Ive been watching reviews for almost 10 years on youtube. This is the first time Im putting a comment. I just want to review the way you reviewed. You are the man! It seemed to me you defenitely were born to review stuff! Keep it up!

Excellent flying , I'm amazed how clear the picture is!

Excellent review. The mavic air is almost a necessity for travel vlogging. Picking one up asap! Thanks

Thanks for the great comparison video! Well done and to the point. Just what I needed.

I hadn't seen your channel in a while. You're looking great, my friend! Way to go! Glad to see you're doing fine and that you've upgraded amps!

After watching your spectacular Which to Buy 2018 video I'm convinced with the Mavic Air. Thanks for sharing.

Great video, it helped me me pick what I want “Mavic Air”. Thank you

As a weekly vlogger the Spark is just fine. Fits snugly into my bag with GoPro and 80D, GPod & mic. The complete portable setup.

All great drones but I think a spark is the best bang for the buck right now. I got a fly more combo for just over $500 then added an extra battery. I've been blown away at how capable it is!

I have all 3, and they are all great drones. But I find myself reaching for my Mavic Platinum the most. Either way any one of them is a great choice, just depends on what you want to do with it.

The Spark is $399 with the controller now so that is a big factor!

excellent job reviewing each drone and the real world examples!

Great review! It helped me a lot. Cheers. Simon

The Best Comparaison on KZfaq 😍Thanks Sir

Best drone review yet. Thank you!

For travel and ease of use, up in the air in under a minute and for sheer ruggedness the Spark wins for me . I launched mine into a Pinnacle rock and she fell out the sky from 80 meters up. Landed In bushes . Other than two broken blades she was good to go. If it had been a magic or air its game over with broken legs

Thank you so much for the review, it was just what I needed to help me make my choice. Quick question, does the Air have the automatic altitude adjustment like you see on the Pro video with the hiker climbing the steps?

Really best review ever) I just make sure that I need to buy Mavic Air deferentially. Thanks Man.

Very helpful review, thank you.

Dang dude you got buff, you look awesome great transformation keep up the good work .

Thank u so much for this amazing video. I would like to ask u: as a filmmaker, which drone should be the best for me? The pro or the air? Pro looks bigger and morr stable in its fly, the air looks much smaller but it is cheaper which is good... I will always be close to it... What is the best?

Thanks so much for sharing. Very informative. Question: I will be new to drones and do a heap of mountaineering and mountain sports and amateur adventure filmmaking. I've been pouring over the reviews for the Mavic Air and the Mavic Pro. Both are about the same price now (actually Mavic Pro is nearly $100 cheaper). I'm indecisive because the Mavic Pro's video quality is apparently worse, (and only 60 mbps) and my purpose is filming. However the range, controller (ocusync) and flight time is better on Pro. Which would you purchase if you were me?? Cheers!!!

how often do you recharge the drones? are the batteries replaceable? what about long term battery usage? will it decrease flight time when the battery gets old?

I have a Spark and have used it to film various things and find it very portable and easy to fly. Great for youtube vids and everyday flying, love it.

love the fact you have a dual rectifier in the background

Excellent video review. Thanks.

Great review, noticed you did not have the legs down on the Air they have antennas in so best always down.

Great comparison video. Has me leaning towards the Air now. My only drone experience would be with the 3dr solo

Great review I loved it.

What is the max. flight distance/altitude for each drone?

Your Description link to Tell Drone review is Edit link (not working) instead of View link.

I am a novice in the field I started with a Tello, the Spark would be a good compromise for evolve and if it's worth investing a little more for the new generations. And what is your opinion of the new Autel Evo? Thanks. Marc from Quebec City Canada

Thanks for the video my dude!

I prefer the spark for the portability and the easy charging of batteries. Plus it's really rugged.

That's a Mesa Boogie in the back there🙂 Great video🎸

great video, I just bought the dji spark and did my unboxing.

mavic is surely the best based on specs but im still a beginner so for me as a starter the spark is more than enough for me for now 👌🏾

great overall info thanks

Cool video, I would get the magic pro but I’m waiting to see what dji is coming out next month

Torn: I have a 4 I need to sell because it's just too big. I'm conflicted between the Air Fly More and the Pro with extra battery at $899. I feel like Mavic pro 2 is on the horizon as well the Pro being a year out and DJI moves fast on their features. The AIR is pretty sweet, great size, but don't love the WI-FI signal control. First world problems I realize. But any additional incite would be helpful. Nice video mate.

In my country mavic pro and air priced about the same. But air comes with 3 battery, 6sets of propeller, a case and a carrying bag. And the mavic pro only come with free carrying bag. Which one u think i should buy?

Great review

Hi which would you say it the most stable out of all three? Great review and thank you.

Which one is best? I love these videos. Well, first of all lets get the camera issues resolved. MP and MA use the same basic system. MP is more PRO feature rich in modes for Cinema, general Photography, Aperture is faster giving nearly a full stop to the lens itself. This is awesome in low light. Sensors are identical, however the Air uses a software stretching to account for Lens distortion on the edges. There are detailed YT videos for that comparison as well. MP shoots with more sharpness and has a warmer video and photo look than the Air which is more in the blue shades. Some like it, I don't. Mavic Air does have the 100m bitrate which is nice for video, but in most cases it is a softer appearance over all. Still, very nice for video IF they still had the same lens used. My guess is they went 2.8 to better fit the Air's gimbal design. The edge distortion is quite evident, but the software compression tries to fix some of it by stretching the image. Mavic Pro camera also is more what a DSLR is like with the options for those settings. Air is more like Spark and more point and shoot. Mavic Pro offers many focus points, and tap to focus on any subject. The manual focus even goes beyond infinity. Some use that for special effect, but can also be done in post edits if you know what you are doing. Mavic Pro gimbal design also allows for more upward pitch angle of the lens. This helps too in sports mode when videos are made or when the craft is in Fixed Wing modes. More able to frame subjects higher in elevation. For the actual camera Air vs Pro tests see videos from Captain Drone. He details all the differences, as well as many hidden differences other YT reviewers do not mention. Mavic Pro has a controller with the crafts data on the RC. That visual feedback is great when any App like Go4 or Litchi disconnect for whatever reason, or if the data cable fails. All telemetry is available on the MP controller itself. Mavic Pro uses Ocusync Technology for the controller which is near foolproof. Out of dozens in our local drone club that own the MP, no problems of disconnects through hundreds and hundreds of flights. Mavic Air and Spark both use Wifi for connectivity and there have been hoards of crashes and loss of signal even just after take off along with warnings of interference, magnetic interference, and so on.. With no signal from the craft and no visual feedback, more of the Wifi drones get lost due to the user panicking. Air would be better if it used Ocusync and had the displayed telemetry on the controller. Stability.. that seems to vary upon location for any of the 3. Mavic Pro seems to be the most stable in any wind directional comparison. It's heavier, arms come out more, and Props seem better to handle gusts, especially to the side of craft. Speed wise they are close, though the Spark really holds it's own against the others in Sports Mode. Air is a stable craft in lower winds but we also did some astrophotography shots in 4-5 mph winds 150' up. Mavic Pro handled the 8 second shutter and captured some cool starry detail with minimal grain, and even some nebulosity of Orion's sword area. Mavic Air would not hold a position steady enough to get a long exposure at that same height above the streetlights from the city. The distortion of the Air's lens was also apparent in what images we took. All in all, the three are really good and fun to fly. Air is a little more compact, but I'd rather have the slightly larger Pro for all the capabilities it has. For simple vacation drone, no frills, and fun to fly, the Spark is really cool for it's much lower price.

Very good video! I really like the simplicity of it while also getting crucial information blended in. I would personally buy the mavic air if I had the money;-)

Which one would be good to use for fishing? Im looking for a drone that i can use to fly out my bait with the lead weight?

I am thinking about getting a DJI Mavic 2 when they come out. I don't own any drone. What I need to know is if I fly with my Android phone do I have to keep the Mobile Data turned on? I normally keep it off so it doesn't cost money. I only have 5gig per month of mobile data. I would appreciate feedback.

Best thing I noticed in this video is that bad ass Mesa Rectifier Behind you 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

Great comparison! Only thing I would add next time is a comparison of the actual video feed from all three so we can see them side by side

Nice review bro

Good review 👍

Great video!

For what would gesture control be useful?

I've got a question. I saw a guy using his Mavic Pro at the coastside cliff face, where the ocean meets the land, the waves and air would make the wind swirl and gust and slow and it seemed to be perfectly stable and capable of deal with it, but would the Mavic Air, being small, lighter, etc, be able to deal with the high winds as well?

Very informative. Excellent comparison and review. Now if i could just win a bid on the Air on Ebay. Do you have any leads on where I can pick one up ? I'm wanting a mavic Air with extra battery. Thanks, bro, Wulfy

I love my spark, my first real drone, have made some nice videos with it.

I actually bought a pro platinum secondhand last week which was new in early 2019 and has only had very minor use as the batteries are showing charges of three charges for charges and four charges

Mavic Air is my first drone and I love it.

I love the spark and just upgraded to the mavic platinum loving both drones.

Very fine video and a good comparison of these three drones. I'm glad you gave your personal opinion too, because you've obviously had experience with the Mavic Pro and I was sort of impressed that you preferred the Air over the Pro, although, not really surprised. I can see the Air has some features that even beat the Pro in some areas, and the form size is really good on the Air. Very interesting, all the way around. Marc Trainor

Mavic air is my favorite from these but i prefer my P4P because of the good control and image/vid quality. I would certainly buy the P5P when it releases.

Does those drones functions in HEADLESS MODE ??

Hi, first a very good revieuw, thanx..i have the Spark Combo..very happy with it, and its video quality is enough for me..but still i love to buy also Mavic Air..What is your advise, is it that better to buy also this Mavic Air, while i have already a nice Spark Combo with 4 battery's etc for only €250 ? Thank in advance..happy day & flights ;)

Your video is great.

I’d like the mavic pro

Every video clip you use with your Mavic Air you have failed to fold down the legs which are antennas. Give it a try and see if you get some range improvements.

Nice rectifier dude! :)

In the market for a drone. Looking at going big with the Mavic 2 Zoom with goggles whole thing! Black Friday baby! But...After many reviews and tutorials, I decided that crashing would become a sure thing and I'm not sure I want to learn HOW to fly a drone AND take great video with something so expensive. Mavic Air became my best bet. Great drone AND at a price where I can feel comforted knowing its my first drone. Finally pulled the trigger. Thank you

Amoung this 3, if You want a drone with better camera and sensors capabilities then go for mavic air. For better distance, amazingly stable connectivity and longer flight time then mavic pro comes out top. As far as for spark..... Its just smaller and cute looking.

Is there a drone that is 4k waterproof big battery longer range?

Came here for the drone but that MESA at the back gets most of my attention :D. Nice review anyway :)

In my opinion i think the best choice is the mavic air because of 100mbs ,1080p slow motion, smart capture,and the extra obstacle avoidance sensor on backwards

Nice Clear cut review.....

I bought a Mavic Air 3 weeks ago and I love it. It's so easy to travel with and I haven't had any problems with the wi-fi.

I got the spark. My first gimble drone and its so small and affordable now. May consider a phantom 5 unless Autel Robotics brings the pain.

I have a Mavic Pro Platinum, and although I would love to have the Mavic Air, if I had to choose between the Mavic Air and the Mavic Pro, I would choose the Mavic Pro every time, but I do like the Mavic Air and would love to have it for the extra portability and the camera and cameras extra functions, not to mention the extra sensors and the APAS system would be great to try! Right now I have the Phantom 3 Standard, the phantom 4 pro plus, and of course I already mentioned my Mavic Pro Platinum, and the order I’ve listed these drones is also the order I bought them in, buying the p3s as my first real camera drone, before that I had various different toy grade drones, including one racer, so after saving enough money to purchase the p3s, I wanted to make sure the next drone I purchased could also be used as a professional tool for commercial use in aerial photography and videography, and I finally have saved up the money to take the part 107 test, I am now studying extra hard to make sure I can pass and hopefully with flying colors, but my main concern is passing and not having to pay to retake the test. Anyway, finishing my buying timeline of my drone collection, this previous Christmas (2017), I bought myself the Mavic Pro Platinum for my Christmas present, I bought it because I wanted a compact drone that I can travel with and take nice 4K video and 12 megapixel stills, and being as I have only operated phantoms, and where I live I don’t have any friends with drones and even if I were to find a new friend with a drone, especially a DJI drone, I doubt they would let me fly it, lol, but I don’t blame them, I’m the same way. So the Mavic was a completely new thing for me, and the hardest part of the Mavic that I had to get used to was the difference in the controllers, the size, the button placement, the way the phone connects and mounts into the remotes handles, not to mention I had gotten used to the p4p + remote, which of course has the built in screen, making using your smartphone obsolete, so it was surprisingly odd going back to using my smartphone again, and I can’t lie, using my smartphone again with a remote made me appreciate the phantom 4 pro plus remote so much more. But all in all, I’m saving my p4p + for lowlight flights, flights in special places, and most of all, commercial business flights, which I don’t have the license to do yet, so my p4p + is practically in storage mode and safely secured at my home, while I get more and more familiar with my Mavic Pro Platinum, which now that I’ve gotten used to the remote, I love, and take with me everyday to practice flying and taking aerial photography and videography, and also just flying and filing and photographing for fun. Anyway, loved the video and subscribed to see more of your videos and see what your all about, so keep filming, good job on the video, I definitely gave you a thumbs up!

Why are you flying with the antennas folded on your Mavic Air??

had a Phantom 3 S, great fun but way too big to take a footage on my holidays, sold it and gave up drones until last week and ordered my Spark, I was torned between Spark and Mavic, than realised that Spark needs remote to fully enjoy the experience and that makes it too dear for only 1080p

Can you control the Mavic Air with a smartphone and how far can you control it with the smartphone?

Great Review! Constructive criticism: No need to say "about" when you are quoting exact specs.

I prefer the Mavic Pro for its range and flight times when exploring the great out doors. I think the Mavic Air is great when utilizing those Intelligent Flight Modes due to the rear sensor capabilities. I’ve seen a lot of those Drone Fail compilation videos on KZfaq, and it seems like many crashes were due to those “reverse flight” shots. Great comparisons in this video by the way.

I bought my husband the Tello he loves it! I am buying myself a Mavic Air for Media school.

Good video

I’m stuck I’m trying to figure out if I want a pro or air 😩😩😩

In DJI drones, which one is having slow motion video recording feature?

I am a Bigfoot researcher, so flying over a couple hills beats hiking (at my age of 70). Because of use in a heavily forrested environment, I like the "Air" rearview obstacle avoidance, but I still have to go on the longer flight time, due to my needs for scouting various locations. I'm going to get a Mavic Pro.

Mavic Air or phantom 3 4K?

I can buy a Mavic pro refurbished by DJI for $649. Should I get this instead of the spark fly more? It seems like the Mavic’s price is close enough to the spark that I’ve been considering it instead. Is it getting too old? I’m not sure what to get.

The hand gestures gets old but is cool do shows friends. The down side is that my friends are afraid to get hurt since you have to stay close.

És ellent Review Thank you, any updates?

The only thing that holds me back from getting one of these is that as far as I know they only accept their own specific batteries made by dji. I already have so many LiPo’s for my cars, trucks planes, copters and a couple drones. But all the batteries I own are interchangeable between all my RC models

The recommendation he recommends at the end is Ryze Robotics Tello Drone. I misspelled it many time to get it right.

I bought a DJI Mavic Pro Platinum (£1200 around $1500) last year as a treat for some friends in Cyprus and 6 weeks after Waiting for it to be delivered all the hassle of getting it through customs after sending it to North Cyprus (who take longer to deal with things) etc etc. So the guys waited weeks nearly 2 months for their drone. The day it arrived l was here in Cyprus. We all went to the beach and we were all very excited filming with it. We were on the deck sunbathing. When the drone returned to us it just flipped and landed in the sea for no apparent reason! We got it out after about 2 seconds, dried it in rice, but it didn't work! When I phoned DJI long distance, they said they would repair it free for us so I was relieved. I spent more money about €50, sending it back (which meant travelling through the border, again thru customs, to the South of the Island, I don't drive so taxi costs. Thus was to use a Post Office with tracking so l coukd track the Mavic Pro.) Then strangely DJI wouldn't confirm that they received it 4 weeks later (even though tracking showed it arrived) until I could find all my receipts and evidence my end which I had temporarily lost. This took another week and a half, with more long distance phone calls, to different people in their office as no record was kept of my long distance phone calls. I've lost count of the many calls l made. It was a total nightmare. Finally, they decided they were not going to fix it free after all and gave no real reason for this change of heart. They then quoted €890 to repair it which seems steep when you consider they replace a chip or something minor - l could probably do it myself if you could buy electronics gear here (North Cyprus) which you cannot! I just asked them to return it. I cannot explain why they didn't wish to help - I wasn't angry with them on the phone I was polite all the way - so I am at a loss about this. In commercials and KZfaq you see the machine flying over water there is no warning that it is NOT even semi-waterproof or splashproof. I explained to Amazon where I bought it who decided they would sort it for me saying if they couldn't get redress from DJI they would pay me. I said l was happy to have half the costs and expenses. I waited and waited for my refund to no avail. Out of the blue, Amazon too decided they weren't going to pay me anything not even a postage stamp! So I am £1500 plus down and all my time and effort (and expenses) and nothing to show for it. Not to mention all the time and trouble travelling to South Cyprus to send it back via tracked mail long distance phone calls etc etc. The worst was watching my two young friends ' unhappy faces. The real reason for this plea is I wanted to asked anyone PLEASE - what do I do with all the batteries and stuff? Can I use them on a different drone (not DJI as I am still sore!) There has to be a clone out there where I can use the batteries, surely China has copied it (improved it!) it just seems so much waste. I thought the 21st C was a sustainable one, it seems not as far as DJI are concerned!!!

how did you get such low fight times on these drones, I got 22 minutes on my spark, I made a 22 min video and I hit record after take off, ofcourse I canceled the automatic landing at 11% and kept flying

How is price for it?

Actually, the Spark is trending at $399 with the controller included. I got mine at B$H photo for $349 with the controller included 2 months ago.

I Love the Mavic Pro!!!

I love all three drones only thing that really sucks is the flight time like we really spending $400.00 to 1000.00 to be limited on time but hey it’s a great hobby love flying them and taking video/pictures .

Thanks, mavic air would be best for kind of videos I make.🙏

We know which one is the best the question is which is the best value