My Adorama Mavic 4 Pro Fly More Combo Post-Purchase Experiences

[Flying_Elephant]

Yep, I have had de-centered optics from DJI in several cases and while acceptable for some, it’s a no go for me. From what I am gathering in most early reports the optics are fairing well so far in the samples that are being delivered.

Check out the attached sceen shot of my DJI account status for my Mavic 4 Pro FMC. It states that I have a warranty. I live in the US, I bought the drone in the US, and DJI states that my drone has a warranty. Now I ask you, are you going to beleive a bunch of OPs like me who say Adorama said this or that someone posted something about their experience and is that information (hearsay and other information) more compelling and beleivable than DJI's record for my drone?

You can buy Adorama's Assurion insurance protection today for the Mavic 4 Pro. It's expensive at $500/yr, but if you require that peace of mind, and can't get a State Farm PAP for $100 a year that covers drones too, there are many alternatives to Care Refesh for insuring your drone, so you can use it before Hell freezes over. There will be no Care Refresh on it in the U.S. until the Mavic 4 Pro is also officially available for sale in the U.S by DJI, which may never happen before the defacto DJI ban at the end of December, barring passing a security audit before then, which no one wants to perform.

Most importantly, you still have a DJI 1 Year Limited Warranty from date of purchase, which is the complete equivalent of Care Refresh for anything that is determined to be a warranty issue. Further, DJI USA will still handle all repair assessments for non warranty issues like crashes, and bill you their reasonable estimate for the repair costs, and after paid, still send you a brand new refurb sourced from DJI Canada, completely at their

You can buy Adorama's Assurion insurance protection today for the Mavic 4 Pro. It's expensive at $500/yr, but if you require that peace of mind, and can't get a State Farm PAP for $100 a year that covers drones too, there are many alternatives to Care Refesh for insuring your drone, so you can use it before Hell freezes over. There will be no Care Refresh on it in the U.S. until the Mavic 4 Pro is also officially available for sale in the U.S by DJI, which may never happen before the defacto DJI ban at the end of December, barring passing a security audit before then, which no one wants to perform.

Most importantly, you still have a DJI 1 Year Limited Warranty from date of purchase, which is the complete equivalent of Care Refresh for anything that is determined to be a warranty issue. Further, DJI USA will still handle all repair assessments for non warranty issues like crashes, and bill you their reasonable estimate for the repair costs, and after paid, still send you a brand new refurb sourced from DJI Canada, completely at their expense!

I was considering Adorama's coverage but in readingbthe fine print it did not cover self inflicted damage or fly-aways. I confirmed this with Adorama by calling and inquiring and they did say, thier coverage does not cover crashes or fly-aways.

As for for other, non-DJI coverage through insurance companies I am going to do that homework on Friday when I am off work and I'll report back with a post on my findings.

If nothing comes out of it, I am still thinking when my CC arrives today, in the next month or two I'll just not open it and wait for DJI to offer Care Refresh and like I said, I'll fly my Air 3S and Avata 2 in the meantime.

Last thought. I REALLY appreciate you and others on the board offering your comments and advice. Thanks to you all!

 

[KS-6]

I was considering Adorama's coverage but in readingbthe fine print it did not cover self inflicted damage or fly-aways. I confirmed this with Adorama by calling and inquiring and they did say, thier coverage does not cover crashes or fly-aways.

As for for other, non-DJI coverage through insurance companies I am going to do that homework on Friday when I am off work and I'll report back with a post on my findings.

If nothing comes out of it, I am still thinking when my CC arrives today, in the next month or two I'll just not open it and wait for DJI to offer Care Refresh and like I said, I'll fly my Air 3S and Avata 2 in the meantime.

Last thought. I REALLY appreciate you and others on the board offering your comments and advice. Thanks to you all!

But what if you have a bunk bird, IE bad camera, something is amiss? If you let it sit and not Q/C test it, there goes your return window.

 

[mavic3usa]

I was considering Adorama's coverage but in readingbthe fine print it did not cover self inflicted damage or fly-aways. I confirmed this with Adorama by calling and inquiring and they did say, thier coverage does not cover crashes or fly-aways.

As for for other, non-DJI coverage through insurance companies I am going to do that homework on Friday when I am off work and I'll report back with a post on my findings.

If nothing comes out of it, I am still thinking when my CC arrives today, in the next month or two I'll just not open it and wait for DJI to offer Care Refresh and like I said, I'll fly my Air 3S and Avata 2 in the meantime.

Last thought. I REALLY appreciate you and others on the board offering your comments and advice. Thanks to you all!

Technically no one (including DJI Care) covers intentional damage (I believe you are calling it self-inflicted) as well as natural disaster, nuclear war, theft, etc....that's standard. However, if you attempt to fly the drone thru a small opening and you don't quite make it, I believe that is covered even though it could be called "self-inflicted."

You can read the full terms of Adorama coverage here but I personally don't recommend it because it is rather expensive and as you mentioned, it doesn't cover flyaway which Care will cover (that's DJI's forte because they have the tech to do it): Adorama Protect

But what if you have a bunk bird, IE bad camera, something is amiss? If you let it sit and not Q/C test it, there goes your return window.

I'm on my 5th DJI drone that I have held for close to at least a year before the box was opened. So far so good. First, my thinking is if there is a defect, it will be covered by warranty. No need to deal with the seller who probably won't take back and open box on already activated drone. Usually I get these drone from DJI.com so it's not an issue. Second, if you get DJI Care (or wait for it in the case of the M4P), any issues you encounter will be handled with Care and honestly, if it's a warranty issue DJI has been known to not trigger your Care. Still I have yet to open a new DJI drone and find an issue, could be lucky.

This works best if you have other drones to fly and you buy the new drone heavily discounted.