I do not have a Solo... still enjoying my Iris+ a lot... but I see that Solo batteries seem to have a proprietary interface so that you can't use other chargers. Is this right? If so, what a PITA. With my Iris+ I am used to charging my 2 batteries up (or down if the battery didn't fly) to a mid-charge storage condition after flying. Then I can charge both simultaneously from storage condition to full charge in about 25 minutes when next I decide to fly.
So with Solo there seems to be no way to put the batteries in a storage charge condition... and then it will take a couple of hours (X2 if you have 2 batteries) to get ready to go flying? Say it isn't so? Does anyone make an adapter that would plug into the batteries so that they then could be connected up and charged with a real balance charger?
I am not yet in the market for another quad but this would really put me off if there isn't a solution forthcoming. What were 3DR thinking??
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I suppose the main + and - connections shouldn't be hard to adapt but what about adapting the balance circuitry to connect up to a regular balance charger 4S plug? Surely the 3DR charger is a balance charger and the connecting cable contains the balance circuit wires?
OK, that makes sense, and sounds doable then... but damn, sending these batteries to college too get "smart" sure is expensive! I like my Iris+ batteries ($36 now at B&H). Maybe it's just me but it seems silly to replicate the balance circuitry in every battery when most of us have excellent balance chargers that handle that function with aplomb. I believe mine even has a non-balance LiPo charge setting that should work with the smart batteries. Just has an overall termination voltage.