DJI Mini 5 Pro: Overweight & Not Legal in Some Regions

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is overweight, here's what it means for users in EU, US, Canada, and UK.

In this video I dive into the regulation around the 250g rule within the US, Canada, UK, EU/Europeon Union, and more. This includes what it means for users, retailers, distributors, and importers, plus what it means for DJI. At the same time, to keep things interesting, I inlclude DJI Mini 5 Pro footage throughout, because, that obviously makes it more of a drone video.

The DJI Mini 5 Pro weighs more than the 250g weight limit applied by the EU, UK, Canada, US, and many other countries. Beyond that limit, most countries require either additional registraiton or additional licenses (or both). And historically speaking, all of the DJI Mini-series of drones has been below that limit. After all, that was kinda the entire point of this series.

But this time around, DJI has marketed it as 249.9g +/- 4g, all while self-certifying that they mean the requirements of the “C0” classification within Europe, via EASA. That C0 certification requires a drone be under 250g (with no tolerance), and Article 6 even requires companies issue recalls for batches that are beyond that level.

In any case, in the video I dive into all of the aspects here, including what it means for consumers that fly it in the EU (hint: still illegal), retailers that sell it (also illegal), distributors that import it (yup, illegal too), and DJI itself (also…subject to recall).

Oh, and to make it interesting, since there’s a lot of legal talk, I snuck a ton of pretty tourqoise blue scenic water/bay/boat shots in there too. :)

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