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Looks like the 5 bay charger shown at NAB may be going into production.. $350. Too much? About Right?
+1Way too much in my opinion,,needs to be $150-$200 before id bite
Sounds awesome Steve. I say hire a couple HS/College kids to assemble and offer them here for us.. Should get a good response for a decent price. I wasn't as interested in the other one for the same reason as PP, the stock charge rate.I like my 6 bay charger better It's now in a Pelican 1400 case, so it's tough and has a nice handle with a solid lid. Works off of 120/240V as well as direct connection to 12V car battery so no inverter is needed. The power cords detach and fit inside nice and neat for transport/storage, and can also hold 4 spare batteries. It also charges at 5.75A instead of 3.3A and has 2 3A USB charging stations for phones/tablets/gps trackers/etc. I did get rid of the ability to charge the controller though. I have the bigger battery in my controller and literally go 2 months in between charges so it wasn't really worth it. I'll have pics soon. I keep changing things up. It doesn't look as slick as this one, but it's more compact, is tougher, charges faster, has more power source options and was a lot cheaper to build.
I'd consider it for sure.Sounds awesome Steve. I say hire a couple HS/College kids to assemble and offer them here for us.. Should get a good response for a decent price. I wasn't as interested in the other one for the same reason as PP, the stock charge rate.
You could sell your detailed plans/schematics with parts list?I'd though about it off and on, but as others have said the ones who wanted something like this have probably bought/built their own by now, and now there are now several options out there. I think the real key that would have made mine stand out is the smart features like reading the battery data like charge cycles, etc. but that would have made the price pretty high.
it's charging inside the foam cut-outs? are you not worried about it catching on fire?I like my 6 bay charger better It's now in a Pelican 1400 case, so it's tough and has a nice handle with a solid lid. Works off of 120/240V as well as direct connection to 12V car battery so no inverter is needed. The power cords detach and fit inside nice and neat for transport/storage, and can also hold 4 spare batteries. It also charges at 5.75A instead of 3.3A and has 2 3A USB charging stations for phones/tablets/gps trackers/etc. I did get rid of the ability to charge the controller though. I have the bigger battery in my controller and literally go 2 months in between charges so it wasn't really worth it. I'll have pics soon. I keep changing things up. It doesn't look as slick as this one, but it's more compact, is tougher, charges faster, has more power source options and was a lot cheaper to build.
No, the foam inserts are removed lol.it's charging inside the foam cut-outs? are you not worried about it catching on fire?
Way too much in my opinion,,needs to be $150-$200 before id bite
No, the foam inserts are removed lol.[/QU
im all for supporting "local" businesses and innovation, but only to a point... I personally would prefer 5 individual 3dr chargers @$250 than a 5 bank multicharger for $350.....5 separate ones are more versatile and theoretically costs ~30% less?? thats too far apart for me. And if you produce 162 4-bay chargers for $10K and sell them for$150, your profit margin is still more than double $24,300..not bad return , plus everyone will buy one..or 2i have a prototype battery warmer and a prototype 4-bay battery charger sitting in my lab. $10k for me to have 162 chargers manufactured. i've been sitting on these because i don't believe i can make a profit. every time a solo accessory is announced, people bitch about the price even if they have no use for it. you saw that with the hoverfly tether.
if Curtis's charger doesn't sell, what incentive will anyone else have to make other accessories? that being said...i'm in for one.
im all for supporting "local" businesses and innovation, but only to a point... I personally would prefer 5 individual 3dr chargers @$250 than a 5 bank multicharger for $350.....5 separate ones are more versatile and theoretically costs ~30% less?? thats too far apart for me. And if you produce 162 4-bay chargers for $10K and sell them for$150, your profit margin is still more than double $24,300..not bad return , plus everyone will buy one..or 2
just keepin it real
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