AUTEL EVO NANO+ REVIEW | Is this the best mini drone on the market?..
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2023
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The Autel EVO Nano+ is the mini drone platform designed and manufactured by Autel Robotics. Featuring a 1/1.28 CMOS sensor and 4K video capabilities, it's an attractive option for drone pilots looking for a travel-friendly UAV platform. What kind of punch does this little drone pack though?
On this episode of Let's Talk Drones, we find out just how powerful the EVO Nano+ drone by Autel Robotics really is and help you decide whether or not this drone is the right fit for you!
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I understand the cable problem. I use a Samsung a71 phone I reversed the cable and it worked great.
Our DJI Phantom 4 Pro just malfunctioned and did a fancy loopty loop at 50 feet from the pilot and nose-dived at the ground. Thankfully it didn't damage the cars at the dealership it was supposed to shoot. We can't go a few days without doing some aerial shots and this Nano fit the budget. Our fingers are crossed hoping it will fit our needs as we wait for it to arrive. Toes are crossed too.
Great video. I have a Nano+ but concerned with the Nano+ and Remote ID requirements when flying under Part 107. With the extra weight it will decrease flight time and put additional FAA requirements like registering the drone.
Great review Chris. I agree on several things you mentioned and disagree on others but that’s just me. Other than that, solid review. Btw, you mentioned that you can decrease the sharpness in the Autel Sky app. Where do you find that setting? I didn’t even know that it had a sharpness setting in there.
You liked this comment but never answered the question... you mentioned that you can decrease the sharpness in the Autel Sky app. Where do you find that setting?
See my review of the EVO II V3. At timecode 15:30. It is not possible. I misspoke and explain why in my review of the EVO II V3.
Drone Syndrome and I are friends and I spoke with him about this privately and neglected to share a response here! Apologies.
Great review - I purchased just before a cruise and used to take some fantastic video's and photos. Loved the way you downloaded the videos direct during flight, but have to download photo's taken after the return home. However, I had same issue as you and lost connection around 600m out - Autel said as I was behind rocks. The drone never returned and It took me a while to get to where it last was, and never found it - I traced back along the path it might have taken but could not find. When I got home Autel took the downloads I had and said it might have crashed into some trees - but as I said I did check and height for return should have taken it back - Autel has however provided a replacement at a discount - so happy overall - but a bit of a nightmare.
Wow, they actually gave you that drone wow
Great video again, yes I love the Autel Evo Nano Plus Drone, the images and video quality are awesome, and bought my first one (white) last July, and then a space gray one and then a standard orange one much later (why a man needs 3 is beyond me!). - but the offers (all in) for the latter two, were a must 'not to avoid'. The remote control also feels solid, and the recent update in May 2023 has great active tracking. The actual bag supplied with the wonderful drone, is too tight overall, but not too much of a problem. The other reason I fell in love with this drone was, having owned, what was meant to be the flagship DJI phantom 4 pro (in 2018), I found the definition from the images and videos for the autel evo nano plus were genuinely far superior in every way to the DJI P4 Pro, for example, when wearing a t-shirt with logos or wording on, it was impossible to make out the logo or wording from just 200 feet up with the DJI, and yet clear as could be with the Autel Evo Nano Plus. There are quite a few videos on you tube which show side by side video comparison between the Autel Evo Nano Plus and its' obvious competitors, and the comparisons clearly show Autel to be the winner here. Andrew (Liverpool)
is this drone nimble, can it turn around really quickly (i mean like a very tight turning circle)? Like the old Parrot Bebop 2 ? I'm looking for a non DJI drone because geofencing is a pain.
They can turn 360 degrees in their footprint.
@@aloeisthestuff9622 that means they can turn 360 only while not moving?
Great review, purchased the nano lite , I am getting back into the game after suffering a stroke, but Iam ok 👍 , just some physical challenges ( Anxiety) any advice would be appreciated Ty .
I won’t pretend to know how difficult it is to recover from something like that! Good on you for getting back on the saddle. My biggest piece of advice is to fly what feels right and always shoot in AEB for photography!
Thank you for a most informative review. I just purchased the EVO Nano+ with the premium package for $500. This is my first drone & I have to say that your review is giving me a bit of buyer’s remorse even though I’ve not received it yet. Thankfully, I do have a 30 day return on the purchase. So, hopefully, this will be a good starter drone for me. Thank you again for a most informative review!
You may love it! I received a “loaner” unit for review purposes, so that’s kind of the equivalent of adopting a cat from an animal shelter…you never know what kind of shape it’s in or what the person before you did to it…
I like Autel’s drones and if I hadn’t received what I suspect was a buggy unit, I think the Nano would have been an all-time favorite for me!
@@TheDroneGeek
Greetings! My Nano+ just arrived & is charging. If you’re interested, I’d be happy to share my experience with it
So here’s an update on my Nano+ experience so far. First off, this is my first “real” drone. I was given an ‘el-cheapo’ $10 micro fold quad drone that I’ve used to learn & crash. That sparked my interest in developing a new hobby in drones. I searched for USA hobby drones. I found several but they are out of my budget & I’d be stupid to spend that much loot on a first drone. After days of searching & watching hours of RUclips reviews I decided on the Autel Nano+. I bought the Nano+ on eBay for $500 it was new, in the box & original shrink wrap. It arrived within several days & was (as far as I could tell) in perfect condition when I unboxed it. I went through all the preflight calibration & setup. Everything went well until I started the (critical) firmware update. That failed miserably. I contacted the remarkably friendly & helpful Autel CS & they determined the unit I bought was assembled so early in the production of the model, it would have to be sent to their repair facility for them to do the firmware update. 😢😢😢
BUT I just had to fly it. I think the controller felt good & solid I didn’t have the problem screwing the sticks in that others have mentioned, although I do think that’s a pretty stupid design. The batteries charged quickly & the calibrations were easy & worked well. I flew it in slightly breezy conditions in my small, wooded back yard at dusk. It was very stable, hovered dead on despite the variable wind speed & direction. It was very responsive to commands and it avoided the bushes, fence & other obstacles as I blundered my way around. The low light video was impressive too. It returned to home & landed within 2 feet of the actual home point. It may have done better but I had to override its automatic return or it would have flown through a giant oak tree in the yard.
I’m still waiting it’s return from the repair facility. But I have to say that the Autel customer service people have been remarkable. Their response to my questions was immediate. They were helpful & friendly but warned me that I may incur a repair charge. I was emailed when the repair facility received it. A day later got a really nice email saying that they would repair it under warranty (otherwise, it would have cost $679)
I’m assuming they just replaced the drone itself. I’m expecting its arrival in a couple of days…
So, the take-away from this is Autel’s Customer Support is awesome!! Something, I think is very unusual to experience these days.
Once I get it back & have time to play with it (and crash it multiple times, I’m sure) I’ll post another update if y’all think this was helpful.
FWIW, in the interim, I found a deal on a VTI Vivitar Phoenix at Walmart for $130 (normally $270). It’s been a pretty good learner drone which I’ve crashed multiple times, gotten stuck in 2 different trees, & paid a tree climber more than I paid for the drone to get out of the first tree it got stuck in about 60’ off the ground. It has been good to learn on as it has no obstacle avoidance, isn’t terribly stable & the camera is unacceptable for anything outer than seeing where you’re going. Its RTH function is good but the second crash happened when it got low on battery & smacked into a pine tree while it was heading to its home point. That one broke 2 of its feet & dinged the props. But a little glue & it’s still flying
After the update 1.8. the colors are better. The RC/Video range is good. 5G signal ispenetrates objects badly.You can't change that and large metal objects are best avoided with any drone!.
I hope autel makes the nano even better with the new updates:
More Speed, quicker descent, quicker descend/acend during forward flight. Wind resistance could also be improved: The Nano plus is unnecessarily slowed down by the wind/side wind. Find the drone could be also better: the gps singnal from RC is not always displayed accurately.
5:15 Odd. I've bought two aftermarket USB-C short cables (from Amazon) with right angle on one end. Both work great and I prefer them to the stock cable.
When the next gen battery technology gets developed, I'd like to see all drone batteries get upgraded. I get phenomenal connection between the AC and RC so it must be that particular drone. The camera on this Nano+ is best in class IMHO. I have its direct competition (Mini 3 Pro) too. They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I'd love to put the Nano+ camera on the Mini 3p to have a near perfect sub 250g drone.
Mini 3 NON Pro with extended batteries Minus the DJI Overlord ware.
The premier kit easily fits in the bag with the sticks attached on the controller. Try turning the controller around. Make sure you remove the cable. I even fit my filter kit in the bag and extra props and screwdriver. It all fits. Why do people keep futzing around removing their sticks? They should stay installed.
I don’t leave anything to chance that I don’t have to with this stuff because, as you know, this equipment is expensive. Unless I have a case that has a space dedicated to fitting the sticks (i.e. cut outs for the sticks to breathe while in storage), I’m taking them out. Last thing I want is something getting broken because the stick was catching against something in the case and the controller moved in the opposite direction too far.
You could probably fit the controller in the bag without removing the sticks, but the case simply is not rigid enough for me to see that being safe for the long-term health of the controller.
Thanks for the comment and for watching!
@@TheDroneGeek well you do you, boo, but it totally fits fine and it’s safe unless you’re playing football with the bag or something. Also as a heads up, some great deals on EBay I bought my full kit for a little over $500. You can also buy their replacement plan relatively cheap so it’s a super deal over the mini 3 pro.
Hello in your opinion which drone is better, this drone or the Dji Mini 3 standard not the pro which could be the best
Good question - in my opinion it depends on what you use them for. If you’re mostly posting to social platforms like Instagram or TikTok, the Mini 3’s portrait mode is absolutely suited to that type of content creation.
However, I’d say the EVO Nano is on par with the Mini 3 Pro and Standard in every other way. Autel’s camera systems are fantastic and the maneuverability, battery life, and extra features make it a front runner in my mind.
I had the same disappearing act with an Autel Evo Lite Plus. Disconnected, flew home, but never reconnected. Never had that happen with a DJI so it must be something specific to Autel and how they program their drones
It’s scary as hell. In the end I’m glad that the drone did what it was programmed to do - RTH. Peace of mind that it didn’t just fly away to who knows where over who knows what. That said, it’s definitely something to be aware of when using Autel. I like their products and they’re a good alternative for those that don’t like or want to use DJI, but there is a reason DJI has 77% marketshare to Autel’s 14%.
@@TheDroneGeekI later did have the same Evo Lite Plus vanish and apparently fly away. So I guess the first time I was lucky and the second time I was unlucky!
Great vid, like your style. I’m thinking about moving on from my original Mavic Air to this. I know the Nano would give me better flight time, quieter props and better camera. I’m just concerned that I would miss the power and sturdiness of the Air. 40kmh winds are a frequent occurrence where I live, and the Air handles it no problem. BTW how fast is the Autel? TIA.
I understand your concern! I don’t have enough sample data to tell you for sure if you’d miss any power when switching over from a Mavic Air to the Autel Nano+, but just looking at their spec sheets, you may feel a difference.
That said, the top speed I reached with the Nano+ was around 32mph with a tail wind and 29mph with no significant wind resistance. Both speeds were achieved in “Ludicrous” mode which is akin to DJI’s sport mode. The Nano+ held its own in the air, even on windier days. It is still a sub-250g drone, so it is going to get blown around a bit in higher winds, but I didn’t notice anything so egregiously bad that I thought less of the Nano+. It’s a really great little drone, so if you did switch from the OG Mavic Air to the Nano+, I have no doubt you’d still be very happy when flying!
@@TheDroneGeek thanks for replying. My windy location makes it a tough one. Top speed on the Air is 41mph and in some situations that’s reduced to below 25. The Nano is still so tempting. Cheers.
The Autel Nano is to slow for your windy conditions.
You wouldn't be happy with it.
@@migmig3122 yeah, I think you’re right.
With the controller, plug in the L side of the USB C side into the controller then it doesn't get in the way. Once plugged in I never remove it and let it dangle and store it into the bag with no issues.
That works if you have a display device that is USB-C compatible. If you have an Apple device, you’re forced to use the straight side in the controller port.
I desagree wih you ! This i the best Drone on the Market today !
Hello this drone is better than the mini 3 standard?
Hello you disagree with all the comments? What about all the bad things that he mentioned about the drone, weak legs or fragile, lost connection, camera and all the bad things about the drone
Regarding your comment re: "colour bleed". This isn't a fault specific to your Nano+, from what I can gather, the colour science Autel developed to correct the RYYB sensors terrible yellow colour cast in RAW has not been engineered particularly well, causing a green/magenta bias as a result. If you concentrate, you will find that the Nano+ camera also produces some really distressing magenta/yellow moire artefacts as well (RAW as well as JPG). I had the Nano+ by choice and even though the camera is the bare-bones of something that could have been genuinely ground-breaking: Autel have dropped the ball by not properly polishing the jewel that they produced.
What’s up?
Thank you so much for asking & it just shows just how kind I’m certain that you are for asking, “what’s up?”, because it’s been a long hard week already and it’s only Tuesday can you imagine that but since you asked, “what’s up?” I will certainly tell you that things could be better but then they could be worse also and isn’t that always the case with life ha ha no matter what’s happening it could always be worse and no matter what is happening it could always be better, although there was one time, in fact actually there’s been a few times in my life where when somebody ask me “what’s up?” I could actually tell him that things couldn’t be better, “what’s up?” is that things are going so well but then I stop and think you know I suppose something else great could happen and things could even be better so to answer your question “what’s up?”, I’ll begin by saying things are actually looking up kind of like Paul McCartney wrote that “everything is looking better” and then the severely negative John Lennon wrote, “couldn’t get much worse“, which means obviously that Paul McCartney was an optimist and John Lennon was a pessimist and we all certainly all know that therefore if you were to ask them “what’s up?” considering they are two people which certainly fills out the definition of guys plural, they would say what they said in that song which they wrote many songs in their career but can you believe they only wrote Beatle songs or actually all the Beatles songs they wrote were before they were 30 years old which really is astonishing therefore if you were to ask them “what’s up?” they would have been all over the road from the beginning to the end of the Beatles career yet you ask me “what’s up?” and I can tell you that things are looking pretty good, I’ll come back later to finish answering your question but thank you so much for asking that question.
All due respect…I want whatever you’re on, my friend.
How many are starting to have the gimbal dampeners rot out of these drones?
Yikes! Is that happening? How soon after you purchased them did it begin? Would be interested to see if this is happening at scale or if you got a lousy batch of dampeners. Have you contacted Autel about it?
I wish Aurelio would come out with a controller that has a view screen like dji controller
It exists! Come back on Thursday and check out my new video!
It’s hard, anxiety wise, but I purchased the nano plus because I will not have to deal with geofencing and all the crap that DJI put me through. Ty
You won’t be disappointed. It is DIFFERENT than DJI, but that’s not a bad thing. I thoroughly enjoyed all three Autels I’ve had the privilege to review so far.
can a double right angle usb-c cable work?
Probably! I don’t know if such a thing exists with a lighting cable end. To be honest, I didn’t look for any 3rd party options just because nobody should HAVE to do that. It’s nice if they exist though and they’d definitely solve a small problem in the controller design. Ultimately though, Autel should have included something OEM that would prevent this issue from coming into question at all. But we all live and we all learn!
@@TheDroneGeek I'm sure such a cable would cost 5x the usb-c version.
Absolutely. Apple loves giving their products “luxury” price tags. Damn my affinity for them…I can’t bring myself to move away from their mobile products… 😢
some days I think this camera is mediocre... like grey dull days
but sunset, sunny day blue skies, sunset low light? this camera kills anything sub 249 on the market and punches above it's weight class.
I want to pick this drone over the mini 3 pro. This is probably the most positive review I've seen, but it still doesn't quite get there.
Lots, how about you
You’re the only person who complains about sharpness.
To know that you’d have to have watched everyone…have you watched everyone?..
@@TheDroneGeek you’re right. I’ve only watched 99.9%. I’ll report back and see if there are TWO people who complain that the image is sharp.🤦🏼♂️
“87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.” - Ghandi
@@TheDroneGeek he’s wrong. 85%
“67% of all statistics on the internet are made up.” - Abraham Lincoln.
Sharpness is not a bad thing, I bet they listened to you and that's why the Evo Light is too soft in Night Shooting, compared to Nano+. Hey Nikon your camera is too sharp!?! GTFOH!
Everything in moderation, right?
@@TheDroneGeek I live by that everything in moderation, But you know it's a better to blur it in post than to add sharpness, Drones are used by Law Enforcement you really want the Manufacturer to start blurring what could have been a clean face?? Many more examples but don't criticize what should not be criticized Camera Technology advancement has always been towards sharpness and now you want 80s look? Great channel btw.
@AlienGrade I promise you law enforcement isn’t using an Autel EVO Nano for their drone ops. In two years they won’t be using any Chinese tech period. It’s subjective, I think Autel’s balance is too sharp. All they have to do is ratchet it down a smidge and I’d be happy. But that’s me, you can have a different opinion. It’s a free country…thanks for watching by the way! 🤝🏻
Cool review but this... Ehm... A sudden surprise 6 minutes before the end took all shxt out of me. Holy cow... Please don't do this ever again.
Just keeping you on your toes 😉
@@TheDroneGeek anyway, thank you for the video, looking forward to your new content!