GetterBack

My DJI mavic air took a swim. I was skeptical. I am now a believer. It took a few minutes for the capsule to deploy. I had a bunch of spectators on the boat so they saw the general vicinity of the crash. My advice is; if you know you are going in the water, make many mental notes of where you crash. It can all look the same after a panic situation. I had the best case scenario crash. I had visual observers that noted the crash site and I had the getterback ziptied to my UAV. It deployed in under 10 minutes. My UAV insurance requires the drone. So I was happy that I was able to recover. I will be purchasing for all my UAVs.

While I hope to never use this, after putting my Mavic Pro into the lake, I realized this is definitely a must-have. I bought a Mavic Air to replace the Pro, and got this to use with it. I spent a lot of time figuring the best place to put it, as the drone is smaller than the Pro, offering limited mounting options. With cameras front, bottom, and back those options were eliminated, and the arms are too short to accommodate the GetterBack. I finally decided to mount it to the top, with a small piece of velcro on the top of the drone, and a band of velcro strip around the drone. It is clear of the props, doesn't affect the flight characteristics, and the drone doesn't even sense it's there. (When the prop protectors are mounted, the drone reports that they are there, presumably sensing different flight characteristics). See photos

Pros Its lightweight (13.8g) and doesn't seem to affect flight or battery life. Easy to take on and off. I would put it on the forward arm, even though when I put it on the back leg I was able to take off and land with no problem. Cons No real way to test it, as its a one and done policy. Price is ok if it works. Not sure about the velcro on the leg. If I have to pull my drone up from the depths I would feel a bit better if there was a snap or something a little more secure. ( I will probably be modding it a bit to that effect)

This device is great! I bought one just to test it before using them on my Drone and fishing rods. I attached it to an old fishing rod and dropped in the lake in about 60 feet of water, and after 2 minutes, it popped up to the surface and I was able to pull the rod back up. I’m going to put these on every rod and my Drone.

Smaller than you think but is literally the only thing that will help you recover your drone or quad over water. If your water is more than 100' deep you will need to be pretty quick to find the float in order to get it before it sinks. This device has saved my gear a couple times on the rivers and I no longer fly without one.

I use this on my drone when flying over water. I hope it works when the inevitable happens. Meanwhile, I can fly with more confidence. P.S. I have water damage insurance on my drone, but I must physically recover the drone to make a claim. No Drone = no insurance.

I bought 2 of these as I live off the lake and fly over water. They fit great on My Mavic Pro Platinum and don't interfere with the flight at all. I feel much better that I will retrieve my Mavic if it goes in the lake!!

Having feed a drone to the ocean, I was looking for such a device. I now only fly with it. The problem is attaching it to the drone. There is a curved cutout where the velcro is attached that does not fit squarely with the drone arm. My concern is if for any reason the velcro even slightly loosens, the device will slide around and make contact with the propeller blade, thus causing a crash! At this price point, there should be a way to securely attach the device to the drone such that there is virtually no possibility of it causing a crash. Perhaps another piece can be provided that precisely fits the drone arm so that you can secure GETTERBACK to the drone. Veclcro is not enough. Not at $38 dollars.

This is for my drone as I fly over water a lot, and my insurance will only cover a drone that I can retrieve. Inflatable floating devices won't reliably float a drone, so this one instead pops a floating cork with 100' of 10lb kevlar line to retrieve your sunken treasure. it's very small, aerodynamic, and has a velcro strap built in.

I've given this five stars because it's a great idea and it looks well made. Let's just hope it works as well as it should! I've bought it for when I'm flying my drone over water, by the way, not for a fishing rod.

Its very small & doesnt require a lot of space I attach it to my drone Phantom 4 Pro+ just in case if i am flying over water. Obviously i cant tell if its gonna function as described or not & hopefully never have to. But its added safety to be able to retrieve your deone in case it fell in the water.

Purchased To Use - With a DJI Phantom 3 Drone .. As a fail safe against Drone going Swimming... ( Touch Wood - It Won't get Tested).. A little bit of Insurance.

Nice and compact! Luckily I haven't had to use it yet! Will update once I do