The blade guards aren't supposed to be on outdoors as they severely effect flight handling in the wind. It's better to take them off and not crash than have them on and increase the chances of crashing.
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You have a real talent for blending video and technical matters. Most engineers can't talk without confusing themselves and the people who are supposed to be learning from them. You're very good at presenting both without being boring or overly artsy.
Great non bias review! However, the Bebop is a lot more effective and easier to control out-doors if you take off the bumpers. The bumpers are for indoor flight only, when used outside it picks up a lot more wind resistance pushing it around a lot more then if they were not there.
For someone that hasn't done much research on these, you have really opened my eyes in terms of what to get, do's n dont's as well as a direction to go in when ready to but. Ty for your very informative video.
It's worth noting that the Phantom 2 only gets a 25 minute flight time or even a little better when no gimbal and camera is on it. Adding a gimbal and doc accessories will reduce flight time sub 20 mins. The new Phantom 3 which has everything on it camera gimbal etc is expected to have 23 minute flight time using a 4 cell battery vs the Phantoms 2s 3 cell.
Why are you flying the bebop with the indoor hull?? That will make your flight very bad because the bumpers work like sailed and gets blown around!! Also if you get an Ndidia shield for your bebop you get awesome control than using the touch screen! Also you don't have to pay the money for the sky controller. My bebop fly's extremely stable with the Nvidia shield!
+rAdiant Jet while the sky controller is not needed, it does give you some added features... like the ability to fly over a mile away... i currently fly mine with the shield as well but plan to add the controller in the near future
Ill start off by saying I am new to drones. I was thinking about getting a phantom, but then I also have to buy a Go Pro which is almost 500$. I have watched this video comparison and multiple others and they pretty much all say the same thing. The BEBOP is pretty good, especially for an entry level drone. Everyone here seems to think its a piece of junk but all the professional websites and reviewers think otherwise. For $500 total you get the BEBOP, Im gonna give it a shot!
They're called fanboys because they can never just be happy with what they have. They have to trash talk the other side to justify their purchase. Seriously, regardless of what drone you bought, just enjoy your drone.
He put the hulls on the wrong side. Meaning the right side hull is on the left side and vise versa. Doesn't really make any difference other than upside down words.
In all the videos I have seen so far showing the Parrot bebop there is a glitch in the video where it looks like it does a quick jump back and forth, not quite sure how to describe it. I figure it is a bug in the software control that can be fixed. On a side note it sounds as if you are pronouncing DJI as DGI, you're not the only one tho as it seems like a common mispronunciation.
Ben7seven7 The Beebop has a fixed camera so the side to side will show up no matter what, a gimbal corrects that problem, if you want to test this for yourself grab a cheap toy grade quad with camera and take video, you will see the same jumping around that you witnessed on the Beebop.
I don't know, do not plan on buying the bebop due to the high cost of the skycontroller, I am looking at their other one which I found a controller that I can connect to my phone to control, saves the expense since the other one has about the same camera and costs 100 bucks less plus has a downwards facing camera.
I have two Parrot AR Drone 2's for Sale. One is the original Parrot AR Drone 2 and the second is the power edition which has upgraded motors and improved batteries.
Great job comparing the Bebop and the DJI. I just purchased a Bebob for a great price, under $450. Haven't flown it yet, too windy and wintry in MD but have the apps on my phone and tablets. Will let you know how I do with it.
just buy the Phantom 2 vision plus - you get the best FPV and the better camera - be sure to get some kinda camera/gimbal protector - it will cost you less in the long run - the RTH feature on the P2V+alone will save your ass - bee bop is a practice quad and that is all - i learned on the AR 2.0 and it cost me as much as the phantom 2 Vision plus after all of the replacement parts i had to buy in order to keep it in the air and there is NO comparison in the cameras !! P2V+ wins by a landslide!!
I thought this video was very well put together and as somebody who is just beginning to research buying a drone that is more than just a toy with video platform this was a great comparison of two commonly known entry level drones. Thanks!
Think connectivity! Like the idea of under $40 if you need to practice first . I'll be attending International CES Vegas and always love to see what Parrot has in space for 2016. See you there Parrot and I'll be on your radar in one of my many articles to come
Great comparison, but it is important for consumers to know that the FPV system on the bebop is very laggy and cannot be solely relied on for flying. I fly the bebop visually and only glance at the FPV to get a reference point as to which way the drone is facing. Also in my country the drone costs just under $700 and the Skycontroller costs about $500. I think that $500 just for extra range is too much. I would not fly the bebop further than 500m away from me as it will be hard to visually see the direction the bebop is pointing, and would be have difficulty trusting the FPV. Flying with the iPad is very easy to use and provides enough range.
Great video, I'm just starting out I fly the syma X5C and am getting good with it and I always thought the DJI was next. You have opened my eyes to the be bop.i love shooting video but I'm no pro so I will look at the be bop more now. Thank you
The two UAVs you have selected are, as you said, not really comparable. Having said that there are some pretty insane deals in the shops and on-line too. So your may be able to pick up a high end UAV for a really good price. So it is seasons greetings
Thank you for your review, this Aussie found the review interesting and well put together, the commentator was across his subject and wasn't over the top, so to speak. Well done and thanks for doing a great job. Regards from Down Under.
Nice video overall...thanks for taking the time to do it. 25 minutes flight time for a DJI Phantom 2 with GoPro4?! Not even close. I've tried all props made by DJI and have 3 well-maintained batteries and have never gone beyond 14 or so minutes. I don't fly aggressively other than when I climb to my max of 400 feet. Mostly I film/photograph homes and nature films, so plenty of getting to a spot and holding it for awhile with subtle movements, camera tilts, etc. Then again, I haven't figured out how to fill my Phantom with enough helium to get those extended flight times!
Good comparison video. Bebop camera works very well. A good quad for the money. W/O the separate controller only $500 and includes FPV. There are batteries ava that increase time in the air to near 14 min. My mac could not handle a video over 4Gb, so be sure to keep it under about 8 min.
For another $100 the Phantom 3 advanced is a much better buy than a Parrot bebop with the extra controller for extended range. With the Phantom 3 you will have a much better FPV system a faster more stable craft in higher winds, better video quality and so on.
My bad, I was thinking Bebop. Got a little confused there. Still, compare that to an x380. The videos produced look to be better than what you can get at the same or similar price point. With the X380 now around 200.00, add the sj4000 cam and a gimble and you will be at 350.00 minimum. Bebop video wins. What do you think?
I've found the stabilization on the Parrot to be unbeatable. Event with a buffered gimbal, the video I've seen from Phantom/GoPro always has some wobble. Parrot video is super smooth.
As soon as you said the bebops battery was difficult i denounced this review. All you have to do is grab the connector within the bebop and then plug the battery in....I could do it in about 10 seconds and that includes replacing the old one... I am not going to get started about how you compared the gp4 to the bebop camera. Also did you compare there durability? Try to crash that phantom into a tree and see what happens...
good comparison. Seems like he had good luck with both the quadcopters. I had a bebop that randomly fell out of the sky and crashed with a motor failure, Parrot did replate it tho! from the forums it seems like a common problem. A lot of people are having problems with the return to home as well. That could be fixed in the new updates tho. He mentions the fpv setup for the phantom being an extra 400. I think you can get it cheaper than that, but its important to keep in mind that with that you would be getting TRUE RADIO FPV, which is much better than the laggy wifi fpv that comes with the bebop. I don't have the skycontroller so it might not be as laggy with that but i can't imagine its close to true FPV. Overall I think the bebop is a great beginner quadcopter, if you're a beginner you WILL crash your first drone, especially if you're flying in small parks in brooklyn like me.
Here's the real question...can either of them float? I just lost my Phantom (and gopro) to Lake Monroe in Indiana. Very sad. It was about 50 yards offshore when, for no reason at all, descended gracefully into the murky depths even though I was pushing the ascent stick all the way up. Thought I had put a fresh battery. Had it been buoyant, I could have at the very least recovered my footage. So sad. That is a huge design flaw. Obviously people who do aerial photography are going to fly it over bodies of water, and sometimes things happen. If you're gonna pay that much for a drone, they could have at least made designed it to float. Guess I'll be getting a splash drone next.
A very nice review, thank you. Have a bebop drone and it does some nice video, but the problem is with the company, this drone was advertised has having GPS way flight plan, it does NOT have it and Parrot have been promising to release the software for over 9 months now. Don't know what the problem is but this feature was a main selling point for me and whole lot of other people.
@MW Technology 0:34 The characters"Parrot" are upside-down. Why? . P.S. There are many accidents in my country that Phantoms crash during flying. There was no reason. There was no trouble but a Phantom suddenly crashed. As you know that Phantom is Made in China. Parrot Bebop is Made in France. Therefore I will buy Parrot Bebop.
Bebops crash too. Phantoms are more popular therefore more crashes. The bebop is shit so nobody buys it. Everybody buys a phantom because it's not shit.
Great comparison but I would like to know how well they pack up to move around. I'd like to take it out in Kan Country, skiing and even out to Hawaii so whatever I use has to pack away easily.
you do not have to connect the bebop to a tablet or iphone when you use the controller. you can fly the bebop with just the controller and get more distance out of the drone in flight.
I think you didn't read the my friend part. Not me. Plus I don't get the whole quality thing people have for cameras or videos. It all looks the same to me but I don't judge.
***** Can you please tell me whats better then the go pro? And cheaper? Not a fan of Gopro but with so many out there id hope you can help me out. Thanks
Pro Beauty And Health Store I have an SJ4000 by SJCAM. It's the same size as a GoPro. It even has a colour screen, and you can get them for £50 from Amazon. (Cheaper ones can be fakes.)
Nice video. I appreciate the comparison. At the end you mentioned purchasing a quadcopter for around $40 to practice. There are tons of options. I would love to see a video where you review some of your top choices. There are a lot of reviews out there but I have not seen one that is directed towards someone who wants to upgrade to a phantom, parrot, or other similar quality. What cheep drone best helps you learn for one of these guys. Thanks
disagree with the guy who says the DJI Phantom is easy to break - not at all the case and there is no comparison in these two quads - They are called "drones" but are really quadcopters - the DJI Phantom is by far the best choice - the bee bop will cost you far for replacement parts to keep it in the air - you can spend the loot on the Phantom and be happy for a long long time ...
I want one that has amazing video feed and one that goes super far!!!! I have always wanted to be up in the middle of the night, get my goggles on and fly around my neighborhood for like 15 minutes
this comparison is not really realistic , your comparing a Hyundai to a BMW, different platforms, and price, Phantom is 800 bucks minimum and go pro is at least 400 bucks, so your looking at 1200,, the bebop is 500 complete,, so this comparison is bullshit
+Elmo Di Calro True. I also see a lot of areas where thr Bebop is put down where it performs better. twke for example hovering. I can tell you that Bebop does much better at hovering because it uses GPS as well as other sensors such as a vertical camera (plus an ultrasound speaker/reciever and pressure sensor for height) while the DJI uses only GPS. Just had to fix that one when I heard it.
+Elmo Di Calro DJI Phantom 2 is several years old, you can get one for about $300 now, especially since the Phantom 3 standard is selling for $550 with built-in camera
+Elmo Di Calro Remember that this video is 9 months old, so it is hard to make price comparisons. I just got the Phantom 3 2 weeks ago for $599 to my door. IMHO, the 2.7K video looks better than either of these, but of course it would since the video we are seeing is limited to 1080P. A good comparison would be uploaded in 4K after proper loss free editing. Only then would you be able to make a good comparison on a 32in 4K monitor. And hey, Don't knock the Hyundai Genesis
You are unable to monitor the video on the phantom 2, but you can monitor on the phantom 2 vision (without gimbal) or on the phantom 2 vision plus (with gimbal).
Big point missed. I had issues with the ceiling of the Bebop. The Parrot website says 2500m but the Bebop in no way is useful at that elevation and that should be feet according to Parrot. Flying from the 6,000 foot elevation the drone was unusable and crashed right after takeoff twice. When I contacted Parrot they stated that the ceiling is the same as the drone 2.0 which is limited to 2200 feet elevation. I know it can go higher because that is the elevation I live at near Las Vegas and I had no issues there but I never pushed it higher. But elevation ceiling is important when you live in higher elevations. My DJI Inspire 1 has no issues with the areas I fly in the US southwest and I have never had an elevation issue with it even over 8,000. I do not know about the Phantom as I never owned one but I suspect that it too has a decent ceiling.
Haha perfect my brother has the phantom 2 with a go pro and I am getting a parrot and this lets me know exactly what I need thanks for good information
I have both of them. Parrot bebop can only be good to fly outdoor when it's very calm day,more into indoor flying. It comes with two batteries,can only last 11minutes per charge. Where DJI Phantom 2 Vision+(V3) Battery can last up to 21minutes per charge. It can fly at the altitude of 500meters or more and out of sight on gentle breeze. It's accurate on RTH(return to home) when signal is lost on radio control. It's gimbal and camera that you can pan down to see the ground from above...All in all,DJI Phantom2 V+ is a serious drone for an outdoor aerial Videography. DJI P2V+ is twice expensive than the Parrot Bebop.. Not unless you buy Parrot Bebop with Sky Controller that double the price!!!.
Very good movie! :D I understand everything instead i'm living in Switzerland and speaking german ;) I'm now a big fan of the Phantom and the GoPro.. ;) Good job! Greetings from Switzerland :D
hey great video very informative and answered all my questions that i could have about getting into this sport slash hobbies! so than you very much for your time and post, truly NATE PATE, Naples Fl.
the better comparison would be the blackbird x10 compared to the beebop drone, since both have dedicated camera systems, no gimbals Either way, which one would be best for outdoor filming? I mean the syma X5C gets 8 minute flight times so the BeeBop is not looking very impressive in that aspect, even with two batteries you still have to charge both, granted the X5C's video sucks compared to the BeeBop but it does give an idea of flight times and three minutes even with decent camera does not warrant 940 bucks more w/o controller last time I checked. Besides, you can grab a keychain camera and toss on the X5C and get just as good video if not better for around 120 bucks, just saying the BeeBop does not seem to compare at all to a DJI product or any of the Walkera brand filming platforms. Good review overall, I just think the BeeBop is way overpriced considering the skycontroller is sold separately, that should be an all in one kit for a lot less money say 500 bucks or something.
Bebop does not start recording automatically when it takes off. It has a button to turn off and on. Also the price point of the bebop drone is $500 instead of $800 for the DJI w/o a camera. Just the facts.
If your at least a little bit experienced in video editing then you would know it's better to have a continuous video rather than 5000000000 little clips
