Skydio
Reddit take
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Pros
- The non-chinese drones like Skydio and Brinc are fine, but they know what they're doing to DJI and they know they have a captive government customer base so they're *expensive*.
- Skydio is great around powerlines. The best of any brand.
- The only hope we have is that Skydio gets back in the consumer market.
Cons
- This country is tucked if we're relying on Skydio for our defense 😭
- Skydio is a joke compared the Matrice 4t to what they offer. Imagine being forced to buy a Model T for 10x the price vs a modern auto.
- I 100% agree it's a shame Skydio's meddling with politics and change in support policies have significantly downgraded an otherwise adequate (*but overpriced*) product.
- I bought a Skydio (2nd hand) and a new battery, only to be ghosted by support when a battery was DOA. This pissed me off, as I fly Skydio drones for work and their enterprise support is not much better. Coupled with the fact that Skydio...
- Skydio, I know I know, is capable of delivering but at nearly 10x the price with a recurring anual fee.
Sentiment
3 positive (16%) · 3 mixed (16%) · 13 negative (68%)
Trust + time weighted score: -56% · raw score -53%
What redditors said (10 of 19)
This country is tucked if we're relying on Skydio for our defense 😭
Skydio is a joke compared the Matrice 4t to what they offer. Imagine being forced to buy a Model T for 10x the price vs a modern auto.
I 100% agree it's a shame Skydio's meddling with politics and change in support policies have significantly downgraded an otherwise adequate (*but overpriced*) product.
I bought a Skydio (2nd hand) and a new battery, only to be ghosted by support when a battery was DOA. This pissed me off, as I fly Skydio drones for work and their enterprise support is not much better. Coupled with the fact that Skydio has left the consumer market, 5X'ed their pricing, and may or may not (allegedly) have ties political initiatives lobbying for a DJI Ban...
Skydio, I know I know, is capable of delivering but at nearly 10x the price with a recurring anual fee.
Used Skydio on some jobs before because the client asked for American made drones. By far our/their worst mistake. I would never forgive them for the hell they put me through lol
Oh neat. Fuck Skydio.
Skydio/GoPro were shitty... its like trying to sell analog brick phones to beat the latest iPhone.
Fuck Skydio. They gave my agency one but we can’t get batteries for it anywhere
Skydio? Good but a pain in the ass to work with. Also we can blame them and their inability to scale production or compete on why DJI is effectively banned (not available for purchase) in the US
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