ok so ive been going back and forth on this for like two weeks now and im just gonna ask. looking at the nazgul evoque f5 and the geprc mark5 hd, both around the same price point give or take. i fly mostly freestyle, some light cruising, not doing races. running dji goggles 2 already so the O3 version makes sense for both.

the specs look almost identical on paper which makes it harder. same motor size range, similar weight, both running betaflight. ive seen some videos but youtube reviews always feel like the guy just got the drone and flew it twice before making the video so i dunno how much i trust them for long term durability stuff. anyone have either of these for more than like 4 months and can say whether the frames crack easily, ESCs hold up, that kind of thing. also curious if one of them has a noticeably better stock tune because id rather not spend a whole weekend on filters if i dont have to

had the mark4 hd for almost a year and the frame cracked around the arm where it meets the center plate after probably my 15th or 16th real crash. not catastrophic, just a hairline, still flew fine for a while after. geprc does sell replacement arms pretty cheap so thats good. the esc never gave me any trouble which is honestly what i care most about. tune wise it was acceptable stock but i did end up spending time on it, cant remember if it was filters or d-term or both.

dont have direct experience with the nazgul to compare sorry but the mark5 improved the frame geometry a bit from what ive seen so hopefully the cracking issue is better. the mark5 also ships with some decent motors stock which was not always the case with earlier geprc stuff.

nazgul evoque f5 owner here, been flying mine since like december. the frame has been solid, ive binned it pretty hard a couple times and nothing cracked yet. the stack is a bit cramped when you need to get in there and fix something which is my main complaint honestly, had to re-solder a vtx connector after a crash and it was not fun. tune out of the box is okayish, i bumped up d-term filtering a bit and it cleaned up the propwash a lot. overall though for the price its hard to complain, better than the last prebuilt i bought which was an older iflight and had a bad esc from day one