Mavic Mini 2: Really Worth the Investment?

I think in your situation, upgrading from mini to mini 2 will be beneficial.

I say upgrade, the stronger occusync signal and better camera and slightly improved flight time will be terrific.

Good luck,
Paul

the MM2 would be a great second drone if you already have the MA2 as it uses the same fly APP and RC so any accessories that you have for attaching your devices to the RC are going to be able to fit both RCs as the owner of the original MM, then i dont think,that for me the upgrades warrant the extra costs involved ,as the drone is basically exactly the same externally ,and even the batteries are different of course as a first time drone, then it makes sense to purchase the Mini 2 with the Occusync and also because it has a different RC it wont even fit in the same carrying case if you have like me upgraded your case

I just bought a MM1 FMC on the Amazon prime day deal even though I knew the Mini 2 was coming. I wasn’t planning on the purchase but gimbal problems with my P3 Standard and the CAN$150 discount on the FMC made me hit the ‘buy’ button.

The new Mini 2 looks to be a promising drone for a new flier. For me the upgrades - 4K video, occusync, and the new controller - are not worth it. I mostly take photos and fly VLOS, plus it looks like the Mini 2 FMC will be around CAN$800 or more - way more than I’d want to spend for a Mini.

Chris

I know I'm splitting hairs, but a drone purchase is not an investment unless you're making money with it. It is an expense. That doesn't make it bad. For those that already own Minis, the question becomes, "Do the new features that I get from upgrading to the Mini2 warrant the additional expense"? For those like you... and me who already own bigger, beefier drones that shoot 4k, I would suspect that aside from recreational flying when the Mini is just so much easier to transport, upgrading for it's own sake might be just spending money for ego's sake. But again, if (pandemic were done) and I was taking a $3000 vacation to a beautiful exotic island where I shouldn't want to shlep my M2, I'd suck it up and buy and M2.

Maybe I even spoke too fast. As I think about it, the one thing that might push me over the edge would be if I could already use the batteries and accessories of my Mini1. Will the Mini2 have the same prong configuration on the batteries so I can use my charging adapters, even though I know there are more mah's in the Mini 2 battery.

I have the Mini1 and will not consider the MM2 as I also have the MA2 (which is superior to the MM2 in about all possible ways).
I would like to be able to control the MM using my SC, but not enough to buy a MM2.
The MM2 was, for me, the least interesting new Mavic they could possibly have come up with, a bit of a disappointment if that is the only new Mavic this fall.

Crashdummytest said:

I have the Mini1 and will not consider the MM2 as I also have the MA2 (which is superior to the MM2 in about all possible ways).
I would like to be able to control the MM using my SC, but not enough to buy a MM2.
The MM2 was, for me, the least interesting new Mavic they could possibly have come up with, a bit of a disappointment if that is the only new Mavic this fall.

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In some ways both agree and disagree with you. I live in Canada and because of very strict drone regulations I have withheld from buying a drone over the past year despite my desires as the 249 g limit was always an important differentiator between having one that I could fly where I wanted and one that would require licensing exams and very strict restrictions that would ruin my enjoyment of drone flying.

I am in fact just ordered the Mavic mini one a few weeks ago on the Amazon prime day sale as getting drawn at that price that included the entire fly more combo was a great deal. However if this is going to be my only drone, I would want to have the best features possible knowing I do not have a larger drone to use in different situations. For me the most important feature that they added on the new mini is better wind resistance as this would mean I would have less limitations as to when and where I could fly it. The truth of the matter is that at level five wind resistance it should be comparable to the Mavic air 2 according to the ratings.

Occusync while not really necessary for my needs means that at the very least the transmission signal should be a lot more stable even though I have no intention of flying it the distance is that her quoted.

And I agree that 4K I think it’s not really that necessary as personally it means much greater hardware requirements for video editing, and truthfully in a drone this size I think not so necessary. As I don’t think the image quality will look that but better give them the sensor is the same. However the ability to shoot in raw does seem to have some value as one can do a lot more with the image in post for photographers.

So in summary I agree with you that if you are a drone owner that has multiple drones already that there is no real need to upgrade from your mini one to this model but I think depending on what the final price will be it might be a worthwhile upgrade if you were buying for the first time compared to the original mini

canabuc said:

In some ways both agree and disagree with you. I live in Canada and because of very strict drone regulations I have withheld from buying a drone over the past year despite my desires as the 249 g limit was always an important differentiator between having one that I could fly where I wanted and one that would require licensing exams and very strict restrictions that would ruin my enjoyment of drone flying.

I am in fact just ordered the Mavic mini one a few weeks ago on the Amazon prime day sale as getting drawn at that price that included the entire fly more combo was a great deal. However if this is going to be my only drone, I would want to have the best features possible knowing I do not have a larger drone to use in different situations. For me the most important feature that they added on the new mini is better wind resistance as this would mean I would have less limitations as to when and where I could fly it. The truth of the matter is that at level five wind resistance it should be comparable to the Mavic air 2 according to the ratings.

Occusync while not really necessary for my needs means that at the very least the transmission signal should be a lot more stable even though I have no intention of flying it the distance is that her quoted.

And I agree that 4K I think it’s not really that necessary as personally it means much greater hardware requirements for video editing, and truthfully in a drone this size I think not so necessary. As I don’t think the image quality will look that but better give them the sensor is the same. However the ability to shoot in raw does seem to have some value as one can do a lot more with the image in post for photographers.

So in summary I agree with you that if you are a drone owner that has multiple drones already that there is no real need to upgrade from your mini one to this model but I think depending on what the final price will be it might be a worthwhile upgrade if you were buying for the first time compared to the original mini

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If the MM2 has the same wind resistance as the MA2 it would be a truly impressive feat of engineering. So much so that I would reconsider buying one, and try to sell my MM.
But that sounds to good to be true unfortunately.

I have been waiting for the MM2, because its small, because now it is also capable shooting in Raw. It now has the occusync 2.0 transmission system. And, now is capable to fly 6.2 miles, which I will never do. Because I only fly VLOS, just waiting for the new c marking to take advantage of the new rules coming next year.
The 2.0 occusync will make it more of a stable link between the RC and aircraft,
but it still will not make it easy to see at a distance. And, still have to watch out for high winds because of the design limits of the aircraft. Camera on the new MM2 has also been updated. I like it because its small, lot easier to launch, at 300 feet nobody can see it, where as at 300 feet people still see my MP in the sky. Still waiting to see what happens with the new rules for the drone ID.

For me (based in Germany) it is absolutely worth it, because the WiFi Range outside the US is cut in half and is to be honest in some regions not good (in some cases video drops after 150 yards and less).

In regards of the wind resistance; I dont understand that at all; I could also not find any further information or table on this.

From my point of view: if the drone is faster than the windspeed its ok. The MA2 does about 70km/h and the MM1/2 does about 48km/h, why should both drones have the same wind resistance category? That does not make sense to me.

I sold my MM1 for 280 Euro (new: 399 Euro) and will buy the new one. So I had lots of fun with the MM1 and that was worth the 120 Euro and the video content I got out of it.

The only thing I dont understand why did DJI add such a huge remote to the MM2. My use case and I think that applies to many others is the transportability (on motorcycle i.e.).

I also dont understand why the MM1/2 are adressed often to new flyers; that does not make sense (I do airplane/helicopter/done flying since over 15 years and foto and videography since almost the same time). This drone has no crash sensors, which I dont need and want (APAS footage is not usable i.e.). I would recomend for newbies i.e. the MA2 which is much securer to fly and I find it also much more important for the newbies to do the half hour online test to have at least a minimum of drone flying and laws etc.

Just my two cents

Cheers from Munich/Germany
PS. will have to stay awake till 2AM today to order it

SpitFire said:

I have been waiting for the MM2, because its small, because now it is also capable shooting in Raw. It now has the occusync 2.0 transmission system. And, now is capable to fly 6.2 miles, which I will never do. Because I only fly VLOS, just waiting for the new c marking to take advantage of the new rules coming next year.
The 2.0 occusync will make it more of a stable link between the RC and aircraft,
but it still will not make it easy to see at a distance. And, still have to watch out for high winds because of the design limits of the aircraft. Camera on the new MM2 has also been updated. I like it because its small, lot easier to launch, at 300 feet nobody can see it, where as at 300 feet people still see my MP in the sky. Still waiting to see what happens with the new rules for the drone ID.

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I once hand-landed my MM in the middle of a crowd without anybody noticing .
This was in a remote location and a pretty cramped place, and suddenly there was a crowd of people there so I had to cancel my flight abruptly. I love the Mini, but not a chance I will buy the Mini2, as I have a MA2. It seems almost identical to the MA2 in features.

Crashdummytest said:

If the MM2 has the same wind resistance as the MA2 it would be a truly impressive feat of engineering. So much so that I would reconsider buying one, and try to sell my MM.
But that sounds to good to be true unfortunately.

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Well I agree that you would think it would be unlikely period on the released leaks of the Mini too they show the box mentioning level 5 wind resistance compared to the original which was level 4. Apparently the mavic Air 2 is also rated for level 5.

I have the mavic mini and love it for easy travel, this is by far the most portable drone of quality out there for video and photos. I use the mini for photography mainly. If I did not have the mini, I would certainly pickup the mini2, but my sights are set on the Air 2. since I already have the mini 1 because of the added features and camera quality.

dap455 said:

I have the mavic mini and love it for easy travel, this is by far the most portable drone of quality out there for video and photos. I use the mini for photography mainly. If I did not have the mini, I would certainly pickup the mini2, but my sights are set on the Air 2. since I already have the mini 1 because of the added features and camera quality.

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You can't go wrong with the air 2, it's just great.

SpitFire said:

I have been waiting for the MM2, because its small, because now it is also capable shooting in Raw.

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I was under the impression that shooting in raw was not part of the features for the M2

Rmcolon said:

That's why I love my EVO 2 Pro. Like today, with gusts of 38 - 40 mph, would be a fly away, even with my M2P. EVO 2 Pro has a wind resistance of 39-46 mph (Level 8).

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I have used the M2P (love that camera) and the MA2 a lot, and to me it seems they are pretty much similar in wind handling. The MA2 (Fly app) almost never complaints, the M2P (Go4 app) is prone to complaining. But in my experience they can handle about the same amount of wind. A bit surprising as the M2P is twice as heavy.

Portability and skirting the regulations are the pluses of the Mini.

As a current Mini owner, I would consider an upgrade because of the specs.

But in my neck of the woods, if the pricing is too close to an MA2, then I would rather upgrade to the MA2. We are just lucky here that our weight threshold for registration and licensing is 7kgs and above