Tell me why I need a Mini 5 Pro

[mavic3usa]

Don’t upgrade.
I’m in the same situation, and I don’t want to lose the ability to fly using goggles.
The Mini 5 is not compatible with any of the DJI goggles.

Which DJI goggles do you use and do you fly FPV drones, too?

 

[Droning on and on...]

What is that supposed to mean?

 

[PINEBARON]

I'd be a lot richer if I never purchased things I did not need including motor yachts, planes, bikes, homes plus a million things I did not need or could very easily have done without. After doing this for decades and decades, I'm finally purging a lot at giveaway prices; sorry it does not include drones

 

[Droning on and on...]

Don’t upgrade.
I’m in the same situation, and I don’t want to lose the ability to fly using goggles.
The Mini 5 is not compatible with any of the DJI goggles.

Yet.

 

[Droning on and on...]

If you're asking, you need it

 

[muabg]

Which DJI goggles do you use and do you fly FPV drones, too?

I have more than 20 years of experience operating a wide range of remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) and nearly every DJI aircraft, both commercially and recreationally. Over the course of my career, I’ve utilized virtually every available goggle system​

 

[mavic3usa]

I have more than 20 years of experience operating a wide range of remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) and nearly every DJI aircraft, both commercially and recreationally. Over the course of my career, I’ve utilized virtually every available goggle system​

Yeah, I can see why compatibility is important to you. For most Mini drone owners, it's really difficult to pay for an expensive pair of goggles (like the Goggles 3) when you have no other drones or FPV drones in particular to get the most out of them. Especially when you have to get the compatible RC (often the MC) as well. I can see why DJI is not working on this right out of the gate.

As you know, flying the camera drone with the goggles is not a true FPV experience (unless you get really good at it) and personally, I don't find it very immersive. There are much cheaper universal goggle products that work right now if you just have to have it.

I understand there are flyers with vision challenges but ever since the white googles, I'm sure DJI has been hesitant in this area especially when you cannot deliver full functions with the latest goggles. Seems to me, that's the number one issue. Not whether it works system-wise (O4 to O4) but does it provide a great experience (ie latency, field of vision, all the goggles functions like head tracking, all the drone functions like active track and waypoints, etc, battery life, do all the icons and details show up accurately, etc).

My guess is there is a new pair of goggles in the works for the upcoming Avata 3 and maybe those will be compatible with Mini 5 Pro and Mavic 4 Pro. Still, backwards compatibility has already been a DJI strong suit so the M5P just launched; we'll see.