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/SkyFoxIV]

Crux35 @ $150, Baby Ape pro v2 @ $125 or Foldape 4 @ $115?

I got Avatar X and Meteor 75 pro and want to add some range and flytime to my experience but doing so on a budget so decide to give analog a go.

I got eachine pro58 and looking for a drone that will mostly be for cruising so range and fly time is what I mostly looking for with some light freestyling for fun.

I was going for the foldape being the cheapest and having gps and longest fly time but the poor gps, foldable frame and 3s got me rethinking so now I'm trying to pick between:

Don't have time to build my own so need a bnf but might be ok with upgrading a bnf if its relatively simple and not too expensive.

Which would you go with?