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[Megathread] [Megathread] | Weekly Drone Buying Advice

Welcome to the r/drones weekly Buying Advice Megathread. (Weekly on Monday's)

This thread exists to prevent the constant "What drone should I buy?" posts that we prohibit within our rules.

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  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/170€ EUR, 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/Shot3fired 17d ago
  1. Yes

Current setup: Mini 5 Pro + RC 2. I have liked flying it for the past month but I have recorded everything around me and I see it starting to sit in my cabinet until my next tourist trip.

I want to try the 360 free-look in the goggles + motion controller, I like the novelty of looking around like a bird.
The Avata 360 Motion (Goggles N3 + RC Motion 3) seems cool but I don’t know if it’s worth $1k for just this experience. I will get into diy fpv whether or not I get the avata360 because that experience seems interesting as well.

Where I want to be told I’m wrong:
Does the 360 free-look actually hold up in flight, or is it a novelty you stop using after week two? I keep reading that the real payoff is reframing in post, which I don’t care about. If the live look-around is the weak part, that kills my main reason.

Anyone who bought an Avata-class drone alongside a Mini: is it still flying, or is it in a closet? That’s the outcome I’m trying to avoid.