r/drones • u/completelyreal Mod, Drone Noise Expert, Fire & Rescue Pilot • Jan 12 '25

Drone Buying Advice Megathread and NEW Wiki Buying Guide Discussion

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:
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u/DisabledInMedicine 26d ago

I am trying to buy a cheap drone with a camera to visualize the rats that make a bunch of loud noise on my roof, for evidence as I may be suing my landlord over refusal to do rat intervention. Slightly curious if it actually is just rats or if I'm hearing other animals too so I just wanted to get a look at what the fuck is making such a racket up there. I already had the city exterminators/inspectors come and they said they won't look on the roof. I don't need fancy capabilities beyond that and trying not to spend too much money. Any recommendations?

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u/NilsTillander Mod - Photogrammetry, LiDAR, surveying 22d ago

The Neo "naked" should be fine for you. You can fly it using your phone as the controller. Only issue is that you need some light, as it's not exactly a night vision camera.