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Almost every drone worth buying now weighs 249 grams, and that is not a coincidence: it is the line where registration and pilot exams begin in the United States, the EU and the UK. That one number shapes the whole category, so we compare on what it costs you to stay under it: sensor size, how long it really flies, how far the controller reaches and whether the drone can see what it is about to hit. Where a cheaper brand is genuinely the sensible buy, we say so.
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- 1
DJI Mini 4K
Under 249 g, 4K on a real gimbal, and the cheapest way into DJI's flight software.
- 2
DJI Mini 5 Pro
A 1-inch sensor in a drone that still weighs under 249 g.
- 3
DJI Neo
135 g, launches from your palm and flies itself. Barely a drone.
- 4
DJI Mini 3
38 minutes in the air, the longest here, on last year's mini.
- 5
DJI Air 3S
724 g and two cameras: the point where pocket portability stops mattering.
- 6
DJI Mini 4 Pro
Sees obstacles in every direction and still ducks under the 249 g line.
- 7
Potensic ATOM 2
The non-DJI mini worth buying when DJI is out of stock or overpriced.
- 8
Potensic ATOM 4K
Sold around its batteries: total flight time is the whole argument.
- 9
Holy Stone HS360S
GPS and 4K at the bottom of the market, with expectations to match.
- 10
Bwine F7GIM
Up to 70 minutes across two batteries, if you can live with full size.