**** this hobby gets expensive

[gtione]

I bought my M2Z at the end of August and since then the setup costs have been mounting. I am hoping I am nearing the end now.

Drone £1099
Fly more kit £279
Dji care £109
4K PC monitor £400
Partial Pc upgrade £2000
Photoshop elements 2019 £70
Droneguard 250 backpack £95
Landing mat £10
Crystalsky £679
Filters £60
Mavmount plus brackets £100
SD cards £60
3 party multi charger £35
Leg extensions £10
Public liability insurance £45
Prop holders £8
BITS AND BOBS £70

Loc8tor device £53

How do you guys compare?

 

[ac0j]

LOL! I didnt dive in quite so deep!
You still need a yellow vest, and orange cones to mark off your space

 

[theflyingtexan]

So far I've bought the drone with fly more kit, 64GB Discard and landing page. Next on my list is a decent case the fly more car sucks

 

[SYC12]

hehehe... Tell you a secret: your operation costs will burning faster than anything else

 

[mikemoose55]

WOW......after all that mate you should be at the end and , bob’s your uncle .
We tipped for $1345.00 US to get Mavic Pro in a fly more package including 4 batteries and 3 SD cards and a smash of other stuff I have not even used yet from Amazon last year.
Dropped another $30 US for a multi charger
and $25 US for Litchi, so less than $1400.00 about £ 1077
No need to throw a wobbly though looks like you are more than fit proper.
Best of luck
mikemoose55

 

[RayOZ]

Subscription to AirData?

 

[SteveCA]

It’s easy to go overboard buying everything under the sun. Most of it will never get used. I bought the MP 2 pro, 3 extra batteries, and an aftermarket parallel charger, and polarpro filters.

After 2 1/2 years of flying, and over 600 flights, I have absolutely no need for any other accessories other than a good backpack. The drone guard 250 is the best I’ve ever owned.

 

[Porky]

Blimey if I’d bought all that in one go, “divorce come to mind” she would have kicked me out

A lot of the stuff you’ve bought is ok but you would normally get it over time.

What happens in a month or so you realise you don’t like the hobby...

Pushing that to one side, good luck to ya

 

[Porky]

Think you might also need one of these for all your kit.

 

[jason38]

Yes, its expensive, but it worth it no?
BTW,i think you dont really need all you bought! ...and I hope you didn't bought all this stuff un one time!!
I own a mavic 1 that I bought first(1300$) Then, I saw that my smartphone was not enought powerfull, si I bought a new one (80$)... But after a while, it began to freeze and overheat, so I gave it to my darling and bought an iPad (300$)...then the iPad began to overheats and lag with DJIGO, si I bought litchi (30$)... Then I told myself that I need another battery (at least), so I ordered 2 (200$) and then a few stuff like filters and a sun visor for the gimbal props gards...(about 100$)
I dont need more, everything I needed is here, and I think that if I have to fit some other stuff on my mavic , I will never fly it, just spend my time only preparing the drone...
And think about the day you'll go for another drone...you'll need to buy all this stuff again because it'll not fit the new drone !?

 

[MadMaqx]

Think you might also need one of these for all your kit.

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Not funny my "portable travel accessories" is about 40lbs nothing portable about these drones

 

[4wd]

I've only bought two extra batteries really, but already had a couple of suitable bags - and a decent computer as I work with video from other cameras almost daily.
The problem is a lot of the somewhat tempting add-ons will get little or no use and need to be bought again when a slightly different model comes out in a year or two.
Keep it simple, with the mavic range a key feature is portability and quick set up.

 

[Porky]

Not funny my "portable travel accessories" is about 40lbs nothing portable about these drones

Just a bit of fun, sorry if you fill like that

 

[Wacker2611]

3 batteries, drone, filters that’s it

 

[dannybgoode]

Christ - what did you buy for £2k’s worth of ‘partial’ PC upgrade?!

You could buy a pretty serious workstation for that!

 

[gtione]

Christ - what did you buy for £2k’s worth of ‘partial’ PC upgrade?!

You could buy a pretty serious workstation for that!

Asus X399 ROG zenith Motherboard
AMD 2950X Threadripper 16 core 32 Thread CPU
32gb Corsair RGB 3200MHZ RAm
1tb Samsung m.2 Nvme SSD
Corsair 115i Platimum AIO Cooler

 

[dannybgoode]

Asus X399 ROG zenith Motherboard
AMD 2950X Threadripper 16 core 32 Thread CPU
32gb Corsair RGB 3200MHZ RAm
1tb Samsung m.2 Nvme SSD
Corsair 115i Platimum AIO Cooler

Very nice. Particularly the Threadripper /SSD combo

 

[gtione]

Subscription to AirData?

Just using the free version at present.

 

[gtione]

Think you might also need one of these for all your kit.

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Nice idea, is this the Droneguard 25000

 

[Top Hat]

All I can say is WOW!