Poor Quality Materials for a Pricy Drone
Not sure if this the place to write this review but here it is. I have a Mini 2 that is 2 years old and although I have been careful I have crashed it a few times. The body may get a few cracks and the blades get replaced but the dam gimble is crap. The frame work of the gimble is soooo fragile. I ran in to a tree branch -more leaves than branch and the drone dropped thru the foliage - didn't seem like much but it dropped to the ground - on gravel, about 10 ft - landing on the belly, sure enough- cracked the gimble frame. I was able to repair it with crazy glue. Works great. A month later did the same thing in at the edge of the field. The Drone landed awkwardly in a bit of a roll on compact gravel grass path. I checked the drone, not a scratch, the blades had some green from the leaves---BUT the gimble popped out of its cradle and I can't get over how a $700 drone - highly rated DJI drone breaks every time it has a less than perfect landing. I have spoken to others with the same or like drones and they agree the gimble is crap! No gimble, no camera. Drone is garbage. So any money I spend on a DJI drone is going to be the same materials?? Disposable drone IF the gimble is the same in all the models. I get that they have to light, so parts have to be light but gee folks, look at the price and convince me that a 3d printer can't replicate the same parts from quality shock proof plastic for pennies. Yes there are some great points about the drones, but so do the competition drone companies have the same points and charge less. This is my second DJI drone. I do not recommend DJI drones as they are expensive, no one fixes them unless they are sent to a specialist and I have to wait a month to have it repaired and the parts are pricy. I really expected better durability for the price.