too are slow to boot 'em.

Chris

 

[leadguide]

Holy Mackerel, are you kidding me? I just wrote a glowing report about these extra-capacity batteries, complete with an Ali Express buy link. Thus far, I've placed three separate orders with Ali Express for these batteries and each time delivery time direct from China was comparable to delivery times within the US, so I am for now a satisfied Ali Express customer. I also read a few other positive reviews of Ali Express in this forum so hearing about a 20% refund is alarming for sure.

I did notice the Mavic 2 Pro version of this battery is showing as out of stock currently, and one can only hope that this amazing battery has not been discontinued because it caters to such a niche market comprising long-range drone operators.

Where can I find your report and link?

 

[leadguide]

Where can I find your report and link?

 

[Conservative Nihilist]

This is the link to my report that I posted the day after flying my Mavic 1 Pro a round trip distance of 11.46 miles, thanks to the extra capacity Ali Express battery I purchased at a very affordable $75, which is even cheaper than a stock OEM DJI battery for the same drone that only makes possible flight times of around 24 minutes at best. Days later I later broke my own record with a 13.46 round trip Litchi waypoint mission at the conclusion of which the drone landed with a nail-biting 15% battery. I subsequently limited all flights to less than 12 miles round trip.

In-depth review of Mavic Pro extended capacity battery (Hobbitec 6830mAh) - Performance and raised questions

Всего 11 миль 23 km homemade 5200mAh battery. My flight is not to Litchi, but to GO4.

mavicpilots.com

For my record flight the drone flew a Litchi waypoint mission that was covered in just over 30 minutes at an airspeed of 27 mph. My post is midway down the page linked above, and I included a map of the flight from my Air Data account, to show it really happened haha. The entire discussion about extra range batteries is highly informative and well worth reading in its entirety. One of the contributors to that extra range battery discussion is an active duty Ukrainian drone-meister, so one can be sure these powerhouse batteries are also battle tested to absolute destruction.

One final note with these Ali Express batteries-on-steroids is that smart RTH must be disabled for longer flights because the onboard battery life calculations are configured for the smaller stock battery, meaning that low battery smart RTH will kick in way too early if RTH is left active while these oversized batteries are powering the drone. It takes a leap of faith to disable low battery smart RTH, but if the flight time is kept under 33 minutes when planning a Litchi waypoint mission, the drone WILL make it home, barring any sudden powerful headwinds that might pick up on the home stretch.