Solo is now again $349.98 with backpack and $299.99 without at Best Buy. Might be worth asking for price match if you are within the window or if you don't have one, picking one up now!
Best Buy Price Drop
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i will wait until solo will be at $22, then i don´t need to pay the customs 
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I need to go back and get credit I payed $389 with tax. And it dropped literally 4days after to 299. I wonder what's going on. Will it continue to drop once 2017 hits?
The first attempt at buying my second one the price went from $399 to $349 before it even shipped to my house and they wouldn't honor it, so I ordered it again and returned it. So in reality I've saved $100 plus tax on this whole endeavor.
Actually there are three options,
1. $300 Solo with gimbal , props and spare battery
2. $300 Solo with gimbal, props and backpack
3. $350 Solo with gimbal, props, spare battery and backpack.
I bought option 3 and the 2 for $100 batteries. I keep thinking about buying a 2nd one for a spare but I really want a Mavic so I'd hate to buy it to sit on a shelf. The main problem is the lack of availability of the Hero 4. I tried mine with the static mount and my Hero 5.... Yea no thanks.
1. $300 Solo with gimbal , props and spare battery
2. $300 Solo with gimbal, props and backpack
3. $350 Solo with gimbal, props, spare battery and backpack.
I bought option 3 and the 2 for $100 batteries. I keep thinking about buying a 2nd one for a spare but I really want a Mavic so I'd hate to buy it to sit on a shelf. The main problem is the lack of availability of the Hero 4. I tried mine with the static mount and my Hero 5.... Yea no thanks.
Yeah, I bought mine for $389 at Best Buy long before Black Friday. And at that time I couldn't believe the great deal I got, Solo, gimbal, extra battery, extra props. Wish I had looked on Black Friday. I'm really tempted to jump on this deal now. I have it all already, including backpack, but some more spares or just maybe having a second camera in the air...
The Solo is tied to the GoPro 4, which is quickly fading from the retail market. Once the GoPro 4s are gone who's going to buy a quadcopter that has no camera? At least not in the hobby community. I wonder how 3DR is fairing in the commercial market with the Sony cam they're using? I wish them well because they're closer to being an American company than the rivals.
Thanks, I'd love to find out that one if these $50 go pro wanna bees will work! I really don't care if I lose camera control as long as it fits and can be balanced.
Of course it will.
I have used one with a zip tie not problems there and I can stream live video through the cable.
I had to use a zip tie because mine has a screen on the back and took some custom mounted to hold.
Just so you know, if you have recently purchased a 3DR Solo from Best Buy, they will match the price that they lowered it to and give you back $50.
It doesn't wreck the camera plug? And it balances or did you use the included weights? Thanks!
Without going out there and taking a picture I used a battery to fill the gap between the camera and back of the gimbal/gopro plug as a buffer so the camera doesn't touch the plug.
Could really substitute anything square to fit but I just used a battery.
I also didn't use a balance ring or anything it just worked.
Not sure what you mean by "tied"? More options perhaps but works fine with our GP 4s as well as 3s.
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