ViFly StoreSafe, a standalone lipo discharger. Supplied by ViFly

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Publicado 2021-01-22
Here's an interesting idea, a small little gadget to plug into your lipo to safely discharge them to storage. Let's charge up some batteries and see how they perform.

This product was kindly supplied by ViFly for review and you can get hold of this direct from ViFly at (non-affiliate link) www.viflydrone.com/store.html

You can also order from Banggood via these (affiliate) links -
XT30 Version: www.banggood.com/VIFLY-StoreSafe-Smart-Lipo-Batter…
XT60 Version: www.banggood.com/VIFLY-StoreSafe-Smart-Lipo-Batter…

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  • @MCsCreations
    Awesome review, Wayne! Thanks a lot! 😊 But yeah, it's too small to be really useful. 😕 It would be useful, however, if it was for 1s batteries! It's not easy to put them into storage... And even with that size it could be fast enough. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
  • @iPeel
    Whenever I got back from a meet where you'd smashed all my planes out of the sky, I used to put all the unused batteries on a whopping great 2.2 ohm resistor bolted to a heatsink. It needed an eye keeping on the cell voltages but only took an hour to discharge 4 or 5 batteries in parallel.
  • @hanger9uk665
    Isdt fd200, done, 10 to 15 mins almost any battery. You could even go quicker but I think that's a sensible safe discharge time.
  • @marklee4409
    Yea for me that is too slow also. I don't like leaving Lipos unattended. I use the ISDT FD-100 Smart Discharger. Its not cheap but works great for my 4-6s.
  • @Retset
    I use something that generates much more heat - an ISDT FD100 Discharger. Not sure they are still available but I bet ISDT have something. It's great when a 3000mAh 4S needs a discharge after not being flown - my mains charger would take forever! I'd rather have one meaty discharger than a few weedy ones.
  • @rclabbotics5413
    didnt know these where a thing ... might get one im always leaving lipos on a fpv screen too discharge them to 30%
  • @quadswithmods
    Like and comment algorithm helper but great video like normal 👍🏻
  • @FlyingBuzzard
    I simply use a 1157 car light bulb to discharge my batts IF needed, my charger also has a discharger mode...
  • @stevefox3763
    Storage voltage for your lipo? Na, I see some in field hand warmers for the winter there :)
  • @gliderkiteflier
    I was skeptical about these. As hard as my current battery dis/charger works to shed the mah, the size of heat sink just made me think it would take a long time. I suppose one way to use them would be to buy enough of them to just leave them on the day's unused batteries unattended until you get around to sorting them out properly. Is that risky? How important is it to constantly maintain perfect balance between the cells?
  • @gerrysquire
    i just use a smoke stopper bulb to discharge mine and stop when at 3.8 volt. takes about 6 mins
  • To me I would rather plug my battery into a drone or plane to to run batteries down to storage level .by a voltage alarm
  • @johnk8825
    I guess if you have a battery that you've used but it doesn't have enough power left in it to fly with, you could plug it in and put it in your pocket on cold days as a hand warmer.
  • @Rich-TeaFPV
    so probably not worth it over a ISDT FD-100 which discharges a 1500mah 4s in 10 minutes, thanks Wayne
  • @lemoncfpv8434
    omg i wish i watched this before i bought one of these... :/
  • @marinehm
    So, would you say this was a piece of crap? Or in nicer terms “not worth buying”?
  • 1. They don't balance discharge! 2. They're ULTRA SLOW! 3. I have 2 chargers, and balance boards, so I can discharge multiple batteries at once and they turn out perfectly balanced! And doing 6 batteries at once takes less time than this thing will do ONE! Mine are balanced and this thing isn't! $6.99 would be a waste of money, IMO. 😕💸