The most condescending comment I get is related to "wow, only 23 minutes of flight time? Isn't that a little too less, for a 1000 EUR worth of flying toy and such a big battery?"
For those people I have prepared the below list, in order to make them understand that the so called "flight time" is actually more than meets their eye.
What the Mavic Pro battery actually powers (explained in a simple, “colloquial” manner):
- 4 rotors for lifting and flying a load of 750 gr. with a max speed of 65km/h
- 4 positioning/obstacle avoidance cameras
- 2 sonar sensors
- 2 IMU units (gyroscopes, accelerometers etc.)
- 1 barometer sensor
- 2 compass sensors
- 1 GPS/GLONASS antenna
- 1 color photo/video 12 megapixel camera, able to record video in 4K
- 1 motorized gimbal for the above camera
- Live video broadcast aired via two finger sized emitter antennas towards two other finger sized receiving antennas over a 7 km distance
- Flight control data aired via two finger sized emitter antennas towards two other finger sized receiving antennas over a 7 km distance
- 2 positioning LEDs and 1 status LED
- Its very own battery software & sensors (temperature sensor, discharge rate etc.)
- 24 computing cores successfully controlling all the software for the above described hardware; plus several intelligent flight modes, such as Active Track, Tap to Fly, Follow Me, Point Of Interest etc.
Trust me, they suddenly change their mind about the "reduced flight time"
(Please feel free to add or correct stuff I have gathered in the above list).