help deciding bebop or dji phantom 2 vision+

[Fred modesta]

So I have had the ar drone for a couple years.
I thought I would upgrade to the bebop with skycontroller.
longer range , better camera, digital gimble effect, and better controller w/joystick.

but the more I read, the more I worried. not very good reviews. from the build being cheap to haveing many bugs , short battery life and control issues. But I think those were associated with unnits w/o skycontroller???

anyway, for that money I found the dji phantom 2 vision+.

seems like an all round better drone. But what is scareing me about these is the potential $$ associated with damage to the gimble/camera

I would appreciate all comments, pros and cons for each.
what would you buy and why

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate I am a Phantom fan, its one of the best the rest clone it as its one of the best, my wife has the Phantom 1 and has never let us down, even in strong wind the fail safe landed it 1 foot away cant ask for more , unless I am mistaken parrot makes blue tooth phone sets,and now jumped into quads ( may be as they are a money maker) the camera or gimbal can get damaged in a crash on any quad , the only way to cut down on the odds is get a spreading wings if a motor fails it still flys , but saying that never had a phantom motor fail yet , and they fly easy thats why they sell well
http://www.dji.com/product/spreading-wings-s1000-plus

 

[Fred modesta]

Thats a badass drone. But its out of my price range.
the parrot bebop doesnt have a gimble. It achieves the effect by digitally cropping.
would still be an improvement over the ar 2.o drone. And cost of replacement camera is obly $150.
But it cost as much as the phantom. Only concern is cost of repaids.
seems the ohantom vision 2 + is the better of the two

 

[holtneil]

Hi Fred Phantom 1 or Phantom 2+ will be a good buy ,you wont be sorry I got the Phantom 1 as it takes a standard 3 cell 2200mah battery , so are cheap to get the P2 has a pricer battery so look at the cost of this too , also Hobby king do an alloy carry case thats very nice well make and you dont have to remove the props to fit it in
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...er_UK_Warehouse_.html?strSearch=phantom carry

 

[Tommy drone]

Phantom is always the better choice.

 

[CajunFlyer]

Got my Phantom 3 Standard yesterday and it is unbelievable. Very easy to fly and very stable. Had to beg, borrow, and steal to get it but....Hats off to SO for ok'ing it. Good buy for $499.00
BTW have gotten 32+mph out of it so far.

 

[ringolong]

Another vote for the phantom.

 

[bullgoose]

P3 Standard worth saving a little longer for. Nothing in a similar price range comes close in terms of video quality and capability.

http://www.banggood.com/DJI-Phantom...pter-RTF-p-989969.html?p=2O21111526893201504H

Three flights short of 50 with mine without issue. Fantastic bird !