ok...I've been dithering with myself for weeks about getting a new drone before the sky falls. I had decided if I did I would pay the premium and get a Mavic 4 Pro Creator package
I would have preferred Amazon but they had none that were actually fulfilled by Amazon. Big no-no. Adorama was way to expensive. So was US Drone Supply
so that left EBay. Now, there were several offers from South Korea and Japan. The cheapest was under $3,100; but the delivery date was after Christmas, at earliest, and of course that was after the NDAA deadline on the 23rd. There were 3 or 4 offers from Asian companies that had 99%+ positive ratings for around $3,400 (after adding shipping). Those said delivery by mid-December and some claimed no tariffs. So that put the semi-realistic options at around $3,400.
But I did find one from Triplehorse for $3,600. So, about $200 more than the baseline. However, this was a company shipping from the USA. The City of Industry in California. They had over 800 ratings and they were 100% positive. Free shipping with the claim of 2-3 days shipping time
so I threw the dice, crossed my fingers and took the plunge. I'm in Oregon and I ordered the drone at 4:30 PM Monday afternoon. The brand new, in original packaging, drone arrived at my house at 12:30 PM Wednesday...today. I carefully unpacked and by 1:30 PM I had not only booted up the controller and powered up the drone, I had logged into DJI and activated the drone, then paired the drone and controller. By 3PM today I took my first practice flight....less than 48 hours after ordering. Every thing worked just fine. And of course, the drone and RC Pro 2 seem awesome at first flight. Time will tell I guess
anyway, my experience was 100% positive. I'm impressed with Triplehorse
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I would have preferred Amazon but they had none that were actually fulfilled by Amazon. Big no-no. Adorama was way to expensive. So was US Drone Supply
so that left EBay. Now, there were several offers from South Korea and Japan. The cheapest was under $3,100; but the delivery date was after Christmas, at earliest, and of course that was after the NDAA deadline on the 23rd. There were 3 or 4 offers from Asian companies that had 99%+ positive ratings for around $3,400 (after adding shipping). Those said delivery by mid-December and some claimed no tariffs. So that put the semi-realistic options at around $3,400.
But I did find one from Triplehorse for $3,600. So, about $200 more than the baseline. However, this was a company shipping from the USA. The City of Industry in California. They had over 800 ratings and they were 100% positive. Free shipping with the claim of 2-3 days shipping time
so I threw the dice, crossed my fingers and took the plunge. I'm in Oregon and I ordered the drone at 4:30 PM Monday afternoon. The brand new, in original packaging, drone arrived at my house at 12:30 PM Wednesday...today. I carefully unpacked and by 1:30 PM I had not only booted up the controller and powered up the drone, I had logged into DJI and activated the drone, then paired the drone and controller. By 3PM today I took my first practice flight....less than 48 hours after ordering. Every thing worked just fine. And of course, the drone and RC Pro 2 seem awesome at first flight. Time will tell I guess
anyway, my experience was 100% positive. I'm impressed with Triplehorse
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