Jared Polin froknowsphoto.com and in front of me right now I have all of the latest drones
that DJI has on the market.
We have the Phantom 4 Pro which I'm calling the P4P.
We have the Inspire 2, and we have the Mavic Pro.
Not sure why the Inspire doesn’t get to be called a pro when it clearly is.
So the point of this video is to go over the top level specs to help you figure out which
one of these maybe for you if you are not going to buy all of them, I'm also going to
tell you which one I would end up with if not ending up with all of them myself.
So there is a lot of specs to go over.
I've made a list of all of those specs and I so happen to make them really small and
I'm blind.
So for this video I'm going to leave my notes right here so I can see them and get to everything
much easier.
So the first things first let's talks about the price.
The P4P is priced at $1499, now that’s straight out of the box you get one controller, you
get the battery.
Or they also offer a Phantom 4 Pro Plus which gives you a controller with a screen built
in, and that’s $1799.
Now moving on over to the Inspire 2 it's priced at $2999 so for $3000 you get everything you
need to fly, but you can't take pictures because it doesn’t come with a payload for $3000.
If you want to pick up the version with the payload, with the X5S its $3000 more, you're
going to be spending 5999 for that or you could also purchase a X4S which we will talk
about a little later on.
Now the Mavic Pro is priced at $999 or you can buy it as a kit for $1299 which comes
with extra batteries and this beautiful 1980s Casio style case that you can carry over your
shoulder.
I personally bought this one right here and I got the kit myself because I wanted the
extra batteries.
Now let's talk about size and weight.
As you can see right here they vary in size from really, really small, to really, really
big, to something in between.
Kind of like those Berenstain bears people even though that’s not what it was about.
What do we have here?
The P4P 3.1 pounds, the Inspire 2 weighs in at 7.25 pounds with no payload attached and
the Mavic Pro weighs in at 1.62 pounds, so obviously you can tell which one is the heaviest
and which one is the lightest.
So keep all of this in mind when you're trying to decide which one is for you.
Now let's look at the prop sizes.
Man-O'Manowitz are the props from the Inspire 2 absolutely gigantic huge, they are absolutely
much bigger than my --. Then you could see you have more of a medium sized prop with
a P4P and a smaller foldable prop that comes with the Mavic Pro.
So absolutely huge props like mad props go out to the Inspire 2 for the size that they
are.
Now let's talk about the battery sizes and prices.
The P4P you can get a battery for $169, now that’s pretty expensive but don’t forget
you could also use the P4 battery you will just get less flight time.
So the flight time with the new battery 30 minutes, the flight time with the old battery
about 28 minutes.
Now the cost of the battery for the Inspire 2 is $159, you'll get about 25 to 27 minutes
with the X5S in optimum flight flying conditions.
And also one other thing that the Inspire 2 does, it has a built in heater that’s
going to go ahead and self heat the batteries in cold environments for when you're flying.
The Mavic Pro $89 for a battery you are going to get 27 minutes flight time in the optimum
flight conditions.
So do they come with cases?
Well, actually you’ve got the P4P comes with its medium size case, you’ve got the
Inspire 2 comes with a much larger case still made out of foam and if you buy the kit version
of the Mavic Pro you get that awesome, let me show it to you again, Casio style 1980s
shoulder bag which is actually pretty ugly.
But it's worth having because its fits everywhere I needed it to go.
Now let's talk about the remote sizes.
Now the remotes of the P4P and the Inspire 2 are very similar in size.
If you want to pick up a second remote for the Inspire 2 because you can have two remotes,
one for somebody flying and one for somebody controlling the camera, it's an extra $549.
And the Mavic Pro's remote is this new cool little remote control with a nice little read
out screen that’s actually pretty cool to hold.
You could even pop out the thumb controller so you can fit in your pocket just don’t
lose them because if you do you won’t be able to fly very well.
Moving on to sensor size, the P4P has a one inch 20 megapixels sensor, that is a much
larger sensor than they used to have in the old P4 larger sensors, better photos.
And also it has a mechanical shutter option for when you're capturing video, that’s
important to keep in mind so you don’t have the rolling shutter.
In terms of ISO you go from 100 to 6400 ISO for video and you go from 100 to 12800 for
stills.
Moving on to the Inspire 2.
You have two camera payload options, one of them is the X4S which in essence are the same
exact specs that I just said for the P4P because it is a one inch sensor.
The X5S, now this is where it gets great, this is a micro 4 third 20.8 megapixel sensor
it is much larger, you can also change the lenses on the front so get different focal
lengths depending on what your shooting and it goes from 100 ISO up to 25600 for both
video and for stills.
The quality of video that you're going to get out of something like the Inspire 2 is
going to be far superior than what you're going to see out of these other two on the
outside.
There is always tradeoffs, we'll keep talking about that when we move on.
Actually there is a third camera option, actually it's not even an option, it's just built in
to the Inspire 2.
It is a FPV camera for if somebody wants to put on the VR goggles and go ahead and fly
that’s right here in the front that is something cool that you will find on much higher end
drones its built into the Inspire 2.
So moving on to the Mavic Pro you have a one half point three inch 12 megapixel sensor.
So you have a smaller sensor, there is always that tradeoff.
Would I like to have a one inch sensor in this camera?
Absolutely, would I like to have a micro four thirds camera inside of this drone?
Yes, but it's not going to be possible so everything is a tradeoff.
The ISO range is 100 to 3200 in video and for some reason its 100 to 1600 when it comes
to stills.
I'm not going to find myself taking too many still photos with the Mavic Pro.
But with these other two the stills and the raw files that you're going to get from it
are going to be much better.
Now lets move on to the aperture, the P4P is the first Phantom model that lets you change
the aperture, you can go from 2.8 to 11 where before it was just a fixed aperture.
So when it comes to the Inspire it depends what lens you put on and the Mavic Pro you
cannot change the aperture, it is fixed at I believe 2.2.
So now moving on to codex, the P4P has H264 as well as H265 and DCI4K.
The Inspire 2 also does H264, H265 or Cinema DNG and Apple Prores at 5.2K with the X5S.
And if you have the X4S on there your get your 4K but it says it will over sample it
to 5.2K as well.
And then moving on to the Mavic Pro its H264 with a DCI4K.
So what about the media, what is the storage that you are saving your videos on?
P4P is a micro SD card.
Moving on to the Inspire 2 you have two options, it will take a micro SD card, but it also
takes one of these bad boys, this is a Cina SSD.
Now this one is absolutely humongous not in the way of size but it stores 480 gigs.
The reason you would use something like this is if you were recording in the higher res
codex you're going to need to move the data to something that’s as fast as this bad
boy.
And then moving on to the Mavic you take a micro SD card as well.
Obstacle avoidance that’s a new thing in drones that has gotten so much better.
The P4P has 360 degrees of obstacle avoidance including the bottom they just do not have
obstacle avoidance at the top.
I would like to see it up top so you could fly it indoors that would come in handy for
a lot of people out in the world.
Moving on to the Inspire 2 you have obstacle avoidance in the front, you have it in the
top unlike the P4P, you also have it on the bottom.
But keep in mind that most of the people that are purchasing an Inspire 2 are on the professional
side they are more at depth with flying these and they may not use the obstacle avoidance
at all.
And lets move on down to the Mavic Pro, you have front and bottom, no top, no left, no
right, no back, it's not the best.
But it's there so it's also good to have just in case you run it into something like a fireplace.
And finally we have max speed, how fast can these bad boys fly?
The P4P in Sport Mode can get up to 45 miles an hour, the Inspire 2 can get up to 58 miles
per hour max, it goes 0 to 50 in five seconds.
When they first announced it they said that it would go 67 miles an hour, I personally
was hoping it would go 88, but it doesn’t, it now goes 58 miles an hour.
And the Mavic Pro goes 40 miles per hour in Sport Mode which is pretty darn cool.
So now the question is who is this four and which one is right for you?
So the way that I look at it is for me personally I make YouTube videos, I travel quite a bit.
To be able to throw the Mavic Pro into a beautiful Casio side shoulder bag that looks just like
this I wish it came in brown, but it doesn’t it’s just so much easier to fly with, it’s
compact.
The video quality may not be as good or probably isn’t as good as the P4P and definitely
not as good as the Inspire.
But to take it with you anywhere you go in the world is absolutely incredible for the
price and the size, so keep that in mind.
Now look at the P4P if your somebody who does a lot of video you're looking to get better
stills from the sky and you want better quality than what you're going to get out of the Mavic
and size isn’t as much of a concern, you just need to be prepared when your travelling
to know that you need a separate bag.
A bigger bag, you need to take a second carry on, on or you need to have a pelican case
to check it.
But this is an absolute dream of a drone to fly.
Honestly, they all fly very well.
I love how easy it is to fly the Mavic.
And that’s a testament to how awesome DJI is at their software and making these things
better and better every generation.
And finally you have the Inspire 2, if you’re a filmmaker, if you're somebody who makes
money out there in the world making videos, making films this maybe the option for you.
Of course if you can afford it there is no reason why you wouldn’t want to get it,
but keep in mind there is a lot of extra accessories that go into it.
You need bigger storage devices; you need to get different lenses for the payloads so
you have to take all that into consideration.
So for me if I had to choose two of them right here I'd probably pick the Inspire 2 because
we want the best, of the best of the best with honors sir even though its much larger
and then I'd have a Mavic as a back up because it kind of looks like that this one bird that
one.
Right it looks like it just fell right out of there and that’s what you're left with.
I almost forgot there is one other test I want to do.
And for that test I have to come around here just a little bit and we have to try, it's
called the wind tunnel test.
That one sucked the P4P does not pass the wind tunnel test and the final results I think
they are in.
I honestly think the Mavic is better because the wind blows around it and over it much
better than it does the Inspire.
So if you were waiting to hear who got the wind tunnel test, it’s the Mavic and that’s
the one you should buy if you care about the wind tunnel test.
The last thing I want to say is I would love to see you like this video as well as leave
a comment down below with which one is for you, if you could only choose one of them,
which one is for you and why?
Don’t forget to subscribe to me on YouTube and one last thing, don’t forget to have
your pets spayed or -- no wait that’s not right don’t forget to fly responsibly.
Make sure you know the FAA regulations before you go out and fly your drones so that you're
protected and everybody else around you is protected and flying safe as well.
So I hope you liked that comparison video I want to know which one you would buy and
why?
Leave that down below in the comments and that is it, Jared Polin froknowsphoto.com,
see you.
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