Just my opinion, I bought the
MM1 fly-more and in six weeks I was bored with it. The decision cost me a fortune, but I bit the bullet and went up to the
Mavic Air 2 fly-more and almost totally stopped flying the
MM1.
This thing is amazing and has all the bells and whistles.(But you would expect it to for literally double the price!!)
I did sell my
MM1 with full intentions of buying the
Mini 2 as well, but when I did the old ‘Pro’s & Cons’ list it was pretty clear to me that I don’t need two quads.
My point is that you need to figure out exactly what you’re wanting to do with a drone before you buy it, and what features you really want vs the price point you need to stay under. I wish I had done that, however, the
MM1 is still totally amazing too.
For the price there’s nothing out there that is as portable and flys as well as the Mavic Mini. I’ll never regret buying it because it is the drone that taught me what it’s like to fly a real drone instead of a toy, and even now I still miss the portability. The
Air 2 isn’t huge by any means, but it’s not as portable as the Mini.
I joined DroneLink and was having a great time with component based flight plans, waypoints and automation which is fully supported now for the
Mini 1, but to date the
Air 2 is still not supported. I’m hopeful the SDK will be out soon and I can get back into DroneLink again.
So in summary, I’m not sure there’s enough in the
Mini 2 to upgrade from the original. I would suggest possibly staying with the
mini 1, get DroneLink and play with automation, waypoints etc. A better value upgrade may be the
Air 2, but we’re all different and you may be totally happy with the
Mini 2. All I know is if it’s got a DJI badge on it it’s going to fly great!! (Sorry to ramble on...)