DJI's Mavic Pro is the best drone you can buy for $1,000.

Super portable design; Solid construction; Outrageously long range; Gimbaled 4K camera; Reasonably priced

Fragile gimbal assembly

The DJI MAVIC Pro has to be the overall best consumer-level drone on the market right now. It's compact and ultra-portable, shoots video up to 4K at 30 frames per second, has great obstacle avoidance technology, and is crazy easy to use.

Up to 4K at 30fps; Excellent stabilization; Great obstacle avoidance technology; Tiny; compact design with few downloads; Extremely easy to use

Battery life isn't great – you will need two batteries; Not the most durable design; Expensive aftermarket parts

Many buyers of the Mavic Pro have written and explained what a great drone this is. I won't repeat any of that. Instead do this to get the most use and enjoyment out of this fantastic piece of technology.

DJI made a big statement launching the Mavic Pro drone. For the first time the company's best and most useful technological advances are available in a product that costs less than ￡1,000. What's more, that product is easily the most portable and user-friendly drone to date.

Super portable design; lots of smart technology; decent battery life and camera quality

Return to home feature and gestures didn't work reliably in testing

This is my first real drone, and I want sure what to expect. When I got it, it was much smaller than I thought! It folds into a compact package and is quick to make ready to fly. Footage is very smooth and unique. The only downside is editing it all into something cohesive!

Both drone and controller are incredibly compact and portable; All the advanced features you’d expect from a bigger drone; Great photo and video quality ;

Compact legs mean being more choosy with take-off and landing zones; Smaller, lighter body means high winds make flying trickier than with a Phantom;

DJI hasn’t made any sacrifices to shrink the Mavic down to a size you really can take anywhere. In fact, it’s got more tech than you’ll find in the Phantom 4. Those folding arms work a treat, and the matching compact controller is brilliant too. It's a lot more compact than GoPro's Karma drone, and has more smart flight modes to boot. The Karma's removable gimbal admittedly makes it more flexible on the ground, but I’ve no doubt the Mavic has the edge in the air. Yes, the Mavic is expensive, but when it’s just about manoeuvrable enough for racing, takes fantastic photos and videos, and is simple enough to fly that even a total novice can do it without having to worry about crashing, it really does tick every box. Unless you’re a professional that needs an aerial camera platform for a hardcore video rig, this is all the drone you should need. Buy the Mavic Pro here from DJI

Both drone and controller are incredibly compact and portable; All the advanced features you’d expect from a bigger drone; Great photo and video quality ;

Compact legs mean being more choosy with take-off and landing zones; Smaller, lighter body means high winds make flying trickier than with a Phantom;

It's soo tiny, the box it came is is the same size as an iPad, just a tad thicker. Build quality is very solid, the UAV and the remote, it feels like it's worth 1.5k.

This is undoubtedly one of the best Quadcopters ever made. It's small. Agile, Easy to Fly*, Phenomenal Video Quality, Avoids mandatory registration in some countries because of its weight weight.

Amazing size; camera; flight time

Compass calibration; crappy phone holder arms

When the Mavic Pro arrived in our offices, the reaction was unanimous: holy shit, it's small. The folding drone is roughly the size and weight of a hefty Italian sandwich. This compact form factor, I'd come to learn, is a blessing and a curse for the Mavic Pro - emphasis on the blessing.