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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    somebody earlier in the thread said they had a State Farm policy that would reimburse for the cost of the drone. The policy was $49 year I was offered the same policy for the same price. But I asked for an endorsement that reimbursed at the cost of replacement with the latest comparable model...
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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    I'm not sure but a couple of posters in this thread have said they have State Farm policies without having other policies with the company
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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    calling the reviews "mixed" may be a bit kind. But they are located in California so if you're a California resident maybe you'd have a little better leverage seems like you could insure as a drone, or as an appliance
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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    you've said this before and it's really not that simple it's like saying you bought a house in 1992 for $107,000, have paid homeowners insurance since then, and the house burnt down totally in 2025 when it was worth $977,000, and you only get $107,000 now, it's true that for vehicles, a...
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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    as I said earlier, I have a State Farm policy, but it has different terms. I did not insure for the cost of the drone(s). I insured for the full cost of replacement; insuring only for original purchase price seems unwise. If I lose a drone, I file a claim for the full cost of a new drone of the...
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    Best drone insurance for flyaway and damage? Is there a consensus on which insurance to buy?

    I'll echo the comment about State Farm. I have up to $5000 of drone coverage, full replacement, for $60/yeqr caveat 1 is I have had home and auto with State Farm for decades so I was a steady customer. I'm not sure if somebody who isn't regular customer could get that policy caveat 2 is that...
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    Cautionary tale for DJI replacement service.

    so you're a DJI drone owner. You've got 87 dollars worth of a care refresh policy left and your drone crashes in the ocean. The company you have the policy with can't get replacements through customs, and by the end of the year will likely be banned anyway. That company is in China and has...
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    Cautionary tale for DJI replacement service.

    the "magical shield" is probably being a Chinese company, headquartered in China, with minimal lien-able and exposed assets within the USA. American civil courts have no authority in China besides that, what class action suit is viable? A few thousand DJI pilots with an average of 87 dollars...
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    If You Really Wanted the Mavic 4 Pro:

    succinct and quite correct although several commenters have mentioned a lot of confidence ordering from Drone Works which is $500 less than Adorama
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    Cautionary tale for DJI replacement service.

    well, I'm wondering if what you perceive as a lie is DJI trapped in the limbo of Trump tariffs and a soft ban of DJI products in the USA you say that they told you it could be "replaced under their 30-day replacement policy". So that looks like them acknowledging you filed a valid claim within...
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    Cautionary tale for DJI replacement service.

    I would imagine there are thousands of pilots with a 2 year Care Refresh policy in effect that if they need file a claim they will find the policy is pretty ineffective Is this DJI's fault? Not reall,y although I suppose they could have suspended the selling of Care Refresh coverage when...
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    DJI Ban and why Russ isn't worried...

    is he worried yet?
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    If You Really Wanted the Mavic 4 Pro:

    who would you trust and how much more would you be willing to pay for that 'confidence'? I've bought from Adorama before and I'd have a lot of confidence in them. Right now, their price for the Creator Combo is $5497. So then: $5497 - Adorama $4688 - Amazon - Digital Village $4899 - Us Drone...
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