Crazy to buy the smallest package?

[kave]

In my country the Mavic 4 Pro can be had for the following prices:
Mavic 4 with RC2 2500€
1 extra battery
Mavic 4 Fly more combo 3150€
Mavic 4 Creators combo 4180€
I intend to use the Drone for Photo work mainly so I don't think I will ever need all three batteries.
I consider just buying the standard config an extra battery instead for about 210€. Is this crazy?

It seems that to be able to charge quickly I need the 240W Power adapter, can this charge just one battery quick or do I need the parallel charging hub as well?
It seems no package comes with the fast charger?

 

[AeroJ]

I don't know why you imagine that photo work won't require 3 batteries - you would be glad you had them if you went that way, but not as pleased as you would be with the creative combo that means it doesn't matter if you forget the SD card !

And of course the fly-more combo (and creator bundle) do come with a multi-battery charger, which helps explain the cost difference a bit more. So I think I would go for the Fly-more set unless I really felt I needed the RC Pro 2, which really is mad to buy separately !.

 

[Johnmcl7]

Which country are you in?

Looking at the UK packages the creator combo comes with the 240w charger.

DJI list the charging times here:

Aircraft Battery Charging Guide

It goes without saying that your drone's lithium-ion battery is essential for flight. We trust that the first thing you did when you got your new drone is read the official manual provided. But in case you need a refresher, we’ve provided this battery charging guide for your quick convenience...

support.dji.com

Charging time

Using the DJI Mavic 240W Power Adapter to charge 1 battery: Approx. 51 minutes.
Using the DJI Mavic 240W Power Adapter to charge 3 batteries: Approx. 90 minutes (200 V to 240 V input) or 110 minutes (100 V to 127 V input).
Using the DJI 100W USB-C Power Adapter to charge 1 battery: Approx. 80 minutes.
Charging via the aircraft (65W max charging power): Approx. 115 minutes.

I'm not 100% on this but I think you'd need the charging hub to charge one battery quickly using the 240w charger?

Looking at UK prices, it's £580 to upgrade from the base package to the fly more package while it would be £180 for an extra battery, £260 for an extra battery and the charging hub or £380 for the extra battery, charging hub and 240W adapter.

Working out the maths of the fly more pack, if you bought it separately you'd pay £360 (two batteries), £80 (four pairs of props), £220 (shoulder bag) and £80 (charging hub) which is a grand total of £660. So it's not a huge saving going with the fly more pack especially if you're not wanting the shoulder bag.

In short, no I don't think you're crazy to buy the parts you need. Even if you do decide to add another battery later you're not going to be out of pocket, if the fly more pack was a lot cheaper and you were getting the extras for a similar price to the base drone plus battery plus hub I might think differently. I've not bought a Mavic 4 yet but I'd probably take a similar approach to you, I bought just one battery extra with my original Mavic and only bought the fly more pack for the Mavic 2 because the prices went up but I managed to get it at the old price. With the Mavic 4 batteries lasting a good bit longer than the Mavic 2 batteries one extra battery would be fine (especially since it can more easily charged on the go over USB-C) and even if I picked up another one later on I'm not losing out financially.