Mini 2 SE, Lightweight Mini Drone with QHD Video, 10km Max Video Transmission, 31-Min Flight Time, Under 249 g, Auto Return to Home, 3-Axis Gimbal Drone with Camera for Beginners

Just got my hands on the DJI Mini 2 SE drone, and let me tell you, it's a game-changer! This little guy is small enough to fit in a small compartment of a backpack, but it's got some serious skills up its sleeve. I have tried several other types of drones with limited success. This drone changed all that! First off, the camera quality is really good. I'm certainly no pro photographer, but the shots I've been getting are pretty impressive. The 12MP sensor captures every detail, and the 3-axis gimbal keeps things steady, even when the wind is acting up. Speaking of wind, I was very surprised at how stable the drone and the camera shots are event in windy conditions. Compared to other drones that I have used, this one is easy to set up, and easy to get in the air without a lot of steps. The DJI Fly app is easy to navigate and you don't have to worry about a million setting to change to get in the air, or even while flying. Battery life is solid too. The battery says that it will last up to 31 minutes, which is better than most of the drones that I have seen. I actually get about 23-25 minutes on each charge, but I do tend to do a lot of maneuvering which limits battery time. The app has a nice feature where it will give you an estimated flight time remaining based on height and distance of the drone. I have successfully flown the drone several miles from my location and was able to still get crisp clear video. Now, it's not all sunshine and rainbows. One thing I wish it had is obstacle avoidance sensors. I've had a couple of close calls with trees, and it would be nice to have that extra layer of protection, especially for us newbie pilots. Overall, though, I'm seriously impressed with the DJI Mini 2 SE. It's perfect for anyone looking to up their aerial photography game without breaking the bank. With a few tweaks here and there, it could easily become the go-to drone for adventurers everywhere!

This is an impressive little drone and great for beginners or intermediate drone operators. We have tried other drones in the $100 range and they are all seriously lacking in reception range, video quality, and other necessary features. Like its more expensive DJI siblings, this drone has excellent range, great video, and a decent set of features to get anyone started in this hobby. This drone is entry-level and so lacks many features found in its pricier siblings like the Mini 3 or the Mavic series, but the affordable price balances the value. Overall very impressed with the range and video reception. DJI's proprietary wireless protocols gives this drone a premium feel at a budget price point. This drone is in a completely different class from most other drones below this price point. Recreational pilots in the US are limited by visual line of sight. This drone is a bit small so can be hard to pick out when farther away, but the reception has been perfect so far all the way out to our visual limit. Drone is very stable in wind. We tested in winds up to 20 mph and winds that were around 10 mph with higher gusts. Rock solid especially for a drone of this small size. It has no problems flying upwind in the winds we tested with. We have not tested cross wind flying yet to measure course drift. Requires a separate device for video. We tested this on Android and iOS. Works well with iPhone 13 and Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite. There is a clip in the controller for the phone/tablet. We found that it generally only worked for our iPhone 13. It can probably work for a device about 1" larger than the iPhone. It did not work for the Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and we needed to purchase an after-market clip. Battery life is pretty consistent between 15 and 20 minutes even in wind. The battery is lithium poly and uses a proprietary case and connection. Charging seems only possible through the drone itself or using a separately purchases charger designed for DJI drones. Not a big fan of the drone locking out the user in controlled airspace. When this happens the drone will not allow itself to be flown. Additionally the unlocking process is buggy and requires workaround to unlock an airspace that was unlocked on a prior day. It is not illegal in the US to fly in most controlled airspace when following FAA regulations which are pretty straight-forward for recreational pilots. I am concerned what might happen when DJI eventually sunsets the unlocking service. Perhaps they will release a firmware upgrade to disable that service one day, but I wish that day was now. Four stars because of the locking issue. If the drone did not lock itself, this would be a five star review.

I have one question—how on earth is this thing less than four hundred dollars?! This is one of the best purchases I’ve ever made on a drone. It’s perfectly steady, and the camera is stunning. The quality of the footage is so clear and crisp, it’s almost unbelievable. And the range? It can go so far away that I can’t even fathom the distance. After receiving a terrible drone order that was a complete waste of money, I truly understood just how incredible the DJI Mini 2 SE is. It felt necessary to leave this review despite the fact that not many people might see it because the difference is night and day. This drone is leagues above anything else I’ve tried. Despite a few crashes, this drone works flawlessly and feels like it should be worth at least $1,500. The return-to-home feature is incredibly precise—literally down to the inch—and the motion sensors are spot-on as well. It's also ridiculously easy to fly, which is perfect for anyone, whether you're a beginner or an experienced pilot. The best part? You don’t even need to register it because it’s so lightweight. Plus, it’s super easy to bring into other countries. I packed this drone into a suitcase full of heavy shoes and other items for a trip from Virginia to Turkey. The suitcase was handled roughly, and the boxes inside were damaged—including the drone's box—but when I unpacked everything, the drone was completely unscathed. The build quality is just that good! Here’s something insane to think about: imagine there’s an island on the Chesapeake Bay you want to fly over. It’s 7 km away, and this drone has a 10 km range without any signal extenders. But here’s the catch—your drone isn’t fully charged. You figure it’s fine and put the drone in sport mode to help it get there faster. But you completely underestimate how long the charge will last (which, by the way, is super long with this amazing piece of tech). When you’re 4 km out, the drone warns you that it doesn’t have enough charge to go much further and return safely. If you don’t listen, it’ll automatically turn back on its own. It’s like this drone is designed to be unbreakable and impossible to lose! Oh, and did I mention it can even handle CRAZY winds? This thing is a total beast. Last thing: I recommend buying an extra 2 chargers and charging station. Instead of getting 31 mins of flight time, you can get 1.5 hours of it with three batteries. It makes a big difference. Long story short, if you’re on the fence, don’t be. Just buy it—you won’t regret it.

This has been one of the most satisfying things I've ever bought. I had no idea what I was doing at first, but managed to get acquainted with it pretty easily with no crashes so far after about a month of almost daily flights. The video quality is "only" 2.7K, but it's been more than enough for me to get some still-gorgeous videos and pictures of my rural neighborhood. Be sure you use one of the approved micro SD cards though, or you'll have problems, as I discovered. At first I was trying to fly it without turning off my phone's wifi and bluetooth, and was having all kinds of interference problems. I was actually thinking about returning it, but this was only due to my ineptness and not reading the manual carefully. Now I just put my iphone on airplane mode and all is well. It only needed internet for the first flight to register the drone. The battery is a little tricky to remove as there isn't much to grab on to, and it fits snugly. There's a risk of it popping out abruptly if you're not careful. Also, be careful removing the gimbal protector. I was pulling the wrong direction initially and it popped off in a sudden way that I thought I might have destroyed the gimbal and wrecked my drone, but it turned out I was lucky and didn't damage anything. The battery fast charges quite quickly in the drone if you use a good USB-C charger. I ended up buying the dji charging hub and a couple more of the intelligent flight batteries, even though the flight time is quite impressive on a fully charged battery. Sometimes I want to fly for more than 20-30 minutes. Super impressed with the quality. It feels somewhat fragile only because it's so light ( I weighed mine and it was 240g), but it's really quite sturdy and well-made, with care. I have seen occasional graphics glitches on the picture streamed to my phone, but they're very minor and in no way effect the perfect video recorded to the SD card and don't threaten control of the drone. They're easy to clear by just turning the drone or the gimbal a little and don't happen often. My experience with this drone has been so positive, I'm considering getting a mini 3.

I’ve had a drone that was cheap and had a camera but wasn’t great. So I did research and purchased this drone. It’s an amazing value for the money considering how many features the DJI drones have, from the cheapest to the most expensive. This $300 drone exceeded my expectations watching videos on YouTube and even more in person. It’s very easy to setup and use. The battery in the controller lasts a super long time, the battery on the drone lasts for about 20+ minutes before you need to return. It can run up to 30 minutes but you’re pushing its limits. It’s got amazing build quality, from the drone itself to the controller. That’s what you get when you buy DJI. It handles wind well despite it being so lightweight. The gimbal is so smooth and keeps everything upright and leveled while in flight. It takes 4K quality pictures and 2.7K video. I’ve taken it very high up in the sky and it keeps an amazing signal as well as the gimbal stabilizing the footage or images. It’s so sophisticated for the price it blows me away. I’ve shown it to several people and they’re surprised how advanced it is for the price, everyone loves it. Great DJI drone, I can only imagine how good the other ones are when this is supposed to be beginner level.

I bought this in February, owned it for almost half a year of occasionally using it for Ariel pictures of my property, I was taking it out on a normal windless sunny day and it literally fell out of the sky at 200 feet up which of course broke it. I immediately contacted dji and sent in the drone and all the parts, they investigated and told me "the batteries i used were outdated and caused the failure so the repair fee is on me." The brand new batteries i bought with the drone were apparently outdated and caused catastrophic failure and they won't even fix it. I mean what a pathetic cop out of taking responsibility for your product. I now have to flip the bill on nearly a couple hundred dollar repair because their product failed in a way they are choosing not to take responsibility for. When it worked out was awesome. But this incredibly stupid unfair response to their product failing so quickly is why you shouldn't buy. If it happens to you, they WILL tell you to pound sand.

This is the most cost effective version of a DJI drone to get. The features are fantastic, the connectivity is great, and the instructions for use and setup are perfect for all ages of users. Getting it for a fathers or sibling creates a ton of fun for the family, as everyone can learn and experience something fun and new together. The fear and fun of starting it for the time, as well as landing it, all of which are in a tutorial to help the users understand how to fly, navigate, and land the drone. The biggest issue that I had with this product was the battery life. The heat combined with wind will drain the battery of the drone, be wary of the heat. It is also noteworthy to say that there is only one charging cable for the device. Aside from that, it looks great, it is lightweight, and if you can’t find your drone in the air, you’ll absolutely hear it. Great product and cost effective for a DJI!

Before this, I had picked up a Holy Stone HS440 on sale over the holidays as a "beginner" drone to see if I wanted to spend more for a better product. Big mistake, honestly. At least my HS440 basically could not hover, so right off the bat you're fighting with keeping it steady and not drifting. That's the biggest issue there, no time to get used to what you're doing because it's just not steady. Not so with DJI. Recently I saw the Fly More Combo on a great discount, so decided to pick it up*. Overall, great choice. The drone is steady at liftoff so you can work on getting a feel for the controls and how to fly, and the range is massively improved so that you can even learn in your own backyard. With the Holy Stone, to avoid breaking the thing you'd pretty much need to go to an empty park to get started, and even then the range is only around 1000 feet so you wouldn't be getting to see much. Setup for the Mini 2SE is easy and straightforward, and the app walks you through learning how to control it before letting you free to fly and make your own mistakes (which hey, you definitely will). It's a whole ton of fun to fly with. *Speaking of the Fly More, in the end that's not what I received. Amazon apparently set up their listing wrong, and when I tried to fix it they were just going to send me the same product again, the standard drone and controller only set, not the Fly More. Eventually they claimed if I returned what I ordered and ordered the Fly More, they'd somehow make the price difference right, but I opted to just purchase the pieces of the Fly More combo separately among refurbs and third party products. So far, so good.

Ce drone est le troisième que j' ai essayé et le premier que je me permets de recommander comme drone de débutant. La livraison a été rapide mais il a fallu beaucoup de temps pour me décider car je me suis permis de faire beaucoup de recherche et de visionnement de vidéos avant de choisir. Après une très mauvaise expérience avec un drone en provenance d' une autre plateforme de bas prix...je confirme que si vous trouvez que ce drone est trop dispendieux pour un débutant, je vous dirai de vous méfier de toutes ces offres de bas prix ridicules. Quand c' est trop beau pour être vrai, c' est que ce n' est pas vrai! Il y a une attrape quelque part. Je regrette de n' avoir pas choisi un DJI comme premier choix, j' aurais épargné du temps de l' argent et du stress inutile. Je suis impressionné par mon nouveau drone et par la qualité de l' application qui l' accompagne. Je suis maintenant un débutant avec un peu plus d' expérience et plus de satisfaction. Je ne regrette pas mon investissement. Mon drone de rêve n' a pas besoin de toutes ces options annoncées dans les annonces de bas prix, qui souvent ne fonctionnent pas comme promis. Et parfois certains vendeurs sans scrupules vous expédient un produit inférieur à ce que l' annonce vous promet. Stabilité, facilité de vol, images de bonne qualité et fiabilité sont les qualités que le mini2 SE de DJI m' a permis de découvrir et d' apprécier tout en me permettant d' être confiant dans mon expérience. Et je continue mes aventures! Excellent produit...un peu dispendieux mais en bout de ligne la qualité du produit est payante!

Eerst was ik van plan om een drone van van het duurdere model onder de 250 g te kopen. Toen dacht ik van laat ik eerst eens kijken of deze hobby wat voor mij is door deze budget drone te kopen. Het is een hele leuke kennismaking gebleken. Wat ik niet meer doe is amazons keuze volgen want achteraf had ik liever het combinatiepakket gekocht met extra batterijen met tas + lader en alle extra's die bij het Combo more pakket inbegrepen zijn. Nu moet ik al deze artikelen los bijkopen en dan ben je zoveel duurder uit dat je gelijk wel een duurder model drone had kunnen kopen. Ik snap Amazon wel dat er zo meer te verdienen valt met deze handreiking naar de verkoper. Deze les kost mij veel extra geld omdat ik alles nu los moet aanschaffen. Uiteraard koop ik deze extra's niet bij Amazon maar bij een webshop eindigend met Express. Mijn aanbeveling voor andere verkopers ga altijd voor het Combo pakket of koop gelijk een duurdere drone.

Als ich den DJI Mini 2 SE zum ersten Mal ausgepackt habe, dachte ich "Wow, sind die Drohnen mittlerweile schon so klein geworden oder bin ich einfach riesig gewachsen?". Tatsächlich war es aber die Drohne, die so unglaublich kompakt ist. Und dann ging es auch schon los: Ich klemmte mein Smartphone in die Fernsteuerung, stellte mich auf eine grüne Wiese und startete die Drohne. Sie hob sanft ab und ich konnte meine Nachbarn sehen, wie sie verwundert aus dem Fenster schauten. Ich hatte das Gefühl, als würde ich die Welt von oben betrachten. Ich fühlte mich wie ein Superheld, der gerade sein neues Spielzeug in der Hand hält. Und dann kam der Schock: Mein Nachbar hatte wohl gedacht, ich würde ihn ausspionieren und zeigte mir plötzlich seinen nackten Hintern. Ich war so geschockt, dass ich fast meine Drohne habe fallen lassen. Aber zum Glück hatte ich die Fernsteuerung noch im Griff und konnte schnell wegfliegen. Ansonsten funktioniert die Drohne super, die Kamera ist wirklich beeindruckend und die Flugzeit ist auch top. Und auch wenn ich jetzt immer ein bisschen Angst habe, was ich alles sehen werde, wenn ich über die Nachbarschaft fliege, ist der DJI Mini 2 SE eine klare Kaufempfehlung für alle, die gerne mal die Welt von oben betrachten wollen."

Pensavo ad uno strumento per controllare, ispezionare le parti impervie dell'edificio dove abito. Il drone poteva andare bene. Non un drone giocattolo ma un minimo di qualità. Ho scelto questo 'DJi Mini 2 SE'. E' il mio primo drone. Vola? Si vola ma qualunque attrezzo che voli deve sottostare alle regole dell'ente nazionale per l'aviazione civile (ENAC). Secondo ENAC qualunque operatore che intenda utilizzare un drone con telecamera deve essere registrato. Il 'DJi Mini 2 SE' ha una video-foto-camera, anche di qualità. Quindi bisogna procedere alla registrazione da effettuarsi sul portale d-flight. Non è stato semplicissimo ma alla fine ce l'ho fatta (6.00 euro). D-flight fornisce un codice identificativo europeo, in formato QR code, da apporre su ciascuno dei droni con cui si intende operare. Da questo momento si è ufficialmente responsabili di quei droni che vanno peraltro assicurati obbligatoriamente (30.00 euro). Il portale d-flight fornisce inoltre la consultazione della mappa italiana in cui sono specificate le aree dove si può volare, dove non si deve volare, dove si può volare con limitazioni di altezza. Per fortuna il mio edificio si trova in un'area in cui si può volacchiare. Ma bisogna anche possedere un attestato di Pilota di drone? Secondo i regolamenti europei questo drone rientra nella categoria aperta, a basso rischio, con il quale si può volare solo a vista; con un peso inferiore a 250 grammi rientra nella categoria C0, sotto categoria A1. Non è necessario il patentino da pilota. Si può volare sugli edifici ma non su assembramenti di persone. Si può volare su persone non coinvolte se non assembrate ma è bene mantenere una distanza di sicurezza. Però attenzione se si intende aggiungere i para elica al drone il peso supererà i 250 grammi rendendo necessario il patentino da pilota della categoria A1/A3. Si dovrà seguire in corso, anche online, e superare un esame. Io penso che sia comunque un bene seguire il corso per acquisire le basi del volo ed il patentino A1/A3 (€ 100 circa). Solo a questo punto possiamo cominciare a parlare del nostro aeromobile. Il 'DJi Mini 2 SE' si può acquistare i diversi modi ma il ho scelto quello venduto e spedito da Amazon per le note garanzie che questo offre. La confezione è arrivata nei tempi previsti, ben custodita. Per gli oggetti di valore, come questo, Amazon comunica una password da riferire al corriere per il ritiro: ottima cosa. Apro la confezione originale è trovo quanto descritto. Istruzioni? Minimal, deludenti, quasi inutili. Bisogna fare riferimento al sito del produttore. Tuttavia prendo subito atto che la ricarica delle batterie, del drone e del telecomando, richiedono un alimentatore da 18W che io non ho. Per fortuna su Amazon ho trovato questo: MEROM Caricatore 18W Quick Charge 3.0); a buon prezzo (€ 8,99). Intanto mi appresto ad installare la App di controllo del drone, il 'DJI Fly'. Vado su Google play e non lo trovo. Apprendo che si deve scaricare necessariamente dal sito del costruttore. Ma per fare questo bisogna scaricare un file APK ed abilitarlo sul browser del vostro telefono. Non è una operazione sana da fare perché bisogna rompere la rete di protezione con cui Google recinta le proprie app ma non ho scelta se voglio andare avanti mi devo fidare di dji.com. Alla fine riesco ad installare l'App DJI Fly e l'avvio. Attenzione che non gira su tutti i modelli di smartphone: sul mio 'Galaxy A23 5G' funziona. Per poter procedere è necessaria l'iscrizione: email, telefono e password. L'app si apre, sembra fatta bene. Attendo la ricarica delle batterie e vado. Finalmente sto volando. Un po' di tempo per prenderci la mano. Il controllo del velivolo è perfetto, le foto sono ottime, i video anche. E bello ma non è stato semplice.

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