Low-Budget vs. Expensive FPV Drone - Why Spend More?

The Darwin BabyApe is a budget drone that currently costs $80, while the popular Nazgul Evoque F5 costs close to $500. Why does one cost so much more? Is it worth spending the extra cash? What do you actually get when you pay more?

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[jkgtag]

Who else actually thought the first clip was a udget drone?

[maxximus]

So glad you're back Matt, I've really missed your content. You do a great job explaining things clearly for us beginners. Thanks for all your expertise.

[shaneridge]

I'm already bought into analog and can't justify $500+ for goggles and $200 per drone on upgrades. I don't use mine for filmmaking either just close range freestyle so the range thing doesn't bother me much. Although the one time I saw through dji goggles in person has made me want it ever since

[PaladinFPV]

I love your practical and down to earth approach to the hobby. I’m glad your back to making videos.

[billmcdonald]

Low budget is all I can run, and I have to say the Baby Ape Pro was a good choice for me. I crashed it many times, some pretty hard, and had to replace a motor from one impact, but I've gotten dozens of hours [yep, hours] of flight time with it, and it's still flies like new. A great park flyer, but not one for wind or distance [VTX isn't the best, is it?]. Still, I'd recommend it because it's cheap, tough, and reasonably easy to repair.

[Caybil]

Excited to see new content. Bought the Nazgûl V2 based on your recommendation and was not let down. The drone is an absolute beast! Thanks and keep up the good work!

[shaaww]

For the action camera, there are new options really really good if you dont want to go for gopro, like the runcam thumb pro, or the firefly lite 2. Really cheap for the value you are getting, you have to use gyroflow tho.

[villepulkka]

Thanks Matt for these videos. You were one of the first FPV content creators I watched and got inspired by. Starting with Eachine novice 2 starter pack and now have built up 2 HD 5'' quads. Winter is around the corner so about the time to go train inside with a tinywhoop.

[dannyd]

Super informative in a timely manner, huge props (no pun intended). Really enjoyed this

[thecia]

Yay u posted your the reason why I’m getting into fpv

[maverickmissle]

For those wondering why the Nazgul looked worse than the babyape, it had nothing to do with the drone. As Matt said, he put the Insta 360 on the Nazgul and a GoPro on the babyape. You can tell it’s the Nazgul in the clip because even though Matt tried to hide it, you can see it clearly had more power being a 5 inch.

[p_for_poo]

I was gonna look up a video on comparing analog vs digital, except you stated the the main key point I was looking for on how digital has latency. thanks!!

[jacks__]

So glad you've posted again, buying my first fpv drone soon due to your great videos

[ThomasSmartt]

Dude, I've been binging your stuff over the past couple of days and have been learning so much!!!! Thanks for doing these videos.

[itzjustkris]

I don’t care about final shot I just wanna fly in first person so…what do I get?

[thomasduthie]

Welcome back! Havent watched the video yet but looking forward to it!

[keithburden]

for a young flyer i really enjoy your videos and you explain everything as you go along and i love your editing also you have the same flying style as me carry on posting your videos are really good

[rianime]

I thought the first shot was good and probably the premium.
Until I saw the second shot, which looked much more premium.

[aduckcalledronan]

Awesome video Matt, glad to see your posting again!

[chrisalexthomas]

The first drone I bought was the baby ape and I have to say, it's really fun to fly this thing around and throw it about a bit. I really enjoyed it. It's not very sturdy though. Hard crashes on concrete is going to break the arms. So if you buy it. Buy a couple of extra arms too. just in case you do what I did and then you need to wait 4 weeks to get replacements from China. Which is a bummer and really stops you in your tracks. Always buy a couple of spares. You'll thank yourself for it later. Even if it costs another 20 euros