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The best drones you can buy right now (CNET Top 5)

2018-04-03
these are the top five drones you can buy right now if you're gonna have a drone why not have the best we get to test all kinds of drones here but these are the ones they're worth your hard-earned money spoiler get used to hearing DJI in this video and number five is a unique breeze 4k this isn't a toy drone and it really isn't for racing the breeze 4k is a selfie drone that you can control with your phone and an app the breeze 4k has some good automated flight modes for fun shots while it can record video in 4k as you figured out by the name you probably want to stick to HD video why the HD modes use digital image stabilization so you get smoother video in 4k mode that video might not look too great with movement or when there's like a gust of wind also flight time is around 12 minutes so it's probably best used for quick shots coming in at number four is the pirate bebop 2 sharing a name with everyone's favorite purple mohawk wearing warthog human hybrid the bebop can do lots of tricks very easily it's also very safe check out what happens when the bebop 2 runs into an object the propellers stop immediately there's also a version with an fpv pack which comes with a controller and a headset which gives you a first-person viewpoint of what your drone is seeing the controller in the fpv pack is also smaller than it's been in the past number three is the DJI spark it's very compact but it's gesture support grabs your attention this spark lets you take pictures without the need of anything else of course you get better control using the app or you can have increased precision thanks to an optional controller flight time is a bit on the short side under 16 minutes so you might want to grab some spare batteries the camera on the spark is really good with a two axis motorized gimbal for smooth looking video we are at number two which brings us to the DJI phantom 4 pro the phantom 4 pro is easy to fly in beginner mode outside of that mode you can get this drone speed up to 45 miles per hour that's around 72 km/h the DJI phantom 4 pro shoots smooth video and can track objects what's the downside it's pretty pricey so if you're just dabbling in drones maybe the Phantom 4 pro isn't for you and the number one drone you can get is the Maverick air by DJI it folds up has a stabilised camera and can be used in the air for around 20 minutes the video shoots is very smooth even when there are strong winds the Mavic air also features gesture controls like the DJI spark gesture away the Mavic air also has some advanced object collision avoidance features you can go over or around objects to keep moving forward thanks to Josh Goldman for his help on this top 5 what features are most important to you in a drone do you want to race them you want to take selfies take selfies while you race a drone when you're on foot let us know am i as a colonel see you online
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