Dji Mavic Air (Arctic White)

The Mavic Air might be DJI’s best drone to date. It’s certainly not perfect, but it checks all the right boxes. It’s super compact and portable, has a dedicated controller, shoots video in 4K, has an advanced obstacle avoidance system, and boasts a range of over 2.5 miles.

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  Dedicated joystick controller, Gimbal stabilized 4K camera, Robust obstacle avoidance, Plentiful intelligent flight modes

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  Touchy camera controls, unless you’re in Cinematic mode

The Mavic Air is DJI's smallest, most portable drone, and is just as full-featured as its larger siblings.

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  Very small. High bit-rate 4K UHD video. HDR and Panorama still capture. Raw and JPG support. Asteroid video shot. Good obstacle avoidance. Automated flight modes.

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  Doesn't support USB charging. No 4K DCI video. Panorama stitching needs some work. Real-world flight limited to about 18 minutes.

When the Mavic Pro came out, I thought DJI had made the best drone ever. With the Mavic Air, it's once again made a drone that's the envy of all others. The Mavic Air is portable, maneuverable, takes great photos and video, and comes packed with a number of goodies, such as the automatic camera...

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  Very easy to fly, Great photos and video, Innovative gesture controls, autonomous flight modes, Object avoidance

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  Hard to switch between camera modes in app

DJI's Mavic Air is a testament to the company's innovation. With pretty much no other big player in the game, it could have eased off the gas on features, but the Mavic Air comes packed with sensors, a high quality camera, onboard storage and flies like a dream.

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  Incredibly portable, Excellent battery life for size, Solid camera performance

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  Shorter range than Mavic Pro, Minor connection quirks

A lot of people have been asking me … why would I want to buy the Mavic Air when I can just buy the Mavic Pro. While others have voice their concerns, and wondered why DJI would want to cannibalize its own consumer drone business, with many different drones (of similar function and features).

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  Compact and light-weight, Super easy to control, 4K recording, 3-axis gimbal, Smartcapture (hand gesture), 21 minutes flight time, Same coverage (range and distance) as Mavic Pro

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  Pricey

Our verdict is in, the DJI Mavic Air is a great drone. We've flown this folding quadcopter as much as possible, and we're impressed - check it out in our full DJI Mavic Air review.

A small drone with huge ambitions, the DJI Mavic Pro packs 4K video recording, a three-axis gimbal, an upgraded obstacle avoidance system and onboard storage into a compact and foldable form factor that easily slips into a jacket pocket.

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  Incredible portability, 4K video at up to 100Mbps; 12MP HDR stills, Near-perfect obstacle avoidance, 8GB internal storage

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  Slightly jerky gimbal controls, Could have better range, Need multiple batteries for a great flying experience

This one awesome drone. The product support guys were so helpful. It's shipped very fast. I have other drones but this is my favorite.

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  The fly more pack has enough battery's and supply's to do everything you need. The drone works very well indoors I record restate it's perfect for it.

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  It has more trouble in the wind than the larger heavier drones.

Super convenient drone to carry around in a rucksack. Easy to unfold and go so long as it's safe and legal too. Has a few "quickshots" or smart captures that lets the drone do the flying for you.

Really pleased with this drone. Easy to fly, full of features, very well built. Shoots fantastic quality video at 4k 30fps. A real semi-pro piece of kit. Would recommend to anyone getting into drone video/photography.

Bought the drone to expand the story telling process. Its very compact, easy to use and surprisingly powerful! It does struggle in very strong winds but that is a given. I would recommend getting extra batteries or the combo option as high winds = more power consumption.

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  Durable, Great Features, Great Picture Quality, Lightweight, Simple Controls, Small

All working great, however landing accuracy a bit hit and miss

Awesome drone that works as described. Couldn't be happier.

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  Ease of use, portability, great pictures and videos

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Great kit that gives you everything you need to get in the air.

Great toy perfect camera on board great to oversee the property

If you are like me and have never flown a drone before, your first flight will be equal parts excitement and fear. Exciting that you can take thia little drone with a 4K so high and be able to get unique perspectives you wouldn’t see from the ground whilst having mini heart attacks any time you lose...