DJI Inspire 3 vs Inspire 2 Is the New Drone Worth the Upgrade?

How does the new DJI Inspire 3 compare to the Inspire 2? The comparison between these two drones is big and the upgrades on the Inspire 3 are massive BUT the inspire 2 still holds its ground in a few areas. We will compare image quality in video and photo modes of the Inspire 3 vs Inspire 2. and some of the biggest upgrades are in the flight handling, signal link and FPV camera feeds.

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00:00 Intro
00:16 Cameras
00:36 Video Comparison
02:34 Photo Comparison
02:57 Improvements and needed improvements
03:37 SSD drives and Readers
04:06 Gimbal Tilt
04:38 Video/Photo Settings between the two modes
05:30 FPV Camera Feed
06:12 Stability in flight and Hover
07:08 Obstacle Avoidance
07:50 Top Speeds and Limits
08:51 Other User Improvements
09:27 Lens Connections
10:05 Landing Gear fixes
10:48 Hot Swap Battery Improvements
11:26 Durability improvements
11:42 Sound Comparisons
12:05 Battery Charging Improvements
13:02 Remote Controller Comparisons
14:34 Features missing from the Inspire 3 Remote
15:17 The Biggest improvements in the new remote and inspire 3
15:43 The Biggest annoyance with the Inspire 3 remote
16:44 Outro

[BLAXPHOTO]

I have a lot of hours on the I2 platform, and every issue you brought up is very real ... Having flown the I3 briefly and tested performance ... it is a massive upgrade.

[MattysDroneWorld]

Ok now send the inspire 2 and 3 to me, and ill double check your findings! Hahahah...good review buddy! ❤

[srandall]

The Inspire 2 had SDK support with 3rd party apps like Litchi with a far more advanced Waypoint system that actually allowed you to plan perfect orbit missions and also visually see the curved route with full control over the curve degree, along with a plethera of other features and waypoint controls. The I3 lacks this.

[gianni.camporota]

Excellent video! For the I2 disconnecting, in your case it clearly was the patch antenna not positioned correctly. It was folded looking down instead of up at the drone, so naturally after it went up, signal lost.

[MrEddieNunez]

Such a great comparison! I will never buy the inspire 3, and will keep my inspire 2 But I do want a I3 🙂 Jake you are almost at 100k!!!!

[dougcooper]

Excellent comparison video. Thank you Jake.

[TonyStagge]

What a great review - touched all the details! Now to ponder my order...

[michaelkosinski]

Hey Jake, thank you for the video and comparison. As you know I have Mavic 3 Pro, M3P and M4P. But I can't afford to purchase a filmmaker's camera drone. I get it's for a different type consumer. I still enjoy learning stuff on your videos. You're awesome Jake

[SparkysVideoProductions]

Great job as usual. I had all those pains myself and I will fly the 3 in places I never would have dared on the 2. And wait till you see this DFW airport footage!!! Definitely some shots I would not have done with the 2.

[RotorWorks]

Did you ever make the inspire3 low light video? I’d like to try and film with just moonlight. 🙏

[julianmclean]

Thanks Jake; great review, the only thing missing was the value for money equasion; I suspect, particulary second hand, the Inspire 2 is going to win that hands down !!!

[morris]

Nice job with the photo review. Thank you I just subscribe to your channel

[srandall]

There is one major drawback to the new I3 SSD, it's read speed is about 2.5x slower. I noticed you were showing the original I2 SSD reader, The newer version thunderbolt reader would read at close to 2500MB/s where the I3 SSD only reads at close to 950MB/s. The difference this makes is noticeable when using the card to edit directly from and also the offload times. The I2 SSD with thunderbolt reader would have no issues or hiccups when cutting 4K RAW footage directly from the card... this isn't the case with the I3 SSD which is much slower. It's a pretty big tradeoff for the convenience factor of not having to use a reader.

[thesplaymedia]

I’m looking to buy the inspire 2! Is it worth it? I3 is way too expensive for starting

[dlat]

Nice video, definitely directed at professional movie producers. I have an Inspire 1 RAW and have recently acquired a good deal on the Inspire 2 with the X7 and other accessories. Both record in ProRes and DNG formats, and are sufficient for a 15-second television commercial or online advertising. I would love to own an INS3, but I'll wait a few years for someone to sell it second-hand after they get tired of playing with it.

[Vlaakster]

Great video as always Jake. That night footage in particular is insane.
I cannot afford, nor would I want to fly, this beast but I like to keep up with the cutting edge so I know what might be coming down the pipe to the smaller drones. So, with that in mind, one thing you didn't cover in the video, but that I'd like to hear your thoughts on, is which of this tech is likely to come down the model line and when (in your opinion obviously :) ).
Another thing I'm curious about (and may have missed if you mentioned it) is how feasible is something like this to fly/use as a solo operator? Can one treat it like a big Mavic essentially if one wanted? This question is mostly just out of curiosity.
I am passionate about landscape photography and time lapse and I use my Sony cameras and Mavic 3 Cine to get the best shots I can. But, in the future, my ultimate dream is a drone with a full frame camera, with enough resolution to create 8k hyperlapses. This drone meets those needs, but alas, is way to huge to realistically use (not to mention the cost is high for a non-professional like me). If only I could figure out a way for my Mavic to carry up my A7RV!

[CaminoAir]

I will never be in a position to fly an Inspire class drone, but this is still a very interesting insight into the design and real world use by professionals of this calibre of equipment.

[DarthDumi]

I was looking around for some nice informative videos...and look who I found...AlaskaVader..haven't seen you in a while, hope you're still cosplaying! In the mean time im subscribing here too!

[kylekaiser]

This drone has some of the most detailed shots ever! Someone already mentioned the need for continuous autofocus, I agree that this is one of the most important features that the I3 engineers should update in a future firmware. Also hyperlapse feature would be awesome, I wonder why they didn't think about this before releasing this expensive drone

[srandall]

I like the portability and form factor of the new charger for the I3, BUT, the DJI Charging Station for the I2 had a major advantage over it. It could discharge unused fully charged batteries for storage. You cannot do that with the I3 chargers. You must rely on the auto discharge feature is starts at a 2 day minimum and takes an additional 5 days to discharge to 60%. This is not ideal as the longer a battery stays fully charged after 24 hours, the harder it is on the battery and reduces the life expectancy, and at double the cost of the TB-50s, this is not good. Also, it would be nice if DJI offered the ability to re-charge a lot of batteries at 30% or less back up to 60% (the ideal storage percentage). You have to monitor one set of batts at a time to do this manually.