The image quality was crap too… but then I lost it off the side of a mountain in Spain, so that was the end of that!
I also owned the DJI Spark which was definitely much lighter (300g/10.58 oz), but also an annoying shape, since you can’t fold in the arms.
BEST MINI DRONE WITH CAMERA 2022 PRO
The Mavic Pro Platinum I own is obviously lighter and smaller than the Phantom 4 I tested here for a week, but it’s not light by any means, and together with its controller, does take up a fair bit of space in a bag. I like to travel with one carry-on bag at all times, and my camera gear and clothing almost max-out my allowance already. My top criteria for traveling with a drone is size and weight. (Also check the Mavic Air 2 review, with a flight time of 34 minutes, at 570g (20.1 oz). The Mavic Pro 2 by way of comparison has a flight time of 31 minutes, but weighs a hefty 907g (31.99 oz). However, of course, when you get the Mavic Mini in the air, none of that should really matter, since its diminutive size, weight, and possibly even its slippery coating mean that it can fly for an impressive 30 minutes! Handling this thing is pretty dicey, to say the least. To top everything off, the body of the drone is coated in some kind of super-slippery surface (to aid with aerodynamics, perhaps?), giving it all the grip of a wet bar of soap. You can buy a separate ‘Propeller Holder’, but I feel it should have been included in the first place. To make matters worse, the feather-light propellers fall outside of the main body of the drone when you handle it, making it feel like you’re going to snap one off at any moment. I said “flimsy”, and this is the trade off for a super lightweight flying marvel – the Mavic Mini has all the damage resistance of a porcelain cup! This is clearly something you’ll need to be padding very well in your camera bag… Not only is it even smaller in real life than any image can accurately portray, it’s also much lighter than you expect – it’s hard, after all, to explain just how light 249g (8.7 oz) feels.Īn iPhone 11 Pro Max is slightly lighter, at 226g (7.97 oz), but here’s the thing – the Mavic Mini in all its flimsy plastic, actually feels even lighter than any smartphone. Obviously I was expecting it to be tiny… but OMG, if this thing isn’t the daintiest little butterfly of a drone I’ve ever seen!! I was so eager to get my hands on the Mavic Mini that I ordered this one from Amazon, just for the purposes of this review. To reduce size and weight, DJI had to go pretty bare-bones with the build of the drone itself.
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