djiuser_85ckUfyjGT9H
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Flight distance : 216263 ft
United Kingdom
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I'm sad to report that my experience with DJI Care has been pretty bad. My Mini 3 Pro was lost in a river, which was entirely my fault as it clipped a tree branch (no side sensors) and dropped into the river and was lost. I used my Care cover as a flyaway case and all was okay. DJI analysed the data and confirmed they would replace the drone for approximately £220. I paid the money and a drone was sent quickly by UPS. After that it all went downhill.
The drone I received was junk. It was in a new looking box but I can only assume it was a drone that had been returned by a previous customer and was just sent back out to me. To start with, the gimbal groaned on start up and obviously had a problem. The drone did fly but that led to me discovering that the camera wouldn't focus under any circumstances, all footage was out of focus. I'm a professional camera operator and so know how to use a camera, it was very much the camera at fault.
I started a complaint and got the usual 'try this', 'try that' messages from DJI and then they agreed that I could return it 'for repair'. So I did. After a few days DJI confirmed the drone had problems and they would be sending me a drone - whether it was this same one repaired or a new one they did not make clear. It arrived quickly and my disappointment continued when I saw the tatty, well used box they had sent me. It was a proper Mini 3 Pro box but it looked like it had been kicked around a filthy room for a few days. It had been taped closed and opened several times. I don't know whether the drone inside the box was the same one I had returned or a different one.
Then I tried to insert a bettery into the replacement drone and it wouldn't go in. The internal sticker that wraps around the in side of battery bay was hanging off inside and making a mess when a battery was inserted, causing it to jam up, so this was obviously another not-new and completely unchecked drone. My enthusiasm for DJI Care was rock bottom by now - I ripped the sticker out and put the battery in. The drone worked but I have little faith that this one will last, as from my experience DJI just send you junk when you have Care cover and have paid for a replacement.
I wish I could write here saying how wonderful it has all been but it hasn't. And it's pretty bad having a drone in which you have little faith about how long it will last before something goes wrong with it. Care cover really just seems to allow DJI to get rid of their junk without any checking or quality control. It's pretty appalling.
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