Originally Posted by
noglider
This is an interesting discussion. I think the product is amazing, but I'm with the others who say it's too expensive, complicated, and time consuming. I don't even want to buy a GPS computer or an action camera. I do obsessively record every ride (except when I forget), and I tried a GPS computer, and it was too much. Some feel an action camera is essential for assigning liability in a collision, and they have a point, but it's already too involved for me to start a ride: If it's a cold month, I have to bind my pants cuffs. Make sure I have my roadside toolkit, put on gloves and helmet, adjust my rearview mirror. Are my lights working and charged? Will I listen to podcasts? Sometimes I take Citi Bike just so I don't need to worry about equipment. I usually bring my helmet when I ride Citi Bike, but sometimes I don't even do that. When we were kids, to ride, we swung a leg over the bike and started pedaling.
I think drones are super cool, and I love what they make. I may need to learn to edit videos for my next job, but it seems tedious.
The DJI Neo is game changing - $200 and with automated flight paths. You turn it on, set the flight path (i.e., - straight and down, fly away and rise and then return, circle the subject, follow subject etc... - and then launch it from your hand.