Last year, I took DJI’s new consumer-level drone, the Mini 3 Pro, out for a spin. I flew it at a family reunion over a lake; I played with the built-in “Quick Shots” like rocket and ...

The DJI Mini 4 Pro takes the title of the best sub-250g drone available thanks to a handful of impressive new features, but it's not leaps and bounds ahead of the DJI Mini 3 Pro. Why you can trust ...

The light weight (and low price compared to, say, a Mavic 3 Pro) also makes crashes less consequential. Maximum speed is a decently fast 35 MPH in sport mode, or 26 MPH in regular operation.

The Mini 4 Pro also offers dual native ISO and a new Night Mode for better-quality video in low light conditions, but, in reality, there’s only so much it can do with a sensor this small.

The DJI Mini 3 doesn’t need a special permit to fly in many territories. The drone weighs 249g and can take 12MP pictures. Its video output does not include 4K 60p on the Mini 3 Pro.