Great thanks. I'll pick one up from Best Buy while they have the deal running for the free soft case and batteries.
I recently picked one up as well. Luckily right before my Solo developed level calibration issues.
I have a Peaupro lensed Hero 4 Black, and I tried a quick comparison when I got the Evo. Just spur of the moment on auto settings. The Solo had a Polarpro polarizing ND on it, simply because I didn't want to rebalance the gimbal, no ND's on the Evo. The Evo pics were just a little better on average, but not by a big margin, and there was a pic or two where the Solo looked a little better. It was not a perfect comparison by any means, and I had trouble exactly reproducing the same shots between them, because I did it back to back so lighting wouldn't change.
The Evo definitely had an advantage in video though. Again, both auto, both at 2.7k 60, since the Gopro can't do 4k 60. The Evo video seemed sharper with better contrast and detail. But the biggest difference was the stability of the drone and gimbal. The Evo video looked like it came from a tripod in the sky, no bumps, no floating look, just rock steady. As a note, the Solo was still on the final version of stock firmware at the time.
I haven't really pushed the Evo range, but I'm testing the beta version of the Autel app, that has very limited mission planning, to shoot some maps, and I'm pretty sure it got out to ranges where the video feed on the Solo would have been cutting in and out.
The mission planning on the Evo is still extremely weak. It can not even come anywhere close to the type of routing and smart shots that the Solo does. The stock Solo app even is much more advanced. That stuff is still a work in progress on the Evo, though the company continues to update and tweak and add features. The Solo is also faster, although the Evo might climb a little quicker.