You seem to be still suggesting DJI batteries have superior quality cells. They are good. No question. They aren’t exclusive to DJI though. The smart battery technology is the same TI impedance track and fuel gauging SOC that many manufacturers use. No manufacturer produces a LiION battery that immune from catching fire. That is all I am saying. And yes the evidence does suggest the chance of a fire while charging is very low. I’m not prepared to take the chance however. I have seen with my own eyes what happens when HV LiPO’s throw a leg out of bed. Admittedly I did deliberately cause them- because I was curious.
I don’t understand how you might possibly say that no recent DJI battery has had an issue.
Never said they have superior quality battery cells. Just good
quality cells. Nothing is immune from everything. Anything is
possible. However, the charging is controlled by the smart battery technology, which is specifically designed to prevent the very concerns you have.
I challenge you to find a single verified incident of an undamaged recent DJI battery catching fire during normal charging on a DJI charger within the battery warranty. Find one, and I will add an asterisk to my statement.
Current DJI batteries are not catching fire during normal charging on DJI chargers. I don't even find the ancient two claims you referred to above credible, without first knowing more about the details. Even one verified report among the millions of DJI batteries in use would point more towards a freak perfect storm accident that cannot be prevented, like an unknowingly abused battery, with hidden damage, and a defective smart battery chip, charged on a defective charger.
Sometimes, your number just comes up. Planes crash. People die. Should we drive instead? More people die driving than flying. Living life is an assumption of the risk of injury or death. Flying drones comes with all kinds of risks. Charging the batteries is the least of them. I had a P3P, with 500g of attached external batteries, (attached but unfortunately
not connected on that test flight) free fall from 215 feet directly above me, when the internal battery shut off in flight, while displaying 85% remaining in DJI GO. Fortunately, it landed 10 feet away from me, rather than on top of my head, or I wouldn't be here to write about it. Stuff happens. We have to assume some level of risk to fly drones. I naively assumed I was safer on the ground flying vicariously, instead of inside a piloted aircraft that could crash with me in it. Not true!
If I charged every LiPo battery I own in the various drones, remotes, cameras, flashes, Segway Minis, Segway Scooters, various eBikes, supplemental lights, horns, GPS devices, iPads, and iPhones
outside, I would need a full double car carport! I charge them all indoors for convenience and security, unattended, but remove them when they are charged. I accept the risk.
Do what you feel you need to, to feel safe, as will I, and let's both hope that is enough.