I only fly my M2P once a week, if I'm not too busy. Most cases, it's once or twice over the weekend every two weeks or so. It's gonna be worse now with winter and the shorter hours of daylight. I'm busy throughout the week with my profession otherwise.
I am fortunate enough to afford multiple batteries so on Friday night, I charge them all up to 100%. On Saturday or Sunday, I will burn through all of them; usually altogether one after the other as I fly to my heart's content. Because I've read that it's best to store your batteries between 40-60% capacity, I will only fly until my battery passes the 50% mark then I return home and swap in a new 100%-charged battery. This way, I can just put away the battery I just used at 40-50% capacity. I do this for all my batteries to ensure they're at optimal storage capacity. Once I fly through all my batteries, I put everything away until the next time I get around to flying again which is like within 1-2 weeks or more.
So my question is, if I change this habit and fly my batteries down to 20% or so, is it safe to leave it at 20% for up to 2 weeks or potentially more and not hurt the batteries? I suppose I could recharge them to 100% and just leave them, right?... and let them discharge on their own to whatever and not worry about it?
What is best practice in my situation? Perhaps I'm just too paranoid about battery life and care. Thanks in advance!
I am fortunate enough to afford multiple batteries so on Friday night, I charge them all up to 100%. On Saturday or Sunday, I will burn through all of them; usually altogether one after the other as I fly to my heart's content. Because I've read that it's best to store your batteries between 40-60% capacity, I will only fly until my battery passes the 50% mark then I return home and swap in a new 100%-charged battery. This way, I can just put away the battery I just used at 40-50% capacity. I do this for all my batteries to ensure they're at optimal storage capacity. Once I fly through all my batteries, I put everything away until the next time I get around to flying again which is like within 1-2 weeks or more.
So my question is, if I change this habit and fly my batteries down to 20% or so, is it safe to leave it at 20% for up to 2 weeks or potentially more and not hurt the batteries? I suppose I could recharge them to 100% and just leave them, right?... and let them discharge on their own to whatever and not worry about it?
What is best practice in my situation? Perhaps I'm just too paranoid about battery life and care. Thanks in advance!