I have a Mavic Pro 2 for a little over 4 years with about 300 hours of flight time. I have crashed a few times. Twice into trees and then landed on the ground. One time I had the propeller guards on, so when it hit the tree, it just hung there until I retrieved it (least amount of damage from the 3 crashes). I have replaced the propellers after each crash. One crash bent a leg a little and cracked a little, but still works just fine. The first 3 batteries I had are now dead and working with 5 new batteries. Battery #1 died after 172 charges, Battery #2 died after 97 charges and Battery #3 died after 62 charges. But not sure what they consider a full charge as I did not use the whole battery and have charged them multiple times and the number of charges did not change when checking. I assume after I used 100 percent of a battery or a full cycle.
I live in northern Illinois and have flown in snow and very cold temperatures as well as some light rain. Also have a fast charger that charges 3 batteries at once and a generator to keep them charged. I have 5 batteries in rotation. I sometimes fly for 6 hours straight in 100-degree Fahrenheit and 10-degree Fahrenheit days. So the drone has been used in tough conditions and still works for now.
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