Chargie is a device that prolongs phone and drone batteries’ lifespan by cutting off battery charging before it’s completely full.  It was invented and developed by a guy who one autumn afternoon almost lost his flight home because of a misbehaving phone battery. The device now has over 25,000 customers worldwide, is at its 4th generation and has been protecting lithium ion batteries since 2019.

One of drone owners’ biggest expenses (second only to propellers) are batteries. In such gadgets, they live a hard life due to the high power consumption and heat involved during the flight. They’re also damaged by prolonged exposure to high voltage. In other words, most people just forget them plugged in and charged to 100% and they stay topped up like that for maybe days or even weeks.

If you know anything about electric cars, you probably heard that keeping batteries at 100% for a long time reduces their lifespan by a lot, which in the drone realm could…

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Source: dronedj.com