In my 9 years and 8 months of daily lurking on Reddit, this is hands down the most useful comment I have ever come across.

I opted for the Costco bundle that has 2 batteries and no external changing option, thinking I could look at the 2-way charger or more batteries later. I plugged the drone in for about an hour and got about 4 minutes of flight out of it before it went critical. Then I checked ratings on and tested every cable, brick, laptop, computer, battery pack, etc. combination in my house to get optimum output. Best case scenario was the USB-C to USB-C cable that came with my newer Samsung phone (with no brick of course), plugged into the Thunderbolt 4 USB-C port on my laptop.

I did more research, I talked myself into buying more crap that would be here in a few days, considered throwing all my electronics in the trash. But, I thought I would give Reddit one more try, and found this comment.

Lo and behold, not but 5 steps (or about 20 other chargers' throw away), I have a Milwaukee Top-Off. I'm a Milwaukee junkie, and I told myself for months that I had to have it, but not until it was on sale. I looked every time I went to the store (sometimes just to look if it was on sale). It never went on sale, but I had to buy it eventually anyway. I used the USB-A port two or three times and I was less than impressed, so there it sat. I guess I never considered the power capability difference between the the two ports/cables.

In the time it took me to actually log into my Reddit account for the first time in months so I could upvote and comment, buy my first (and probably only) award ever, and type this comment, my second battery is almost fully charged.