This GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic review is incredibly painful for GoPro

GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic has been a heated discussion. But I think that this review will end the debate. Forever. Youtuber iPhonedo took the Karma for a test drive. (or rather a crash-test drive). In a 40 minutes review he finds just about every possible bug, blip and glitch with the system. And frankly it does not seem like he is trying that hard.

Here are some of the issues that iPhonado had with the Karma ( I picked the top three, but there are more):

Horizon Tilt

The horizon get tilted and there is no calibration method to undo it

Drift

Unlike the Mavic which stays put in position, the Karma constantly drifts, sometimes to the point of landing itself automatically

Battery Drain

Occasionally, Karma will decide to run the battery meter about 10 times faster than the real-world clock. This behaviour drastically shortens the 20 minutes battery times.

Stability

This is comparisson between the Karma and Mavic trying to shoot steadily, no explenation is needed.

Among the other issues iPhonnedo counts are boot time, noise, inconvenient calibration, auto landing, lack of obstacle avoidance, and quite a few others.

One possible explanation is that somehow the firmware on iPhonedo’s Karma was not the latest version. Another option is that he somehow got a defective unit. But if the comparisson is accurate, it practically puts Karma outside of the pro (and semi-pro) league of drones.

[GoPro Karma vs DJI Mavic & Osmo Mobile — In Depth Review and Complete Comparison | iPhonedo]