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USB charger port

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Stupid question but is there a charger that is usb port compatible instead of your usual wall plug. If there is anyone know where to get one?

 
For charging airsoft batteries?  Very unlikely, as you'd have to step 5V up to something like 13V to charge an 11.1V (and actually peaking at 12.6V) lipo, and you'd be charging it at under 1A.

What problem are you trying to solve?  As in, what batteries do you already have?  The default recommendation is a SkyRC S65 as a do-anything solution (caveat: unless there's something better and cheaper out there now).

 
Running a 1450mAh-11.1V-25c-15w LiPo. Running a few ideas in my head as some site in my area don’t have electric/ charging areas

 
Charge a few batteries the evening before game and they should last. If I'm doing weekend games I take a small petrol generator to charge batts.

 
Running a 1450mAh-11.1V-25c-15w LiPo. Running a few ideas in my head as some site in my area don’t have electric/ charging areas


Er, buy another one?  Unless you're emptying drum mag after drum mage, 2.9Ah should see you through a day - I usually swap batteries at lunch to spread the load.

Failing that, a 12V -> 240V inverter should be fine for running a mains charger (assuming you're not a bus wanker).  The older SkyRC iMax B6 chargers will run directly off of a 12V (well, 12.5V to 14.5V) car battery - I think mine came with a crocodile-clipped lead for that purpose.  That's not a recommendation, those are old tech now, just a note.

 
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Oh, nice, but as you say, a last resort if you want to put a little charge into a battery on site.  Might make sense if you're at a weekender with no charging facilities, and don't mind risking your batteries to whatever circuitry is (or isn't) in there.

 
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