DJI Mavic Air 2 BRUTALLY HONEST Review

An honest, real-life DJI Mavic Air 2 Review. I use drones often to film clients for my business and for my own videos, but this isn't a drone channel, so I really have no incentive to review this or any other drone positively or negatively with the expectation of getting free stuff in the future. The DJI Mavic Air 2 may work for some, and hopefully it gets better with firmware, but for my line of work (adventure videography), the Air 2 is a huge disappointment.

This information isn't based on opinion, it's based on actual flying and real experiences with a full-priced, consumer model DJI Mavic Air 2:
-I get 17 minutes before the drone wants to RTH while DJI quotes flight times of 30+ minutes.
-The Mavic Air 2 will record 4k at 60fps, but ONLY in h.265. While h.265 is a contender for a future codec, right now it absolutely chugs on even my top-tier editing rig. If I can't even play it with the most recent codecs and drivers on my massive rig, how can I expect to give it to clients?
-The Mavic Air's size isn't much smaller than the DJI Mavic Pro, and the added weight and size of the RC negate any size/weight loss from the drone itself. Sure the Mavic Air is smaller, but remember... you have to pack both!
-The gimbal/camera constantly flops downward in sport mode resulting in unusable footage. (See 6:00 )
-The app either crashes or the RC loses connection... I'm not sure which. Either way, the screen goes blank and the DJI Fly app restarts 2 to 3 times EVERY FLIGHT.
-I have an awesome spot to film my clients, and I know exactly how far the Mavic Pro 1 will go from that point. The Mavic Air 2 has about the same range in wide-open-desert conditions (no trees, obstructions, RC interference, etc) as the Mavic Pro. So the new Occusync isn't that great. Not only is the range the same, but the Air 2 loses signal far easier and must be flown higher to maintain signal.
-DJI needs to do away with the whole-screen warnings. Having a "RETURN TO HOME" message block your whole field of view mid-flight just isn't a great idea.
-DJI customer support has been utterly abysmal. 4 emails. 2 Chat sessions. No results. No support. One department just sends me to another, and it goes in circles until they stop responding.

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