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<blockquote data-quote="nutsnbolts" data-source="post: 34207" data-attributes="member: 4256"><p>Alot of these "tempting" things are nice to have but when in actual real world use, doesn't equate to being worth it. In other words, how often will you use the gesture mode for instance?...that extra 5 minutes, yes can make or break it if you are used to let's say travel really far and now you can go 5 minutes farther...but reality is, once you hit that mark of doing what you need to do, will you say to yourself dang I wish I had 5 more minutes on the battery, whereby you will probably be switching the battery anyway once it goes low so that 5 minutes doesn't even come into play.</p><p></p><p>Obstacle avoidance? Yes, I have seen people go backwards and crash into something because they didn't see what was behind, ok, I can see how the additional sensors would be nice. Honestly, I don't see many people who really had issues keeping an eye on their drone. I think the best thing I have seen about the obstacle avoidance is a youtube video of a person hiking in the woods and the air would move around the branches, trees, etc. That was cool! Yes it did hit a couple things here and there but 95% of the time it worked! Now I have to think to myself, how often am I going to be in that situation?</p><p></p><p>My point is, new tech is always nice but sometimes it takes a couple years before it becomes a norm. It kinda reminds me of all my Samsung phones where it can do split screen, this and that, multiple windows, but I actually had to make a conscious effort to remember that I had all these features and I have only used it once or twice but I paid close to 600+ to have these features <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nutsnbolts, post: 34207, member: 4256"] Alot of these "tempting" things are nice to have but when in actual real world use, doesn't equate to being worth it. In other words, how often will you use the gesture mode for instance?...that extra 5 minutes, yes can make or break it if you are used to let's say travel really far and now you can go 5 minutes farther...but reality is, once you hit that mark of doing what you need to do, will you say to yourself dang I wish I had 5 more minutes on the battery, whereby you will probably be switching the battery anyway once it goes low so that 5 minutes doesn't even come into play. Obstacle avoidance? Yes, I have seen people go backwards and crash into something because they didn't see what was behind, ok, I can see how the additional sensors would be nice. Honestly, I don't see many people who really had issues keeping an eye on their drone. I think the best thing I have seen about the obstacle avoidance is a youtube video of a person hiking in the woods and the air would move around the branches, trees, etc. That was cool! Yes it did hit a couple things here and there but 95% of the time it worked! Now I have to think to myself, how often am I going to be in that situation? My point is, new tech is always nice but sometimes it takes a couple years before it becomes a norm. It kinda reminds me of all my Samsung phones where it can do split screen, this and that, multiple windows, but I actually had to make a conscious effort to remember that I had all these features and I have only used it once or twice but I paid close to 600+ to have these features :) [/QUOTE]
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