Parrot Bebop Drone Review 2023: Worth the Investment?

Hello,

Just a quick run through of a parrot bebop 2 power i use, i use it often and am still happy with it for the price and parts availble. im aware parrot has stopped producing drones and. imad a little video for anybody looking into a parrot bebop before they buy one in 2023 are they still up to the task. in fairness not really if your aiming for 4k as the max is 1080p 30fps.

so hope you enjoy feel free to comment

[hrburrell]

The Bebop 2 was and still is a fantastic little drone especially for beginners. It's fast, tough, simple and reliable. The flight plan software is still better than anything DJI or anyone else offers in my opinion and the app is simple and very well laid out. Obviously a 1080p drone won't give you HD video quality but for social media or even YouTube videos it's great. The colors in the auto setting are on point. The real limiting factors for this drone and the reason I upgraded is the range is very limited, like half a mile or less in high interference areas but over clear terrain I have gotten close to a mile.

[stevosUSN]

Nice video, I just started flying mine again after a few years, I used my phone cause the controller battery wouldn’t charge, but it did great. I still like it and it’s footage is on my last YouTube video.

[philkennedy]

Still my favourite drone Shame they stopped making it unfortunately it’s been superseded by newer drones

[flash]

I bought one new back when they came out and used it allot, , , then put it away for a few years, , until now and when I got it back out today, , I forgot how to fly it. lol
Just tried and the batteries are no good. They charge up but critical fail as soon as I am in the air. Just ordered a new battery. These are the best drone for the money, , I paid $700 for it at that time. Easy to fly, , good controls and distance. The pics and video are great. Ill be flying again soon.

[InfrastructuraRomania]

Very nice upload indeed 🔥
Cheers from Bucharest Romania!!

[keytiger]

Parrot bebop 2 still has one of the best tracking, in the business. If it would have has optical avoidance. it would come in second only to skydio 2. I own dji s latest and autels latest and it would out tack them both. It was also ahead of its time, currently there is still no drone that can look up and down with out a gimbal. I sold mines I had 3, but now I'm looking to buy a another one cheap lol. I would say yes it is, if you are not around alot high wifi areas.

[jimdep]

Wouldn't it be great if someone made a 4K camera for the Bebop 2 to replace the original camera ?

[SouthernSummoners]

i bought a new ooen box parrot bebop and sky controller separately for less than 150 bucks on eBay. The batteries were no good but I cut the ends off after taking out the screws from the old batteries that were bloated and ruined from sitting all those years. I bought some 5000 mA r/c batteries from temu for 40 bucks and wired them up to the plug on the old batteries so I didn't have to cut anything from the drone and it runs like a top. I'm really surprised at how good that drone handles and the video is quite impressive too. It amazes me how that camera can look around like it does without a gimbal.. I'm going to buy a few more just to have, they are so cheap and they are nice little drones. I believe I'll be going for the 2 at some point. I've heard nothing but good about them, I've also seen the ones that will do 3-D imaging for around $500 new in the box..

[dhoffman]

Hello Mr Kent. Love your Bebop 2 series. I have a question that might even stump you, because it has been a mystery to me. Some time ago, I acquired a used Power Bebop 2 to add to my collection of drones. I love all of the Parrot products. Everything works on the Power bird as expected and so I set it aside for a time until now. I fired it up today and when I read the memory screen I found the unexpected. Instead of the usual 7GB capacity, it registered 28GB available. Hard to believe. Since then I have flown the quad to check the recordings and it counts down from 28GB as expected and if cleared shows a full 28GB available. How can that be? The drone doesn't look to have been altered externally nor does the underside look any different from my other Bebop's. I know there are people who have added external stick drives to increase recording time, but I've never read about anyone changing the onboard memory to something greater than 7GB. So, with your vast experience and discussions with others, what's your take on the large onboard memory? It's just a mystery and I don't plan on doing a hard reboot to see if it goes away. After all, who doesn't wish for 28GB on a Bebop 2?

My next question for you has to do with the add on mission planning app from Parrot. Will that app give me a working gps follow me feature in addition to mission planning? I thought I read someplace that Parrot deactivated the follow me feature on the Bebop 2. Is that true? Overall, for the newbies I work with, the Bebop 2 is still the best beginner drone that I recommend because like a famous watch company once said, it can take a beating and keeps on ticking. And that's the Bebop 2. Again thanks for keeping the Bebop 2 spirit alive from time to time. Blessings.
Dennis

[Huse]

I just picked one up for clearance at my local jb hifi for 100 aud

[pierrickroger]

Is it only me or did they totally give up the app ? I paid for flight plan but I can't have it anymore since they deleted the page in which you connect to your account..

[ricardomendez]

Greetings I had one, but I sold it because the firmware had not been updated and I had problems with follow me and returning home. What is your opinion.

[SkepticleOrc]

The video noise with these drones is a big issue. You don't have much functionality for editing the light levels.

[markdemars]

How? FreeflightPro isn't available for Android 😢

[Bergerheim]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 as I have trimmed up to Android 9. What app can I use for my Bebop Parrot 1? Is there any Flightplan app as can work?

[kingpenny]

What app are you using? I got an android

[antwalk]

Wish i could get my money back. Paid the original price broke, and got one on temu for pocket change.

[antjohnson]

Can i ask where your getting this for £120 i cant find anything less than 250 ish new