"Get a mini 5 Pro, sell the mini 3 Pro?" Revisited with my own situation

Dale D · 2025-10-23T14:49:21-0400

I wanted to be careful as to not hijack another person's recent thread so I am starting my own related but personal question. I do photography and videos of my travels for my family.

I have a Mini 4 Pro fly more , and my treasured original M3. Both work just fine, and the batteries are still good.

At my recent 87th year old birthday in September, I asked myself, should I sell both of them, to take advantage of the better existing valuations, and get a Mavic Mini 5 pro for the 1 inch sensor. Never do night flying (ergo no Lidar needed). My big travels just ended with a fabulous trip to Zimbabwe (I elected not to take a drone after a year of writing for a permit to the Zimbabwe CAA). I am still in good health, but I need to start thinking about not saddling my wife with my used drones. My future use of drones will only be for travels within the US in legal locations. I do not need the money. I just want to have a single and better drone.

Thoughts anybody?

Dale

FLDave · 2025-10-23T15:03:32-0400

Seems simple if you look at the data.
Finances are not the issue.
Will newer technology serve you better than what your have? If yes, then get the latest and most appropriate for your needs.
Want not to saddle wife with burden of your stuff? Then dump your excess stuff now; it has outlived its usefulness. Plan to make life simple for surviving spouse, but you have no control which spouse survives the other

Dale D · 2025-10-23T17:04:59-0400

FLDave said:
Seems simple if you look at the data.
Finances are not the issue.
Will newer technology serve you better than what your have? If yes, then get the latest and most appropriate for your needs.
Want not to saddle wife with burden of your stuff? Then dump your excess stuff now; it has outlived its usefulness. Plan to make life simple for surviving spouse, but you have no control which spouse survives the other

Thank you for your wise advice.
Dale

Dronecation · 2025-10-23T18:22:18-0400

Dale D said:
I wanted to be careful as to not hijack another person's recent thread so I am starting my own related but personal question. I do photography and videos of my travels for my family.

I have a Mini 4 Pro fly more , and my treasured original M3. Both work just fine, and the batteries are still good.

At my recent 87th year old birthday in September, I asked myself, should I sell both of them, to take advantage of the better existing valuations, and get a Mavic Mini 5 pro for the 1 inch sensor. Never do night flying (ergo no Lidar needed). My big travels just ended with a fabulous trip to Zimbabwe (I elected not to take a drone after a year of writing for a permit to the Zimbabwe CAA). I am still in good health, but I need to start thinking about not saddling my wife with my used drones. My future use of drones will only be for travels within the US in legal locations. I do not need the money. I just want to have a single and better drone.

Thoughts anybody?

Dale

If money isn't an issue, keep one of them as a backup just in case.