Well, after owning Parrot products for nearly 4 years, I am now “Parrotless”. I am giving up on the Anafi. Since 2016, I have owned two Bebop 1’s (one original and one replacement), two Bebop 2’s, a Parrot Disco and an four different Anafi’s (one original and three replacements). I have always like their styling and how they fly, but reliability has always been an issue, especially with the Bebop 1’s and Anafi.
The Anafi was my favorite drone of the three I own – fun to fly, very good camera, lots and lots of features, very quiet and good battery life. But……I bought my first Anafi new from BH Photo in September of 2018. The first one lasted two weeks and mysteriously fell out of the sky (motor cutoff error) plummeting to the ground and breaking an arm. BH Photo replaced that one with a new one. That one lasted 10 months and had two serious crashes – the first was when a prop broke off on takeoff and the drone nearly landed in the Pacific Ocean
and second was when I had a vertical camera error in mid air on another flight that ended up with the drone crashing on a roof top
After the crash, the Anafi would no longer finish its start up sequence. BH Photo replace that one with a new one. The next one seemed to be fine except for the battery – it would charge normally, but when inserted onto the drone, the telemetry read 0% charged and although the Anafi would take off, it would land immediately due to low battery. Back it went to BH Photo who replaced it with my 4th and last new Anafi. After two weeks of successful flying – about 9 flights – I had a flyaway that was a bit frightening
Luckily, the Anafi hit an evergreen tree about 200 feet from where I was standing, but it was traveling at 38 MPH when it hit the evergreen only about 6 or 7 feet above the ground. Fortunately, no one was hurt and no damage was done to any homes or vehicles, but it was a scary moment since I had no control over the drone. I sent this one back and BH Photo refunded me my purchase price for the original Anafi. They were great to work with.
The Anafi was fun to fly and had some features that even the DJI drones did not have. But after so many mishaps, I could not trust it to perform without a malfunction. I currently still own a Mavic Pro and Autel Evo, and both have been very dependable and have had only a few minor glitches.
I used the Anafi mainly as my travel drone (it is light and quiet) and with my refund from BH Photo, I bought a Mavic Mini from BH. I will use it in the same way – as my travel and backpack drone. A lot less features, but it will probably be a whole lot more dependable. I will continue to check in this forum from time to time and I want to thank all of you that contributed to the forum because I really got a lot of great tips/tricks and knowledge from forum members. Best of luck to all of you!
The Anafi was my favorite drone of the three I own – fun to fly, very good camera, lots and lots of features, very quiet and good battery life. But……I bought my first Anafi new from BH Photo in September of 2018. The first one lasted two weeks and mysteriously fell out of the sky (motor cutoff error) plummeting to the ground and breaking an arm. BH Photo replaced that one with a new one. That one lasted 10 months and had two serious crashes – the first was when a prop broke off on takeoff and the drone nearly landed in the Pacific Ocean
The Anafi was fun to fly and had some features that even the DJI drones did not have. But after so many mishaps, I could not trust it to perform without a malfunction. I currently still own a Mavic Pro and Autel Evo, and both have been very dependable and have had only a few minor glitches.
I used the Anafi mainly as my travel drone (it is light and quiet) and with my refund from BH Photo, I bought a Mavic Mini from BH. I will use it in the same way – as my travel and backpack drone. A lot less features, but it will probably be a whole lot more dependable. I will continue to check in this forum from time to time and I want to thank all of you that contributed to the forum because I really got a lot of great tips/tricks and knowledge from forum members. Best of luck to all of you!