DJI Mini 3 Pro ONE YEAR Long Term Review - Still The Best Mini Drone in 2023? 

I got a job just to buy this drone (I am 16), and tomorrow my exams finish, and I will finally get this tomorrow!

A beast of a drone that shouldn't be overlooked. I own one and the content you get from it is incredible. The remote controller has been very useful. I recommend buying a lanyard for it.

mini 2 owner since new here ill upgrade when they drop a mini 4

Thanks for explaining in clear concise detail. A pleasure to listen to.

Best drone specs/money u can get Love It!!

Its my first and only drone and i think it's incredible! I also use the Freewell ND filters on the very bright days and have to say, they have been great and I'm thrilled with the results. Great drone and the quality of the 4k footage is quite superb.

I love my M3P. A Big plus for how silent it is. I do not disturb people or nature more than I have to.

Your experience matches mine exactly! Perfect summary, and the great support from DJI is also important to mention. So many useful firmware updates. The only things I'm missing are obstacle avoidance at 4K 60 and waypoints. Mini2 is also great but video quality sucks - especially at low light.

Sent my drone from vancouver to quebec for repairs. I could check on each step of the process on line with descriptions and pictures. I had my drone back repaired 1 day after they recieved it. Absolutly amazing! Wrote the first one off within 24hrs. Bought another and made sure to get FULL WARRANTY, which was inexpensive. More careful with the new drone, its been pretty cool.

For me, the dji mini pro 3 would be the ideal drone to have in my arsenal as its performance would be regulated in short range for real estate as opposed to film making.

So far, the Mini 3 Pro is the only one of my three that's actually been used this year. It lives in my camera bag full time. My Autel Lite+ crashed for no reason last summer, so I'm kind of gun shy to use the replacement they sent me, and my Nano+ is just so darned inconvenient to use compared to the M3P it hasn't been in the sky for even longer. About all the Nano+ has over the M3P is low light performance.

It’s awesome to see you in front of the camera. I’ve been really enjoying your channel for years and I always enjoy your videos. Can’t thank you enough

The tech is really getting good in the these drones. I hope our sill government does not ban them! And looking forward the next version of these as that is when I'll upgrade my existing drones.

You are so knowledgeable. Very complete and to the point. Thanks for all your information. Chuck.

I bought a mini2 -3 years ago then I bought Mavic 3 classic but didn't unbox yet it.. I am watching your reviewing and I was attracted to have Mini 3 pro.. so amazing this drone I will buy it later even I got already Mavic 3 classic

Excellent review! 100% accurate! The Mini 3 Pro rocks!

Perfect review Shawn! When I first saw renderings of the Mini 3 Pro I thought it was a joke. Looks aside, it is one of DJIs best efforts yet.

Just got mine over the weekend, Prime day ftw!!

Thank you for the well presented and concise review. Being a complete novice wondering which drone to purchase here in the UK, this video ticked all the boxes.

Love my Mini 3 Pro I bought it with the RCN1 controller because of the range issues with the RC I eventually will get the RC but I am VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RANGE!!....Much better than my Mavic Air 2 (occusync 2)....Range is GREAT in urban areas and even better in open areas here in Colorado at high altitiude!

Thanks Shawn! I bought one last summer based on your videos and have not regretted my purchase. It is a great drone! Very nice long term review of the Mini 3 Pro.

Appreciate the review brother, it’s good putting a face to the voice

Totally agree with all of your points, Shawn! My ONLY wish would be that it have a variable aperture.

Thanks Dude! Very helpful! We're going to get one for our Dad

Thank you for the video Shawn. I purchased one of these drones last year as a result from following your videos. Cheers mate 👍🦘🇦🇺

Nailed it Shawn, an excellent review aligned with my own views on this beaut little machine.

Had mine for three months. Very impressed with IQ and how easy it is to fly

Beautiful Drone and nice to share for us.......

Mavic3 and Mini3 Pro…top my team! Ty Air!👍💪

Hanatora remote controller antenna range extender is even longer distance. Yagi-uda plus dish extender combined in one. Really love it.

❤

Great review Shawn. I’ve yet to upgrade from the Mini 2, but I’m getting closer and closer!

Brilliant, I totally agree with every word, thank you.

Well done Shawn.. thx for the video ...... 👍👍👍 Mikey

Excellent and demonstrates why you are my go to source. I do wish you and other important reviewers would take DJI to task as these drones do not follow consistently for motorcycles. Thanks

Great review, Shaun. I have enjoyed my Mini 3 Pro since last September. It pairs nicely with my Mini 2. I have heard many pilots say that if they could have only one drone, it would be the Mini 3 Pro. Cheers from Wisconsin and hope you are enjoying your adventure.

Thanks for sharing. I own the DJI Mavic 3 Classic and will be buying the Mini 3 Pro also. BYW, good to place your face with your voice instead of watching your hands.

Just bought this drone should be here in the morning

YES YES i do appreciate more over im from windsor On so it extremally important the done is under 250 g as you know why

It really is an amazing platform, one year in, much experimentation and climbing the learning curve and I have to say, I don't think I need a 1 inch sensor; this drone is all that and a bag of chips!

Have a Pro 2 DJI. Have flown for a few years with zero issues. Purchased DJI mini pro 3. Second flight out, with full battery, it lost power and dropped 120’ to the top of a hotel. It is destroyed. Could have hurt someone seriously. Reconsider before purchasing the mini pro 3 DJI. If You own one, make sure Your liability insurance is good.

Nice Toneh in the thumbnail, really attention grabbing in my humble opinion. The furthest I was comfortable flying was 5 km's, I still had good signal but I was feeling uneasy- I fly big battery so I'm certed and the drone is registered so... I have such great faith in the platform, most of my filming is out over water. Excellent, thoughtful review and the effort you put into production and post is evident, well done! Almost everything I film is in 20+ winds, I learned to film parallel to the wind, learning yaw flying is amazing, perpendicular is where it can get shaky, especially when time lapsing.

another great video about a great albeit small drone!

I now have the fleet, the Mavic Mini, the Mini 2, & the Mini 3 pro. 😊

thank you - hugely appreciated video

Good long turn review Shawn

Agree on everything you said except for iPhone is 2000 nits. In brightest daylight can see iphone perfect while the remote nothing. The rest you nailed it

Nice review Shawn!

Great review. Thanks.

For range use skyreat antenna range extender or the booster from drone valley. Not sure which is better. For longer battery use master airscrew propellers. It wont fit the single drone case but i cut it out.

Great review, thank you Sir

The brown truck and man in the brown uniform scheduled to come tomorrow! Sold my Pro2, great drone but did not use often and wanted something less obtrusive.

Fantastic long term review. Looking at buying it this week to replace my mini 2. I had a question about the controller options. There are some sales on right now but I'm torn between the old style controller and the new video screen RC. Can you see a strong argument for one over the other?

Thank you for sharing 💯

When you throw in the plus batteries, do you get a prompt that won't let you fly unless you register?

Great review! 🙌

Any rumors on a mini 4 coming out. Should I wait or buy the mini 3? I currently have a DJi maviv 2 but it feels so massive

Such a beautiful and simplistic approach for this review. So nice to see videos like this. ❤

Would have loved if you would have added what you disliked about it after a year of use

Great footage

For the me, the MIni 3 Pro is first Mini pro that I really use on a regular basis. Most of the previous Mini drones I have owned just didn't have the camera quality that I'm used to, especially in low light or bad lighting conditions. And having a full set of features makes it more useful than the Nano Plus. Great review Shawn, and I agree with all your points. Thanks for sharing.

I got this great drone last August and the great Mavic 3 just this past December. Love both! Also have the RCN1, RC and the RCPro controllers! My favorite one is the RCPro since the screen recording is amazing in HD! But also love the RC and RCN1 which also has nice iPhone HD screen recordings! I like to put my RC one for active track since its lighter. I have an eBike mount for my RC however I don’t like the screen recordings as much on the RC since it’s 720p however it’s still good. I plan to get the Avata, motion controller and Intégra Googles next Fall which will create an amazing FPV type flying experience which I want to develop in my areal videography! Surprisingly I managed to fly my new Mavic 3 12 kilometers away and back this past May with my RCPro controller which I believe has much better signal than last fall due to recent firmware updates! Amazingly and happily surprised since I thought that the RCN1 had the best signal for long range! It’s no longer the case! I was at 11 kilometers away and never had the 1 red bar nor video feed loss! Mostly white bars! Way better than the RCN1 with my mini 3 which had video lags more often! I did manage to fly it 10.5 kilometers away and back so it’s also amazing! Open plateau in the countryside! No obstacles!!

Good job on the presentation

Thanks!

Hey thank you so much for your extensive reviews. I would really appreciate you testing the goggles integra capabilities of the mini 3 some more. E.g. is the mini 3 capable of close proximity flight with the wide angle lens and the integra? Meaning should I get it in conjunction with the avata. What is the latency between mini 3 and integra ? 150ms like rc1 controller or 40ms like avata and integra? Thank you so much.

Thanks for that review Shawn. Can I ask you about wide angle DJI lens on M3P? Ive watched your previous wide angle vid and checked the DJI forum, but no help with this: With DJI made wide lens on my M3Pro, and viewing thru Goggles 2 & with Motion Controller 2, each time I make even the slightest turn, i get a kind of distortion. Not the expected and normal barrel effect, etc, but rather like the view is suddenly much lower resolution, or like when your Goggles2 first begins to get a weakened transmission signal. As soon as i come out of the turn, Im instantly back to a clear picture. This is, btw, during normal/full levels of RC transmission rates according the the bars and the mbps speed in the bottom right of the Goggles 2 screen view. I need screen view clarity on turns because alot of my flying is creeping thru the woods (at 4 to 10mph.), and i need to see those ghost branches and small leaves, let alone zombies and vampires. I thought maybe this distortion or lack of resolution is a limitation to any wide angle lens, but then i hooked up my avata and flew...holy moly it has perfect clarity on turning anyway as i creep thru same woods and as i then fly fast over them. Is there any way, with different lens brands/companys, or different drone settings, or whatever, that I could get better clarity on turns for that live screen view M3P set up that Ive described? Thanks for any advice.

Hey Shawn I’m curious about lifespan of the mini 3 pro. I’m getting close to 300 kilometers flown. Is that a lot? Is that a little? Batteries seem great still. Any info or your experience on this topic would be appreciated. Thanks

Pretty good 👍

what camera did you use for shooting this video ?

Just got mine 2 weeks ago. Been using the integra goggles and motion controller. VERY fun but a friend and I both noticed we couldn't play our drones videos on windows media player. My avata plays fine, the mini 3 pro plays fine when using the rc-n1 controller. We both have older computers and were shooting in 2.7k60fps 264 codec. I had a thought maybe the goggles had the codec wrong so we both changed to 265 codec and they play! I have tried to reach out to dji but they don't seem to understand what I'm telling them.

Would you suggest me switching to it from my mini 2 with the prime day deals ? I really like the mini 2 for the stuff I do but this video does kinda make me want to upgrade. Do you think it’s worth it ?

Question. What do I need to fly my Mini3 Pro in Japan?

Great video. I’m such in doubt whether I should buy this Mini 3 Pro now or Mavic 3 Classic since both are sub 900 gram and then C1 drone in Europe. Do you think there will come a Mini 4 Pro anytime soon since Mini 3 Pro has been out in a year now.

I see you did a night flight. So I can fly my mini 3 Pro at night??? I’m in The United States Thanks!

Hello Sean. One question please. I'm going to buy my first ever drone and i'm looking into this one (although i'm going a bit over my initial budget), but i'm wondering if i should wait until the mini 4 pro is released so that i may get 3 with a lower price. Should i wait or just go for it now?

How much does it cost?

How do you disable the tutorial videos that pop up?

What do you think about the one with the Hasselblad camera?

Hi Shawn, hope all is well with you. I have a question, and honestly, just being lazy and asking here. Is there a way to have have the gimble target something when you are flying? I kind of feel like there is when you are using one of the tracking modes. I find myself adjusting the gimble in real time for a POI, usually something stationary I'm over flying. Sorry again, but if you do have a video already about this, maybe the link would help other lazy people. ;) Help with the algorithms, etc, etc, etc. Most importantly - hope the travels are satisfying for you.

Hi folks, literally subscribed cause we just got this drone and I have never ever flown or used any before. I am so afraid to start using it and may end up destroying 😮 Can anyone help me find good tutorials that can help me fly it without breaking the thing

it wouldve been nice if we got even 2 seconds to hear what it sounded like. otherwise, great info.

Did geofencing got better with this drone?

Does this now have 10bit color with any updates?

Good for weddings?

I had the dji 1 does this allow you to record audio now ?

Does bettry effect after long terms of use???

Hello Sean do u know if a case like those we can get from china wich have drone shape cut on the foam that is for the mini 3 pro will also fit the the mini 3 with the bigger landing legs?

It's a brilliant drone the only downfall with it that it's not very durable but as long as you don't hit anything then it's all rounder. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to some more videos 😁 👍 👌 🇬🇧

at 3.37 you have a weak signal warning but your distance is only 387m? thats not too good?

👍🏻!

I hope to have the mini 3 but I’m broke lol

DOES IT HAVE A FOLLOW FUNCTION.

Hi does this model have remote id?

They just need to add waypoints.

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When will we see a Mini 4 Pro you think?

Дякую!

Best mini drone bar none

If only dji was allowing waypoints or the possibility to use Litchi or equivalent with the RC😢...

Lacking side sensors though…