DJI - Mavic Air

I've basically stopped using my Mavic and use my Mini 3 Pro for most things now. Wind resistance isn't quite as good, but image quality is more than good enough and being under 250 g makes flying a lot easier (in Canada, might be different where you are). Some people assume 'bigger is better'. I've seen that in photography, where my Nikon D800 with huge lens gets more respect than a smaller camera. (So sometimes I'll being the bigger camera for show, use it for a few pictures while mostly using a smaller camera, and let people assume that the best pictures were taken with the bigger camera when in reality all the pictures came from the smaller easier-to-carry camera.)

Try flying the air s in high winds. Then fly the mavic. Which one do you have a higher chance explaining to the client that you have to come back to fly at a different time?

I have 4 years doing this as a professional all over Texas. The hell I'm yapping about is experience. take your mavic air drone and put it in a high wind scenario and tell me what happens.

well i looked it up. There is it but its extremely old. So no i would not get a "Mavic Air"

Mavics are so good!

Honestly, to the eyes of the public, the Mavic isn't much more impressive than the mini. If you want to look serious, you need an Inspire or an M300. But that's 500% overkill for OP's use cases.

If you want something like a DJI Mini/Air/Mavic, you're not going to get much from what are basically cheap knockoffs. If you want FPV pieces (frames/motors/transmitters...), or even full builds (Nazgul, BetaFPV...), AliExpress is pretty much the #1 source.

I have the Air and really like it. If I was starting fresh, I might go for the Mini Pro. Get one of the devoted controllers with the build in screen if you have the budget. You can buy them refurbished. Connecting the phone is a hassle and has had more problems than not with potential data cable failures, phone batteries being low, etc. If you do go the phone route and your cable inevitably fails, know that you need a **data cable** and not just any ol' USBC cable to replace it.

What a fucking joke. I still have an OG Mavik Air, and while it's been rock solid and still works, I was wanting to upgrade soon. So Temu and the likes can ship millions of Chinese knockoff brands/items over daily, and some Chinese cars are hitting stateside now even, but drones......WOAH......that's were they draw the line!

A Mavic isn’t really going all-out. If you had the choice of hiring someone who could only bring a Mini or someone who had a Mavic, who would seem more serious to you? Who would you hire?

3 lenses for mavic pro 2 lenses for Air <3 awesome products but so expensive :(

It was great on the Air 1!