“The flip sounds like a whole bee hive”

81% of 58 verified owners recommend the DJI Flip, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
Affiliate blogs here say 100% recommend, while the owner-based score is 81%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.
The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. Affiliate blogs is shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.
Synthesized from what DJI Flip owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“The flip sounds like a whole bee hive”
“So the Flip suit my needs while getting excellent picture quality”
“The footage that comes out of the camera is great it struggles in the wind because of its larger footprint with those big prop guards.”
“I just wish the body was under the rotors. This would make hand launch so much easier.”
“Just for the price factor, I would go for the Flip in a heartbeat.”
“The main thing which I dislike about the Flip is the noise it produces making it very conspicuous and annoying to the general public.”
“If only dji flip had active track that works on vehicles it had been the best budget friendly drone...”
“The flip also has a short range when used without the controller.”
“I got it over the weekend and I love it”
“But the flip definitely has a niche. I love it too. If someone is a beginner and just want to have one drone, I recommend this. I do complain about the wind too though.”
“I have had a flip since June but wish I would’ve got a mini pro 4, the flips biggest flaw is it can’t rotate its gimbal and the 9:16 shorts videos arent very good quality”
“The Flip performed so much better than expected!”
“I Love my dji flip.... Excellent for beginners & pros”
“Overall I've enjoyed using the flip in the short time I've had it but even a small breeze will kick it off course, so that's a challenge.”
“I almost lost Flip to wind in Scotland - stressed a lot about it while my old mini 2 was resisting pretty strong winds on the seaside in Wales.”
“THE FLIP IS AMAZING”
“It's my second time flying and the DJI flip camera keeps shaking. It's as if the gimbal is not even working. I did not crash it or anything.”
“So for what I need/use it for...its perfect”
“I love it's image quality!”
“I think that good to use for a blog for solo filmmaking like me”
“It's not that bad in the winds and camera is excellent.”
“I bought the flip a few weeks ago, and I'm definitely keeping it.”
“I actually recommend the FLIP to most beginners as the best compromise, especially if the newbies are constrained by price.”
“i just love this as a creator”