so ive been flying the original Avata for about a year now mostly indoors, tight spaces, abandoned buildings that kind of thing, and honestly its been solid. but ive been seeing a lot of people jumping to the Avata 2 and im not sure if its worth the cash for my use case specifically.

the sensor upgrade is the obvious thing everyone talks about but like for indoor flying where im usually in low light anyway, does the 1/1.3 inch sensor actually make a noticeable difference over the original? or is it more of a outdoor / bright light thing. also heard the obstacle avoidance is better but the Avata 1 already felt pretty good to me in that regard, never really had issues with it hitting stuff.

mostly asking because im sitting here watching a sale on the original and wondering if i should just grab a second one as a backup or actually invest in the 2. someone talk me out of or into this

the low light thing is real, I switched from the V1 to V2 about 4 months ago and the footage in dim conditions is noticeably cleaner, less grain and the color holds up better. for outdoor stuff the difference is kinda whatever but if you're shooting indoors with just ambient light coming through windows or whatever you'll see it.

that said the obstacle avoidance on the original was honestly fine for me too, never felt like I was missing something there. the bigger thing for me was the RC Motion 3 ? the haptic feedback when you're near obstacles is actually useful in a way I didn't expect, kind of becomes second nature after a while. but if you already have the goggles and controllers from V1 that's a whole other cost consideration. buying a backup V1 isn't a bad call depending on what you paid for yours originally.

I just got the Avata 2 like two weeks ago coming from a mini 3 pro so totally different context but the low light really did impress me straight away. though honestly I have nothing to compare it to so take that for what it is lol