An amazing amount of tech in a pocketable drone, the DJI Mavic Air is the best travel drone you're going to find right now.
The DJI Spark delivers all of the camera drone features most people will ever need in an impossibly small package.
For its $499 sale price, the DJI Phantom 3 Standard is the best beginner quadcopter you're going to find for the money. If and when the price jumps back to its original $799, the Standard will be a much tougher sell against DJI's other excellent models as well as the mounting competition.
If you've been looking for a discreet, but powerful travel-friendly camera drone, look no further than the DJI Mavic Pro.
The easy-to-use, smooth-flying Blade Chroma 4K camera drone has a good deal to offer new and experienced flyers, but those looking for autonomous flight options beyond follow me will want to keep looking.
The Parrot Bebop 2 definitely improves on the original and remains a good choice for its portability and safer design, but stiffer competition and merely good image quality limit its overall appeal.
For aerial photography on the cheap, the Syma X5C is a toy drone quadcopter that's better than its price suggests.
More of everything, but still ready to travel anywhere.
Just toss this compact quadcopter into the air and it takes flight, keeping its camera on you and whatever you do.
Designed for use with DJI's Inspire 1 drone, the new cameras feature large image sensors and interchangeable lenses.
With a compact, collapsible body, modular camera system and up to 30 minutes of flight, Byrd shows a lot of promise.
The Chinese electronics brand has made good on its plans to launch an affordable quadcopter that will start at about $380 in China.
If you can live with its short flight times, the affordable, smartphone-controlled Parrot MiniDrone Rolling Spider is a great quadcopter for beginners and hobbyists.
If you're looking for a palm-size quad that's a bit different than the rest, Odyssey Toys' X-7 Microlite drone is a bright spot to add to your collection.
The new GDU Byrd Premium 2.0 has a modular design letting you attach a variety of gimbals and cameras to the long-range quadcopter.
The UTO X960 Drone is a good hexacopter that's also an inexpensive way to test out first-person-view flying. Treat the FPV like a bonus, though, and not the main reason to buy.
The Hobbico C-Me is a foldable drone that can follow you around like your a celebrity.
The UVify Draco is a modular racing drone that can fly at lightning-fast speeds.