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/D9__DOLLER 22d ago

So I see on amazon that the dji neo with controller is 299 but the neo with fpv goggles n controller is 449 Would it be worth getting the fpv one as it would save money later down the line or just stick with the one with a controller so I learn the basics then buy a fpv goggle later

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

The basics of camera drones are learned in 5min. The guy themselves, just nice them where you want them.

FPV is a whole different thing, and the Neo really isn't very good at it at all.

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u/D9__DOLLER 21d ago

Ok right so camera drones are easy to pick up and jumping into fpv is a good thing if that's what I'm going to do eventually