DJI Mavic Pro

Brilliantly portable ; Nice 4K footage and 12MP photos ; Decent flight time ; Numerous smart flight features

Images suffer a little in low light

A small drone with serious power, safety features and agility.

Follow mode ; Gesture controls ; App-only accessibility

Unremovable camera and gimbal

DJI's most portable drone yet packs in all the advanced features we'd expect, plus a few new ones to make quadcopters more accessible than ever before.

Super portable design, lots of smart technology, decent battery life and camera quality

Return to home feature and gestures didn't work reliably in testing

It's hard to think of a better drone out there at the same price point as the Mavic Pro. It's nearest competitor, in terms of price, is the GoPro Karma which costs pretty much the same amount if you want the camera included.

Both drone and controller are incredibly compact and portable ; All the advanced features you’d expect from a bigger drone ; Great photo and video quality

Compact legs mean being more choosy with take-off and landing zones ; Smaller, lighter body means high winds make flying trickier than with a Phantom

A real marvel of miniaturisation, the Mavic is the ultimate hobbyist drone. It’s not stable enough for video pros, but still takes fantastic footage and is smart enough not to crash while you’re concentrating on the camera.

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I’ve always had my doubts about flying a drone (any drone), fearing I’ll damage and crash it. Normally, learning to fly a drone involves many hours of practice (and crashes), due to its steep learning curve. But after playing with both the DJI Mavic...

Light ; Small ; Foldable ; Easy launch ; Excellent flier ; Small, near-perfect remote ; Excellent image quality

Remote can get a little annoying with all its alerts.

Not just a great flier, the DJI Mavic Pro is a powerful, versatile drone that's small enough to share space in your backpack with your laptop.

The one downside to the DJI Mavic Pro is that, unlike the currently unavailable GoPro Karma, you’re not getting a professional-level action camera into the bargain. But the image quality is good enough, and the rest of the package is so convincingly...