Best Drone cameras in 2020 of your budget
So what are the best drones for content creators in 2020?
I'm here drone expert and blogger, and he's gonna be breaking down the best drones this year, whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced, and for every budget, coming up. (funky music) - [Narrator] This video is brought to you by Skillshare. A lot goes into building a successful YouTube channel. Learning video editing, photography, graphic design and smart business skills. Skillshare givs you access to over 25,000 online classes so you can develop the skills you need to succeed and crush your goals this year.
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- Hey, what's up, guys? Sean here with Think Media, bringing you the best tips and tools for building your influence with online video, and I'm here with Aldryn from the FlytPath. How's it going? - Good, good, good. How you doin', Sean? - Super pumped to have you on our channel. And I love it that you're here because we definitely do some drone flying, but you're the master, you're the expert. And of course, everyone is wondering, 2019, what drones are the best deals right now?
The best bang for your buck, depending on where you're starting. And so let's go, for a couple different levels, starting out, maybe, for beginners. - I still recommend, even though it's probably over two years old now, is the Mavic Pro Platinum. Now, it's an older drone, even for beginners. I would say, or anyone starting to get into it, because I think the biggest thing that when you're starting to use drones, the one thing that's always kind of scary is transmission, and understanding that. So, like, the Spark and the Mavic Air are absolutely phenomenal drones, but I would like to keep those more closer proximity type of drones, where the Mavic Pro has, you know, OcuSync, which you are able to go a few miles out. And I never really go that far out, but at the same time, to know it can do that is what you want to feel comfortable doing.
- And to break that down, it's really because the Air and the Spark are almost like WiFi kind of transmission, where when you move into the more professional, you're doing radio frequencies, right? And that's huge because, if you've ever had a drone get out of range or when it starts, you lose your picture, it starts getting sketchy, you're like, man, I'm gonna lose control, so that's a great recommendation. - Yeah, that's exactly what it is. I think the one thing that you want to make sure that you're doing is just being comfortable.
It's very easy to be over-confident when you get these drones, because you put them up in the air, it's GPS-logged. It feels like, oh my god, it's so easy, I can just throw it out there super far. But, if you are a WiFi base like you said, transmission is a little bit shorter. But any time you have weak transmission or your screen goes black, I mean, it's definitely a freak-out moment. And if you have something, I would say, like some people have the bare minimum, the Mavic Pro, the Mavic Pro Platinum all the way up to the newer ones now have the more recent OcuSync technology. That's hardly gonna happen. So comfortability wise, especially if you're new, you want to be able to feel reliable throwing it out there, you know, half a mile, a mile away knowing you'll have a good reception.
- And so, depending on your budget, if you're on the low-end and you only have maybe, you got 500 dollars to spend. To 500 to 700, what are you gonna spend that on? -
If I had 500, 700 and you're still going new, I think you could still get like the Mavic Air. Definitely a good travel drone, as well as the Platinum. Platinum probably say around the seven to eight hundred dollar ones now, because it is a couple years old. But if you had to spend maybe 500, a Mavic Air might work for you. Just because it's really compact and it has a little bit better of a WiFi transmission than the Spark does. But I mean, if you're keeping it close proximity, it'd be a great drone. It's just a little bit more louder as far as like the whiny motor spin-up than the Platinum, and that's the reason why I like the Platinum too, is because it has the lowest noise level-wise. - And so then if I've got 1,000 dollars to spend, what are you gonna do?
- A thousand bucks I'd simply say, at the bare minimum, Mavic Pro Platinum and then batteries. - Get like a flight kit or just. - Yeah, don't forget the flight kit. You're always gonna want to have an extra two to three batteries when you're out there.
- I love that. And then if you've got 1,500, you're gonna go for the Mavic 2. - Yep, absolutely, Mavic
2. The zoom is really good one, if you wanna get a little bit more, kind of, creative.
It has a zoom options on it, so you can kind of get some more creative shots. But, I'm more on the Mavic Pro side, because I love to do photography. So, for me, I want to be able to have a little bit higher resolution on my photos. - And then finally, what are your tips for maybe taking advantage of the fact that people always want the newest drones? Maybe picking up like an older drone?
Have you ever thought about second-hand? Any advice there?
- Oh, for sure.
I think the thing is it's drones are definitely one of those things where people get so excited about and they want the latest one. But then you kind of realize, maybe you're not using it as much as. It's just, you know, it's a camera. It's like, oh, latest DLSR.
I want it. And then you realize I'm not using all the functions, I really didn't need it. So, I would definitely say pick up a quality second-hand, or get one of the more affordable ones to see if it's something that you're gonna be actually using in your toolkit, because a lot of people buy it, and the next thing you know, you see them using it for a couple shots and then it's stored away and the next thing you know, three, four, five more drones come out. Start with something to see if you're gonna be start using it more and more, and if you do, then I would say,
just like a camera system, you're just gonna start leveling it up because of the fact that you realize you need it.
What are the best drones for you in 2020?
- Yeah, I love that. For us, I up-to-graded to a Phantom Advanced from Craigslist. And I just found a guy. They accidentally, they bought two, and they weren't using it, like the second one, so I got a super good deal on it.
The downside, of course, to the Phantoms, is they're so massive.
I never travel with it on a plane. Only if I'm a road, where I throw it in the trunk of my car. But super great deal, amazing drone as well. - Yeah, I love my Phantoms. I'm not sure if DJI is gonna be coming out with anything new as far as some of the newer Phantoms, but yeah, I still have the Mavic, sorry, the Phantom 4 Pro Plus, with a built-in screen. Now that the DJI just came out with a smart controller makes it just a seamless process. You literally just power on the remote, power on the drone and then you're up and flying.
There's no fumbling around with cords and mounts and things like that. So, to be more efficient,
I think, some of this new stuff that they have is amazing. - I agree. And you know, I would say that my personal dream setup this year we're hoping to upgrade would be the Mavic 2 Pro with the remote, get some filters for that. Man, you're good to just crush. - That's it, that's all you would need for a while. I don't know. Even if it gets bigger, I don't know. I don't know what else you're gonna really need for it.
- That'd be killer, but that's like 2,300, 2,400 dollars. So, we covered a lot of different drones.
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