DeWayne
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United States
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I'm the type of guy that never buys extended warranties or extra insurance. But I did decide to get the $79 refresh / crash protection package when I purchased my Mavic Air 2.
This was (yes past tense) my first drone. I flew it about 20 times before the "incident". I was on a motorcycle vacation up in the mountains and I decided to fly my drone up and down this beautiful river, fast water flow, some small water falls, and lined by TREES! In my defense I was tired and not in the right state of mind.
Things were going great but on the third pass I fly up and sideways, again i'm not thinking straight here, and of course hit a tree. Later I would find out that the drone fell from about 50 feet and smashed on a rock, rolled off the rock and was completely submereged in the water.
I had of course been flying without line of site so I didn't know where the drone was. I tried the "find my drone" feature. However since the drone was basically dead the app only new it's last point of contact. I walked about 500 yards to this point. I thought "what if it crashed on the inaccessible far side of the river?" I thought "what if it is at the bottom of the deep section, or even floating down the river!" I thought "the refresh program only works if you have a crashed drone to return...if I can't find it i'm screwed!" After 30 minutes of searching I found it in it's watery grave.
Today, two weeks later, I have a brand new drone thanks to the refresh program. The cost was $69. They didn't even charge me for the shipping.
If you're getting a drone I highly recommend you get this insurance.
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