How's it going! I'm Brett Garamella, the Drone Pilot Pro, and today i'm going to talk about compatibility
between the dji mini 2 and the original mini okay i've been getting a lot of questions can i use the
batteries the propellers the controller what is interchangeable all right what can i use with both
drones or can i not use anything with both drones it's going to be a short video but before we get
into it don't forget to hit the subscribe button and the bell notification because i'm going to be
giving away a brand new mini 2 in my next video okay so it should be a couple days from now that
video will give all the information on how you can win a brand new dji mini 2. all right so let's get
into this video and wipe it up too much just yet so first things first let's take out these
batteries and i'll just show you in the charging hub you cannot put that in it's not going to go in
the mini 2 battery does not go in the original mini charging hub just it looks like it goes in
but it just doesn't go in now the mini 2 you can put in the original batteries they go right in
and you can charge those right up so the mini 2 is nice because you can use the batteries that come
with it obviously in the charging hub and then you can use the original mini batteries in the
mini 2 charging hub so the mini 2 takes whatever batteries and it works but the original mini only
uses the original mini batteries now the other question you may have do the batteries go into the
drone the batteries only go into the mini 2 drone so the mini 2 the charging hub and the drone will
accept any battery but the original mini will only accept the mini batteries like if i try to put the
mini 2 battery in the original mini drone it's just it's not going in all right it's not working
it's a square peg but what i did was i took the original mini battery and i put it in the mini 2
and it slides right in and the battery just goes right in okay that's the original mini
battery goes right into the mini 2. so i did fly the mini 2 with the mini 1 batteries with the
black batteries i might have noticed a little difference and it didn't quite have the same
stability as the mini two batteries but it might have just been in my mind overall it flew fine
it flew well however i wouldn't do it the reason i wouldn't put the original mini batteries in the
mini 2 is because then your drone is going to weigh more than 250 grams sort of defeats the
purpose of having a 250 gram drone then you're gonna have to register it and you might have to
deal with remote id in the future and if something happens you crash the drone that could void your
warranty so if dji finds that out you may not get a replacement you know you may have to pay more
money now i don't know how exactly they would know that but dji does have its ways of finding
out these things so i would use these as your main batteries and let's say you're like oh i need to
get this one shot in the sun setting or you're all out of battery life and you just need to get
this one shot then i would use the original mini batteries and also these mini two batteries not
only are they lighter but they're also a little more powerful so you're gonna get a little more
flight time not very much maybe a minute or two more flight time with the mini two batteries next
up is the controller the mini two controller works with the mini 2 drone and it works with
the mavic air 2. so the mavic air 2 and the mini 2 i can fly with the mini 2 controller however
it's the only controller right now that works with two drones but the mavic air 2 controller which is
almost identical to the mini 2 controller i think in the future that's going to work as well with
both the mini 2 and the mavic air 2 drone so in the future you'll be able to buy a mini 2 and then
if you wanted to you could just buy the mavic air 2 by itself now don't quote me on that but i think
that makes sense why wouldn't dji do that they're going to sell a whole boatload of drones doing
that so it kind of makes sense and yeah i tried the original mini controller with the mini 2 it
doesn't work i tried all different setups but the only controller that's compatible with two drones
is the mini 2 controller now a lot of people have been asking about the smart controller the smart
controller doesn't yet work with the mini 2 as of the making of this video i'm sure dji will update
with the firmware so that it will work with the mini 2 but as of right now it does not work with
the mini 2. now next up are the propellers now the propellers look almost identical except for the
color the original mini has that little silver stripe and the mini two has that orange stripe
however the biggest difference is the screws are ever so slightly different so i took them off i
looked at them i tried screwing it in they went in however i only did it with one mount right here
and then i noticed it was kind of like stripping it away so i decided to stop it if you try to
use the propellers from the original mini in the mini 2 or vice versa it might work in an emergency
situation for like one or two flights but anything more than that you're gonna strip away the thread
and because it's a screw if you strip away the thread it's not gonna work so it's not a good idea
to do that and the propellers are so cheap anyway i would just buy a bunch of extras just in case
so you have them as backups just to give yourself a peace of mind so please please do not swap the
propellers you're gonna run into all different sorts of situations now the esc esc's the motors
on the mini 2 are much stronger and more powerful than the original mini but the propellers are
basically the same but it's the screw and the mount in the screw that is different so when
you screw it in you're going to damage that mount it's not going to go in flush and work correctly
and then you're going to run into all kinds of problems moving on the cameras are basically the
same so you could use the same filters nd filters they'll work for both drones as far as i know
i haven't tried it yet because i'm getting filters that are on the way but i look very closely at
both of the cameras they are basically identical one says 4k the other one doesn't but if you look
at them side by side they're basically identical all right and the propeller case just put
the original mini 2 propeller cage and it fits right on the mini 2 so if you have the mini one
you don't have to buy a new propeller cage now let's just give it a whirl i've never tried it
before so live in this video let's go for it it's actually kind of a bad idea do it like this but
and the battery's low all right so it works all right the battery was low i was just outside
flying so so it works with the propeller cage all right i think that covers it all
if there's anything i left out want to keep this video short just leave it in the comment
below and by the way having all this gear is really nice but even better than having
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drone training in that training i answer a ton of questions that i get all the time plus i show
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in my next video. I'm Brett Garamella, the Drone Pilot Pro, and remember, Fly Like a Pro!