bigglyguy
lvl.3
Flight distance : 14196 ft
Malaysia
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I want the Mavic but, in no particular order:
1. I like my Samsung phone, it's brand new and on a 2 year contract - heck I bought the thing because the S6 overheated running Go, but the new phone actually reboots mid flight...
2. A major appeal was the goggles - but if anything like the price "leaked", then screw that idea!
3. Concerns about law changes and forced 'updates' that cripple the range and altitude down into a child's toy
4. Concerns that it was rushed to market to block the Karma, thus using early buyers as beta-testers for the software bugs, design errors and structural deficiencies
5. The long shopping list of other goodies I could be spending that money on (hard panniers, long-range fuel tank and luxury seat for my motorbike, or a new i7 laptop, or a Playstation 4, or...)
6. Horror stories about DJI after sales service
7. Total lack of waterproofing. I'm human, I like water, rivers, beaches, waterfall, pools, lakes, and I ride through rainforest, which is always a bit damp.
8. Lack of foldable legs to get it out of the grass and above the pebbles and such of using it outdoors. I bought longer legs for my Phantom for that and this thing has like 1" stumps?
9. Forward facing camera means potentially face-planting with the camera and gimbal (and then see #6)
10. Fly-aways. My Phantom once told me it had recorded a home point, then flew the wrong way on RTH. Only a handful of Mavics have been released to celebrity bloggers and one of them has already been lost
I'm fully aware of the counterarguments, yes Casey is irresponsible and reckless, yes most electronics aren't waterproof (my Samsung S7 is...) yes hand-catching is physically possible, dangerous but possible, yes I could buy yet another phone and charger and lug those around as well, etc.
Must admit I've gone from white-hot desire to a dull red glow of wanting it, but...
There's also the fact that I rarely have over $1000 just sitting as cash in Paypal; right now I do but I usually don't, so if I don't order it soon then it will be months before I can.
But I just can't press that order button. The S7 issue is a show-stopper by itself, plus the other stuff above.
I think I've pretty much decided I'm not buying, not now.
I want it sure, but "It's a Samsung problem" just doesn't do it for me.
I'm not feeling the love.
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