My new bird arrived today. Going thru everything, charging the battery, reading the manual, the usual lol. The stock 5000 mah 14.8v 4S battery weighs 385 grams. I found and ordered a 2 pack of 6500 mah 15.2v 4S batteries that weigh 465 grams...
I'm afraid I would prefer a Phantom. As you said, you use the landing gear all the time when landing it on the ground wouldn't be a good idea. I land it that way a lot. I also don't need all the fancy features offered by the more modern drones.
I never owned a P4 but I did own a P2 vision+ and 2 P3P's and while I agree the Phantoms are far easier to hand catch than any Mavic, I have hand caught my Mavic 3 Classic without issue. I never used Litchi but that was also a common complaint...
I have been using DJI drones since 2016. In my opinion, the Phantom 4 Pro is the best model that DJI has made. A while back, I got a Mavic 3 Classic just to see what it could do. I flew it several times but didn't like it. For one thing, what...