I think its time for me to share some very posotive news about my exsperience with DJI products specifically my Air 2s. Ive been filming trains for 6 years and I purchaced a Mavic air way back in 2018. I soon realised how much of an improvment this was over just using 2 ground cameras to film. I also realised that the Mavic air was just not enough for my needs having only 15min of real flight time and not being very good in wind. I purchaced an Air 2s in 2020 and have never looked back.

When I fly I stay in the air for around 15-20min as I capture not only the train aproaching, passing and going into the distance but the scenary that is in the area. I will often drive to several locations through the day and will film 3-5 trains. I fly up to 4km in total during each flight as well so you can imagine that I put alot of milage on the drone. Ive put more than 7million feet on it flying in all kinds of conditions including winter temperaturs down to as cold as -18c (No I will not do that again as my fingers froze LOL).

So in the early spring of 2024 I started noticing some slight jittering of the video captured that was very intermitant. Long story short as the spring/summer wore on it got worse and worse and I evnetually posted this issue here. I was certan it was a gimbal issue and in the end after sending the drone to DJI service that was indeed the issue. I had literally wore the gimbal on the drone out. DJI was very helpful and to my total shock without my asking they replaced it comletely with a new 2s in June.

I have now put an additional 2million feet on this replacment drone without issue. I know the Air 2s is now getting dated but with me using it for filming trains it has done the job very well and upgrading is really not an viable option as its alot of money but thats ok.

Way to go DJI for making such a great product, I also have an Action 4 camera and that has also been very solid (way better then gopro) I particularly like that it continues to work when temperatures are below freezing

Thank you


If anyone is interested this is what my videos looks like on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQHYJUmuzKe8NanTYPyiiA

Very nice to read!

That’s an awesome story! I love my air 2s too, such an all around great piece of kit. I checked out your channel, very cool!

Nice to hear, just shows you don’t have to upgrade every time a new model comes out.

Curtis Randall Posted at 1-11 04:11
That’s an awesome story! I love my air 2s too, such an all around great piece of kit. I checked out your channel, very cool!

Thank you, Its a fun hobby and gets me outside for hours

AlanHd Posted at 1-11 05:18
Nice to hear, just shows you don’t have to upgrade every time a new model comes out.

Very much so, sometimes its ok to stay with what works. As the old saying goes "if it aint broke dont fix it"

Tonyvdb Posted at 1-11 08:37
Very much so, sometimes its ok to stay with what works. As the old saying goes "if it aint broke dont fix it"

  It is not just that...

The Air 2S has a far better camera than the new Air 3S...

So, take good care of that drone, because at the moment, DJI does not have another 20MP in the works, other than the bigger Mavic 3 series...

Burt37 Posted at 1-11 13:28
It is not just that...

The Air 2S has a far better camera than the new Air 3S...

Oh so so got it right there.

Wreckfinder Posted at 1-11 14:25
Oh so so got it right there.

It seems they were busy releasing another flop...

Burt37 Posted at 1-15 13:55
It seems they were busy releasing another flop...

All I know I have no use at all for the flip

Wreckfinder Posted at 1-15 22:40
All I know I have no use at all for the flip

Probably it is a good introduction to the DJI family of drones aimed at the 6-12 age group...

For Indoor use, it could be ok...

Burt37 Posted at 1-15 23:19
Probably it is a good introduction to the DJI family of drones aimed at the 6-12 age group...

For Indoor use, it could be ok...

Waiting on the Mavic 4 pro myself.