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DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone Bundle� | Costco $669.99

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Mini 3 Pro bundle at Costco, $669.99
Price valid through 3/31/24

While supplies last.

Features:

Less Than 0.55lbs Ultralight and Foldable

Tri-Directional Obstacle Sensing with 48MP Camera

34-Min Flight Time and 4K HDR Video

True Vertical Shooting and Focus Track

Includes: 2 Extra Batteries, Battery Charger, and 128GB microSD

https://www.costco.com/.product.4000051247.html
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tjdavis
03-25-2024 at 01:59 PM.
03-25-2024 at 01:59 PM.
What's the normal price of this bundle?
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Munkynutss
03-25-2024 at 02:21 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:21 PM.
Quote from tjdavis :
What's the normal price of this bundle?
This seems like it is the regular price, to my knowledge. I know the lower priced bundle goes down to $379 when on coupon, but the lack of specificity on the "original" price and the missing dollar amount off tells me this might be being cleared to make way for another product.

Yes, it's missing the "$0.97" denoting clearance. It's kind of a mystery right now. I don't know of any Costco price trackers.
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tjdavis
03-25-2024 at 02:24 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:24 PM.
Quote from Munkynutss :
This seems like it is the regular price, to my knowledge. I know the lower priced bundle goes down to $379 when on coupon, but the lack of specificity on the "original" price and the missing dollar amount off tells me this might be being cleared to make way for another product.

Yes, it's missing the "$0.97" denoting clearance. It's kind of a mystery right now. I don't know of any Costco price trackers.

Interesting, thank you! I was also having a hard time price tracking it, which is why I asked haha
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03-25-2024 at 02:26 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:26 PM.
How much is the display remote on it's own? I have a Mini 2 now with a non-display remote and I will never, ever buy a no-display remote again. To say it's a PITA to use is an understatement.
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03-25-2024 at 02:50 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from tjdavis :
What's the normal price of this bundle?
Quote from Munkynutss :
This seems like it is the regular price, to my knowledge. I know the lower priced bundle goes down to $379 when on coupon, but the lack of specificity on the "original" price and the missing dollar amount off tells me this might be being cleared to make way for another product.

Yes, it's missing the "$0.97" denoting clearance. It's kind of a mystery right now. I don't know of any Costco price trackers.
Was $729.99. last year. Once $699.99 I think was July 4th 2023 online. I don't think this is the normal new price since they state good until 3/31/24
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03-25-2024 at 02:59 PM.
03-25-2024 at 02:59 PM.
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I have read that to fly in the EU, the easiest category is c0 (under 249g) and the drone must be marked as such and also the CE mark. Are DJI drones sold in the US comply with these markings? I cannot look at mine since it is from before the EU class markings were defined.
The Mini 3 and Mini 4 are 249g drones with the "normal" battery and a bit over with the "extended" battery. Therefore, they mark 249g on the normal battery and not the extended battery vs marking the drone itself.
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03-25-2024 at 03:08 PM.
03-25-2024 at 03:08 PM.
Quote from williams.james.w :
For the N1 and N2 controller, it is required that you connect a cellphone to the controller via the supplied cable to control the suas.
And then you get to see the same real-time display on the smartphone? so the inbuilt screen on the new controller doesn't add any functionality other than just having the same show up on the controller?
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03-25-2024 at 03:37 PM.
03-25-2024 at 03:37 PM.
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Was $729.99. last year. Once $699.99 I think was July 4th 2023 online. I don't think this is the normal new price since they state good until 3/31/24

This price has been going on since feb.. sale end date has been moving weekly since then.
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03-25-2024 at 04:09 PM.
03-25-2024 at 04:09 PM.
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This price has been going on since feb.. sale end date has been moving weekly since then.
I'll take your word for it. I saw it first now. We'll see on 3/31/24 if it changes.

I looked up my price. I paid $729.99 on 7/4/23 for it. That was after a $110 one day coupon that day and the best price by that date. On 7/5/23 it was back to $839.39, which was pretty good at the the ime.
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03-25-2024 at 08:28 PM.
03-25-2024 at 08:28 PM.
Quote from Ludwigger :
I'll take your word for it. I saw it first now. We'll see on 3/31/24 if it changes.

I looked up my price. I paid $729.99 on 7/4/23 for it. That was after a $110 one day coupon that day and the best price by that date. On 7/5/23 it was back to $839.39, which was pretty good at the the ime.
For what it's worth, it's been the same price since I posted the same deal previously:

https://slickdeals.net/f/17265550-dji-mini-3-pro-drone-bundle-costco-669-99?v=1&src=SiteSearch
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03-25-2024 at 10:28 PM.
03-25-2024 at 10:28 PM.
Yeah, Costco has been super-shady with pricing since the scam-demic replaced the legit pandemic.

Quality of Kirkland products has cratered, and the dot-com side of the business has been a complete shit-show.

My buddy and I have been wanting to futz around with a drone for a while now, and Costco is still, warts and all, the best option with the lowest barrier for entry. I may give this one a shot since it's a 90-day return window.
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03-26-2024 at 01:41 AM.
03-26-2024 at 01:41 AM.
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Both Pro 3 and 4 are good; $670 is a good price. Two thoughts:
>I (personally) would buy a package with the battery plus rather than this. None of the batteries last as long as advertised and the true 35-39 minutes of the plus is worth it to me.
>I would get the RC N1/N2 like this package has rather than the remote with the integrated screen. I care about waypoint flight and 3rd party software. The API has only been released for the Mini Pro 3 with the RC N1 and may never get supported by anything else. After living with it, I like a bigger screen anyway. The 4 Pro does support waypoint flight but not the API.

The whole remote control fiasco for these drones is giving me a headache lol. Im trying to decide which is best and where I want to invest my money.

So the remote control with display can't do waypoint tracking? And just so I'm understanding, you'd rather plug your phone into the remote and use it as the screen? I thought it would be much easier to get the controller that has the integrated screen.. Any advice/thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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03-26-2024 at 07:25 AM.
03-26-2024 at 07:25 AM.
Quote from dmdvfl :
My only concern with the battery plus that comes with my fly more package is heavier and makes the drone exceed 249 grams.

Do you know how the regulations are for using the mini 4 in Europe? I am taking a 2.5-month trip to Europe (Holand, Germany, Danmark, Norway, France, and Spain). The info online is not very helpful.

Europe, in a lot more cases, is friendly to sub 250 and much more restrictive to >250. If you get the fly more and have 3 batteries you should be fine without having to go over 250
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03-26-2024 at 07:33 AM.
03-26-2024 at 07:33 AM.
Quote from timsy :
Both Pro 3 and 4 are good; $670 is a good price. Two thoughts:
>I (personally) would buy a package with the battery plus rather than this. None of the batteries last as long as advertised and the true 35-39 minutes of the plus is worth it to me.
>I would get the RC N1/N2 like this package has rather than the remote with the integrated screen. I care about waypoint flight and 3rd party software. The API has only been released for the Mini Pro 3 with the RC N1 and may never get supported by anything else. After living with it, I like a bigger screen anyway. The 4 Pro does support waypoint flight but not the API.

On YouTube I watched a video on how to hack a way point flight, you create a way point flight with one stop then edit it on a computer and put in your points. Does not appear too strenuous.

I'm happy to have the rc2, my phone isn't getting texts or calls interrupting flying. Have that happen once and you'll never want to have your phone as part of the drone controls again, or like a buddy of mine have your phone slip out when you let the controller dangle by a neck strap. His iPhone hit the deck, luckily not breaking the screen. The rc2 avoids all of that.
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03-26-2024 at 07:35 AM.
03-26-2024 at 07:35 AM.
Quote from JoeJ8 :
The whole remote control fiasco for these drones is giving me a headache lol. Im trying to decide which is best and where I want to invest my money.

So the remote control with display can't do waypoint tracking? And just so I'm understanding, you'd rather plug your phone into the remote and use it as the screen? I thought it would be much easier to get the controller that has the integrated screen.. Any advice/thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Mini 3 Pro doesn't do waypoints as designed by DJI. The remote has nothing to do with it.
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