I love woot. Normally good deals but stuff like this makes me Wonder? This is not a deal at all. You could even save more money by going to your local electronics store. What gives?
Make sure your price comparison includes all the extras:
3 Batteries
Backpack
Sunshade
Neckstrap
Wizard Wand
Oh man, I want this. Same price as Mavic but better navigation with real-sense.
It was three batteries a couple days ago. Now it says two.
What’s up?
The vendor sent information correcting the sale. We updated the listing before there were any purchases.
OK, I guess I’m being “that guy” a little bit here, but just to inform people, DJI just announced the Mavic Air, which has obstacle avoidance in all directions, is smaller than the Mavic Pro but larger than the Spark, and had 3-axis gimbal stabilization on a 4K camera.
It’s not a hexacopter, doesn’t have retractable gear or a 360-degree camera, but it is much more portable, and is $800, new.
Looks like you get a pretty nice drone for $800, but it looks like the obstacle avoidance is just front, back & down.
Using advanced VIO technology, the powerful sensor system in FlightAutonomy 2.0 consists of a primary gimbal camera, forward, backward, and downward dual-vision sensors, downward infrared sensing system, IMU redundancies, and a group of computing cores. Together, they collect and transmit information from the surrounding environment to the high-performance processor for more precise hovering and better flight performance. Advanced Pilot Assistance Systems (APAS) allow the aircraft to bypass obstacles in front of and behind it actively. Your grand adventures of discovery have never been so safe and easy.
You’re right, of course. The initial information I saw also listed side sensors, but I think there must have been some confusion early in its release cycle.