Ouch! I see why DJI does not like you. I'm sure they would like you to stop telling the TRUTH! Thanks for having a backbone Steve. That speaks volumes about your character!
Money talks b.s. walks and STEVE TALKS. THE TRUTH and SENSE.Not an arse kisser that is most admirable even for a Canadian bloke. Ruled by Castro's son.
You had my attention at 100%. There needs to be more information about where the products for this hobby come from and who the manufacture is. Good job!
You are by far the best sincere and genuine reviewer I’ve watched on RUclips. Hope you’ll get tons of subscribers this year because you really deserve it. You explain your thoughts brilliantly and your analyses are concise and intelligent. Thanks for creating this channel and sharing your passion with us!
Interesting to watch in Nov 2021. However, in any undertaking, the only thing that counts is results. I recently bought a Mini 2, and it does everything it is supposed to, totally reliable, and I soon gained confidence to go further from base with it (done rc helicopters, but took a while to get used to controlling drone by looking at phone screen, when it is just a speck on the horizon.As an example, before buying, I looked at the Hubsan Mini, because it has obstacle avoidance, but it was obvious from many reviews that the product is not mature yet and did not have the consistent performance of the Mini 2 IMHO this is the strength of DJI. Plus the excellent support of their Phantom store in Bangkok here in Thailand
Complete agree with your words! I like DJI, but the lack of competition makes them as confortable in the market that they relax on some issues as the bad customer support and low attention to some expensive lines as the Inspire family...
Very well put together. I agree with you; competition is good for us, but sadly there is not much of it. I really hope Yuneec, Autel and Parrot can stay in the game and at a minimum give us good alternatives. I just got a P4 and I cannot deny that it is superior to any GPS drone I have ever flown.
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sent mine back more times than I can remember... had it since the first came out... spent more than half the time in the shop being repaired... flown maybe 3 hour on it total, in a year and a half. Utter garbage. When it works it's great... it just never works when I actually need to use it. Lost a dozen filming gigs because of it. Like it, even love it... just don't ever rely on it. It will fail.
had a p3 and p4 and never had a problem with either and I flew them 100s of miles and 100s of flights.....just got my mavic air and its superior to both my p3 and p4 hands down......and it fits in my pocket lol
The best way (for now) that i see those 3 competitors of DJI can pull a fast one on them is to actually do a merging, to consolidate all resources under one banner along with their technology. True, it will still only result in similar drones to that of DJI, but with the combined resources, they might be able to put together a series of drones that from a price point of view, might be lower but still maintain a higher quality while offering more features. In the long run, even if this was to happen and it did work, it would mean that this new consolidated company at best would replace DJI and do much of the same thing. The hope is that something like this, if it was to happen (very unlikely that it will), it might shake up the market enough that newcomers can get on the market and also start competing with them due to them fighting it out and inevitably losing market shares. Personally i don't own a DJI drone but I do have my eyes set on one (for now). It is not because DJI makes the best drones in itself though, but in buying Hasselblad and really amping up the quality of photos and videos you can get out of your drone they really grabbed a huge segment stretching from vloggers to independent filmmakers. The camera is what interests me the most and while I do have a drone that can film in HD, it lacks in both accessories (filters), tilt/pan and these days HD can get you far, but 4K is the new HD. Mavic Pro films in 4k with ease which is why it is tempting for many cinematographers. It is on the other hand quite pricey and so I'm not there quite yet.
I hear ya, but I wouldn't necessarily expect any drone manufacturer to really unseat DJI as the industry leader. Just going off of numbers and rep, there's DJI and then there's everyone else. I just want alternatives and variety out there so I wouldn't want them to merge either. That's why I really like Parrot and Yuneec because they (at least in the past) did not try to just copy what DJI was doing. They did their own thing. Parrot is releasing something in June and I hope it's something fresh and unique.
Good to see you here, Gadget Inspector. There are cheaper competition for the lower end of the market today but DJI has the head start and their strong R&D. Hino and Xiaomi are options with their 3 axis stabilized camera gimbal. The C-Fly Dream and JJRC X9 Heron with 2 axis stabilized camera gimbal are cheap alternatives for DJI Spark. I am look at C-Fly Faith as the cheap alternative for DJI Mavic Air - compact (Palm size) travel camera drone. My friends use DJI drones for serious drone photography (still and video). The software camera features are better, from DJI but the others are slowly copying DJI as they update their firmware revisions. The MJX MEW4-1 copies the Parrot Anafi with its upward tilt able camera but not stabilized for serious video photography. At the moment, there are no competitor for the Anafi niche feature - stabilized upward tiltable camera for serious drone video photography. Hope both of you (Captain Drone and Gadget Inspector) can review cheap drones with stabilized camera gimbal for video photography - what “cheap” (non-DJI) drones are available today, for video bloggers. Good on you Mates !!
Bought my first drone 3 years ago. After watching folks with DJIs I chose Yuneec. The main reason is the display. All four DJI owners I watched had significant time delays syncing their wifi phones/tablets with the drone. I saw one guy with a Yuneec and it was instant on, instant flying. I have seen the same issue with other DJI owners since, often takes them 3-5 minutes to get wired in, so to speak. Almost as important, my local hobby shop stopped carrying DJIs because of lack of tech support. In contrast, I have found Yuneec to be responsive and positive (I now have 3 Yuneecs, including the H).
Well put, and very true! I must say, I have 3 DJI products and love them all! Once you're use to the apps and features, it's really hard to justify purchasing another companies drones, even if they are great!
I haven't done any vids yet since our winter was pretty brutal. But.....I will have a ton of them coming soon. Spoiler alert...it's an awesome machine!
I am also a drone & tech enthusiast but i suppose dji drones are really way too overpriced although i appreciate their contribution in revolutionary drone technology.
I'm just new to this drone stuff, but it sure is a lot of fun. I just tried out my new JJRC X8 Cetus after you presented it. What I find most intriguing though is that you can actually build your own. I'm planning on experimenting with that once I learn how to fly well. The JJRC drone seems awesome. Can't wait for the weather to get better. Unfortunately it seems that Edmonton has a ton of bylaws making it hard to find places to fly in the city.
Very objective point of view and reliable information thank you so much! As a Dji lover it was a nice lesson. I will still be on Dji’s side as it is my favourite
Great review and comments. I am new to the drone world and my reason for getting into it is the arial photography aspect of it. I have not bought the expensive drone yet because I need to learn how to fly first. Although I like the DJI drones, I gravitate to the Hubsan Zeno Mini Pro. It has someone shortcomings, but the fact that DJI dominates the market bothers me. I just hope they won't squeeze out Hubsan. For now, in the North Dakota winter I will practice my flying indoors with my inexpensive Doneeye 4DV12.
Great analysis! I'd love for you to make a video that goes into more detail about how enthusiastic those Day 0 reviewers are... I've noticed that myself!
Thank you! Yup, take those Day 0 launch day reviews with a grain on salt. Whenever DJI launches a product, they will send out launch day samples to select (pro-DJI) RUclipsrs and online news entities (two weeks in advance). There is a non-disclosure agreement that the receiver must sign which pretty much states that no posts, comments or videos can be posted until a specific time on launch day. DJI also includes in a short text, listing all the great features of the new product so that the reviewers hit on those key points. Just like with Apple, if you get on the DJI list to review something, you want to stay on that list so that you get to review future products before everyone else. You never wish to say anything negative about the product or else you are off the List. This is why launch day reviewers are happy and excited to show off the new product and only say positive things. Casey Neistat was pretty much the only person who put out a video on launch day and said the drone was great but the WiFi was not so great. Even the reviewers who flew the Mavic Air in cold weather said it was amazing. However, everyone who received a Mavic Air after the launch and tried to fly it in cold weather all said that it shakes terribly for about a minute before it warms up. DJI has since fixed the problem in a firmware update. So to summarize... launch day videos are a good thing, but you really have know that they are saying positive things only... so don't take those as a review of the product.
Great video. Very informative! I hope that someone will keep DJI on their toes, because the only thing that will keep consumer drone prices affordable is competition!
Excellent analysis, Captain! One thing worth considering (hope nobody said it below) is that, even if DJI end up with the majority of the market, like, for example, Microsoft with Office, and even if the market becomes saturated (unlikely with current projections), they will STILL need to sell, and, more and more, sell to *existing* DJI owners. So innovation, and price point, could be maintained, as their only income stream is, and will be, from new sales.
Nice vid, I haven’t used drones until recently and went for the Mav air and have been impressed, it was the most prevalently advertised and had consistent good reviews and as a beginner extremely happy with the footage I’ve gotten out of the box..... after hours of setup lol 😲 subbed
I've been to numerous drone factories, and I can say that DJI is about 2 times the price they should be. No matter how you cut it, shake it or spice it up, WAY OVER PRICED.............. PERIOD
For the past 3 years whenever I was looking for a new phone I was looking at tonnes of options but got the sasmsung flagship each time but I didnt get the s9 this year and got the p20 pro instead. I might buy a s9 for mobile film making but thats not yet certain. Its good have competition on the market because that way, consumers get choices. In the last two years when ever I was looking for a drone I never searched for anything other than a dji. I got the spark, then the mavic pro and now looking forward to my phantom 4pro v2 which should arrive within 2 weeks. I wish I had some other big name options. I wish those options came from Nikon, Canon or Sony.
I wish you would have talked about DJI and it’s customer service. I think from my perspective the next competitors to DJI will focus on servicing their customers in timely fashion along with putting out a good product...if you have no issues with a DJI product great, but talk to those who have had problems and see what they have to say about how DJI handles their concerns.
Wow thanks for the info! Well put. We need competition so that companies release newer r and d tech sooner and also especially to drive down extortionate prices so they are more affordable and everyone can have one 😀👍
Stating facts to us the consumer is what you do and if you take this video down that takes facts and knowledge that is impertinent in our decision making process! Getting into this hobby is hard enough and without priceless information like this we the consumer loose money and time! So hats off to captain Steve keeping it real for us we owe you captain we should buy your dji products for our review because you save us time and money! Note: I’d buy you a dji gift but unfortunately your so good at your job I’ve spent most of it on your recommendations lmao bhahahah thanks for keeping it real and being awesome captain steve
I watch your videos a lot. They are very informative. Do you think the Parrot Anafi will compete with the Mavic Air? I am in the market for a decent drone for video work and with the Anafi vertical camera... that could be a game changer.
The Parrot Anafi and the Mavic Air are in two separate camps. The Mavic Air is more technically advanced in many ways. But if you don't require all the features of the Mavic Air and all the accessories that support it, then the Parrot Anafi is an excellent choice. The camera on the Anafi looks to be really good!
Well said! Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a "toy operator," but there is a difference between that and a truly competent drone pilot. Fly safe!
Excellent take on DJi and the drone market. highlights to me why it is imperative that there is competition in the market to take on DJi. The only winner when the market has no real competition is DJi. Its really bad for consumers.
Excellent vid, fat-faced Steve of the past 😆 Watched this one from the link in the vid about the Mavic 3. Also, you’ve gotten a lot better since 2018 🤟
Very informative & true words spoken. This is probably why we "all" buy their products despite their mostly terrible customer support & constant flaws (every "update" makes it worst :( in the Go4 app when using Android. But it seems there is not real competition 4 now at least ....
I agree with the Mavic air. But I still love my dji drones but I’m not just strictly a dji flyer. I also fly hubsan and 3dr and all types of drones. But that being said there is a higher standard when it comes to dji.
The funny thing about the Typhoon H, is that it is getting long in the tooth, but if you look around the market, the Typhoon H with its retractable landing gear and 360 camera is in a class by itself. Even Yuneec has little competition :)
Very informative. Unfortunally DJI has become the apple of drones, and are more focused on consumer level toy drones than prosumer. Personally I have been holding back upgrading my 3 year old P3P since october 2017, hoping they would bring a new drone that could close the gap between the P4 and Inspire 2. Nothing on CES and what a dissarpointment with the Mavic Air. Right now I am keeping my fingers crossed to see if Yuneec releases the H Plus within the next 1 - 2 months as planned and are ready to give that a go.
I’m new to drones, I kept hearing how gps had improved them , so I got a cheaper one from Walmart and flew it 3 times and I was hooked. 11 minutes of flight so you could wait a whopping 5 hours for the single battery to charge, still I was instantly hooked. I just yesterday bought a mavic air, I first got the spark and it goes everywhere with me. The mavic is definitely joining the party now. I didn’t think a drone could be more nimble and responsive than the little spark, mavic air is just a whole other class though. Can’t explain it, you must experience it. Love the dji drones so far, I thought the flying egg was cool as a fan though Captain Drone. I might have to own one. But competition keeps things advancing and fresh, it seems dji does set the mark though. I’m thinking I’ve got to try this fpv stuff though, really looks like a blast.
Very informative video, I do have a question however. The demographics for drones is easy to understand and the price range per demographic is a no brainer, but nobody has asked, "how many drones does the consumer own and which manufactures". Point being are a lot of drone sales to the same customer. Thanks for responding if you can.
That is a question for which I do not have an answer. The hard core drone enthusiasts will certainly have more than one drone, but the vast majority of people are more casual and I would think, would only have one drone. I say this only because there are people who know me and see what I do with drones, so they go out and buy one, but only use it a few times at the cottage or on a boat or at a beach and that's about it.
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Ouch! I see why DJI does not like you. I'm sure they would like you to stop telling the TRUTH! Thanks for having a backbone Steve. That speaks volumes about your character!
Money talks b.s. walks and STEVE TALKS. THE TRUTH and SENSE.Not an arse kisser that is most admirable even for a Canadian bloke. Ruled by Castro's son.
Had to support your video! In spite of DJI Whining about it
Massive info from you. You've really done your homework and earned your worth. 👍
I realize this is three years old but I'm new and it is very helpful. Thank you ✌🏽️
You had my attention at 100%. There needs to be more information about where the products for this hobby come from and who the manufacture is. Good job!
Great video....I think you hit the nail directly on the head!
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You are by far the best sincere and genuine reviewer I’ve watched on RUclips. Hope you’ll get tons of subscribers this year because you really deserve it. You explain your thoughts brilliantly and your analyses are concise and intelligent. Thanks for creating this channel and sharing your passion with us!
Thanks Mei, I truly appreciate that.
Interesting to watch in Nov 2021. However, in any undertaking, the only thing that counts is results. I recently bought a Mini 2, and it does everything it is supposed to, totally reliable, and I soon gained confidence to go further from base with it (done rc helicopters, but took a while to get used to controlling drone by looking at phone screen, when it is just a speck on the horizon.As an example, before buying, I looked at the Hubsan Mini, because it has obstacle avoidance, but it was obvious from many reviews that the product is not mature yet and did not have the consistent performance of the Mini 2 IMHO this is the strength of DJI. Plus the excellent support of their Phantom store in Bangkok here in Thailand
There's a rule for buying Hubsan: it it ain't a Plus version, just don't.
Nice Vid, Can you think about doing a 2019-2020 update.
Complete agree with your words! I like DJI, but the lack of competition makes them as confortable in the market that they relax on some issues as the bad customer support and low attention to some expensive lines as the Inspire family...
I had to come back in time to watch this 😂😂great information thank you
This was very educational. I got my first drone April 2018. I'm hooked. Looking forward to seeing what's to come and future developments.
Thank you!
Keep up this work!! Nice information here and its something I can send to a few friends to give them a quick synopsis of the past few years.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Very well put together. I agree with you; competition is good for us, but sadly there is not much of it. I really hope Yuneec, Autel and Parrot can stay in the game and at a minimum give us good alternatives. I just got a P4 and I cannot deny that it is superior to any GPS drone I have ever flown.
sent mine back more times than I can remember... had it since the first came out... spent more than half the time in the shop being repaired... flown maybe 3 hour on it total, in a year and a half. Utter garbage.
When it works it's great... it just never works when I actually need to use it.
Lost a dozen filming gigs because of it.
Like it, even love it... just don't ever rely on it. It will fail.
had a p3 and p4 and never had a problem with either and I flew them 100s of miles and 100s of flights.....just got my mavic air and its superior to both my p3 and p4 hands down......and it fits in my pocket lol
The best way (for now) that i see those 3 competitors of DJI can pull a fast one on them is to actually do a merging, to consolidate all resources under one banner along with their technology. True, it will still only result in similar drones to that of DJI, but with the combined resources, they might be able to put together a series of drones that from a price point of view, might be lower but still maintain a higher quality while offering more features.
In the long run, even if this was to happen and it did work, it would mean that this new consolidated company at best would replace DJI and do much of the same thing.
The hope is that something like this, if it was to happen (very unlikely that it will), it might shake up the market enough that newcomers can get on the market and also start competing with them due to them fighting it out and inevitably losing market shares.
Personally i don't own a DJI drone but I do have my eyes set on one (for now). It is not because DJI makes the best drones in itself though, but in buying Hasselblad and really amping up the quality of photos and videos you can get out of your drone they really grabbed a huge segment stretching from vloggers to independent filmmakers. The camera is what interests me the most and while I do have a drone that can film in HD, it lacks in both accessories (filters), tilt/pan and these days HD can get you far, but 4K is the new HD. Mavic Pro films in 4k with ease which is why it is tempting for many cinematographers.
It is on the other hand quite pricey and so I'm not there quite yet.
I hear ya, but I wouldn't necessarily expect any drone manufacturer to really unseat DJI as the industry leader. Just going off of numbers and rep, there's DJI and then there's everyone else. I just want alternatives and variety out there so I wouldn't want them to merge either. That's why I really like Parrot and Yuneec because they (at least in the past) did not try to just copy what DJI was doing. They did their own thing. Parrot is releasing something in June and I hope it's something fresh and unique.
Good to see you here, Gadget Inspector.
There are cheaper competition for the lower end of the market today but DJI has the head start and their strong R&D.
Hino and Xiaomi are options with their 3 axis stabilized camera gimbal. The C-Fly Dream and JJRC X9 Heron with 2 axis stabilized camera gimbal are cheap alternatives for DJI Spark.
I am look at C-Fly Faith as the cheap alternative for DJI Mavic Air - compact (Palm size) travel camera drone.
My friends use DJI drones for serious drone photography (still and video). The software camera features are better, from DJI but the others are slowly copying DJI as they update their firmware revisions.
The MJX MEW4-1 copies the Parrot Anafi with its upward tilt able camera but not stabilized for serious video photography. At the moment, there are no competitor for the Anafi niche feature - stabilized upward tiltable camera for serious drone video photography.
Hope both of you (Captain Drone and Gadget Inspector) can review cheap drones with stabilized camera gimbal for video photography - what “cheap” (non-DJI) drones are available today, for video bloggers.
Good on you Mates !!
Bought my first drone 3 years ago. After watching folks with DJIs I chose Yuneec. The main reason is the display. All four DJI owners I watched had significant time delays syncing their wifi phones/tablets with the drone. I saw one guy with a Yuneec and it was instant on, instant flying. I have seen the same issue with other DJI owners since, often takes them 3-5 minutes to get wired in, so to speak. Almost as important, my local hobby shop stopped carrying DJIs because of lack of tech support. In contrast, I have found Yuneec to be responsive and positive (I now have 3 Yuneecs, including the H).
GREAT VIDEO!! You earned my subscription..! Thanks So Much - and Keep Up The Great Work!
Thank you!
You should do a 2019 version of this video! Great vid by the way
Outstanding, thank you for the information
Any else came to this video (Nov 2021) just because captain drone said to check it out?
Great video, very informative. Always been fascinated by DJI as a company and didn’t know to much about it, great job.
Thank you!
Excellent informative video! Thumbs up! 👍👍👍👍🇵🇷
Thank you!
Wow! That was very informative. Thank you.
Wow! You out did yourself on this one! Home run of information! Thanks!
Thanks for taking the time to produce this great video.
Enjoyed this video
1. Informative
2. You did not talk 2 fast
Greetings from Sweden
Thank you!
You said it all! DJI is Apple of drones.
Actually, it is 'Apple + Samsung + Huawei' of drone, think of the 72% market share.
I see Android above anything Apple..
@Focal Point Images DJI's customer service is ABYSMAL!
Robert Allen , so you see DJI as an operating system that gives away its software for free and tells everyone what they’re doing?
samnella9 thats not nessiserally a good THING
At the very beginning a little skeptical but later made sense. Great
Well put, and very true! I must say, I have 3 DJI products and love them all! Once you're use to the apps and features, it's really hard to justify purchasing another companies drones, even if they are great!
You took the words right out my mouth C.D..great video again man.
I haven't done any vids yet since our winter was pretty brutal. But.....I will have a ton of them coming soon. Spoiler alert...it's an awesome machine!
Very interesting informative video! I enjoyed a lot watching it! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍👍
Thank you!
Very informative, well presented and a pleasure to watch. Subscribed and liked. Thanks.
Thank you!
Your video makes me think....THANK YOU
You are real Captain of Drones boss...
I am also a drone & tech enthusiast but i suppose dji drones are really way too overpriced although i appreciate their contribution in revolutionary drone technology.
When you dominate the market as a CZAR, be it Chinese, you dictate prices. COMPETITION is healthy, China will go down, down..Soon.
Thanks for the informative video, I do agree that competition is a need to drive innovation...
Captain drone just got a new follower. Excellent reporting man
Thank you!
I'm just new to this drone stuff, but it sure is a lot of fun. I just tried out my new JJRC X8 Cetus after you presented it. What I find most intriguing though is that you can actually build your own. I'm planning on experimenting with that once I learn how to fly well. The JJRC drone seems awesome. Can't wait for the weather to get better. Unfortunately it seems that Edmonton has a ton of bylaws making it hard to find places to fly in the city.
Dear Slapstick move to Alaska.;-)
Well done. Thanks. Nice to know more about the company.
Very objective point of view and reliable information thank you so much! As a Dji lover it was a nice lesson. I will still be on Dji’s side as it is my favourite
I'm just getting into drones but appreciate your insight. Good info.
Thank you Doug.
Very nice background and information about DJI.
Luv dji especially the phantom series....nice vid glad to see that I've spent my money on the right one
Straight to the point
I too am a newbie to the drone market but your video was well thought out and extremely informative. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Great review and comments. I am new to the drone world and my reason for getting into it is the arial photography aspect of it.
I have not bought the expensive drone yet because I need to learn how to fly first.
Although I like the DJI drones, I gravitate to the Hubsan Zeno Mini Pro. It has someone shortcomings, but the fact that DJI dominates the market bothers me. I just hope they won't squeeze out Hubsan.
For now, in the North Dakota winter I will practice my flying indoors with my inexpensive Doneeye 4DV12.
Very insightful. I love your analysis
Love DJI thanks for the history lesson
Plenty of room for DJI to expand even more I would love to see DJI get into underwater drones
Great job
If they knew they could make plenty of money in that category, they would.
Great explanation .. Thanks for posting.
Great analysis! I'd love for you to make a video that goes into more detail about how enthusiastic those Day 0 reviewers are... I've noticed that myself!
Thank you! Yup, take those Day 0 launch day reviews with a grain on salt. Whenever DJI launches a product, they will send out launch day samples to select (pro-DJI) RUclipsrs and online news entities (two weeks in advance). There is a non-disclosure agreement that the receiver must sign which pretty much states that no posts, comments or videos can be posted until a specific time on launch day. DJI also includes in a short text, listing all the great features of the new product so that the reviewers hit on those key points. Just like with Apple, if you get on the DJI list to review something, you want to stay on that list so that you get to review future products before everyone else. You never wish to say anything negative about the product or else you are off the List. This is why launch day reviewers are happy and excited to show off the new product and only say positive things. Casey Neistat was pretty much the only person who put out a video on launch day and said the drone was great but the WiFi was not so great. Even the reviewers who flew the Mavic Air in cold weather said it was amazing. However, everyone who received a Mavic Air after the launch and tried to fly it in cold weather all said that it shakes terribly for about a minute before it warms up. DJI has since fixed the problem in a firmware update. So to summarize... launch day videos are a good thing, but you really have know that they are saying positive things only... so don't take those as a review of the product.
Thanks for this Information Captain Drone. I bought My Mavic Air because of Caseys Review, yet iv been having issues with the Wifi since Day 1
Great video. Very informative! I hope that someone will keep DJI on their toes, because the only thing that will keep consumer drone prices affordable is competition!
Thank you!
Excellent analysis, Captain! One thing worth considering (hope nobody said it below) is that, even if DJI end up with the majority of the market, like, for example, Microsoft with Office, and even if the market becomes saturated (unlikely with current projections), they will STILL need to sell, and, more and more, sell to *existing* DJI owners. So innovation, and price point, could be maintained, as their only income stream is, and will be, from new sales.
This video has not aged! DJI, you should admit your limits...
DJI is doing exactly the same with mini 3 on the evo nano. As soon as Autel announces the shipping of the nano, DJI brings the Mini 3.
Good video. Thanks for the information. I knew DJI was huge with the drone market share, but I had no idea they were that big!
Great video with some actual independent research.. wish more youtubers were like you!
Thanks!
Great video!!
Nice vid, I haven’t used drones until recently and went for the Mav air and have been impressed, it was the most prevalently advertised and had consistent good reviews and as a beginner extremely happy with the footage I’ve gotten out of the box..... after hours of setup lol 😲 subbed
Thanks for the sub!
Excellent deliberation and very informative
Thank you!
I've been to numerous drone factories, and I can say that DJI is about 2 times the price they should be. No matter how you cut it, shake it or spice it up, WAY OVER PRICED.............. PERIOD
Thank you again, a lot of information, great presentation.
Well done video, it is good to learn something besides how to unbox a new drone.
ha ha, love it!
For the past 3 years whenever I was looking for a new phone I was looking at tonnes of options but got the sasmsung flagship each time but I didnt get the s9 this year and got the p20 pro instead. I might buy a s9 for mobile film making but thats not yet certain. Its good have competition on the market because that way, consumers get choices. In the last two years when ever I was looking for a drone I never searched for anything other than a dji. I got the spark, then the mavic pro and now looking forward to my phantom 4pro v2 which should arrive within 2 weeks. I wish I had some other big name options. I wish those options came from Nikon, Canon or Sony.
👍🏼👍🏼. Very informative. Thank you sir.
Ocram Nas Siul well said
GREAT T-SHIRT!!!
Nice Video!...
you forgot to mention the DJI flamewheel another DJI Drone!
other than that you nailed it! Awesome!
I wish you would have talked about DJI and it’s customer service. I think from my perspective the next competitors to DJI will focus on servicing their customers in timely fashion along with putting out a good product...if you have no issues with a DJI product great, but talk to those who have had problems and see what they have to say about how DJI handles their concerns.
Wow thanks for the info! Well put. We need competition so that companies release newer r and d tech sooner and also especially to drive down extortionate prices so they are more affordable and everyone can have one 😀👍
Very good informative video Thank you
Very interesting I enjoyed!
Stating facts to us the consumer is what you do and if you take this video down that takes facts and knowledge that is impertinent in our decision making process! Getting into this hobby is hard enough and without priceless information like this we the consumer loose money and time! So hats off to captain Steve keeping it real for us we owe you captain we should buy your dji products for our review because you save us time and money! Note: I’d buy you a dji gift but unfortunately your so good at your job I’ve spent most of it on your recommendations lmao bhahahah thanks for keeping it real and being awesome captain steve
Excellent vid steve...litle bit depressing, but this industry is still young....
Thank you & yup, the drone industry/market is just getting going.
I watch your videos a lot. They are very informative. Do you think the Parrot Anafi will compete with the Mavic Air? I am in the market for a decent drone for video work and with the Anafi vertical camera... that could be a game changer.
The Parrot Anafi and the Mavic Air are in two separate camps. The Mavic Air is more technically advanced in many ways. But if you don't require all the features of the Mavic Air and all the accessories that support it, then the Parrot Anafi is an excellent choice. The camera on the Anafi looks to be really good!
Same idk wich one to get if the Anafi or air I just keep seeing bad reviews for anafi and some for air so I’m stuck till me please
Well said! Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a "toy operator," but there is a difference between that and a truly competent drone pilot. Fly safe!
On the other hand, creepy zoom-in competition means we all lose.
Excellent take on DJi and the drone market. highlights to me why it is imperative that there is competition in the market to take on DJi. The only winner when the market has no real competition is DJi. Its really bad for consumers.
Excellent analysis. Tks.
Excellent vid, fat-faced Steve of the past 😆 Watched this one from the link in the vid about the Mavic 3. Also, you’ve gotten a lot better since 2018 🤟
Very informative & true words spoken. This is probably why we "all" buy their products despite their mostly terrible customer support & constant flaws (every "update" makes it worst :( in the Go4 app when using Android. But it seems there is not real competition 4 now at least ....
I agree with the Mavic air. But I still love my dji drones but I’m not just strictly a dji flyer. I also fly hubsan and 3dr and all types of drones. But that being said there is a higher standard when it comes to dji.
One of your best 👍👍
Flite Test does fair and honest reviews, I agree with their reviews of the DJI products
Very informative! A video I've not seen much about until now :D
Great video thanks for putting it out there, in the mean time I am still very happy with my Typhoon H.
The funny thing about the Typhoon H, is that it is getting long in the tooth, but if you look around the market, the Typhoon H with its retractable landing gear and 360 camera is in a class by itself. Even Yuneec has little competition :)
I haven't heard that expression in some time, you must be a horseman either now or in a previous life :)
Excellent video!!!!!!!!!!!
Very informative.
Unfortunally DJI has become the apple of drones, and are more focused on consumer level toy drones than prosumer. Personally I have been holding back upgrading my 3 year old P3P since october 2017, hoping they would bring a new drone that could close the gap between the P4 and Inspire 2. Nothing on CES and what a dissarpointment with the Mavic Air. Right now I am keeping my fingers crossed to see if Yuneec releases the H Plus within the next 1 - 2 months as planned and are ready to give that a go.
I’m new to drones, I kept hearing how gps had improved them , so I got a cheaper one from Walmart and flew it 3 times and I was hooked. 11 minutes of flight so you could wait a whopping 5 hours for the single battery to charge, still I was instantly hooked. I just yesterday bought a mavic air, I first got the spark and it goes everywhere with me. The mavic is definitely joining the party now. I didn’t think a drone could be more nimble and responsive than the little spark, mavic air is just a whole other class though. Can’t explain it, you must experience it. Love the dji drones so far, I thought the flying egg was cool as a fan though Captain Drone. I might have to own one. But competition keeps things advancing and fresh, it seems dji does set the mark though. I’m thinking I’ve got to try this fpv stuff though, really looks like a blast.
Btw love your video thank you for posting as a drone flyer I really appreciate that .
Excellent video! 👍
Thanks so much great video,I learned a lot
Thanks for watching!
Good points...thanks!
Samsung and Canon need to enter the Drone Market!
In Italy we Say "parole sante" i totaly agree...
Very informative!
Very good information.
YO THX FOR USING MY UNSPLASH PHOTO!!!
Excellent Video. Excellent BIKE :-)
Very informative video, I do have a question however. The demographics for drones is easy to understand and the price range per demographic is a no brainer, but nobody has asked, "how many drones does the consumer own and which manufactures". Point being are a lot of drone sales to the same customer. Thanks for responding if you can.
That is a question for which I do not have an answer. The hard core drone enthusiasts will certainly have more than one drone, but the vast majority of people are more casual and I would think, would only have one drone. I say this only because there are people who know me and see what I do with drones, so they go out and buy one, but only use it a few times at the cottage or on a boat or at a beach and that's about it.
Excellent video!
Great video as always captain
Thanks