The flight modes alone make the upgrade worthwhile. Tripod mode is amazing for the low level stuff. Go through a woodland with minimal clearance. You still feel in total control. I had a P3 standard and have no regrets over the upgrade. Go for it
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Cleansweep makes some very excellent points for getting a Mavic. The flight modes themselves
ARE worth the cost of this drone. They are incredible, accurate, simple to use, and add tremendous possibilities to every video drone pilot's arsenal.
Just to update my Mavic range experience:
I recently used my Mavic to fly over and behind a vast, tree-covered coastal area owned by the State which contains an ancient burial ground of my Tribe's (I'm a Nanticoke Indian) that we have been denied access to and has been left shrouded in secrecy. I had absolutely
no way of getting back there to see it, as the roadway and grounds have been allowed to overgrow to such a degree as to impede access to the burial site or even see it from the roadway.
I couldn't get there to see it and record it...but my Mavic could.
The ancient, sacred burial site was nearly a mile away from my takeoff point, totally obscured by trees. But with my Mavic I was able to fly over and throughout the entire archaeological site, receiving flawless video feeds and perfect RC control the entire time. I had to depend upon my camera feed alone once my Mav was really back there and behind the treeline, but again I had NO problems doing so. The place was totally empty; I could have landed my Mavic right there if I wanted to and takeoff again, no problems. Signal strength was great.
The bottom-line results: an impressive display of the Mavic's capabilities and the ability for me to gain access and record video firsthand of the burial site in its present shabby, unacceptable, disrespectful state, video which I posted for my fellow Tribe members to see and has now fueled a Tribal fire to right this wrong.
In my opinion, the Mavic is simply the
best, in every regard. I now rarely go anywhere without taking it and a few batteries with me, as one never knows when it may come in handy to have or what you may want to capture at a moment's notice. The Mavic's unique portability and setup makes it
very easy to take it along with you and have it up in the sky doing its job in a matter of a few minutes. I keep my takeoff mat with me, too, in the trunk of my vehicle, as I am concerned about how close the gimbal/camera assemblies are to the ground and was not fully satisfied with the third-party Mavic landing gear lift kit I purchased and therefore don't use it. (I thought the lift kit actually made the Mavic
less stable during landing.)
Go Mavic and you can't go wrong. I don't usually cheer so much about a product, but the Mavic has been one of the best investments I have made in years. It constantly impresses me every time I take it up.
