DJI Flip review: A unique and useful creator drone with a few flaws

DJI’s Flip drone has an innovative fold-down design with shrouded, people-safe propellers and a high-quality camera.

With a camera borrowed from the Mini 4 Pro , the Flip can take high quality 4 K video indoors or out with little risk.

It can be flown with the app, voice control or manually with a controller — either the DJI RC-N3 controller (which requires a smartphone) or the RC 2 controller with a built-in 5.5-inch display.

The Flip can hum along at up to 26 mph in sport mode, which isn’t bad for a light drone, but a good bit slower than the HoverAir X1 .

The Flip has excellent range for such a tiny drone at up to eight miles , thanks to DJI’s O4 transmission system.

The HoverAir X1 Pro has the same-sized 1/1.3-inch sensor and offers very similar video quality.

Video quality is noticeably sharper than on the Neo and the Flip is a far better drone for night shoots or dimly lit indoor settings.

The Flip represents a bold change in direction (and design) for DJI.

It gives creators the ability to shoot indoors and around people with relatively high video quality.

The Flip isn’t perfect, with its main flaws being the reduced maneuverability, problems in wind and lack of obstacle avoidance.