DJI Avata Review: The Most Fun I've Had Flying a Drone

At $629 for the drone and $1,169 with controller and goggles, DJI's latest drone makes FPV flying more accessible than ever. And despite crashing it twice, I had an amazing time flying it.
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00:00 Intro
00:35 What is FPV?
01:14 What the Avata comes with
01:28 The difference with FPV
01:53 What is new in the Avata?
02:37 Propeller cage doesn't always protect
03:18 DJI Goggle 2
04:38 Camera quality
05:18 Sports mode
05:34 DJI Motion Controller
06:29 Battery life
06:54 Who is this drone for?
07:51 Outro

[NomadByNecessity]

I TOTALLY FORGOT I WAS WATCHING A CNET VIDEO.. WHEW! This guy is SOOO good at centering on the product at hand rather than drawing up unfavorable comparisons with rival (Samsung/Android) system for no reason.

[npc]

DJI Avata it is! Going to be my first fpv experience.

[_ShaDynasty]

ive been doing FPV from the beginning. and this really is the whole package.

[GFourGadget]

First person view drones are really cool, feels like you're really flying with these

[BillStreeter]

You keep calling the FPV as if it was a previous model of the same drone. But the reality is that the FPV is a different drone for a different market. The FPV is built for speed and manuervability. But the Avata is a Cinewoop style drone which has a different purpose. The FPV is still the current model of that drone and not being replaced by the Avata.

[Phrancis]

I'm an old FPV drone hobbyist and tired of futzing with soldering wires, Betaflight, monitoring lipos, and flying via fuzzy analog FPV. I still have a boring old Mavic pro, but I might just have to finally splurge on this prebuilt cinewhoop!

[itzyaboybugz]

This will be my next new drone
Going to purchase this holiday

[SteveandLizDonaldson]

I sure hope there is a "Find my drone" section of the app. Even more useful if it's a phone app, since I wouldn't want to be slogging cross-country on foot wearing an fpv headset.

[raylegend]

I just want to know how do you find it if you crash with goggles on, it's not like a regular drone that you have a general idea of were it went down.

[stever]

Maybe I missed it on the video, but I see that there is a price for just the drone and then the drone with the controller and goggles...so can you just buy the drone with a traditional controller. Also, it would be cool if they had a way to track the location of the drone if it goes down some distance away in brush, for example, or at least maybe a way to trigger a light or a beeping sound on the drone so that you can home in on where it's at if you didn't see its exact location when it crashes.

[carlosjohnson]

I’m so hyped they wen cinewhoop-style with DJI Avata! Seems more fun to fly and capture more thrilling aerial shots.

[PassportBrosBusinessClass]

I want it.

I’d love to be able to record 4K video while viewing landscapes for my vacation videos.

[TheKingOfInappropriateComments]

What's it like if it's a little windy? I'm looking for something to check on wildfires and to get below the forest canopy this looks like a better drone for that.

[muhammadnazar]

Well sir, they said it is really difficult to find the parts when the drone went damage. Someone said it took almost a quater year to get back the drobe for repairing work caused the repairing and service center is abroad. I guess it is better for the company to think of option to setup a service center in a selected country. Think about the option of cheap labour cost, Malaysia is good to be the place to locate the Headquaters of DJi service center in south east asia.

[heneBediako]

Fpv drones look so fun. I wish they weren't so expensive 😢

[davidcrowe]

I had a tiny whoop and I now want this but I'm kinda sceptical about the controller

[jose.damiani]

Can you change the FOV settings on Avata?
I like the concept of FPV drones, but I absolutely hate the distortion of the wide angle

[MilkyWayjay]

Do people like the motion controller over the console controller? The hand motion seems tiring lol

[fabiobargagna]

Hi thanks for the review... i have seen somewhere that the avata had sensors toavoid hitting things...but i guess i saw wrong ? Any Dji drones with such features ?

[jeffsond]

Integra or Goggles 2?? I’m about to make my purchase. Thx for your input on this