Tell me why I need a Mini 5 Pro

4 inch pistons · 2025-10-21T22:05:07-0400

I already have a mini four pro and fly for fun mostly as a recreational pilot. I take photographs as I still don’t know exactly how to edit videos as I would like to. However, I am always the guy that wants the latest and greatest of everything. I am having a hard time convincing myself that the jump from the 4 to the 5 is really worth the money. Also I love tree surfing with the Goggles 3 on the Mini 4 Pro and I don’t recall seeing that option on the 5.

While I would love to get the 5, I need to be convinced it is all that and a bag of chips.

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T22:13:01-0400

You don’t! LOL!
Nobody does. It's a "nice to have" drone though, with some nice upgrades.
Lots of YT comparisons available to the Mini 4 Pro.
Here's one.

FLDave · 2025-10-21T22:16:50-0400

Of course you don't need a new drone.
On the other hand, if you want a new drone just get it. It's YOUR decision only.

Bad Santa · 2025-10-21T22:20:04-0400

Realistically, unless you are shooting cinematic video, you won't need the higher features of the Mini 5.
If you're not flying at night, the Lidar isn't going to change things either.

If you're going to buy a mini, the 5 is top of the line right now but a 4 is probably good enough for most folks.

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T22:23:44-0400

FLDave said:
Of course you don't need a new drone.
On the other hand, if you want a new drone just get it. It's YOUR decision only.

No, it's up to us! LOL!
Majority rule decides.

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T22:25:19-0400

Bad Santa said:
Realistically, unless you are shooting cinematic video, you won't need the higher features of the Mini 5.
If you're not flying at night, the Lidar isn't going to change things either.

If you're going to buy a mini, the 5 is top of the line right now but a 4 is probably good enough for most folks.

The Mini 4 Pro also has a functional RID blocking capability, when flown with the Mini 4 Pro standard battery.

Bad Santa · 2025-10-21T22:32:08-0400

GadgetGuy said:
The Mini 4 Pro also has a functional RID blocking capability, when flown with the Mini 4 Pro standard battery.

Pfft

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T22:36:32-0400

Bad Santa said:
Pfft

What is that supposed to mean?

mavic3usa · 2025-10-21T22:57:51-0400

Even though I bought the Mini 5 Pro, my current Mini is the Mini 3 Pro and I'm saving M5P for a raining day. So many you get it and keep it for one day when you might actually want it.

Bad Santa · 2025-10-21T23:00:10-0400

GadgetGuy said:
What is that supposed to mean?

It's a haughty reply to the assertation that people need to stop broadcasting RID.

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T23:17:20-0400

Bad Santa said:
It's a haughty reply to the assertion that people need to stop broadcasting RID.

So you want all drone pilots to fly with a target on their backs, even when not required to do so?

Bad Santa · 2025-10-21T23:39:52-0400

GadgetGuy said:
So you want all drone pilots to fly with a target on their backs, even when not required to do so?

Want to know something about me? I've dealt with people, all my life, who would take a statement and twist it to their narrative.
What I said is NOT what you said. I know it. You know it. Anyone who reads it knows it.
I won't be coerced into the debate that you want to have with a whole lot of gaslighting "gotchas".
Maybe you can find someone else that wants to play that game but it won't be me.

And, no, this isn't me letting you win. This is me saying there's no reason to bother with this type of interaction.

Apologies to anyone who finds this thread hijack in bad taste.

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-21T23:53:25-0400

Bad Santa said:
Want to know something about me? I've dealt with people, all my life, who would take a statement and twist it to their narrative.
What I said is NOT what you said. I know it. You know it. Anyone who reads it knows it.
I won't be coerced into the debate that you want to have with a whole lot of gaslighting "gotchas".
Maybe you can find someone else that wants to play that game but it won't be me.

And, no, this isn't me letting you win. This is me saying there's no reason to bother with this type of interaction.

Apologies to anyone who finds this thread hijack in bad taste.

It was a question, not a statement.

You were the one who mischaracterized my helpful, factual, no judgment post #6 above (about the Mini 4 Pro being different than the Mini 5 Pro, in that it does not broadcast RID, which is directly relevant to the OP's question), to which you replied:

"Pfft"
"It's a haughty reply to the assertion that people need to stop broadcasting RID."

Nobody asserted that people need to stop broadcasting RID!
You made that up yourself.

Some people choose to legally fly drones that are not required to broadcast RID, and that is their right. Why would you take issue with that, and be so haughty about it, that you want to derail this thread with false accusations?

Bad Santa · 2025-10-22T00:26:08-0400

GadgetGuy said:
It was a question, not a statement.

You were the one who mischaracterized my helpful, factual, no judgment post #6 above (about the Mini 4 Pro being different than the Mini 5 Pro, in that it does not broadcast RID, which is directly relevant to the OP's question), to which you replied:

"Pfft"
"It's a haughty reply to the assertion that people need to stop broadcasting RID."

Nobody asserted that people need to stop broadcasting RID!
You made that up yourself.

Some people choose to legally fly drones that are not required to broadcast RID, and that is their right. Why would you take issue with that, and be so haughty about it, that you want to derail this thread with false accusations?

pfft

GadgetGuy · 2025-10-22T00:32:01-0400

Bad Santa said:
pfft

You should look in the mirror.

Dronecation · 2025-10-22T01:00:26-0400

4 inch pistons said:
I already have a mini four pro and fly for fun mostly as a recreational pilot. I take photographs as I still don’t know exactly how to edit videos as I would like to. However, I am always the guy that wants the latest and greatest of everything. I am having a hard time convincing myself that the jump from the 4 to the 5 is really worth the money. Also I love tree surfing with the Goggles 3 on the Mini 4 Pro and I don’t recall seeing that option on the 5.

While I would love to get the 5, I need to be convinced it is all that and a bag of chips.

If you enjoy still photography, rather than video, you will really enjoy this drone. The new sensor is great. I'm loving it! You will too! Buy it! Life is too short to dither...