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

[webvan]

Sounds like a no brainer for an M1P/M1PPlat owner, unfortunately the battery linked by the OP does not ship to Europe and isn't even shown on AE if you're in Europe (can see it with a VPN). There are other sellers on AE who do but they're way more expensive (about 100€ shipped) and have no feedback...I'm thinking that this is because it puts the M1P at 922 grams and legislation is (even) harsher for drones above 800 grams. Not that you'd think an AE seller would have to worry about that ;-)

 

[bucefalo]

Sounds like a no brainer for an M1P/M1PPlat owner, unfortunately the battery linked by the OP does not ship to Europe and isn't even shown on AE if you're in Europe (can see it with a VPN). There are other sellers on AE who do but they're way more expensive (about 100€ shipped) and have no feedback...I'm thinking that this is because it puts the M1P at 922 grams and legislation is (even) harsher for drones above 800 grams. Not that you'd think an AE seller would have to worry about that ;-)

i found this and it ships to europe(italy)
6830mAh Battery

Guys you have NO idea how happy this battery makes me.. i didn't buy it yet cause obviously the idea to load my old mavic pro with this scared me a lot !
Reading your post makes me more comfortable!
I was lucky to buy 3 more battery ( standard ) not from DJI and those battery are still performing well
but i really wanted extra flight time ( recently ) and i found this 6830mAh Battery on aliexpress.
OP and the others who already bought it , any update about the battery performance? still doing well?
so basically when i have 20% juice left is actually 40% ?

thank you for the post OP and to all the others ! My mavic pro is irreplaceable .. no fly zone no places where i can't fly.
new drones are appealing but the limitations they have put me off.

take care ciao

 

[GadgetGuy]

My mavic pro is irreplaceable .. no fly zone no places where i can't fly.
new drones are appealing but the limitations they have put me off.

Even the original Mavic Pro still has NFZ's as circles around airports. It just doesn't have GEO, with its more sophisticated altitude zones and blue authorization zones, along with NFZ's defined in shapes other than circles.

 

[Slawaw]

There are firmwares in which the drone can easily fly into any nfz. The remote says it's nfz, but it flies without a single problem. You just have to keep your head on)

 

[bucefalo]

Even the original Mavic Pro still has NFZ's as circles around airports. It just doesn't have GEO, with its more sophisticated altitude zones and blue authorization zones, along with NFZ's defined in shapes other than circles.

i can take off also in airport.. i mean inside lol ! i was working there

 

[Slawaw]

i can take off also in airport.. i mean inside lol ! i was working there

I filmed with permission from the airport, but without requests from DJI. Mavic Pro is a wonderful drone with great flight capabilities. But the camera is yesterday.

 

[BOTD]

Really good info guys, thanks. My batteries are all stock.

 

[CaveCreek]

I bought 2 of the 6830 batteries from AliExpress YHKEMA tactical Store. One won't charge and stays at one indicator light. The other charges to 4 lights and appears to go on with a double push. At first that one wouldn't turn on the Mavic Pro. Now it does but it can't fly because the controller says it's low voltage even though it indicates proper voltage. Here's a drop box link to video when neither would turn on drone. Dropbox

 

[Slawaw]

I bought 2 of the 6830 batteries from AliExpress YHKEMA tactical Store. One won't charge and stays at one indicator light. The other charges to 4 lights and appears to go on with a double push. At first that one wouldn't turn on the Mavic Pro. Now it does but it can't fly because the controller says it's low voltage even though it indicates proper voltage. Here's a drop box link to video when neither would turn on drone. Dropbox

Strange algorithm for turning on the drone. Is this your first one? I can't say anything about the batteries.

 

[CaveCreek]

Strange algorithm for turning on the drone. Is this your first one? I can't say anything about the batteries.

Been flying these since the P2 back in 2012. I have 3 Pro's and 4 M2's. I like the M2's better with these ease the Smart Controller adds. In the video I show how a stock battery turns it on. I normally add a 4800ah Graphine Lipo on top but thought these new batteries might be cleaner. I can get out to 5-6 miles with my old setup. The double push to turn on the batts is standard for all DJI products.

 

[Slawaw]

Been flying these since the P2 back in 2012. I have 3 Pro's and 4 M2's. I like the M2's better with these ease the Smart Controller adds. In the video I show how a stock battery turns it on. I normally add a 4800ah Graphine Lipo on top but thought these new batteries might be cleaner. I can get out to 5-6 miles with my old setup.

Why do you have to hold the second press for so long?

 

[CaveCreek]

Why do you have to hold the second press for so long?

Tried it with different length of push in case it was different. Been pushing DJI buttons for over12 years, lmfao. Got the one that would take a charge to work. The other one (in this link) won't take a charge as 3 different chargers don't see it. Even put a USB adapter and nothing. Probed the battery leads, nothing. But on the one that works I did hover 30 minutes to 20%, about the same as when adding a 4800mah to my stock battery plus it weighs 80g less than the dual battery setup.

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Now the bad battery doesn't even light up. Had to open a return/refund request with AliExpress since the seller responded once with send me video, which I did then crickets. The one that works is great! Just got a label from Aliexpress to return. May order a couple more and hope they are OK.