Flyrmyr
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Mavic Ace Posted at 2018-2-26 15:41
I have a Mavic Pro Platinum already. I use a Smatree waterproof hard case. Protects the AC and also carries 3 extra batteries, charger, charging hub and many other necessary accessories. Not much bigger than a lunch box.
Nice, enjoy it! My buddy has the same, but it’s way too unwieldy so I bought the much smaller PolarPro Soft Case. Held MP, remote, 2 extra batteries, charger, adapter, and a bunch of little extras. Best to keep everything together, but it was too bulky to bring on hikes or climbs.
In Acadia we left the car to free climb the sea wall. Sick of unzipping and gathering drone and rc from the bag for dangerous climbs, I left it all behind. Really regretted it once we hit the view, so I immediately bought individual cases for the drone, controller, batteries and cables so I could always grab just what I needed and go.
Backpacking across Costa Rica (ya know where you carry all your belongings for 3 weeks on your back) it got to be a huge pain to unzip my necessarily giant Camelbak daypack, then drone and cables bags, remove battery, and set it charging while we had power for an hour like at lunch, or at the hostel overnight, and the dry bag for the rainforest couldn’t hold all the batteries I’d need otherwise. I already had the 20,000mAh battery to charge the GoPro while sitting in my backpack via USB-C in the Jeep exploring the backcountry, you can probably see it’d be a huge benefit to do the same with the Air that’s fits in the zip pocket of my hiking pants.
This is aimed at the market who would sell their Mavic Pro for the convenience of tossing their Mavic Air case in their backcountry ski bag with the avalanche gear, knowing they’re set for a weekend of filming cliff drops with the AI flight modes without the hassle of switching cases and sorting gear/batteries/chargers for every different activity. For the market this drone is literally directly advertised towards, the size reduction is almost small beans compared to cutting the size, weight, and charging process in half or more by replacing the giant brick + two wires with a possibly 2in cable you could tuck inside the OEM Air case. It’s very clearly not marketed for the people who think the "not much bigger than a lunchbox" sized case in their closet is small enough to load in one trip for the glamping trip to fish at their cousins lake house in a few months. |
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