A beginner’s guide to buying your first drone

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A beginner’s guide to buying your first drone
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Take to the skies.

In fact, you can put most drones into two broad categories: large outdoor fliers, and smaller ones that will either have a lower-resolution camera or none at all.

Lately though, the outdoor, higher-end models have started to split into two sub-categories—budget and premium. More expensive drones will fly for longer, shoot better video, and come with more advanced features, such as being able to automatically spot and avoid obstacles. However, the lines between these two sub-categories aren’t always distinct.

The sticker price won’t give you an exact indicator of a machine’s quality, although it will provide a quick, approximate, assessment of which drones are better than others. In general, more expensive drones will fly longer and farther, take better images, and come with more bells and whistles. But to make a more informed decision, you’ll need to get specific about specs. Let’s take a look.

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