DJI is definitely improving! Although I appreciate Skydio's prowess on avoiding obstacle, I can't help feeling that it results in a video which is less cinematic, it's like the camera is moving all over the place
I feel like even though the mini was slower it had a more cinematic feel to it, I think if they allowed you to 'accept' it being slightly more aggressive that would be a big win. The Skydio honestly I wouldn't really even want that footage as a whole but it would probably have lots of good clips come out of it.
Completely agree with this. Even though DJI loses on the object avoidance, it at least made some good usable footage, I feel like with the Skydio just rubber banding all over the place negates any useful footage you would want from that feature.
I'd rather have a non-crashed drone over "cinematic feel." If I want cinematic shots, I'll have someone control it. The most important thing is not crashing in following, because most people cannot eat $750 drone crashes because it looked a bit smoother.
@@rustler08 I'd rather use my drone appropriately and get results I want than pay for a drone that gives me shit footage. Maybe that's just me. This guy was pushing them through tough scenarios, doesn't mean you have to, but in any case the footage looked better. I choose the DJI. Also worth noting there is an option with BestBuy, DJI, insurance, etc to cover loss of drone.
@@KirsiKitten I think there is the ‘nice video’ aesthetic aspect Vs the functional “follow that car!” . The skydiving has a more ‘epic’ look about it. Like an action movie!!
The Mini 3 Pro did remarkably well in this test. The Mini 3 had trouble keeping up with you in the open area's, but I thought the video it captured, due to its smoother moves made it feel more cinematic than the Skydio. Great testing, you are always so thorough in these tracking video's. Thanks for sharing.
Who doesn't love your tracking videos! I love watching you smashing into trees and signs, or go into the freezing water to retrieve your crashed drones. I haven't come across anyone else that does this even remotely as well as you do. Nice work. I'm glad they're sending you drones to test even though you give honest feedback and seem to pay for some of your own equipment. THANK YOU!
Always the most in depth testing in here. You challenge the drones..you risk the drones...and you explain it all as you go. No one does it better. You answer exactly what people are wondering without playing suck up to the manufacturers. So appreciated.
@@McStoolio I don’t typically do them, purely from a regulatory standpoint. However, I will say that very consistently on multiple continents I was hitting max range limits of 1,100-1,200m, with a singular exception of 1,500m once. This was with the DJI RC, before signal drops started.
It depends so much on conditions 1/10 claimed range is probably realistic expectations with low flying where there's tree cover and interference in populated areas .
Nice - thanks for the detailed tests. I've been flying DJI since Phantom 2, tracking since Mavic Pro, and Skydio all models. I would've thought DJI would've done better against Skydio by now but they are still improving and that's great. I like them both and they both have different strengths.
Your DJI vs Skydio tracking videos are the best!! I'm really impressed with the Mini 3's tracking ability - more so than its big brothers. I think this is the drone I'll be getting to track my bike rides. Thank you!
@@Nonius9 its competitor was just lucky to not boost into branches after thinking for ten minutes jow to avoid the obstacles and delivered almost 0% usable footage 😂 This piece of trackinggarbage acts like a bird on acid and almost hit some trees while trying to fly some eights around it.
Great video, thanks! I mean as a video editor I think most of the clips from the Skydio are basically unusable for any sort of professional video. It is way too wobbly. Mini 3 is seemingly the way to go if you don’t fly in the jungle.
if you dont fly in the jungle the skydio would stick to the position you place it. the skydio is "wobbly" because its trying not to lose tracking the subject, so prioritize tracking instead of not being "wobbly". thats why it never lost tracking in his test.
I think one of the things that many people (including myself) often do is we look at a long-form cut of these shoots and think about how the footage might not be as usuable due to wobble/etc. However, in reality, from a video editing standpoint, we're often only using 3-5 seconds of it as b-roll/etc... Meaning, very few people are watching it end to end (if ever). Certainly, the Skydio gives you less 'clean' b-roll chunks to choose from. No doubt. However, inversely, some of the higher speed shots it gets when you do have those pockets just blow away the DJI Mini 3 in terms of speed/creativity/closeness. Sadly, there isn't a perfect unit that does both of those yet.
As soon as I saw the post from DJI, I got home in the hopes you had made a video on it! You're my go to TH-camr for drones, so I'm stoked you got this video up so quickly. Cheers!
Certainly the Mini 3 is the best tracking of all the DJI drones, plus it is quite smooth in its tracking. Hopefully the Mini 4 will have a full 360 obstacle avoidance.
Wow. I'm really impressed with The Mini 3's tracking and dodging ability. It works so much better than the first version of Active Track. The Skydio 2+ definitely avoids obstacles much better, but it's pointless if the footage is unusable--and I would consider all of the footage it took unusable. It's far too inconsistent and lacks the smoothness of DJI Active Track.
a tracker is supposed to keep you all throughout the journey giving you peace of mind to enjoy your ride. with the dji youre gonna be monitoring it every minute and hope its not crashed or lost you. also the skydio footage is usable, anyone making a video is gonna cut into parts where they prefer. better to have footage than crashed drone, or lost drone.
@@truthseeker6804 Have you actually used Active Track ever? No one with common sense is going to put 100% blind trust in a tracker. It works great if you’re not an idiot choosing where you use it keeping the drone’s sensor locations in mind. Haven’t crashed a single time. And no, that Skydio footage is completely unusable for anything cinematic or remotely professional, even if you cut it up. It looks amateur and inconsistent.
@@HCG then its a baby tracker and not very dependable tracker if youve got to keep helping it. active track is not as good as skydio tracker and this video clearly proves it. also anyone making a video isnt going to post all the video from the skydio as one video. a professional would cut into parts the scenes they like. unless youre an amateur, seems like. again, better to have footage than crashed drone or lost drone.
@@truthseeker6804 Go ahead and reread my original comment. I clearly stated that the Skydio had better obstacle avoidance. Your comments about what a professional would do are hilarious coming from someone who thinks that footage is not only usable, but good, and the solution is to just “cut it up”. If you had any real experience or cinematic taste you’d know that you often need long shots. I can’t believe I need to clarify this for you, but yes, obviously you wouldn’t use entire clips without editing. Again, my point is even if you cut that footage into 3 second clips they would still look bad because it is objectively bad footage. Stop role playing like you know what you’re talking about and accept the fact that you’re just an upset amateur that feels the need to defend their favorite drone brand to strangers on the internet.
If I'm going to purchase anything technical to do with the outdoors you have always been my first source of info and, again, you haven't disappointed. Your reviews are comprehensive, honest and without any 'attention grabbing hype' other than the odd bit of canal diving searching for the elusive marine drone. David Attenborough would be proud!
Two very different approaches to tracking. I ordered the Mini 3 but I gotta say even though the skydio is going back and forth a lot, it makes some much more interesting shots compared to the mini 3. There were multiple small 1 - 2 second snippets in the footage where the drone came from behind to the side, weaved around the trees etc. With good editing i think the footage allows for a lot more creativity.
Props (HA) to skydio for their crazy obstacle avoidance system, but you are right, it’s anything but cinematic. The mini 3 pro seems to track about as well as my air2s, which is great, impressive even-and this is on early firmware. With the addition of 10 bit in this new update, this is going to be great companion to the air2s.
On the skydio drone, he had it on "motion track" mode which is why the drone was flying all over the place. If he selected "fixed track" instead, the footage would have ran just as cinematic or smoothly as on the dji mini 3.
New to DJI products. I ordered the Mini 3 to create videos of my kids' wakeboarding at a cable park, not on a nice open lake, so the obstacle avoidance information is very helpful - thank you 👍🏻.
Wow!! I must admit that your drone comparisons are very detailed and a joy to watch if you are going make a choice to buy one from the comparison. Nicely done!
The most usefull active track function is to be able to shot yourself when you ride alone. But it mostly requires one simple but very critical function - lock all controls on remote control before you can put it in your back.
That's impressive coming from dji mini 3 Pro. Dji truly has improve its tracking feature. If mini can do this, then expect it's bigger brother mavic line will get the upgrade soon probably better with more sensors.
awesome comparison, now I know what I want to buy for my 4wding action trips, skydio 2+ i can rely on its obstacle avoidance and not worry about it all the time while I drive
I just got a M3P and never heard of SkyDio, honestly kinda wish I knew about this drone. It is all over the place in tracking so creating one continuous video with the footage would be bad. But what I saw was it was more competent in not crashing and staying with you, it kept up better, and it created more dynamic and cinematic shots that would be great when cut and spliced together as a reel. The reality of being a content creator, nobody is going to want to watch a 10-60 min video, they will want a highlight reel, and for that I think the SkyDio was the winner, and of course as the operator, not needing the controller and less worry of baby sitting for tracking or a crash is a big win.
If Skydio added an option to smooth things out preferntially, it'd be untouchable. The tracking is just incredible vs. the Mavics I own; I had no idea that level of obstacle avoidance was even possible in a sub-$1000 unit
Must say love your channel for both the bike and small camera tech. It has been a great resource for myself. I lost a Skydio 2 in the local mountains when the it flew away and self landed in inaccessible terrain. The only thing I miss about it is what you mentioned at the end about not needing a controller. The Skydio drone size is not convenient, but the fact you can fly it with just a phone was great. With that said, my old Mini 2 replaced the Skydio (when I still had it) really quickly due to it's compact size and just being able to always bring it. Which was a huge advantage. I've order the new mini 3 today :)
Yeah, I agree on the Skydio 2 feeling unpredictable sometimes in landing. It's a reason I don't actually use it as much as I'd like. The landing aspects can be tricky in 'spicy' terrain situations (like on the side of a mountain).
I want to use a drone to track my form while mountain biking for training alone. The mini looks good, but so much of the footage is useless, obstacle avoidance while mountain biking is a deal breaker. Your analysis is spot on, from what I see here.
Oh boy, this is nail-biting. Thanks for showing what it can do. Interesting enough, DJI has much smoother footage, yet Skydio produces quite a lot of short cinematic moments that can be picked in editing.
Ordered the mini 3 pro and wasn't 100% sure it was good enough upgrade from my mini 2 but this video has confirmed that for me. Roll on delivery day. Great video!!
Gotta say, freaking love how the skydio tracks. It looks like someone is filming it to get the best shot. The mini just looked like it was trying to do what it could to not hit stuff.
@@gianlucaalessia5538 Nah, i don't think so. I agree with you about the amazing obstacle avoidance ability of the Skydio, but interm of the amount of usable shots that you can actually use, i still prefer the Mavic over Skydio, it was a bit slow but smooth, the Skydio was fast but it went all over the place.
Personally I'll take it trying to move fast and actually choosing routes that follow the person vs. It going up and around and losing the person completely until they come out from the trees on the other side. To me all that footage is useless. Plus if your watching the 2 videos one adds dramatic effect of speed and the other, completely kills any kind of action but to each his own
@@gianlucaalessia5538 so why do you want drone to follow you aggressively but can’t record steady shot? What the point you buy the drone then? Just to follow you around for no reason?
Ghost Platoon, the novel, describes JDAM like smart mortars with HE warheads coupled with small POV drones strapped to the soldier's backs which act like surveillance and targeting system. Published in 2019 and an exceptional read. Worth my 8 bucks or whatever.
I really appreciate your active track videos for each drone and comparing them with skydio. I also appreciate your other videos too. I think dji is never gonna be like skydio when it comes to tracking. But mini 3 pro is awesome!
Great review. Thanks! 🙂Active track looks good enough to be viable in controlled environments. I am looking forward to watching from the sidelines what creators will be able to do with it.
Damn I'm impressed with what this little drone can do. Good thing you reminded us to hit the like button cause I was so engrossed with your usual awesome test that I would have forgotten to hit it. The Skydio 2+ is definitely in a class by itself. But you stayed away from the water. Can't wait for the wind torture test. (Edit: I saw the test ... awesome video as usual)
Very nice video! Shows the pros and cons of both well. Personlly I do like the DJI more due to the more cinematic following behavior. Skydio stays tracked in worse situations but with a lot of janky movement. As someone already said in the comments, if DJI would make a setting to set the aggressiveness basically Tesla like it would probably improve it even more!
"Parallel" tracking on my Mavic Air 2 usually turns into Trace mode, unless I'm going VERY slow. Anything faster and the drone always ends up following behind no matter where it started off. I'd like to see what this one does in those regards.
Thanks for the high speed test. I bought a drone a couple of years ago not knowing it wouldn't be able to keep up when tracking fast skiing. Even worse, what it doesn't do at all is follow me downhill. Can you do a back to back with a very steep altitude change?
Unless you want to jump through the endless hoops and cut through all the red tape, it's almost impossible to beat the newest version of the Mini. The 249g factor is MASSIVE for people in this class of drone
I bought the mini 3 pro, but the camera was defective and sent it back, However I upgraded to the Air 3 which will be arriving any minute :) I don't mind paying $5 to register a heavier drone. It seems laughable when people get the mini to save so little.
I appreciate you’re only doing a tracking comparison, which was brilliant, but there are so many things that make the skydio second rate compared to the mini; weight being just one major difference.
Brilliant review - thanks for doing that review, exactly what I've been looking for! Looks like the obstacle avoidance is even better than I thought originally. Skydio gotta watch out now!
This technology is absolutely amazing.. there is still some work to be done but it is only going to get better and better. I hope soon it will simply follow your path..
Great video! Was wondering about the tracking capabilities. I guess downhill mountain biking is still out of the question unfortunately, maybe it would work in open sections. Skydio 2 with the beacon is still the King.
Fantastic testing!!! I've been looking at the Skydio for cycling. Not sure it would handle really deep woods with face slappers during overgrowth season but looks promising!
In my experiance, neither drone handles deep woods well. My originial Skydio 2 test covers this a bit in MTB scenarios, and basically, it's kinda rough. In theory, Skydio makes a 1m bubble (1m radius from aircraft) around itself that it needs to clear to get through. So that's like 2m/6ft of actual distance. Many times in MTB, you'll squeek through some trees barely bigger than your handlebars. So, it quickly gets stuck. If you have more open terrain, then it's fine. But for everything I have around here, or the Alps in the woods, etc...no luck.
Thanks for your take on the comparison, DJI is anti-military (they say it) and Skydio USA made drones are used throughout the military. Things seems to develop quicker when the military get involved. Some of the things that were improved by the military was digital photography, antibiotics, the internet, virtual reality, ambulances, super glue, GPS, microwave oven last but not least duct tape. I have many DJI drones in my collection and they have their uses just like my FPV racers but when I need a tracking drone I except no substitute, Skydio is the one I reach for.
Lol this was really enjoyable to watch. Cool seeing the test as I don’t have a bike or somewhere like this to fly, impressed how it went backwards and found you again I was rooting for the technology inside the drone lol
This video just sold me a mini 3!!! I love the skydio 2's active tracking and 180deg camera tilt which is what I need for a drone, but it costs a lot, and isn't easily available here in my country, not to mention the size and weight (not foldable). The mini 3's camera can tilt up by 60deg, and the active track isn't as good as skydio2 but it's enough for me specially with it being small and foldable, weight below 250g and price is affordable enough.
Specifically went to your review. Seriously who else would do tracking on release day? You rock.
Thnanks man, much appreciated!
Facts
Yeah I like real world stuff he does in addition to everyone else doing the generic review videos lol
First of all thank you very much for the review.
I do not like the tracking of the Skadio, it is very aggressive compared to DJI.
Best drone review I've ever seen. And that skydio thing is amazing
DJI is definitely improving! Although I appreciate Skydio's prowess on avoiding obstacle, I can't help feeling that it results in a video which is less cinematic, it's like the camera is moving all over the place
I feel like even though the mini was slower it had a more cinematic feel to it, I think if they allowed you to 'accept' it being slightly more aggressive that would be a big win. The Skydio honestly I wouldn't really even want that footage as a whole but it would probably have lots of good clips come out of it.
Completely agree with this. Even though DJI loses on the object avoidance, it at least made some good usable footage, I feel like with the Skydio just rubber banding all over the place negates any useful footage you would want from that feature.
Also kinda funny the Nifty mode is basically this more aggressive mode.
I'd rather have a non-crashed drone over "cinematic feel." If I want cinematic shots, I'll have someone control it. The most important thing is not crashing in following, because most people cannot eat $750 drone crashes because it looked a bit smoother.
@@rustler08 I'd rather use my drone appropriately and get results I want than pay for a drone that gives me shit footage. Maybe that's just me. This guy was pushing them through tough scenarios, doesn't mean you have to, but in any case the footage looked better. I choose the DJI. Also worth noting there is an option with BestBuy, DJI, insurance, etc to cover loss of drone.
@@KirsiKitten I think there is the ‘nice video’ aesthetic aspect Vs the functional “follow that car!” . The skydiving has a more ‘epic’ look about it. Like an action movie!!
The Mini 3 Pro did remarkably well in this test. The Mini 3 had trouble keeping up with you in the open area's, but I thought the video it captured, due to its smoother moves made it feel more cinematic than the Skydio. Great testing, you are always so thorough in these tracking video's. Thanks for sharing.
Who doesn't love your tracking videos! I love watching you smashing into trees and signs, or go into the freezing water to retrieve your crashed drones. I haven't come across anyone else that does this even remotely as well as you do. Nice work. I'm glad they're sending you drones to test even though you give honest feedback and seem to pay for some of your own equipment. THANK YOU!
You might want to check out Billy Kyle, if you haven't already....
@@leadsled213 Thanks for the tip. He's one of my other favorites and Flytpath. I just ordered mine. Estimated ship date is 5/31.
Always the most in depth testing in here. You challenge the drones..you risk the drones...and you explain it all as you go. No one does it better. You answer exactly what people are wondering without playing suck up to the manufacturers. So appreciated.
Waiting for your wind test. This guy does the best wind tests on the planet!
Shot earlier today! Coming up tomorrow!
@@Dcrainmaker Awesome - I just ordered and am super curious about it. Thanks for doing all these!
Definitely your wind tests are awesome
@@McStoolio I don’t typically do them, purely from a regulatory standpoint. However, I will say that very consistently on multiple continents I was hitting max range limits of 1,100-1,200m, with a singular exception of 1,500m once. This was with the DJI RC, before signal drops started.
It depends so much on conditions 1/10 claimed range is probably realistic expectations with low flying where there's tree cover and interference in populated areas .
Super impressive what DJI can do with their entry level drones. Thank you so much for taking the effort!
Is it really entry level at this price point tho
@@championxxlNL yes i think 1000 bucks for a hobby that can turn into somethink really professional
I got most of my drones from the Amsterdam-Rijn Canal. But I’m afraid I have to buy this one in a store. Fantastic review, as always.
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You my friend are hands-down the best guy on TH-cam to test active tracking and make the most clear and detailed videos about it. My man! Great work!
Nice - thanks for the detailed tests. I've been flying DJI since Phantom 2, tracking since Mavic Pro, and Skydio all models. I would've thought DJI would've done better against Skydio by now but they are still improving and that's great. I like them both and they both have different strengths.
Your DJI vs Skydio tracking videos are the best!! I'm really impressed with the Mini 3's tracking ability - more so than its big brothers. I think this is the drone I'll be getting to track my bike rides. Thank you!
The next mavic 100% is going to have at least the mini 3 tracking, if Skydio doesnt release some new drones, i could see DJI reclaiming the lead
@@hwong1776 what? bro DJI always been #1 lol
What is amazing is people talking about how good DJI drones are while failed tracking twice in this video. It’s competitor did not fail.
@@Nonius9 its competitor was just lucky to not boost into branches after thinking for ten minutes jow to avoid the obstacles and delivered almost 0% usable footage 😂
This piece of trackinggarbage acts like a bird on acid and almost hit some trees while trying to fly some eights around it.
Great video, thanks! I mean as a video editor I think most of the clips from the Skydio are basically unusable for any sort of professional video. It is way too wobbly. Mini 3 is seemingly the way to go if you don’t fly in the jungle.
if you dont fly in the jungle the skydio would stick to the position you place it. the skydio is "wobbly" because its trying not to lose tracking the subject, so prioritize tracking instead of not being "wobbly". thats why it never lost tracking in his test.
I think one of the things that many people (including myself) often do is we look at a long-form cut of these shoots and think about how the footage might not be as usuable due to wobble/etc. However, in reality, from a video editing standpoint, we're often only using 3-5 seconds of it as b-roll/etc... Meaning, very few people are watching it end to end (if ever). Certainly, the Skydio gives you less 'clean' b-roll chunks to choose from. No doubt. However, inversely, some of the higher speed shots it gets when you do have those pockets just blow away the DJI Mini 3 in terms of speed/creativity/closeness. Sadly, there isn't a perfect unit that does both of those yet.
If you want a proper review then there's only one man to do it. Nice one D. Pre-ordered mine a while ago. Can't wait to get it now
As soon as I saw the post from DJI, I got home in the hopes you had made a video on it! You're my go to TH-camr for drones, so I'm stoked you got this video up so quickly. Cheers!
Thanks - much appreciated!
Always the pro at tracking
Thanks!!!
I swear to God man u r the best and really want to see more videos like that
Certainly the Mini 3 is the best tracking of all the DJI drones, plus it is quite smooth in its tracking. Hopefully the Mini 4 will have a full 360 obstacle avoidance.
mini 3 pro
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@@kevinchavez6594 Prescient ain't i!
This is by far the best drone review I have ever come across on this platform. Incredible work mate. Love from India.
Wow. I'm really impressed with The Mini 3's tracking and dodging ability. It works so much better than the first version of Active Track. The Skydio 2+ definitely avoids obstacles much better, but it's pointless if the footage is unusable--and I would consider all of the footage it took unusable. It's far too inconsistent and lacks the smoothness of DJI Active Track.
a tracker is supposed to keep you all throughout the journey giving you peace of mind to enjoy your ride. with the dji youre gonna be monitoring it every minute and hope its not crashed or lost you. also the skydio footage is usable, anyone making a video is gonna cut into parts where they prefer. better to have footage than crashed drone, or lost drone.
Not crashing your $1000 drone is not a pointless feature
@@truthseeker6804 Have you actually used Active Track ever? No one with common sense is going to put 100% blind trust in a tracker. It works great if you’re not an idiot choosing where you use it keeping the drone’s sensor locations in mind. Haven’t crashed a single time. And no, that Skydio footage is completely unusable for anything cinematic or remotely professional, even if you cut it up. It looks amateur and inconsistent.
@@HCG then its a baby tracker and not very dependable tracker if youve got to keep helping it. active track is not as good as skydio tracker and this video clearly proves it. also anyone making a video isnt going to post all the video from the skydio as one video. a professional would cut into parts the scenes they like. unless youre an amateur, seems like.
again, better to have footage than crashed drone or lost drone.
@@truthseeker6804 Go ahead and reread my original comment. I clearly stated that the Skydio had better obstacle avoidance. Your comments about what a professional would do are hilarious coming from someone who thinks that footage is not only usable, but good, and the solution is to just “cut it up”. If you had any real experience or cinematic taste you’d know that you often need long shots. I can’t believe I need to clarify this for you, but yes, obviously you wouldn’t use entire clips without editing. Again, my point is even if you cut that footage into 3 second clips they would still look bad because it is objectively bad footage. Stop role playing like you know what you’re talking about and accept the fact that you’re just an upset amateur that feels the need to defend their favorite drone brand to strangers on the internet.
One of the best comparison videos so far on the TH-cam. But I must say Mini 3, did an amazing job here honestly was not expecting this !
If I'm going to purchase anything technical to do with the outdoors you have always been my first source of info and, again, you haven't disappointed. Your reviews are comprehensive, honest and without any 'attention grabbing hype' other than the odd bit of canal diving searching for the elusive marine drone. David Attenborough would be proud!
By the way. Your reviews are always awesome man! Congratulations!
Thanks, the only one review with what I was interested about this drone.
This convinced me to get the 3, this is the only channel that do legit drone tracking.
Love how he's literally talking to the drone and encouraging and complimenting it LOL
Two very different approaches to tracking. I ordered the Mini 3 but I gotta say even though the skydio is going back and forth a lot, it makes some much more interesting shots compared to the mini 3. There were multiple small 1 - 2 second snippets in the footage where the drone came from behind to the side, weaved around the trees etc. With good editing i think the footage allows for a lot more creativity.
Dude. Skydio is way more batter drone
wayyyyy batter dude
How it negotiates the trees at 8:50 is really impressive.
Props (HA) to skydio for their crazy obstacle avoidance system, but you are right, it’s anything but cinematic.
The mini 3 pro seems to track about as well as my air2s, which is great, impressive even-and this is on early firmware.
With the addition of 10 bit in this new update, this is going to be great companion to the air2s.
On the skydio drone, he had it on "motion track" mode which is why the drone was flying all over the place. If he selected "fixed track" instead, the footage would have ran just as cinematic or smoothly as on the dji mini 3.
You push them like no other! Most useful videos of all for peace of mind before making the purchase decision! Thanks so much!
New to DJI products. I ordered the Mini 3 to create videos of my kids' wakeboarding at a cable park, not on a nice open lake, so the obstacle avoidance information is very helpful - thank you 👍🏻.
Awesome, sounds like fun. Cheers!
Super informative. I love how you stress test these things. Definitely paints a better picture than some of the other channels.
You are amazing m8, U know exactly what we need...
Thanks!!!!
Wow!! I must admit that your drone comparisons are very detailed and a joy to watch if you are going make a choice to buy one from the comparison. Nicely done!
Thanks!
As I am looking into the Mini 3 specifically to use on shots on cycling my road bike I am glad I found your channel and this review
LoL Bill and Ted's wild ride around trees ... 😁
The most usefull active track function is to be able to shot yourself when you ride alone. But it mostly requires one simple but very critical function - lock all controls on remote control before you can put it in your back.
Cycles and drones. What's not to like. Awesome review, hands on.
This is exactly the video I needed to see! Wow! Well done.
That's impressive coming from dji mini 3 Pro. Dji truly has improve its tracking feature. If mini can do this, then expect it's bigger brother mavic line will get the upgrade soon probably better with more sensors.
It’s actually did a good job finding you after going behind a bush. Better than I expected
I've watched a lot of Mini 3 reviews today, but this was the one I was waiting for before buying!
awesome comparison, now I know what I want to buy for my 4wding action trips, skydio 2+ i can rely on its obstacle avoidance and not worry about it all the time while I drive
You can now proudly put the mention "No drones were harmed in the making of this video".
Would have been great as an introduction.
I just got a M3P and never heard of SkyDio, honestly kinda wish I knew about this drone. It is all over the place in tracking so creating one continuous video with the footage would be bad. But what I saw was it was more competent in not crashing and staying with you, it kept up better, and it created more dynamic and cinematic shots that would be great when cut and spliced together as a reel.
The reality of being a content creator, nobody is going to want to watch a 10-60 min video, they will want a highlight reel, and for that I think the SkyDio was the winner, and of course as the operator, not needing the controller and less worry of baby sitting for tracking or a crash is a big win.
If Skydio added an option to smooth things out preferntially, it'd be untouchable. The tracking is just incredible vs. the Mavics I own; I had no idea that level of obstacle avoidance was even possible in a sub-$1000 unit
When a new drone come out my first place to stop , best review always.
Must say love your channel for both the bike and small camera tech. It has been a great resource for myself. I lost a Skydio 2 in the local mountains when the it flew away and self landed in inaccessible terrain. The only thing I miss about it is what you mentioned at the end about not needing a controller. The Skydio drone size is not convenient, but the fact you can fly it with just a phone was great. With that said, my old Mini 2 replaced the Skydio (when I still had it) really quickly due to it's compact size and just being able to always bring it. Which was a huge advantage. I've order the new mini 3 today :)
Yeah, I agree on the Skydio 2 feeling unpredictable sometimes in landing. It's a reason I don't actually use it as much as I'd like. The landing aspects can be tricky in 'spicy' terrain situations (like on the side of a mountain).
I want to use a drone to track my form while mountain biking for training alone. The mini looks good, but so much of the footage is useless, obstacle avoidance while mountain biking is a deal breaker.
Your analysis is spot on, from what I see here.
Great review on self tracking, you are very good at talking when recording with the drones, very entertaining,
Oh boy, this is nail-biting. Thanks for showing what it can do.
Interesting enough, DJI has much smoother footage, yet Skydio produces quite a lot of short cinematic moments that can be picked in editing.
Ordered the mini 3 pro and wasn't 100% sure it was good enough upgrade from my mini 2 but this video has confirmed that for me. Roll on delivery day. Great video!!
Thank you. One of the best reviews I have ever seen. Serious and no-nonsense and without all those stupid jokes.
This is the best video for active track of dji mini 3 pro. Keep up the good work!
Gotta say, freaking love how the skydio tracks. It looks like someone is filming it to get the best shot. The mini just looked like it was trying to do what it could to not hit stuff.
Yeah, Skydio is like a person holding a camera running around filming you, except, that person was drunk.
@@tienduy12345 well that drunk person does a shit ton better job than the mini 3 does lol
@@gianlucaalessia5538 Nah, i don't think so. I agree with you about the amazing obstacle avoidance ability of the Skydio, but interm of the amount of usable shots that you can actually use, i still prefer the Mavic over Skydio, it was a bit slow but smooth, the Skydio was fast but it went all over the place.
Personally I'll take it trying to move fast and actually choosing routes that follow the person vs. It going up and around and losing the person completely until they come out from the trees on the other side. To me all that footage is useless. Plus if your watching the 2 videos one adds dramatic effect of speed and the other, completely kills any kind of action but to each his own
@@gianlucaalessia5538 so why do you want drone to follow you aggressively but can’t record steady shot? What the point you buy the drone then? Just to follow you around for no reason?
Ghost Platoon, the novel, describes JDAM like smart mortars with HE warheads coupled with small POV drones strapped to the soldier's backs which act like surveillance and targeting system. Published in 2019 and an exceptional read. Worth my 8 bucks or whatever.
thank you...just what i wanted to know...tracking shots with a drone.
Cheers!
Love this video, thank you for testing the tracking and letting us see it definitely works on most cases! I appreciate you!
This is the first time I've heard that tracking isn't available in vertical mode. That really gives me pause on the DJI. Thank you
I really appreciate your active track videos for each drone and comparing them with skydio. I also appreciate your other videos too. I think dji is never gonna be like skydio when it comes to tracking. But mini 3 pro is awesome!
Before I get past the Intro: Coooome ooonn America!
After: Mini is definitely more cinematic but the Skydio was better at obstacle avoidance
Great review. Thanks! 🙂Active track looks good enough to be viable in controlled environments. I am looking forward to watching from the sidelines what creators will be able to do with it.
this is the most SCI FI thing I ever have seen in my life whoa awesome just to think where this stuff will be in 10-20-30 years.
Wow just ordered my mini 3 can't wait for it even though I have a Roku that's is a great Lerner drone can't wait for more distance
Fabulous video - great to see what these drones can now do.
"Kerplunkage"
I'm stealing that one!
A great review, as always, high quality content!
This is the one video I was looking for from you. Thank you. 😎👍🏼
Thank you so much for this information.
I have been waiting for an mini to finally have active track.
It's time to buy my first drone :)
This is the comparison I wanted to see
Its just incredible how the drones are just doing all that by itself...
Damn I'm impressed with what this little drone can do.
Good thing you reminded us to hit the like button cause I was so engrossed with your usual awesome test that I would have forgotten to hit it.
The Skydio 2+ is definitely in a class by itself.
But you stayed away from the water.
Can't wait for the wind torture test. (Edit: I saw the test ... awesome video as usual)
Very nice video! Shows the pros and cons of both well. Personlly I do like the DJI more due to the more cinematic following behavior. Skydio stays tracked in worse situations but with a lot of janky movement. As someone already said in the comments, if DJI would make a setting to set the aggressiveness basically Tesla like it would probably improve it even more!
That is what I needed to verify. Excellent job. Thanks dude !👍
"Parallel" tracking on my Mavic Air 2 usually turns into Trace mode, unless I'm going VERY slow. Anything faster and the drone always ends up following behind no matter where it started off. I'd like to see what this one does in those regards.
Check out the section in the video where I do it high speed on the bike, and it stays there really nicely to the side (when out in the open).
@@Dcrainmaker Thanks little buddy. I found some parallel footage at 11:02.
Finally the Dji beats the Skydio if you ask me. The Mini is so much smoother and nicer to watch.
this was a very good video and comparison. I have the mini and didn't even know it had tracking of this nature
Thanks for the high speed test. I bought a drone a couple of years ago not knowing it wouldn't be able to keep up when tracking fast skiing.
Even worse, what it doesn't do at all is follow me downhill. Can you do a back to back with a very steep altitude change?
Skydio: “Oh your approaching me?”
DJI: “I gotta get closer to kick your ass”
Unless you want to jump through the endless hoops and cut through all the red tape, it's almost impossible to beat the newest version of the Mini. The 249g factor is MASSIVE for people in this class of drone
I bought the mini 3 pro, but the camera was defective and sent it back, However I upgraded to the Air 3 which will be arriving any minute :) I don't mind paying $5 to register a heavier drone. It seems laughable when people get the mini to save so little.
I appreciate you’re only doing a tracking comparison, which was brilliant, but there are so many things that make the skydio second rate compared to the mini; weight being just one major difference.
Really good video - best there is within the topic. (Drone/activetrack)
This excited me, getting closer!
Ur obstacle avoidance tests r the best!
I am a kid and I love you video's
Thanks!!!
That tracking video with the skydio will be crazy to watch a drunk uncle 😅😂😅
First time here. Wait, are you the same guy whose Whoop 4.0 detailed review I had a chance to read?! Awesome work ! Cheers from Maryland !
Haha! Yup indeed! Welcome aboard!
Brilliant review - thanks for doing that review, exactly what I've been looking for!
Looks like the obstacle avoidance is even better than I thought originally. Skydio gotta watch out now!
It probably did a better job tracking because of that slick, red outfit. I love the pep talk before one of the tracks.
This technology is absolutely amazing.. there is still some work to be done but it is only going to get better and better. I hope soon it will simply follow your path..
Great video! Was wondering about the tracking capabilities. I guess downhill mountain biking is still out of the question unfortunately, maybe it would work in open sections. Skydio 2 with the beacon is still the King.
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Fantastic testing!!! I've been looking at the Skydio for cycling. Not sure it would handle really deep woods with face slappers during overgrowth season but looks promising!
In my experiance, neither drone handles deep woods well. My originial Skydio 2 test covers this a bit in MTB scenarios, and basically, it's kinda rough. In theory, Skydio makes a 1m bubble (1m radius from aircraft) around itself that it needs to clear to get through. So that's like 2m/6ft of actual distance. Many times in MTB, you'll squeek through some trees barely bigger than your handlebars. So, it quickly gets stuck. If you have more open terrain, then it's fine. But for everything I have around here, or the Alps in the woods, etc...no luck.
Thanks for your take on the comparison, DJI is anti-military (they say it) and Skydio USA made drones are used throughout the military. Things seems to develop quicker when the military get involved. Some of the things that were improved by the military was digital photography, antibiotics, the internet, virtual reality, ambulances, super glue, GPS, microwave oven last but not least duct tape. I have many DJI drones in my collection and they have their uses just like my FPV racers but when I need a tracking drone I except no substitute, Skydio is the one I reach for.
Wow! Nice review and comparison in terms of tracking and obstacle avoidance features.
Lol this was really enjoyable to watch. Cool seeing the test as I don’t have a bike or somewhere like this to fly, impressed how it went backwards and found you again I was rooting for the technology inside the drone lol
So glad you tested this! I love when I don't have to loose my drone in a tree or river :)
I always look forward to your comparison video 💪🏽
This video just sold me a mini 3!!! I love the skydio 2's active tracking and 180deg camera tilt which is what I need for a drone, but it costs a lot, and isn't easily available here in my country, not to mention the size and weight (not foldable). The mini 3's camera can tilt up by 60deg, and the active track isn't as good as skydio2 but it's enough for me specially with it being small and foldable, weight below 250g and price is affordable enough.
You're rhe ONLY guy that showed the speed on follow me on the mini 3, everyone else walks, drives and bikes SLOW AF
The mini 3 pro fits in the fly more bag with the big remote which is a very nice feature