Best Drone For Beginners - DJI Neo - Easy to Fly and Affordable

If your are looking to purchase a drone this holiday season either as a gift or for yourself and your wondering what the best drone for beginners is? In my opinion the DJI Neo makes and excellent drone for beginners as it is extremely easy to fly and very affordable. The DJI Neo can adapt to your changing needs and can fly in many different ways. It can be a full self flying drone with no skills or controller needed, it can also be paired to a remote for a more traditional drone flight. It is even fully capable of immersive FPV flight.

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[RonaldBrown]

I'm sure there will be quite a few DJI Neo's under the tree on the Christmas Day. Great video, and thanks for sharing.

[chriscapune]

I fly mine all the time.
Great little drone.
😃🐾🐈‍⬛👍

[paullawrence]

Love my Neo! Seem to use it more than my other dji's drones. Great fun Shawn!👌👊

[sportmodel]

Thanks for the review. Saw these today in the store ($299 AUD) and almost bought one. Such great footage for the money!

[bettyli]

Love my NEO that I bought on my last vacation in Melbourne. I am looking forward to epic videos in Northern Vietnam in March.

[talkswithhandswhisper]

I like that the blades are protected so you don’t beat them up

[kenspaceman]

Hoping for the N3 controller going on sale during Chinese new year…or that DJI would let the Fly app get RTH. Maybe there will even be third party batteries available some day. I mostly love the small size of NEO, it’s truly portable. Love your vids.

[PorodicneAvanture]

Nice review Shawn! I’ve been using my NEO for the last couple of months, really enjoying! Mostly using in combination with my RC2, a lot more possibilities to improve picture quality. If you have any tips or tricks how to improve picture quality in other automatic modes, even in post production would be highly appreciated! Thank you!

[SheilaT]

Thank you for the review, it was very helpful.

[IanTed]

Always with me, says it all and you can talk to it😂

[bodkinsbestphotography]

Listing all the pluses but none of the minuses. Let me help.

Loud as all hell.
Pathetic battery life compared to the "fragile" mini series.
No vertical shooting mode.
No obstacle avoidance.
Much slower than even the mini 2.
Lower wind resistance than the mini 3 and 4.

[LawsHillDrones]

Hi, I have a Neo and will be visiting Toronto for new years form the USA. Will my part 107 cert cover my vacation flights with the Neo?
Thanks in advance!

[terrymcgillicuddy]

Will it work with Samsung phone? Thanks

[peterloring]

Can the DJI Neo be paired up with tradition FPV equipment? I've got a RadioMaster Boxer controller and HDZero googles.

[vinicomunica]

Não voe sobre o mar com o celular. Ele quase caiu!