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Thought I would repost in "General" as an FYI:
So I've been talking to the folks at the NYC store over the last couple of weeks about buying an Air3S because my fleet is starting to age out. The lack of Care Refresh availability has been my biggest issue. Anyway, I finally pulled the trigger and visited them yesterday. My old office was a few blocks away and it was bittersweet to remember being there for lots of fun career stuff but also for 9/11. When I went in the store (tiniest thing you can imagine. I've seen closets that were larger) there was nobody else there. The two staffers were very helpful and assured me that the web site was wrong when it showed most items as "out of stock". They did indeed have the basic Air3S that I wanted so my guy went back to get it. Another guy ran into the store and breathlessly asked if they still had any Mini 5 Pro units. They said "yes" and I said "me too!" They said I got the last one available. Blowing smoke? I don't know. Anyway, I left the store with two new aircraft.
The Mini 5 Pro was the Fly More Combo version with the "plus" batteries, which is exactly what I would have chosen. Another very nice surprise was that they are providing a de facto Care Refresh on the new model at no additional cost. Two caveats: you have to send it to them (or drop it off, but I'm in New Hampshire) and it does not include fly-away coverage. Still, that's pretty awesome I think. I asked if this meant the unit would be shipped off to Texas for repair and he said "no, we will ship you a new unit from our NY warehouse". Fantastic!
After charging all batteries overnight, I spent the morning registering with FAA, attaching ID stickers, making all the settings changes I prefer, and finally flying boths birds about 1/2 hour ago. I have much testing to do before I use these on any jobs, but I'm really happy to have two new aircraft with shiny new warranties, and one with a sort-of Care Refresh!
So yes, you can buy most of the current models at the 5th Avenue DJI store. I did not think to ask about the Mavic 4 Pro as it was not on my radar, but they did have one on display.
So I've been talking to the folks at the NYC store over the last couple of weeks about buying an Air3S because my fleet is starting to age out. The lack of Care Refresh availability has been my biggest issue. Anyway, I finally pulled the trigger and visited them yesterday. My old office was a few blocks away and it was bittersweet to remember being there for lots of fun career stuff but also for 9/11. When I went in the store (tiniest thing you can imagine. I've seen closets that were larger) there was nobody else there. The two staffers were very helpful and assured me that the web site was wrong when it showed most items as "out of stock". They did indeed have the basic Air3S that I wanted so my guy went back to get it. Another guy ran into the store and breathlessly asked if they still had any Mini 5 Pro units. They said "yes" and I said "me too!" They said I got the last one available. Blowing smoke? I don't know. Anyway, I left the store with two new aircraft.
The Mini 5 Pro was the Fly More Combo version with the "plus" batteries, which is exactly what I would have chosen. Another very nice surprise was that they are providing a de facto Care Refresh on the new model at no additional cost. Two caveats: you have to send it to them (or drop it off, but I'm in New Hampshire) and it does not include fly-away coverage. Still, that's pretty awesome I think. I asked if this meant the unit would be shipped off to Texas for repair and he said "no, we will ship you a new unit from our NY warehouse". Fantastic!
After charging all batteries overnight, I spent the morning registering with FAA, attaching ID stickers, making all the settings changes I prefer, and finally flying boths birds about 1/2 hour ago. I have much testing to do before I use these on any jobs, but I'm really happy to have two new aircraft with shiny new warranties, and one with a sort-of Care Refresh!
So yes, you can buy most of the current models at the 5th Avenue DJI store. I did not think to ask about the Mavic 4 Pro as it was not on my radar, but they did have one on display.
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