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Things it does well:
• Simple controls: For someone just getting into drones and drone photography, the controls on both the controller and the app were very well laid out and intuitive to use. All smart functions were easy to set up and configure.
• Outstanding camera quality: My wife and I were blown away at the camera quality and reliability. I can clearly make out cars (and their color!) over a mile and a half away during flight. The video storage is just like any other camera-to-sdcard style action camera, so GoPro type workflows will be very familiar
• Flight time: I got well over 20 minutes of flight time leaving about 30% to spare on my longest outing. I wasn't brave enough yet to have the drone far away try to make an emergency return trip on low battery. As far as I can tell it would be fine, I just didn't want to push it.
• Flight speed and control distance: I pushed the drone about a 1/4 mile out before I lost visual contact and had zero issues maintaining control of the drone, even in a neighborhood area with trees and such. I'm certain I could push farther if I had a spotter to maintain visual contact.
• Quiet: Drones make noise, that's just unavoidable, but my neighbor commented on how quiet it was compared to other drones used at concerts and the like.
• Packaging: Having a full hard-sided carrying case with dedicated storage for all the bits is excellent and I'm glad it came with one.
Nitpicks that I think could be better:
• USB-C: The controller is charged via the same port that the phone connects to, and that port is unfortunately Micro USB. Not the end of the world, but with the migration towards Type-C, it would have been nice to have. If the battery could also be charged via Type-C, that would be an extra bonus, but not a must have.
• Camera flex cable: I don't know how to do this better, but I would be slightly afraid of the camera cables taking damage on any incidental contact. It seems relatively ok protection-wise and it's a really beefy cable, but I think having it hidden internally mike make it less prone to damage.
• Turning camera video stutter: I'm not sure if its the gimbal or something about how the camera records the video, but when doing yaw rotations, the video can get stuttery. It's a bit visually unpleasant at high rotation rates, but I greatly was able to reduce how much I noticed by rotating more slowly.
