This kit is the same price as if you were to buy them separately, and they even send them all in separate boxes lol ...
While it looks impressive on paper and demos , my use of it is different.
First of all, I want to say that I love its design: it's very small and lightweight, and all the blades are closed, so you don't have to worry about crashing into something and breaking them - as is usually the case with drones that don't have closed blades, the foldability is awesome .I also like that it can follow you, and look forward to this technology being perfected so I can say it's really worth the money spent. But to date, unfortunately, this is not the case, at least as far as this drone is concerned.
Have the pro version, i added on the beacon down the road and they haven't fully linked since day 1 , tech support is an ai robot that doesnt help, the tracking is very early and fails constantly.
The first thing I didn't like was that the battery lasts for 10 ish , maximum 13 mins . I initially thought about buying some more spare batteries, but when I saw the price of them, I changed my mind, and went back and forth and decided to get the power bundle pack anyways ( which isn't a deal when buying everything separately is a hair cheaper than all together, directly from manufacturer website) so got the bundle in hopes that the beacon functions as they have advertised.the drone by itself, had a hard time tracking me in multiple different times, with multiple different modes tested.
The second is that IT CAN LOSE YOU very easily, especially if you are in the woods or in a parking lot among cars or any other objects. You dodge quickly and it's already following the tree instead of you - I was always afraid that it would accidentally follow cars that were passing by, or start tracking someone else instead of its intended tracking, even when trying to link with the beacon still doesnt help it follow you, the beacon just adds a mic functionality to your setup.
The third problem, it has a bad sense of direction in enclosed spaces - by that I mean the same forest or parking lots or inside in a building. It might not see a tree or a corner and just crash into it, which happened a lot. When your drone costs that much, every drop / bump / or mis direct is a mini heart attack, especially when your letting an ai fly. BTW, it also can't go over water, which for me who has friends with boats is a big problem. I would really like it to be able to film my water travels. It would be more enjoyable to fly if the ai actually did what it should and follow. If its just the drones ai following you, its questionable and kills the fun very quickly, if its with the beacon , you now get to see it looses you in real time, the tracking isn't the greatest, I did alot of testing indoors because that was my main reason for purchasing this drone, and indoor follow while a near feature from this company still struggles, you have to walk like a semi make wide turns and it still loses you inside, you try to make a uturn by it and it doesnt know what to do.
And lastly is the video quality; Its pretty decent good 1080 maybe 4k output. I feel like they dont know the difference in their drone saying well thats only available on the pro max version vs what you have which is the pro. Yet your videos say it for the x1 pro / pro max.
This drone, while impressive, doesnt hit its mark for its price point, I also picked up the dji neo2 on Amazon, for way cheaper than this setup ( or even cheaper than any bundled item available from hoverair for this drone) . And will confidently say, this new dji is amazing, it does what the x1 pro claims to do and way more and better. It has gesture control, voice control, actually follows you. Almost the same size, just doesn't fold, but same footprint.
Id say if your on the fence, go with dji . Still one of the better drones. While this drone is good, still needs alot of ai work to be great. So far I will say the company has been rolling out firmware updates and have added some new features, so its possible promising that it can be the drone they show it is.
