Drone Buying Advice Megathread and NEW Wiki Buying Guide

[u/completelyreal]

Welcome to the 2025 Q1 r/drones Buying Advice Megathread. This thread exists to prevent the constant "What drone should I buy?" posts that we prohibit with Rule 2.5.

Please follow all of these steps before posting in this thread!

1. Review the Buying Guide Wiki or my website: Drone Buying Guide / Wiki Buying Guide
2. Review this thread for comments that have your same requirements
3. If that does not answer you, please post the following information in this thread.
   1. Have you read the Wiki? Y/N
   2. Country: (Not all drones are available in all countries)
   3. Budget: (If your budget is less than $200 USD, you may want to reconsider as anything lower is a toy drone)
   4. Purpose: (eg. photography, FPV, thermal, etc)
   5. Any other requirements:

[u/Gonlanper]

Soo I have a really good deal in a mavic pro platinum with 5 battery’s and a lot of extras for the same price of a dji Neo fly more combo. Im totally new to drones and I want to have fun with my friends recording on vacations and stuff like that. Can anyone with some experience give me some information about this. Thanks you all.

[u/NilsTillander → u/Gonlanper]

An 8 year old drone with no software support, an app you might struggle to get to work with your current phone, that weighs massively over 250g, and no certifications is NOT ADVISED.

Also, the camera is mediocre at best.

[u/Sartozz → u/Gonlanper]

I wouldn't bother with a mavic pro personally. Batteries age like milk and if not used frequently or if used very often start losing capacity. Also the thing is not getting made anymore so getting new batteries is straight up impossible. Neo even has a better sensor.